Perhaps Lana had better things to do this holiday week end than sit at the computer - my delete button no longer has letters on it...darn good thing I know where it is. I come home each day to something NEW/OLD that is being hashed to death, hundreds of posts to delete, a huge waste of my time. I used to look forward to reading the list and hearing what was going on in different parts of the country, the brags of wins and litters being born and actually talking about the GSD, which is what brought us all together. We have over 2,000 club members and I am not sure how many on this list and it is always the same few venting and often without all the facts. Talk about the BOD disenfranchising the members, how about all of the people that DO NOT post because they don't want to get flamed?? I have seen it year after year. How many members do we lose each year because of all the BS??? How many choose other venues because of the attitudes of the Specialty people? In the past several weeks there have been very few posts about what this list was formed for. Most of the posts have been about GSDCA club business and yet this is NOT a closed members only list, something I fail to understand as being allowed. I do understand that IF I was not a member of the GSDCA I certainly wouldn't find ONE reason to join much less become active. Without members you DO NOT have a club. After belonging to the Detroit Club since 1986 I left it a few years ago because of the same type of BS...Same people having to RUN things. They lost a hard working, financially supportive member...Funny thing is, we can all still show our dogs in whatever venue we choose WITHOUT having to be a member. We need to embrace each and every GSD owner regardless of their venue, yes even the PET owners...weren't we all there at one time? Had I not been a PET owner first I would of never been bitten by the show bug. Deborah Gebhard Solana GSD, Mich http://www.bonanza.com/booths/ChHaley -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Goodwin Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 2:17 PM To: DA LIST Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re The SOD STORY This list is one BIG RUMOR itself. LOL. Lana thank you for the late informed e-mail. LOL. Mike ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================