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by sunshine on 10 March 2010 - 06:03
I just received the most recent UScA magazine, and it has become very clear to me that the UScA does not want members such as myself by way of the President's Message. I participated on the Grassroots website but I found no real leadership there either. When I repeatedly inquired if it was the desire of the UScA to have people such as myself continue as a member, there was ZERO resonance. I repeatedly asked, and no answer was forthcoming. ERGO "No".
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
by sunshine on 10 March 2010 - 06:03
I just received the most recent UScA magazine, and it has become very clear to me that the UScA does not want members such as myself by way of the President's Message. I participated on the Grassroots website but I found no real leadership there either. When I repeatedly inquired if it was the desire of the UScA to have people such as myself continue as a member, there was ZERO resonance. I repeatedly asked, and no answer was forthcoming. ERGO "No".
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
by sunshine on 10 March 2010 - 06:03
I just received the most recent UScA magazine, and it has become very clear to me that the UScA does not want members such as myself by way of the President's Message. I participated on the Grassroots website but I found no real leadership there either. When I repeatedly inquired if it was the desire of the UScA to have people such as myself continue as a member, there was ZERO resonance. I repeatedly asked, and no answer was forthcoming. ERGO "No".
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
What was a big topic was "How to get New members". But retaining members was not a topic.
This ire is not directed at the Grassroots. They are trying to fix something that is already broken. I am not alone in feeling disenfranchised from the UScA process. I have been dealing with a very uninvolved UScA region in Texas.
I am someone that cuts their losses. That was the last membership renewal for me. I won't even try to submit a loyalty card listing my affiliations. What for? Another venue to show my dog in? With the JA inventor as judge of the males? OHHHH! That is surely worth my going to Chicago for a week and spending in excess of $3,000.
Cripes, I think they have gone mad.
by eichenluft on 10 March 2010 - 09:03
sunshine, without the members staying so they can vote for new leadership - the ship is indeed sunk! We are trying to float it again, but it takes members who stick around to see if they can HELP get it floating again! If you give up, lose your membership (collective "you") then, you have no vote and can't help. Without the membership contacting their representatives to get the votes, and attending the GBM as delegates to vote, there is no hope and everything will continue on the track it's on (USA is doomed). So I hope there are more members who stick around, stop complaining and waiting for others to fix things for them - than members who just give up and assume noone wants them - the current leadership might not want "you" - but without "you" the future of USA is destined for more of the same old same old terrible downhill slide.
molly
molly
by wallacepayne on 10 March 2010 - 12:03
Hi Molly,
I have a question? What is the large love affair with UScA or GSDCA-WDA for that matter? My love is for the sport and the breeds I want to do it with. If UScA and GSDCA-WDA or DVG America we will still do Schutzhund someone will pick up the ball unless it become illegal then we will go underground with it.
I worked for UScA and GSDCA-WDA not to save them but to save the sport. I hope my friend get the Nationals however, I agree with another person on this post. This is an election year, and their have been a gross injustice done to it's members. If those two things can't get people to attend the location won't make them attend either.
I have a question? What is the large love affair with UScA or GSDCA-WDA for that matter? My love is for the sport and the breeds I want to do it with. If UScA and GSDCA-WDA or DVG America we will still do Schutzhund someone will pick up the ball unless it become illegal then we will go underground with it.
I worked for UScA and GSDCA-WDA not to save them but to save the sport. I hope my friend get the Nationals however, I agree with another person on this post. This is an election year, and their have been a gross injustice done to it's members. If those two things can't get people to attend the location won't make them attend either.
by wallacepayne on 10 March 2010 - 13:03
What will you do when the by-law stays the same in November? How long will you guys stay and be part of the problem while thinking you are fixing the problem?
by schutzhundfan on 10 March 2010 - 13:03
Only way to stop them is boycott their events, start with Sieger Show in June.
They are already changing their rules for the sieger, now if you promise not to renew WDA membership you can still participate. hell all WDA's memberships renewed in January.
They are already changing their rules for the sieger, now if you promise not to renew WDA membership you can still participate. hell all WDA's memberships renewed in January.
by Bob McKown on 10 March 2010 - 13:03
Wallace:
I want you to know that I respect your accomplishments and from the first time I met you I was happy that I had, that being said since you have left the orginization why do you care who stays and tries to fix it?. The problem did,nt just happen in a year it won,t be fixed quickly it will take some work and time. The easy thing to do was just leave.
I want you to know that I respect your accomplishments and from the first time I met you I was happy that I had, that being said since you have left the orginization why do you care who stays and tries to fix it?. The problem did,nt just happen in a year it won,t be fixed quickly it will take some work and time. The easy thing to do was just leave.
by TessJ10 on 10 March 2010 - 13:03
"I agree! The Nationals has been held in the East for the last four years : Iowa, Texas, Georgia, Alabama."
Uh, NONE of these are East. Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, South. NONE are east. Too funny. Looks like a nice rotation geographically except for the AL & GA ones. Otherwise spread around pretty well.
Uh, NONE of these are East. Midwest, Southwest, Southeast, South. NONE are east. Too funny. Looks like a nice rotation geographically except for the AL & GA ones. Otherwise spread around pretty well.
by Mystere on 10 March 2010 - 14:03
Tess,
Yes, we all took geography in 3rd grade, and those are the technical designations. :-) The POINT is that
the sites are all EAST of the Rockies. They are all in the EASTern part of the country. They are all on the right side of the map. :-)
None are in the WEST, WEST of the Rockies, on the left side of the map. :-)
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