Hi Evan, It was in the BOG that Tish Walker (I have been the one primarily working on things until now) and Tom Mesdag are co-chairing the 2013 trial. Dean Wylie will be an assistant to the Chairs. We have been working on locating a site since the National last year and are in the process of securing the site in Philadelphia. We are just beginning to establish our committees and determine what will be needed. We will be working on sponsorships but have not started that yet. There is a lot of preparatory work to do. For the World Union Trial we will be working closely with WDA members. Nobody is hiding anything from the membership. We are just beginning all the work. Believe me, between the Trial and the Centennial, there will be plenty of work to go around! Tish In a message dated 8/23/2010 1:42:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: Major Sponsor ships are in the works. It would be a big help if the club members were let known as to what is going on. I read a post from Carol, it didn't seem to come from the List, maybe it was on the GSDCA site. If sponsors are lined up, who are they, what commitments are being made. How much is the GSDCA going to have to front. Who is in charge, and who is involved. This is the club owned by the members. While I have full trust in our board, I do think doing this in some sort of limited committee is not a good idea. I have no desire to be involved, but I do respect the right of the membership to know what is going on. I thought the post by Carol was a good start, but who knows the details, and how do we "little people" find out about them? Evan 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================