In a message dated 5/31/2005 1:01:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jastek5 writes: A few short posts ago i posted that in this "sport" that is getting smaller and smaller by the day, it is inevitable to have situations of conflict of interest arise. These in many cases are unavoidable, and we must trust those who have this conflict in many cases to be beyond reproach with respect to integrity. With that being said, I find it curious that professional handlers are allowed to be on the Nominating Committee? I by no means am implying that they are not without integrity, but it seems to me since Professional handlers in many cases make their living from this, it would be wise as an obvious and very direct conflict of interest to exclude them from being on the Nominating Committee. Can anyone clarify this???? thanks, Bill I find this attitude mystifying. On the board last year the legal adviser was Lamar Frederick. Here we have a professional lawyer.....this is like saying because he makes money doing this, he should not be the legal adviser for the board. Who has not made some money (I know we spend more than make) selling puppies, boarding dogs etc. At what point are we "breeders" or professional breeders? Many of the professional handlers are also breeders...so at this point appears we all group together. Whether a pro handler or just the odd weekend handler, they all still give up a lot of life to do what they do for the love of this breed. They also know the people out there maybe better than some of the rest of us. I certainly have no problem with them being on the committee, the board or eventually having them as judges. They really are the ones in the "trenches". Molly Trillia German Shepherds ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================