Thanks for doing that. Let me explain. In California, when it works right, letters are mailed to the Committee Consultant. THOSE letters from clubs, business, letterheads, and persons of importance (city officials, county supervisors, etc) are listed on the committee analysis IF the Committee Chair says so. Those letters have to be RESENT each time there is a change in the bill, the bill advances through the Assembly (or the Senate) and it is a constant updating of the letters. The rationale is this: If the bill is amended and your have objected to a portion of the previous bill (4 months is now out, so mentioning 4 months is disregarded,etc.) the letter is no longer valid. So writing a letter to AKC, while it would be of interest to AKC, would go no farther. The letter HAS to be addressed to the correct party. (over and over and over...ad nauseum) Miserable, huh? I'm learning a lot, and more to come Stormy In a message dated 7/6/07 9:05:22 PM, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Actually the GSDC of Atlanta send ours directly to the AKC and copied both > Reps who managed to change their vote at the last minute to help it pass. We > asked AKC to pull Eukanauba regardless of the expence since neither to them > could be trusted to keep their word. I posted this to the List about > two weeks ago and challenged other clubs to join us. > > We've received a reply form AKC and one of the reps. They just didn't > bother to add us to the list of opposition. > > > ~~~~~~~~ Stormy Hope California Federation of Dog Clubs www.cfodconline.org S.P. Region GSDCA RALEEF Representative ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================