Sandi: The current ROM system only awards the title to animals whose owners, at the time the requirements are met, are GSDCA members. I earlier posted a lengthy proposal which I have discussed with some officers and have copied to the board and committee chairs and which I will be presenting at the Annual meeting. The proposal would award the title to animals regardless of the membership status of their owners, for the integrity of pedigrees in showing which animals are producing. This is the same as when a Select rating is awarded at the national. The animal wins the award, makes no difference the membership status of the owner. In the case of the ROM, currently, owners receive a plaque and I believe some advertising allowance. This would not occur in the case of non GSDCA member owned animals. A simple letter with hopefully a certificate would be sent. There would be no extra cost to the PC for recognizing these animals. There were some other proposals on reporting changes in my proposal. Doris was commenting on one portion of that proposal. If you haven't seen the full proposal on the list, let me know and I will send you a full copy. Betty Johnson In a message dated 9/9/06 12:38:30 AM Central Daylight Time, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > MSG: #1 in digest > From: "Robert Dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Proposed Change to ROM System > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:06:50 -0500 > > r Dah! > I guess I alway thought titles were only given to dogs that the owners (or > at least one owner or breeder) were members of the PC at the time the award > was given. I am not saying right or wrong but that is what I was given to > believe. Just my understanding--not a big deal andplease folks don't make > it one. Sandi > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================