The president of the club answered all your questions in a send out to the list on Aug 10....Purina National Specialty Agreement. Perhaps check the archives so you have the facts from those involved directly in the contract. I knew I had read the answer so went and checked. Molly In a message dated 11/10/2010 3:28:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: Have you been made privy of the "new Purina Agreement" that was signed and what portion of that still goes toward the F/M system? Is that something that can be shared with the Membership? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================