I am going to attempt to answer multiple posts at once.Since when are award criteria based on who spends the most money on a dog or who does the most work? Typically breed clubs such as the GSDCA are developed by breeders who have decided to create an organization to foster and promote the betterment of the breed through thoughtful, selective breeding.Along with this comes the idea that awards should be given to those club members who have demonstrated through their breeding programs the essence of what the breed club was established for..which was..you guessed it..to promote and foster the betterment of the breed through selective breeding. I am not opposed to a policy that reads "in order for the dog to recieve the award, either the breeder or owner has to be a GSDCA member. If a GSDCA member breeds a dog/bitch then sells it to a non-member and they have the brains to orchestrate the breedings to get an ROM, the DOG should ge the award, this recognizes the GSDCA member/breeder and the dog. If a non-GSDCA member breeds a dog and sells it to a GSDCA member and that member has the brains to breed the dog and meet the requirements for an ROM, then the DOG should get the award and the GSDCA member/owner should be recognized. In each scenario GSDCA members and the dog would recieve the award. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================