Thank you, Iza, for pointing out another important element of the Election. My final comment on gsdbydesign.com's coverage is this: We feel strongly that voters deserve to be educated. We know that not all GSDCA members belong to email lists. Our role is to offer the candidates a platform, in much the same way that a for-profit newspaper covers a presidential election: We feel it is our JOB. Some candidates do not wish to participate. Some voters do not care to read what the candidates have to say. That is their choice. But until our coverage began in three years ago, a venue such as this did not exist. Please note that we do not publish candidate bios, but rather their answers to what we feel are important questions in how they will serve the GSDCA. And we keep questionnaires from previous elections in our archive system; answers from 2007 and 2008 can be located in August and September of each year. (The archives can be accessed from any page pon our website via a link on the left.) I am continually surprised at some can feel so imperiled by information. --------------------------------------- In a message dated 8/24/2009 10:00:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, izakabuska@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: At least THIS LIST is not a for-profit venue . . . Becky T. Dickson www.gretchanya.com www.gsdbydesign.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================