On 9 Aug 2011, at 13:05, Chris S. Kimerer wrote: They've had over 2 years to work on this, and to my knowledge, do not have any yet. This first came up back in 2006, so that is a total of 5 years, and then, in 2009, when the final decision to do this was made, the ball should have been rolling at that point. <REPLY> THE WUSV awarded the 2013 Trials to GSDCA in 2005. As for large sponsors, until the Trust was established, this could not be accomplished. The Donation Trust (refer to your January 2011 Minutes) was established to collect Sponorship monies that could be TAX DEDUCTABLE. The Trust paperwork began just after the January 2011 meeting. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================