Susan, there were many of us telling as many as would listen what was really happening. The "dirty dozen" were loud and clear. As were many, many others of "us".
This is an old story and has become more than dull but I'd rather not have history rewritten. New fanciers as well as those who don't know the story should have the truth not some silly fairy tale. At each and every meeting (informational) the membership was told there would be a fight (with the AKC) and we (the club) would prevail. The membership was told the letter from AKC was "lawyer talk" and didn't mean anything. My husband, who is a lawyer said it's a lawyer talk alright and it says "we're (AKC) coming, jump on the wagon or get out of the way". The majority of Cavalier fanciers in the World (and the USA) wanted the breed AKC registered. We, a rather small club, couldn't possibly keep the Cavalier in the USA a private breed. John Gammon and I could not get to the board meeting in which the wording for the vote was decided. Had we been there things might have been somewhat different...I don't think we could have actually forced a different outcome because by that time we were pretty well distrusted by most of the club membership. That distrust has lasted far longer than one would expect. As I said, one person has admitted to me that there was a huge mistake made...and a few have told me they "knew" the truth but didn't want to believe it...they were hoping for a different outcome. That's human nature I suppose. It would be so wonderful if something could be learned from that past (still going on?) battle.... Jo Ann Carvill > Jo Ann, I was there too. By the time we knew what had actually been said by > the AKC and the CKCSC it was too late to do anything about it. The lectures > that were given to educate the membership that I attended were more about > extolling the virtues of the AKC than telling us that the issue was that the > AKC was recognizing the Cavalier and there was nothing we could do about it. > If that had been made clear the vote would have been different -probably > would have been different anyway if the question had been worded properly. > > Susan Shidler > SevenWoods Cavaliers > Mettawa, Illinois ========================================================= "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.
