In a message dated 4/28/2011 4:49:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx writes: The job that the GSDCA President has to do is a big one, and there is no time, frankly, for personal things like breeding and exhibiting And at the National, you are the head person that answers all questions. And believe me,you are busy constantly with taking photos ,of all conformation and performance wins. So the answer is No the GSDCA President doesn't exhibit dogs at our National, This came up when I was on the board. It was decided that the way we were going to do it, was not what the SV did. Some of the board thought we should do it the same way they did, the president did judge each year at the SV show. There always are those who think we should do what the Germans do. The discussion was that it was allowed under our by-laws, but not a good idea. As far as I know, no president has done so, but there seems to be no real good reason not to allow it. The President of the club is busy at the national, but isn't required to do much while the classes are being judged. The better idea is not to do it.\ As far as showing, it is enough to work the National. Showing is about as much work as just keeping the problems at bay. So, it probably is better not to show, or to judge while serving as president. If someone wants a by-laws change, that should be something to consider. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================