My personal opinion is that for our purposes, we should consider sites within a "reasonable" drive within the designated region. That definition is where the problem may reside. Again, personally, I would define a reasonable drive as easily accessible within a day. We don't want our Nationals located at extremities of our country. So, what is easily accessible for the Northeast? I would say anywhere from New York, Pennsylvania and even Ohio. Most if not all of the Northeast could get to those areas fairly easily. If we start thinking about LITERAL definitions and say it MUST be located in a Northeast or New England state, then we are getting more to an extremity, which does not benefit the club or the majority of the membership. Same goes for a Southeastern location. We shouldn't consider south Florida (although I would go to Miami for a National anyday!) Now West is a little tougher because most cities & sites seem to be located on the coast or near it. So it's either on the coast or in an area that is not really reasonable for many members at all. So, maybe that is an exception to have it on the west coast every 3-5 years. I think that it is really important to keep the National rotating to different areas so that we can expose our great event to newcomers in different areas. I think that Joan has done a phenomenal job of identifying some fantastic possibilities for us to consider and I urge the Board to committ to looking at each of them. Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx To: pruett@xxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 2:22 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Northeast??? In a message dated 5/15/2007 11:55:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, pruett@xxxxxxxxx writes: Oh, well -- if Philadelphia and Niagara Falls are NOT in the North East, >where are they -- Nationals were held in both places, NF twice?? TNX >Norma no L (displaced Yankee in B.R., La.) Well, neither one is in New England which is how I define northeast. Buffalo, NY is 625 miles from my home in the Maine - mostly due west. Philly is a bit closer, but certainly in a mid-Atlantic state, not part of the northeast. I've never seen a national in the northeast and I've been going to nationals since the early 80's. If you define northeast as per futurity regions it includes Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut......Pennsylvania doesn't qualify. No arguments though, I would love to come up that way if the judges are right! Molly Trillia German Shepherds since 1974 Member GSDCA, GSDCC, GSDC of Beaumont, Life member CKC If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them>>>>Phil Pastoret ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================