On 9 Aug 2014, at 12:21, Theresa-GSD Stolz-Scenecrest Farm wrote: The GSDCA has 2721 approximate members so guess over half of these would need to be members owning whites as just do not see how they could be in control otherwise. <reply> The whites are not controlling anything We have no way to know what colour the dogs are owned by our membership I have stated this previously: The Whites did not ask us to change the standard. Germany asked us to look into changing our standard to come one in line with theirs on the Long Stock Coat. A committee was formed to look into this. Jimmy Moses stated that it was time to revisit the White DQ and this should also be looked into by the committee. A revised standard was submitted and you ALL will get a chance to vote on it - whether your dogs are breed quality, pink, pets or performance venue animals. Your Board is not ignoring anything. When the Board was going to vote on separation of the Whites, all three white Clubs were represented (all were members of the GSDCA). The Majority of the white groups represented at the meeting DO NOT WANT TO BE ANYTHING but GSDs. They do not wish separation and did not request a standard change. The smaller group that wants to separate, requested a one time separation for certain WHITE dogs - not all white dogs. I believe that they should be allowed to leave, and those that want to remain GSDs do so. If the majority of those with WHITE dogs do not want to leave, why should those that do not have white dogs tell them they must leave? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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. 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. 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/ ============================================================================