In a message dated 1/24/2005 8:03:27 A.M. Central Standard Time, skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: When I voted for an East / Central / West / Central, I was NOT voting for a COASTAL location, whether it is relatively close or very far away. I am truly having a problem with this feeling from some. It is not just you Sandra, and believe me, I am not making this personal. The membership survey wanted the rotation basis and divided the country to 3 zones, but did not say anthing about excluding 1/2 the states in each zone because they are coastal. Most of the eastern states have some coast. There are few members in Mexico, everything near Mexico out? Whoops, there goes Calif, Ariz, New Mex and Texas. We have 4 gone. Now there is the gulf....off goes again Tex, Louisiana,Alab, Miss, Fla..add 4 more. Pacific---back to Calif, Oreg, Wash. Add 2 more - we have now eliminated 10 states. Of course we have to throw out Alaska and Hawaii - 12 out of the way. Now east - Fla, Georg, S Carol, N Carol, Virg, Dela, NJ, RI, Pa, NY, Mass, Maine, Conn and NH. - There goes 13 more. I remember someone back in the summer saying it also should not be to any borders with other countries, so lets through in Canada....they sure do not bump the entries much. So now we can add Wash, Mont, N Dakota, Minn, Wisc, Mi, Ohio, NY, PA, Vt, NH, Maine. Now count them up.....you have eliminated as not practical 32 states. Last I looked it was not the GSDC of 18 states, it was of America. INCLUSIVE! Your top 5 states for membership are California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. Not one of them should have a national according to the wishes of some. Even if entries go down some from region to region, we are not going to fold. Yes, a dog show is about the dogs and as some say without them there is no show. But without the people you do not have the dogs... There was a question on that survey about having it central year after year, it was voted down. It is not what the membership wants. Again as I have stated before, I am going to go to wherever the national is. It is my personal problem how I work it out to get there, how many dogs, people etc I can take. I do not think negative about the national - it is the yearly climax of all things show related. Would not miss it for the world wherever it is if it is at all possible. And I certainly wouldn't try to trash any club/region that wants to work hard and help the PC take it on. Molly Trillia GSD's ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================