Morass (NOUN): a situation that traps or confuses, an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture, a swamp; SYNONYMS: trap, snare, quagmire, entanglement. Please don't be "sorry" for me . Your sympathy is totally unnecessary. I know you can put it to better use. <G> Penny in NC The Farm Dog Forever I'm so sorry that you consider it a ....MORASS...? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.marhaven.com -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Penny & Bill To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Great post, Evan. We lost 100K? No wonder we won't be able to get the streaming video for next year. And with alienating everyone who looks favorably on White German Shepherds, we are REALLY going to generate a lot of love for attracting new members. Hehehe. (I, for one, would not think of enticing one shepherd lover to this morass.) Penny in NC The Farm Dog Forever Member, GSDCA since 1981 I am not the treasurer, nor do I play him on television. But, from the early returns, it appears our club lost $100,000.00. We can survive that. It may be made up with publicity or attention we received from being the host of the World Trials. I am trying to put the best spin on it I can. We now need to build the club back up. That means encouraging new members, supporting the club activities and avoid finding fault in what is being done. You can still criticize, but do so with the intent to help the GSDCA grow, and find others who will share with you that situation. If each of us brought in one new member, and with the low costs of the National for the next two years, this club will emerge stronger than ever. We have a great group on the board, and with our support a good future for the next 100 years. For fun, does anyone know what number National we just had? I will give you a hint, it was not 100. Evan L. Ginsburg gsyrfund.com Asgard German Shepherds ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================