Here is the timeline of events: GSDCA Timeline April 2013: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: Board approves to extend reduced membership fee $36 through all of 2013. April 2013: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: Board approves âall registered GSD, with the exception of PAL dogs,be eligible to win the GSDCA, Inc. awards for Obedience and Herding Victor and Victrixâ (this opens up to White GSD being eligible) April 2013 GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: forms Standard Committee to makes recommendations on coat and color. August/September 2013. GSDCA National Premium List sent out. Membership never approved; but published White GSD now eligible for Obedience Victor/Victrix. August 2013. Annual ballot sent to GSDCA membership (see below). Includes vote from membership if White GSD should be eligible for Obedience Victor/Victrix. October 2013. White GSD awarded Obedience Victor Title GSDCA National Specialty. October 2013: Annual ballot results are announced. This vote addresses the eligibility of GSD with disqualifying conformation faults to win the performance Victor/Victrix awards at the GSDCA national. 1. The performance Victor/ Victrix must be free of disqualifying faults as stated by the AKC GSD Standard and as verified by a GSD Breed judge at the National. 2. 2. The performance Victor/Victrix is judged solely on its performance and not by a conformation breed standard. In Favor of #1 533 In Favor of #2 395 October 2013: AKC publishes GSDCA New Standard in minutes. October/November 2013: Discrepancies, mistakes, contradictions found in verbiage new GSDCA Standard submitted to AKC. April 2014: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: GSDCA approves and sends new âcorrectedâ Standard to AKC. April 2014: GSDCA Board of Director Minutes: BOD unanimously votes to publish New Standard in GSD Review. May 2014: AKC approves GSDCA New Standard. July 2014: Linda Bankhead requests copy of âNew Standardâ from AKC and shares with you on Facebook. July 31s 2014: GSDC publishes 2014 BOD minutes January and April on GSDCA website. August 2014: GSD Review has no Revised Standard information. August 2014: Ballot on changing GSD Standard sent to membership. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================