You said this before Jackie and I didn't respond..have to ruminate a bit... I agree...I think the club could probably do great things for the breed under those circumstances. Jo Ann
> In what way, other than continuing to act as a registry body? > Aussies were not even in the Miscellaneous class when the AKC > recognized that breed. Here's a very informative site I found when > doing a search on that breed: > > http://www.agrihelp.com/hrdwrkcolors.htm > > IMO, the old club needs to start acting as a club and to discontinue > acting as a registry. The additional fees charged for registration are > only being used to support the registration secreatary's cost of doing > business and the paper generated in registering the litters/individual > dogs. I believe those funds could be better spent by being directed > to health research. I have no problem with the club restricting their > show entries to club members and holding those members to their > code of eithics, but acting as a registry is not in the best interests of > the breed in my opinion. > > Take care, Jackie > > On 17 Apr 2002 at 18:57, Laura Trunk wrote: > > > > If I am remembering correctly, the only time stud books have been > > > reopened have been when the genetic health of the breed was in > > > jeopardy and the reopening was the only viable avenue to save the > > > breed. > > > > The Australian Shepherd Club asked to reopen and they did. Their > > reasons were very similar to ours. > > > > Laura Lang > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
