buster the show dog:Perhaps there is more history here, but based only on the "no RV" incident, I have to offer some sympathy to the secretary.
First, Tashakota does have a legitimate gripe about the change in RV policy from what was advertised in the premium list. She would have been well within her rights to send a letter to the secretary simply politely stating that she had made her entry based on the assumption that RV parking would be allowed as advertised in the premium list, and since that policy had changed she would like to withdraw her entry and receive a refund. If the secretary had refused to do that, then Tashakota would certainly have a legitimate gripe.
But, I don't entirely blame the secretary for expressing a bit of frustration at being asked for clarification of what was stated on the confirmation, and then after answering that, being asked essentially the same question again. I would be willing to bet that none of the people who are so appalled at her admittedly curt response have ever been in the position of actually organizing a large dog event. I'm pretty sure those who do actually do the bulk of the largely volunteer work of putting on trials can relate to the frustration of having to answer the same questions repeatedly while also tending to the zillion duties associated with actually running the event. Walking a mile in another's shoes and all that....
I've not been the show secretary but the Trial Chairman, yes. So I have been there to a certain degree and there is history to this as well. In the past, RV's have been allowed onsite during trial hours but not over night and parking has included all the surrounding parking lots of the business around them, so parking has never been a problem. So when I finally got an RV and planned to use it, I was told no and I wondered why.
Now that the weekend is over, parking was not really a problem and having an RV in one of the neighboring lots would not have been a problem. They offered to reserve spaces near the building for those wishing to crate out of their car, so I did. They apparently expected you to renew that reservation on Sat for Sun, because they did not hold spots on Sunday for anyone that I am aware of. My friend had planned to crate out of her car all day on Sun but since her car ended up further away, she brought her dog inside. I brought mine in because I felt it would have been too cold for them in the car all day, though the sun was shining so inside the vehicle would not have been bad, so I told her I did not need the spot.
When I arrived on Sat morning and was talking with a friend telling them I had set up on the mezzanine and the Trial Secretary was nearby and said, "You're not crating inside are you?" with a tone with what I felt was on the verge of getting snotty if I had said yes, which I wasn't. Then I was telling my friend that my chairs were set up on the upper level and the Trial Chairman walked by and sharply questioned my having chairs and that I could not set up chairs, only crates and to use the chairs already set up along the front. I said that they were up on the mezzanine level and she said, oh. Ok.
I've attended trials at only a few places but of those few, the folks that ran this one, IMO, should not run trials because it stresses them out way too much. They just get way too uptight about the whole thing.
But it's over.
And no, the Trial Secretary did not apologize and I didn't expect her to.
And Kota did not get that last elusive Q, but he did get his first 2 Q's in Level 2. :D