I have an answer ( what a surprise huh).....I can not speak for the board, but I don't believe THEY believe that they are in any way harming the breed standard by letting my white dog go Obedience GV.......if we can put the ugly Hero dog on the cover...and correct me if I'm wrong, the "Hero' award is also a GSDCA award.....then we can put the ugly white monorchid Obedience dog on the cover too......... Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx To: pagairs@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:23:53 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: a question to the board/membership Then I have to ask a few questions  1.  Do you agree the GSDCA is the appointed body to maintain and  protect the breed standard? 2.  Is the elected board charged with maintaining the purpose of the  club? 3.  If yes to the first 2 questions, how can you justify a vote  that clearly does not put the breed standard      first?  If there is something I am missing in this equation then please explain the  reasoning.  And for those of you on the list, I will say every time I have written  to the  board Gary has always responded along with a few others.  There are many that never response to requests.  Thanks Gary.  Molly   In a message dated 2/9/2012 12:50:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,  pagairs@xxxxxxx writes: As did the majority of the Board, I voted  in favor of the  motion. Gary ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011.  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 2011. 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/ ============================================================================