Ok, as queen of the forest, I would choose Lexington, Topeka, and Loveland... or another city a little further west.... Rotate center, west, center, east.... This would allow for the maximum number of people to be able to drive to the National each year, and would IMO do more to increase entries than a long coat class, or allowing DQ's to earn the OV/OBVx would ever do. I also think (and this will probably pi$@ some people off) that the National should NOT be held on a coast...no matter which one... People need to be able to drive from all directions, not just 3 directions. ..... As someone who is very involved in putting on all breed shows, I know that what we would do to increase entries there would not necessarily apply for our National. Accessibility for exhibitors, however, applies for both, and is even more important for our National. JMO, Cyndi. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:29 PM, "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want the National to be at sites that are easy access so ALL the top dogs > in > the Country can come in to compete. I want to see them ALL...EVERY YEAR!! > > I think for 'Central' to the West with reasonably easy access for driving OR > flying for EVERYONE ...Utah or Colorado are good. > > 'Central' to the East I guess would be Ohio or Kansas City or maybe > Kentucky? > I guess even St. Louis. > I was not a Kentucky to suffer the cold....but sooner or later EVERY site is > > going to have bad weather once. Hate to see one thrown out for that > reason. > We might consider earlier National dates... > > Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.marhaven.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Cyndi Flautt > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:24 PM > To: showgsd-l > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] What cities would you choose? > > Ok maybe I should have asked the question differently.... What cities would > you choose taking into consideration.... Rotating sites.... Flying dogs.... > Accessibility for the most members each year, and the club's budget. > > That could change the answers :-). > > > Sent from my > iPhone====================================================================== > ====== > POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================