In a message dated 8/29/2006 7:33:38 PM Central Daylight Time, Gsdbroon@xxxxxxx writes: Whatever was the motive in setting up the procedure, the result was to deprive the membership of the opportunity to select a respected judge who had owned and handled a Grand Victor ****************************************************************************** ******************** Tom I don't know how clubs were to work with at that time but I know in my case I had to cancel 9 GSD assignments due to the Canadian Nationals. I had no problem with any of the clubs. I canceled 3 specialties and 2 of them have me booked for 2007. All of the all breeds that I had agreed to remove GSDs from my assignment and leave me on their panel. They all said they do this for judges all the time. I know that as Show Chairman for my club in the past 15 years I have done the same for judges. I always keep them on the panel I just get a provisional or another judge on the panel to do the breed that they are restricted from judging. I think if anyone gets a Nationals assignment it is an honor and should be willing to agree to the restrictions. Now as I said maybe at that time the clubs were not so willing or maybe he just did not feel like he wanted to request that of the clubs. Lee Brown ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================