Content-type: Text/Plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I don't understand the reason of an amateur futurity I believe that the futurity competition was created for that breeders can show their litters in each region,this is only a big FUN MATCH... important but non official,Why create an amateur categorie???? Every owner or other people that are able to show a dog can show in the futurity NO??????It is not a big handler business in my opinion.....but an excellent window for the breeders to show their progeny of the year. Is it only a big ribbon business????? or a big money story??????? I hope not,judges are honest and thjey look at all the teams in the futuriy or show rings,and they consider them the same way and I want to believe that ............... if not why do some nice litters?????????????????????? This is my opinion,A good dog is a good dog and if he is well shown the judges will see his qualities. so why an amateur category? Diane Gobeil Lacomtesse German Shepherd -------Message original------- De : Kathaleen Strong Date : 2011-03-04 10:18:58 A : sharlen@xxxxxxxxxxxx; marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wilkersonem@xxxxxxxxxxx showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sujet : [Norton AntiSpam][ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs Inserting a class into the regular futurity, was my opinion of the situation at the time this whole thing was brought up, either that or make the whole futurity system amateur (clearly not an option), so the second best to improve the feasibility of the futurity would have been an Amateur Class, competing for the regular big futurity win. Maybe a "best Amateur" win at the regional level (with a sponsored big prize) with no other competition at the national level might have been a good idea. But mandatory? Clubs who have been awarded a futurity based upon a contract and now are "forced" into this Amateur show, may want to consider looking into whether or not it's enforceable considering there have been changes to the agreement without their written consent. Kathaleen -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon Allbright Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:32 AM To: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; wilkersonem@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs Carolyn has expressed my opinion so well I am just sending it on as is. I agree with EVERYTHING she has said. Sharon Allbright GSDC of Sacramento Valley, Inc. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================