yes i want to clarify when i said i agreed with Flower Boy, I agreed with the part of showing in your own region.............not with doing away with regions. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <CherlynGSD@xxxxxxx> To: <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Regions and the Futurity > > Here's my two cents for what it's worth ..... Since we have the Regions > and > must nominate in the Region of birth ..... then show in the Region of > birth! > That way your winners are by the actual Region. At the National all > Regional > winners will compete BUT you can have additional classes for "Exhibition > Only" which would be any dog or bitch that competed at that year's > futurity will > now be shown in their Regional class so that all attending the National > can > really see what is out there by Region not just what that particular > judge > liked. Each dog could have a shot bio read as they are exhibited, they > can also > be individually examined by the judge who just finished judging the > Regional > winners. Yes it would make things a bit longer, but it would be the > ultimate > for a "Breeders' Showcase". Besides, many of the dogs entered in a > Futurity/Maturity come to the Nationals to compete in the classes. > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================