I'm not showing(may breed a litter next year)yes the Review has changed but I still renewed. The breed's been good and created many new friendships along the way so I guess I (for better or worse and for the good times and bad and in16 years I've seen both) can stiil give her and the club I hold dear my $66 Bob Neiman / Walled Lake, Mich. Owner Barkalot's Felonious Assault AKA Brat and the other half of B'N'B Breeder/owner of UKC GR Ch.B'N'B-Barkalot's Cherish RN Co-owner of UKC ChSandyCreek-B'N'B-WC's Christmas Star AKA Echo Co-owner of Ketlyn's Black Widow Proud member of the GSDC of Am. since 1996 Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone. --- On Sat, 12/18/10, Terra Fairburn <terraf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Terra Fairburn <terraf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Renewing GSDCA membership To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 12:18 PM I have heard that many people are not renewing their memberships. I know some of it is due to politics but we are trying to decide whether we should based solely on the economy. We have had to take furlough days off from our work, no raises, higher taxes on everything, and some other unexpected debt....that's being kind. So any thoughts why we should keep our membership? We are not showing as much in the next year, do not plan to participate in any Futurities/Maturities, and the Review really isn't as interesting as in past years. We love getting our ROM plaques but it sounds like plaques are not going to be around much longer, (Futurity Plaques etc). We have already decided not to renew other subscriptions, dog and people related. We just wondered what others maybe doing or feel strongly about. You may email us privately if you wish. ===========================================================================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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================