Re: [PyrNet-L] GPCA Bulletin/Membership

["Thomas Sheehan" <tsheehan03@snet.net>]

Well Said Joe!  It was indeed a pleasure to meet you at The Show last month
at The Big E Fairgrounds in Mass. You are right on in your assessment of
politically connected people imposing their will on everyone else.

Terry Rickert
----- Original Message -----
From: <JGentzel@aol.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] GPCA Bulletin/Membership


> In a message dated 4/26/00 7:02:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ARIEGE@xtra.co.nz writes:
>
> <<  Let me assure you that
>  Jack the Ripper or the Boston Strangler could be a member as long as he
paid
>  his fee!! How these clubs can appropriately screen people is beyond me
and
>  what really needs screening apart from any previous convictions of
cruelty
>  to animals or being expelled from one of these clubs previously or the
>  governing body (NZKC here)?  Unless you had "insider information" how
would
>  you know who is suitable to be a member of any organisation?  Is this
where
>  the knowing of 2 members of the Parent body comes into the equasion for x
>  amount of years? >>
>
> Well, Jack the Ripper and Boston Strangler could be a member of the GPCA
if
> they were properly politically connected as well.  Even people who rescue
> Pyrs and sell them for breeding stock to farmers and present themselves to
> the naive public as being "agents" to all Pyr breeders i.e. you have to
deal
> through me in order for breeders to consider you for one of their puppies,
> are OK.  These are not secrets.  So what do we screen for and who do we
> eliminate?  We know we eliminate someone if they have disputes with others
> who are properly politically connected.  Other than that I know of no
others.
>
> Joe
>
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