Evan, I do not believe the issue was people joining that breed GSDs but why would someone even want to join if they are not involved somehow with the GSD. If this case if people are just getting people to join for voting in the GSDCA on issues just to change the GSDCA Standard that is wrong and should be addressed. Shown by their website white GSD breeders it seems are paying or helping those to join just to vote against the present GSD Standard to change that is wrong too. Is that not called lobbing or buying votes? As a lawyer you should know if you are able to answer it under the circumstances. Theresa GSDCA Member scenecrest@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 8/4/14, Evan wrote: I brought to both the GSDCA pres and legal advisor that there are people joining the GSDCA who do not breed GSD's and their is no provision in our bylaws to prevent this. Is it required that we breed German shepherds to be members of the Parent Club? Does that mean when we get to the age where we no longer are breeders, we get thrown out. Are we forced to continue to breed GSDs just to stay in the club. This causes a new problem I never thought about. I wonder if Tom and Vivian Brown know about this? 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/ ============================================================================