I wonder if there was a an opportunity to donate dollar to fight AR legislation on our dues renewal if people would take advantage of it? It would be voluntary. If you could it 2000 folks to donate 10 it would have a start. Just a thought. What does a lobbyist cost these days? another thought. Is government going to make laws they will not have the revenue to enforce? OR will they enforce them because it will become a revenue generator. Fines make a lot of revenue for the states. Terry --- On Sun, 2/22/09, stormy435 <stormy435@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: stormy435 <stormy435@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: We we are To: fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx, ELG440@xxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, InquestGSD@xxxxxxx Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:04 AM I think the Board would appreciate a plan, or a letter to explain why one organization should receive a donation... even an amount noted. I am planning on doing that now. It was noted here that many members aren't even aware of the National animal organizations out there... so perhaps the Board doesn't, either? This list addresses about ?1400 people, not all GSDCA members... there are about ?3400? (does somebody know?) GSDCA members. Who contacts those non-list members with this information? Do members of this list cross post legislative news (not the comments, but the news, always permissible) to other lists where there are many GSDCA members? If we don't spread the word, even among ourselves, how can we start educating and influencing others? Questions I ask myself in the middle of the night. S On Feb 22, 2009, at 9:25:17 AM, "Terry Cochran" <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: If the mission of the GSDCA is here to protect the breed than it is their responsibility to channel revenue to fight bad animal laws and to protect the rights of it's members to own and to breed. How much have they given? Defending our rights is done with dollars not fairy dust. Terry -- Stormy Hope carpoc.org GSDCA Member And more clubs ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================