Being a supporter of the club means standing up for what you believe is right but in this club that is frowned upon. There is lots of lip service for "encourage ..." but it means just go along and we'll pat you on the head. Unfortunately some of us do have a belief that the standard is what makes a GSD a GSD. Unfortunately this club does not. So what do you do? I get more response from my congressman than I do from Mr Fassano when I send a request. It used to be that you could email the entire board by sending something to "board@xxxxxxxxx" but that stopped some years ago. private emails seem to go nowhere. So what do you do? After a while you decide if the club is worth the headache. It is not a matter of winning or not - it is a simple matter of defending the standard. If the board does not do that then there is no club. Regardless of what they say. Ruth ________________________________ From: "ELG440@xxxxxxx" <ELG440@xxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:00 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Use don't abuse In a message dated 6/30/2012 1:38:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, hickoryhillgsd1@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I have not gotten a returned check refusing my entry to any national because of our non member status. I enjoy Kathleen more than many people. But, it is interesting that there are so many people that want to use the events of the parent club, or the parent club magazine, but do not want to be part of it. Just paying to be involved does not make you a supporter of the club. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================ÿÿ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================