Again, regardless of the Purina money, I just want to know whether or not the board intends to pass along trophy(or any other) expenses to regional clubs. I do think it is reasonable to have the discussion(out in the open of course) and would hope the final word would be no, considering the tremendous burden that would be to the regional clubs. Tish's email did not go so far as to declare future years (2011, 2012) safe from that action. The question that is more important in the long run(which this issue raised for me), is what ultimately is the financial condition of the club(which I posed to the board). Nadine has been kind enough to get me part of the way to that end, but more is expected. And much of that detail(and I agree) is not likely to be published on this or any list. Looking forward to the BOD's responses. regards, M ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================