Not sure who you are speaking with, in AWSA, but the two officers I am in touch with say they are not in agreement with being a BBS in FSS. And, when a couple of AWSA breeders were asked, they said NO to being a BBS. Barb Hively - PA DNA. It's what makes a white, a German Shepherd -----Original Message----- From: Karen M. Carloni <kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: dmarc-noreply <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: wynsum <wynsum@xxxxxxx>; Showgsd-l <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 8:40 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The WHite issue On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:32:35 -0500, "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "barbara17236@xxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote: >AWSA does NOT want to be the BBS in the FSS, although they do want separation. That is NOT true! AWSA did not come to the meeting because, by its constitution and bylaws, AWSA is a club for the White Shepherd! AWSA does not represent the BBS. We asked for a postponement but were informed that would not be possible. Since no one had any prior knowledge of any new club *and* since our members hadn't had any input on it, the only ethical thing we could do was pull out of the meeting. It's not that AWSA doesn't WANT to be BBS. Right now, the club legally cannot. This is because the Swiss mother club has rejected any and all dogs and lines that have GSD blood close-up in the pedigrees. Until such time that they loosen up their rules to accommodate the fact that, here in North America, AKC and CKC register/recognize our White Shepherds as GSDs, regardless of what our little private registry may call them; and until the Swiss club agrees to allow us to have a chance to follow the FCI circular, we cannot merge our White Shepherds (neither AWSA dogs *nor* the UKC breed) with the BBS breed and bloodlines. European breeders had a huge jump on us because the SV declared long ago that no white dog shall have registration 'papers' stating they were a GSD. Too bad that didn't happen here. :( -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2015. 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 both 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. POSTS CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. 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/ ===========================================================================