[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What this "white" person brings to the table
- From: Kay Springer <showgsd@xxxxxxx>
- To: "barbara17236@xxxxxxx" <barbara17236@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:48:52 -0800
Think you should move to Northern California! We are liberal out here :-) I
know the two GSD clubs I belong to would be more than happy to have a new
member with such vast experience.
Kay Springer
www.showboatgsd.com
Home of Ch Rohan's Reward
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On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:41 AM, barbara17236@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I am one of those "white" people who joined the GSDCA for half-price. I did
> not join to take over the GSDCA with my whites. I joined because I LOVE
> German Shepherds and I want the GSD Review. I enjoy seeing the ads and the
> show pictures.
>
> I have been involved with AKC German Shepherds since 1971. I was 11 years
> old in 1971! I trained and showed my first AKC registered GSD to his AKC
> C.D. title in 1973. At around 17 years of age, I trained and showed another
> one to his AKC C.D. title.
>
> I have experience with putting on an AKC Show, from start to finish. It was
> a Shetland Sheepdog Specialty but I am guessing they are all the same
> regardless of the breed involved.
>
> I know how AKC shows are judged; what dogs get the Ch points, how BOB and BOS
> and BOW are choosen. I can ring steward, if needed.
>
> I know how to take show entries. I know how to get great bargains on
> rosettes, trophies, etc.
>
> The GSDCA offered "discount" memberships hoping to get "new" members.
> Perhaps, to help with growth of the Club? Perhaps, to encourage people like
> me, who can help with shows, to join the Club? Maybe all of the above?
>
> One of my local GSD Clubs has been resurrected in the last year. The
> members, who I do know, have been very nice to me. Maybe because they see a
> fellow GSD owner and not a "white" person wanting to takeover their Club?
> Maybe because they see a person who can bring show experience to the table,
> and not a "white" person wanting to takeover their Club. I just emailed a
> person in that Club about when their next match would be. They responded by
> saying they were planning a show in the fall, and perhaps, I would like to
> help with the show since I can't show my "whites". A little kindness goes a
> long way:) If I am available, I will be happy to help out.
>
> If we do not start being a kinder, gentler GSD family, there will be no GSD
> Club one day. If we think every GSD owner is joining the Club because of a
> hidden agenda, there will be no GSD Club one day. If we keep attacking our
> Board, there will be no GSD Club one day. Is this really what we want?
> No Club?
>
> If we keep chasing off new exhibitors, there will be no entries at dog
> shows. So, now there will be no Club and no dog shows. Where does this
> leave the breed everyone claims to love so darn much?
>
>
> This "white" person joined the GSDCA for my breed, the GSD. This "white"
> person joined the GSDCA because the GSDCA needs members. The GSDCA will not
> grow without new members, and according to my dog's AKC Registration, he is a
> GERMAN SHEPHERD. I was not aware of any rule stating that only owners of
> "showable" GSDs need apply.
>
>
>
>
>
> Barb Hively - PA
> DNA. It's what makes a white, a German Shepherd
>
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