[Rich L]

I have a problem with the AKCA's unwillingness to establish a clear basic standard for Amateur/Professional status. I beleive my club has adapted one but there are others that want to side with an agressive dealor pair who have been trying to gain membership in our organization for 5 years now. They side up to every club leadership change, not just ours to try to influence the leaders. It looks like they may have done it this year. They undermined our club to serve their goals and manipulated another and left when they got what they wanted.

The trouble with parasites, like these, is they understand that the harm done now will all blow over and they will be back in the future when the old leadership has gone. So the need for keeping the AKCA organization amateur is very necessary.

At least a clear suggested standard would help eliminate the animosity and dirty politics I see now because we could try to configure the organization around that. Right now I feel the AKCA leaves us out to dry. Says what they think should be happening but doesn't even address conflicts with their organization. Just recently a dealor, who was also the club's president, was an official at their club's AKCA show.

Where does that leave us who try to respect the supposedly Amateur standards.