In a message dated 7/6/2010 6:13:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I think the By Laws or Constitution of all Clubs surely address how Judges should be nominated and voted on....... just like they do Club Officers You are most correct Carolyn, My club( GSDCMSP) has had the method in our By-Laws for many years, Nominations are taken from the membership,and are voted on many times,until a final majority on both Conformation &Obed/Rally is reached. That is the only fair way to select judges. This year,we ended up with Dick Jones from Florida,and Tony Monk from Canada. Both did great jobs with different judging patterns, ending up with majors at both shows. Obed /Rally had 52 entries Helen Miller Fisher--who founded our club 60 yrs ago ,and has served in every office,and loved every bit of the lean and good times >G> ============================================================================ 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. 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/ ============================================================================