In a message dated 4/5/2005 1:19:15 PM Mountain Standard Time, helen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > don't buy the "fund raising for the club > explanation." I guess these people just don't want to mingle with us, the > masses. Their loss. In addition regarding this subject, I feel that most > of the seats should be FREE. We want to encourage people to attend and > watch, not relegate them to the back of the stadium where they need Two things Helen - and I guess I better speak just for myself on the first one - I think the socializing is the greatest thing at the National and this past National I really did miss not being able to mingle more. However, moving as I was, it was far safer for me to be in that section. Secondly - seats cannot be free. The arena does not come free, the sod does not come free, there is practically nothing that does not have to be paid for. Seats are very important in contributing to the income which pays for the National. Tish ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================