Yes Lanalee, you are absolutely right! The conscientious ones are doing just that. And I do thank you. Helen I'm a little baffled as to what Nationals people have been attending that have had access to the Board and Officers. At every National I have attended since being elected, I, and my fellow officers and directors have been manning the tables at ringside. I haven't seen the judging at a National specialty since I was elected because whatever table I have worked seems to be conveniently located either with my back to the ring or facing the backs of the standing specatators <G> The Board are those folks you see passing out the packets, selling the catalogs and Redbooks, overseeing the products booths, frantically typing in the results to the GSDCA webpage so the folks at home can keep up with the latest class wins, etc, etc, etc. If the general public can't get to a Board member, it has to be because they have a long line of people standing in front of them clamoring for whatever the Board member is trying to oversee. You probably can't see them because they are moving so fast, trying to keep up with everything <LOL> Lanalee ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================