IMPORTANT UPDATE 2015 GSDCA IPO/FH CHAMPIONSHIP - Page 1

IMPORTANT UPDATE

From Frank Fasano, President of the GSDCA:

The 2015 IPO/FH Championships and Universal Sieger Show will be held at Purina Farms, MO on May 1-3 2015.  Judges, helpers and tracklayers have been selected.

All competitors must be members of the GSDCA.  IPO 3 competitors that wish to advance to the Combined Trial, held with sister WUSV club, the UScA, must achieve a score of at least 250pts with 80P in phase C.

All GSDCA competitors must have appeared in the 2015 GSDCA IPO Championships to be eligible to compete in the Combined Trial.  Any competitor that  has not, will not, by mutual agreement with the UScA, be allowed to compete.

Event web page coming soon. More information can be found on the GSDCA web page under SV Programs or contact Joy Schultz at GSDCA office, 775 392-2913, or event chair Ron Gordon, 707 337-4388

Wow!!! I am inferring from the above post that WUSV does not recognize WDA.

I believe what you're really seeing is, GSDCA and UScA are not recognizing the WDA. But I would hold off on that assumption.

@PanzersDad - I read another post (2015 WUSV Qualification Trial to be held June 6-7, 2015 and hosted by the UScA.) that contained an email to the poster from Jim Alloway that cleared up my assumptions. As of today, i am not at a level to compete for a spot and by the time i am, this mess will all be sorted out

The WUSV  has never recognized the WDA, they cannot--there are only two WUSV member clubs in the US. They are the USCA and the GSDCA--The WDA only, ever operated under the unbrella of the GSDCA, now that the GSDCA has ended that relationship the WDA has no official standing, no matter what they claim.

The information that the President of the USCA posted is dated. Both Presidents of the USCA and the GSDCA had a recent agreement that only competitors sent and approved by the GSDCA, (not the GSDCA-WDA) will be allowed to compete at the Combined---that is why the GSDCA President posted the above statement. 

The GSDCA the WUSV the USCA all want this issue resolved and it was supposed to be heard by the courts this month--however the WDA has continued to delay and delay--now they have delayed the lawsuit, that will resolve everything untill next November.

This is why the GSDCA is currently taking all necessary steps to insure it's rights as one of the only two United States WUSV members.  Only WUSV member clubs can take part in sending yearly teams to the WUSV Championships and the WUSV Universal Sieger competition. In the US those two WUSV member clubs are the GSDCA and the USCA, period

RPG:

Points well made. Although I don't believe I know you personally, I agree with your stated position. However, I feel certain that others participating in Pedigree Database may not share or agree with our views on the matter. If the leadership of the other opinion base allows its people to speak about the matter publically, possibly they will offer their positions and provide the rationale for that thinking.

Hi Richard, actually you know me pretty well.  My pedigree handle are my initials and I'm the event chair of the upcoming GSDCA IPO Championships. I am not trying to change any minds, just getting the information out as to the GSDCA's position.

  The GSDCA has been trying to get this issue resolved for a long time.  Would love to know the rationale the WDA comes up with to have changed their championship from the week after ours to the same weekend, violating a long observed gentlemans agreement not to have conflicting national events at the same time.

Also maybe a explanation as to why, when they claim to have support of the WUSV they continue to pospone the lawsuit, they filed, instead of letting the courts decide and getting the issue resolved.

RPG: Now I know who you are.

Like you, I don't think many minds can be changed. Some will believe what they want irrespective of reality. Others may follow one or another "pied piper" till hell freezes over.

On a side note, I would recommend everyone visit the GSDCA-WDA's website and read the most recent Hundegram. In one of a series of emails published in the Hundegram,  Herr Lux, Secretary of the SV/WUSV wrote:  "We strictly adhere to the principle of noninterference and explicitly respect the autonomy of our member clubs within their native countries."  Herr Lux's prior sentence clearly stated; "We serve as a contract partner to our member clubs only..."

Herr Lux made it a point to clearly and specifically state  'member clubs'. There are only two "member clubs" within the United States of America unless something has changed in the last few minutes. Anyone wondering which are the only two "members clubs" can access the WUSV website (www.wusv.de). The site lists every WUSV member club in the entire world.  Under the United States; only two are listed; The German Shepherd Dog Club of America and the United Schutzhund Clubs of America.

Catalog Advertising Information for the 2015 GSDCA IPO National Championship/Universal Sieger Show

The catolog will be 8 1/2 x 11.  The deadline is April 8th and ads need to be high-res PDF's. The catolog will cover both events, the IPO National Championship and the Universal Sieger Competition. Please send all advertising and requests to:

Mary Gattone  770-922-2172 or destinogs1@aol.com  The costs are:

Advertising prices:

* Back cover--$200

* Inside front cover--$150  (reserved)

* Inside back cover--$150

* Inside color page--$100

* Inside b&w--$75

* 1/2 color--$75

* 1/2 b&w--&50

* 1/4 b&w--$40

* Business card--$25

The ad can be paid for with a credit card.  We should have that up on the website in the next couple of days. There will be a link on the home page at www.gsdca.org

If you need layout and design please let Mary Gattone know.  Thank you for supporting the German Shepherd Dog Club of America.