In a message dated 7/16/2006 3:23:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, VPREZHMF writes: The reason is that the AKC is nothing like the CKC--or were you talking about the CGSDC as compared to the GSDCA?? AKC does NOT have members .. It has only Board members and delegates with everything else licensed( handlers,judges&Supt.) Helen Miller Fisher I realize that Helen. I just often wondered why they never developed a similar system. The revenue to the CKC by having several thousand people pay over $50 a year dues offset so much more, and enable the perks to be in place. It gave the membership its "Dogs In Canada" with its dues, as the AKC COULD have with the gazette. Not saying the Canadian system as perfect, but it just gave dog people more. The GSDCC needs to develop a few perks too...their membership is slowly dying out. I just feel our GSDCA can give us more bang for the buck. Many members I have spoken to that have not renewed memberships, I asked why. And the review and futurity was said over and over. Just was not enough to keep them there. So give back something......certainly nothing wrong with that. Molly Trillia German Shepherds ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================