After reading the AKC minutes with great interest, I find that I am still not sure what was said in english concerning the section about judging and conflicts of interest. In plain english- will they allow AKC judges to judge at "other venues" or not? Or haven't decided yet? It's too bad that they feel so threatened by other registries that they feel they need to do this. Yep, I show with the other big registry too and am proud of it. (professional handlers are not allowed)! I am a member of a club with the other registry and since close to half of the approved judges for our registry are also AKC judges, with all this mess going on, they are not taking assignments with us or are preparing to dump AKC. It has created quite a division and a distraction among the ranks, not to mention creating havoc when trying to book judges for our shows! I just can't quite decipher all this legal jargon. Can anybody help? Margaret and AKC CH/UKC GRCH Besota-Hamilton Madison Ave BIS UKC GRCH Black Oak's Aurora Borealis UKC GRCH Black Oak's Trooping the Colors UKC CH Corsair's Genuine Draft UKC CH Corsair's Cast a Spell UKC CH Legate Hill's Valkyrie UKC CH Vulcan's Saracen Rose ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================