then again..... as I am paying more attention to other breeds National Specialties, I noticed that many will find a location that works the best for the venues they offer, and many drive 2+ hours from the nearest airport, of just plain drive. I will be checking out the Great Danes and the Afghans next. We share the same predicament with them concerning crate sizes and airplanes. Ileana In a message dated 4/29/2010 5:40:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I think the Midwest has more Breeders/ Exhibitors, and Club memberships.......but not more entries for our Nationals than the West. Which of course is why it is not right to choose a National site according to Club Membersip numbers. The only right way to choose a good National site ....is.reasonable accessibility for everyone WITH DOGS! Not every other year.......every year. Near MAIN HUBS.....or driveable from all corners. From the West Coast to the East Coast is not a reasonable drive. From the East Coast to the West Coast is not a reasonable drive. The Main Hubs for airlines that take dogs are: Seattle. Houston Dallas/ Ft. Worth Chicago......Denver is a good Secondary..... Salt Lake used to be...not sure anymore. Atlanta Minn./ St. Paul There are other huge airports of course that some have access to.......but they are not main hubs. We have to face reality. Air travel is not like it was 5 years ago. But it is still a DOG SHOW. Most of us do not have a handler that takes an entire string of dogs with them for the owners! <G> The requirements for a National Site are included in the P & P Manual. Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com From: Cinosam GSD Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Show Site Question Hmmm, I thought I saw a breakdown that showed that CA had the most entries of any other state but that three or four states in the Midwest had more than the rest of the West Coast and California combined. Cindy www.cinosamgsd.com Jeff, I published all that to the list at least 10 times. I will have to open my old PC to get the info again. To sum it up: I added all the entries, in all the events except herding in all the Nationals for the last 10 years ( might have been 12) and put them by states. I [published them and supplied the Board with the figures. Then when that was done I added all the states in an area as defined by the Parent Club and added them together. Joan Joan F. Fox website: http://www.campaignersgsds.com ________________________________ From: "caggra@xxxxxxx" <caggra@xxxxxxx> Please clarify - do you mean that the west coast has had more entries than the entire rest of the country put together? Jeff From: Joan Fox <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>Site Question Yup.... every year for the last 10 at least Joan F. Fox website: http://www.campaignersgsds.com ________________________________ From: Greg Eschette <geschette@xxxxxxx> I never new the west coast has the biggest enties? Greg , > campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Each section of the country needs to be considered especially as year> after year the west coast has given the biggest entry. > > > And gotten no respect. We were scheduled for a National, and when I went to> the board meeting, Debbie said they were not going to go threw with Los> Angeles, but would consider it for the next year.> > I think I was just learning to drive when that meeting was held. But, I am> still waiting.> > It could happen. Evan Ginsburg > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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. 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