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Date Posted: 12:09:47 06/10/04 Thu
Author: David
Subject: Re: Expanding Mondio Ring in America
In reply to: Dave Putnam 's message, "Expanding Mondio Ring in America" on 09:22:00 05/29/04 Sat

Hi Dave,

this is quick as I'm a little occupied with getting married tomorrow.

:)

I think one of the things that Mondio still suffers from is a lack of publicity. Few people have seen a trial let alone a demo and the public knowledge of the sport is rudimentary at best.

I would endeavour to get the word out as much as possible on the other boards about upcoming events. When we hosted our last seminar in Canada we had 26 participants due to the amount of general publicity we were able to muster. Dog people (as a rule) will attend events even if they are only partially related to their specific sports, as long as they have ample warning.

I would also make the latest world championship tapes available on the website to new members and interested parties for a nominal cost. Again, dog people love video.

Agreed, we need more judges. We lost Bob Billyard due to silly CRA politics and believe me that was a serious setback to the community.

The community as a whole must put aside ego-driven agendas to facilitate the sanctioning of more judges and decoys or Mondio is at serious danger of being another case of... "what ever happened to?"

Regards,

David

>This is the key ingredient to expanding the sport in
>our country: Getting home grown Mondio judges. And
>certified decoys as well. If we do that, everything
>else will fall in place.
>
>There are clubs that would hold trials right now if
>they didn't have to fly a judge in from Europe. Also,
>not having to fly decoys in from different parts of
>the US would help a lot.
>
>It can cost club members hundreds of dollars or more
>to hold a Mondio trial the way things are now. We have
>Mondio enthusiasts routinely flying to Europe with
>their dogs to trial, that's how great the demand is.
>
>Ann is in the judge's program now and is well on her
>way to completing the apprentice program. I think
>Augusta is getting ready to enter the apprentice
>program. These are vital steps. I don't want to
>pressure people or put anybody on the hot seat, but
>anyone that has titled a dog to Sch III (or Ring III)
>and is interested in Mondio should try to become a
>judge.
>
>What can we do to move in this direction?

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Re: Expanding Mondio Ring in America -- Krzyzak, 06:49:42 06/11/04 Fri
- Thanks, Matt! n/m -- David, 03:35:51 06/12/04 Sat