When Sharon was Corresponding Secretary, (the board approved it) she gave a blanket 4 year approval to all regional clubs, then when clubs didn't pay their dues, they could still hold shows with out parent club approval. I discovered that an AKC judge who is a member of the GSDCA was telling other clubs that they could hold their shows and not pay parent club dues. When I discovered that, I pulled the rug out from under the blanket approval. We had clubs that were holding shows that had not paid dues for 2 to 3 years. That is why. I am working on a better plan for the clubs this year, but I won't let it get out of hand again. Laura In a message dated 10/25/2010 5:37:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ginialtman@xxxxxxx writes: Contact Laura Gilbert, Corresponding Secretary of the GSDCA It used to be that we had "Blanket approval" given to the AKC for all regional clubs and then the club dues started to be unpaid and they had already gotten approval and the dues were not paid so the process changed -- she can tell you what the process is. Ginny In a message dated 10/25/2010 3:44:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: From: Donna Fefee <dlfefee@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: "Parent Club Approval" for Specialties? Someone else recently asked about this. Our regional club's show applications are stuck in a "pending" status until AKC gets a PCA (Parent Club Approval). As far as I know, in the past we have not done anything in particular to get a PCA. I'm trying to figure out who to contact in the Parent Club to make sure things are all hunky dory. If anyone out there has got insider knowledge in this area, could you please email me? It'd be great if we could get our (late April/early May) shows approved ASAP so we can start to advertise them. Donna Fefee ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================