And this year we had the dream team. Barbara, Bob, and Dan. It could not get any better. Werner http://imagegermanshepherds.com/ BISS Am/Can CH. Scher-Lo's Mr Karizma HIC.OFA h&e Am.CH. Hadori's Samantha OFA h&e B.O.F CH. Pointed, Lorien's Play By Play OFA h&e ________________________________ From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; hylock200@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 6:19:54 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: nothing ALL judges that qualify are "allowed" to judge the National. Nothing keeps them from judging except the vote of the membership!!! Board members Nominate the National Judges and then the Board votes on who will be on the slate. After that......the MEMBERS get Petitions going on who THEY want to judge the National. IF there are enough members that sign the Petitions....those Judge's named on the petitions are placed on the Slate......and the members vote on their choice from that slate......no matter how they got their name on the slate. The Board has already put restrictions on how often a Judge can judge and what their qualifications must be........soOOooo........IF it is the same judges every time they can, then that is who the members WANT to judge their National! So be it. It is not that we lack judges......it is all in who gets the votes. I see no flaw in that? The bigger flaw would be in forcing members to have 'others' judge just because there are many who have not...............? Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com In a message dated 11/8/10 4:27:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, hylock200@xxxxxxxxx writes: I think with as many judges we have out there they should be allowed to judge the national specials once------- If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I want the best judges I can get, every year. If that means the same rotation, so be it. When the members feel that the same judges can't do a good job, they won't elect them. I see no reason to have someone judge my national just because they have never done it before. Maybe we should elect our politicians the same way. They can only be elected if they haven't ever done it before. Oh, wait, that does sound like a good idea. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================