What if and I say what if...cause we are all throwing ideas out on the table and that's how good things come from them... If we are in a shortage of membership...for whatever the reason is...and we decided to have the "whites" be part of our club... how many members would that bring in??? How about, including the good people such as some on the list with great capabilities to do things, that some of you "old timers" don't want to do anymore...and each new member has to join a committee and do something, a mentoring program would take effect...and then we would have more people doing things, learning about our "colored" dogs and maybe JUsttttttttttttttttttttt maybe......................some of them may want to change their ideas and invest in a colored one to show; without incorporating it into their whites...and show and have a GOOD TIME...you know like with all the fun after show bbq's, parties and picnics....maybe just maybe there are some good people out there. Instead of making this all sound so segregated...try to help, change and teach people with all good intentions...maybe it would come back to us in return...maybe this is another reason our membership is getting smaller. Give me a few reasons this isn't a decent idea...just for discussion... Donna Donna M. Calabrese Aramist Enterprises onaluzlead@xxxxxxx new website to come... ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================