The local hosting club is paying all the judges expenses. No travel, no hotel, no nothing is being paid for by the parent club. Why would I want to fly a judge into a Fut Mat when I am going to have to eat the cost? Why would I pay 150.00 park rental for the extra day? Why would I ever put the GSDC of Oregon in a position to loose 850.00 ??? Why would the parent club endanger the regional clubs in this manner? We are lucky we can afford it but my guess is that the support of the Fut Mat system is not that great right now. Terry, Regional clubs are supposed to be reimbursed for certain expenses. The futurity instruction book lists how the finances are handled. Judge's expenses, etc., are included in that. You should have received a financial statement showing the breakdown of income and expenses. Tish ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================