In a message dated 8/23/2014 6:21:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx writes: Let me ask a question then: Of the breeders who remain, which have enough history and knowledge to be of lasting value and should be interviewed? THIS QUESTION TO EVAN AND EVERYONE ON THE LIST! My original plan was to do these interviews at my expense, on my time, and for the benefit of the club. When the GSDCA decided to do it, I just backed off. As to who is left, certainly Gloria and Cappy, Dave Rinke, Joan Fox, Dorothy Lynn, Tom and Vivian Brown, Ken Downing, Carolyn Martello, Ralph Roberts, Jerry Guzman, Ted Beckhrdt, Kathy Steen, Maryellen Kish, Jack Newton, Fran Ford, Jane Kerner, Fred Migliori , Jimmy Moses, Daphne Hereford, and Helen Fisher, (not to even mention the husbands and wives), are just a few that still would provide us great insight into the history of our breed. Having listed them, I realized how so many others I have not mentioned, and who are equally important to our breed and our history, and that is just conformation since that is all I am aware of. People like Laurie Nickerson, etc. would also be there to interview, but I have never been involved in other parts of our sport, other than to get my AOEs. That is a list off the top of my head. As soon as I did that, I thought of about ten more. In a year, I do wonder how many of these great resources will be lost? It is not something I want to think about. Just listing those incredible individuals is depressing that my idea never came to anything, and I will miss any one of them. That is must like many of my ideas, however. As I said before, I have given up the idea of doing the interviews and am dedicated to promoting the Junior Handlers. Even there, I am getting little support, but some have offered to help, and to form a committee. NO COMMITTEES! Evan ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================