In a message dated 8/14/2010 9:27:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tanksr@xxxxxxxxx writes: I think more regions is a great idea. The horse fancy has many futurities. But one judge equals one choice and fewer entries. For those who missed it, the idea, (not mine) was to have 18 regional preliminary shows. The winner's of those shows would go to the nine semi finals, and those winners would go to the national. This would give 27 futurity shows to help boost local specialty shows in conjunction with them. The first 18 would be closer shows, and would allow local people who might not travel to a futurity a chance to show. If you win the preliminary you might have more of an incentive to go to the semi finals, since you already were a winner. Over all nationally we would have larger entries in total. We could have a lesser trophy, and a low entry fee for the preliminary shows. I did discuss this with Carol and sent it to her with an outline of the advantages and problems it might cause. I know if others considered it as well, we could come up with improvements. The purpose was to increase involvement, help the local clubs, build more overall entry, and increase funds for the Parent club. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================