In a message dated 10/8/2005 12:20:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: ask..candidates, current leadership.and puppets..you tell me...how am I supposed to look a new person in the eye and encourage them to spend their hard earned money joining this embarrassing GSDCA circus and the sport in general? Does anyone else out there find it ironic that some of our breed's most distinguishable traits are its>>>> Christine and Steve That was a truly excellent post, and you are right, it would be very hard to encourage a newcomer to join our "wonderful club" given the viper-like behaviour exhibited by so many over not wanting to lose position or potential position on the hierarchy of a small dog club. These days a membership card to the GSDCA is not worth the paper its printed on. I would be afraid to subject anyone I really cared about to the politics, backstabbing, mean mouthing, dangerous, power hungry liasons that some members have formed. It has become an embarrassment, and has been for awhile. The only difference is over the last several weeks we are beginning to really see some people for what and whom they are, and it is very disturbing. It is a club that has quit giving a damn about it's members by-and -large, and has only its own self serving interests at heart. Will a change in the upper echelon effect a more positive direction for the membership, the exhibitors? Don't know, but I do know that so far, many of those campaigning should be bloody ashamed of their tactics. I fail to see how this useless waste of energy, and whole hearted vicious behavior will help the club, its members, or garner any votes, for those guilty of perpetrating it...or their cronies. But THANK YOU to them, because now what you have done with all this ugliness and selfishness and slandering is given the membership a club and board they can be truly proud of NOT. Kathy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================