I agree, Diane. This list has been polite and respectful for a long time now..... We can understand and appreciate!! that there are strong feelings and passions. We all have them. Every one of us. But this list has been great recently (oh THANK YOU! THANK You!) and we need to keep it that way. Thanks a lot. Storm On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx wrote: perhaps it would be a good idea if we ALL waited for the internal audit report to come out before we cast aspersions, make claims or create innuendo. i believe the report will be done in the next couple of months - someone the internal audit committee can correct me if i am wrong about the time. diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for everything German Shepherd and then some! _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) Skater's Blog In a message dated 8/19/2011 11:19:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: A few years back, previous to when the Bunch administration purportedly made all of these "deals" with Purina, Royal Canin used to have a booth at our National, and they hosted and paid for the best Hospitalities I had ever ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================