GSDCA is a club. If you wish to continue to belong to it, you pay the dues and renew. It's really as simple as that. I don't wish to belong to the Native Daughters of the Golden West or the German Americans club, so if don't join those clubs. I wish to support the club to which I want to belong. If I get a Pug or a Boston Terrier or a Whippet, I will probably join one of those clubs, also. I have made great friends, and the members of the GSDCA are as familiar to me as a VERY large family. So I want to "pay back" and "pay forward." It is to have the feeling of sharing and belonging. I don't breed anymore (luck was with me, my chance it <VBG>), I don't exhibit, but I hope that I contribute to the club to which I WANT to belong. Stormy Hope GSDCA member since ??/ 1994, I think:-) On Dec 19, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Denise Williams wrote: > I am the most unpolitical person there is. I don't vote, but I > certainly don't > complain either. More oever, I have no desire to run anything. I do > like to be > invovled. I'm not good at spectator sports. > > Being a member of the GSDCA is a spectator sport. Perhaps if there > was something > for me to do, I would have renewed. I considered joining again, but > I was told > that this might not be the best upcoming Nationals for me, by a > handler, and > that would be my one reason. I don't breed really so Futurities or a > ROM doesn't > mean much to me. > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================