In a message dated 8/8/2009 9:41:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dan-ann@xxxxxxxx writes: My next question is Is the PC footing the whole bill for the world show? In 4 yrs? Sally Gee.......... Lets see...... if everything we are reading is true........the US team had to go thru minefields to get an $1800 private donation to be able to compete in 2009............the world competition is only 4 years away...........as host, the expenses can run into the hundreds of thousands.......at $1800 a year, it will take .......A LOT MORE than 4 years to get the money..... that is unless the WDA has other plans that we, the GSDCA don't know about.......like LOTS of private donations......<G> Maybe they will enlighten us..........maybe they will include all GSD fanciers.......hope springs eternal.... Ileana ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================