In a message dated 8/31/10 3:04:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Scharo777@xxxxxxx writes: The people looking at the statistics don't make the correlation that a GSDCA CHIC is harder to obtain. They jump to the conclusion that shepherds CANNOT obtain a CHIC. If we worry about what others think, all we have to do is give a CHIC with every membership. Think how good we will look. Remember what Mark Twain said. "People would worry less about what others think of them, if they only realized how seldom they did." Keep our standards high. Make it mean something to obtain them. And let the little people worry about opinions. Evidently the majority of the board didn't see it that way. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================