Bills writes: Had the St Louis vote been split with Purina, we'd be holding the 2006 Nationals in Beaumont, TX rather than Beaumont in 2008. Regards Bill Pfeiffer According to your email, we are having the 2006 national in St. Louis and the 2008 national in Beaumont Texas. It appears that has all been agreed upon. Where are we going to be in 2007?? Terry GreyPines@xxxxxxx wrote: All of the information is not presented below by Ken. Yes, Debbie presented Purina but I for one had never been there (I believe this held true for other Board Members). I sure liked the idea of a no cost / low cost Purina site but with out seeing it I was not comfortable with voting for it. I could not vote for Purina on the schetchy information relative to total facilities as it would pertain to our breed being competed in Oct or Nov. The vote to me then boiled down to either Beaumont, Tx in 2006 or St Louis where we had been. I voted for St. Louis. I'd love to see Purina but to date it has not been scheduled by Debbie for a visit. I for one as a Board member will look forward to visiting Purina as part of the 2006 Nationals, regardless of the scheduling. The Not One Board Member Voted for Purina just exhibits a prudent but reasonable approach on the part of the Board members who voted for St Louis. Remember that it was only one more than voted for Beaumont for 2006. To me it did not exhibit a dislike of the Purina facility. Had the St Louis vote been split with Purina, we'd be holding the 2006 Nationals in Beaumont, TX rather than Beaumont in 2008. Regards Bill Pfeiffer In a message dated 6/7/2005 10:18:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, abraxaskp@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Important--read all. On 6/6 Lew Bunch wrote to the list/s: "I have presented Purina Farms to the Board as a show site, it is free, all the venues except Tracking can be on site and Tracking is 10 minutes away. We would not have to charge for seating, grooming, crating, anything. We could have a dog show and yes it would be outside, you would have to bring your own lawn chair and an umbrella in case it rains, but folks, IT WOULD BE A DOG SHOW. " Then Tish responded to Lew on 6/6: "I could be wrong but my recollection is that not one Board member voted for this site when presented at the July Board meeting last year." Tish: You have a very good memory. In fact, Debbie Hokkanen presented FOUR proposals to the Board, one of which was Purina Farms. The Purina Farms location would have been very inexpensive for the club and the membership, however, as you state "NOT ONE BOARD MEMBER voted for Purina Farms including those who supposedly wanted to go there. Regards, Ken Downing Abraxas...The Secret of Success is Consistency of Purpose Visit our website at www.abraxasgsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ Terry Cochran www.FairwayShepherds.com www.Rightdog.com RightDog Photography __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================