Hi all, Just a quick note that we are ready to get underway with the Purina Alliance. This is probably one of the best places to make sure you get some of the news, and to pass along to other fanciers about the Alliance with Purina and the GSDCA. Please read the President's message in the February Review for the complete article. I plan to start sending emails to individuals that are parent club members and that I can find email addresses to get us started. I plan to start sending emails that will be similar to the following to get the ball rolling: Hello, I am the contact person for the Purina Alliance program. I am contacting you for information for the German Shepherd Dog Club of America's Purina Alliance Program that was outlined in the February issue of the German Shepherd Dog Review by our President Lew Bunch. This is an excerpt from his column: How many of you have finished a Championship on a dog who was entered in a Futurity? Purina is giving us the opportunity to go back to 2003, the first Futurity Year the old program was in effect to capture this data. Know what it will mean to the GSDCA? Purina will pay us $25 for every dog who is now a Champion that was entered in a Futurity. Didnâ??t even have to be shown, just entered. How would you like to fund a Victory Dinner at the National? Bet we could do it and this is no small job so I have asked Laura Gilbert to become the GSDCA Purina Point Person to collect all this data. Laura will start by collecting the data for all the Champions who were entered in a Futurity, probably the best way is to email her your dogâ??s name, registration number, sire, dam, your name and address. Might also be good to tell her if you are a Pro Club Member but that is not a requirement for this part of the program. Remember you can go back to 2003, so all dogs who finished in 2003, 2004, and 2005 are eligible to earn $25 for the GSDCA and its membership. Time to send in those names to Laura, her email address is: PurinaAlliance@xxxxxxxx Lauraâ??s address if you want to mail in your data is 2448 Johnstown Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322 and just in case, her phone number is 757-421-7854. Following is a list of champions that you own/co-own and could be eligible for inclusion in this program. If you will respond with the following information, the GSDCA will receive $25 for each of your Champions. Name: DOB Date Finished Fido 1/1/1999 1/1/2003 I will need to know which Futurity your Champions were entered in, they did not need to be actually shown in the Futurity to be eligible, just entered. I look forward to hearing from you. Laura Gilbert GSDCA Purina Alliance Please know that this is not spam, but just an opportunity to gather information for the Purina Alliance. I look forward to hearing from all of you, soon! Laura Gilbert GSDCA Office (officially) GSDCA Purina Alliance Points Program Chesapeake, VA ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================