[Brian]

Hi Jim,

Your concerns are being echoed in conversations held over here as well. The earthquake caused a lot of the affected breeders to move their respective could where ever they could, as fast as they could. Given the circumstances, nobody can blame them for doing so.

The rescheduling of the show from February came as a shock, and the fact that the rules of showing have yet to be publicized tell me that the planning for the January show is still a work in progress. I totally agree with you that an indoor show is not the place to be co-mingling koi, some of which are not being kept in high temperatures.

I'm not sure how the Shinkokai plans to handle it, but a slip up here could add to an already bad situation and make things unbearable. Let's wait and see how they plan to handle and display at the show, and then let's all voice our concerns here and I'll see if I can't channel them back to the Shinkokai.