Bad Week for WDA - Page 1

"YOU GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO HOLD' EM,  KNOW WHEN TO FOLD' EM,  KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY, KNOW WHEN TO RUN!"  Well,  WDA was denied by the court of Colorado a request to have a TRO (temperary restraining order) against the GSDCA.  Also, if you are a GSDCA member you can go to the members blog and see a letter written from the WUSV to the GSDCA and to the WDA denying WDA request for a SV judge and explaining that any SV judges request would have to go through the GSDCA which is the WUSV member.  We have a saying in the Chess Circle,  A "GOOD" chess player know when to resign!

Wallace:

Excellent post!  As I see it, it is a shame and a tragedy that the WDA has fallen, or rather, as many think,  been driven, into a maelstrom of political disfavor. It seems to me that now they find their organization having little hope of getting out of that great hole they have dug for themselves in the last few years.  The club has and has had a number of excellent people belonging to its membership. What is really unfortunate is that apparently not many of them kept up with what was happening. Unfortunately the members must have been content to let a few lead the masses without question of challenge. An uninformed membership is like an uninformed electorate which is to say they are sheep being lead to the slaughter. I hope none of the local clubs or individual members get hurt too badly.

In one election WDA went from a thriving, growing org. to a club of 1. I really don't see how any membership can be that uninformed.

If SV judges are not available to them, doubt many clubs stick with them.

WDA members could always go with the RSV2000 Global and quit being SV pawns ?

 

Thomas Barriano

 

Given the conformation-heavy membership of the WDA, they would seem to be to in polar opposition of RSV's goal to preserve and enhance the German Shepherd as a working dog.

http://www.rsv2000.de/en/about-rsv/values-and-philosophy/preambel/index.html

http://www.rsv2000.de/en/about-rsv/values-and-philosophy/defintion-utility-dog/index.html

 

AFTER A LETTER LIKE THE ONE BELOW YOU WOULD THINK THE WDA LEADERSHIP WOULD BE SAYING TO TUCK THEIR HEAD A PREPARE FOR IMPACT!!  INSTEAD MORE BULLSHIT..OPTIMISTIC??

 

Dan Yee has asked that the following be posted to the WDA membership:
"Dear WDA Members:

The WDA and GSDCA went into mediation on March 19, 2015, to discuss resolution of their lawsuits. The mediation was conducted by a retired United States Federal Court Magistrate Judge.

The rules governing mediation prevent all the parties from disclosing any of the mediation details. In this regard, I apologize that I cannot share any of the mediation particulars with you. I, however, will confirm that the parties are continuing their settlement discussions. The WDA is prepared to participate in additional mediation sessions, as needed.

The WDA remains optimistic and believes that there is motivation for the parties to settle. As part of its March 18th ruling and findings, the Court (1) warned the GSDCA that it faces significant exposure for substantial monetary damages to the WDA and (2) advised the WDA that there is a possibility that the Court could decide not to force the parties to stay together under the terms of the perpetual contract which binds the two parties together.

I express my sincerest thanks to each of you for your understanding and patience. I also thank all of the members who have renewed their WDA membership. Your demonstration of support is truly and deeply appreciated.

Dan"

GSD 2407

 

Where did you get "conformation heavy WDA membership" ?  The GSDCA are the conformation people the WDA was the working branch. More like UScA then GSDCA.

 

Thomas Barriano

Any WDA member who spoke out or asked questions or disagreed in any way with the WDA "leadership" was either pushed out or harassed until they left. Those who remain in the WDA either buy the party line or feel it is beneficial to them to stay quiet. How many times have we heard, " I don't care about the politics, I just want to train my dog."

I also just want to train my dog, but I want to train with people and an organization that supports the GSD.  Since leaving the WDA and joining USCA, I have found kind, sharing and welcoming people who share my goals and love of the sport and breed.

Instead of being caught in the drama of a few putting their goals ahead of the members, sport and breed, I have enjoyed training my dogs and meeting many good people who care about the breed. I am glad I left the WDA but I am sad to see the organization die.

Yee's "Please Don't Kill Us" letters to the SV-- which the WDA members apparently know nothing about, made it clear that WDA is not a viable organization, if it is denied SV judges. The V/WUSV response is the March 20 letter making crystal clear that (1) GSDCA is the WUSV member, NOT WDA and (2) that its access to SV judges is solely through the charity of the GSDCA...which is not feeling particularly charitable.

Yes Mystere, I think some people will find the GSDCA's charitable nature was strained past its benevolent extremes in the last few years. I don't believe the parent club will be seen as being as tolerant as they once were.

The letter you mentioned from the SV could not have been any clearer or more definitive in its intent or affect. However, I understand there are those who might still be living the luxuriously grandiose dreams of having SV judges at their beckoning.  There is nothing wrong with a dreaming membership just as long as it knows when dreams are a fantasy. In this case and from my perspective there seems be little likelihood of the dream becoming reality. From my view point the time has come to  accept things as they really are in real life.

That letter from the SV, by the way, is posted on the GSDCA website in the Members Section under "important communications". 

Hopefully, WDA's local clubs and individual members will not suffer from this debacle.