Just a brief note in response to Lise's comment in yesterdays FML regarding
her travels this Christmas.
 
Firstly, thanks to Lise for volunteering to help transport ferrets who
may be able to get to their new owners.  This is exactly what FAA and the
ferret world in general is about, and people do not have to arrange their
transports through Ferrets Across America to get things arranged! :o)  In a
case such as Lises' - where she is travelling quite some distance, it may
be possible for a ferret to get to his or her new owner quickly and easily
without the Ferrets Across America system.
 
Secondly, I did want to add that although Lise apparently sent an email
here, it never arrived.  Emails have been known to disappear into
cyber-space and I guess that happened to this one.  Every email is
responded to ASAP (some emails which have contained flames have had to
wait until I've been able to type coherently, though, and a continuation
of flames will eventually be ignored) and all volunteers are responded to.
With a currently high workload, some volunteers have not been entered yet
into the Ferrets Across America database.  Once they are entered into the
database, the volunteer is contacted so they know that the form was
received and that things are progressing.  This is also the time that I
may ask questions if some details were left out of the form.
 
Because the system of State Co-ordinators is still exceedingly new, what
exactly is needed of each Co-ordinator (and for them as well!) is still
being ascertained.  Once more details are known, a set of guidelines will
be sent to the State Co-ordinators.  *Several* people have volunteered to
help co-ordinate in Illinois!  In fact, more people have volunteered to
co-ordinate in Illinois than transport!  LOL Volunteers to co-ordinate
are still needed for most States, also as many volunteers to help transport
as possible.
 
Please fill in the form at the bottom of this post if you think you can
help.  Volunteering does not mean that a transport will be going through,
and it also doesn't mean that you have to drop everything if a transport
comes through at the wrong time for you.  It simply means that if a
transport comes through your area, you will be emailed to see if you are
able to assist.  If you can't that time, no problem, there's always the
chance of another transport coming through in the future.
 
If anyone sends an email to FAA and does not receive a reply within 24
hours, please resend the message, it's highly possible that it didn't
arrive.  Thank you to all the people who have volunteered thus far, to
those who are planning on volunteering, and to those who have already been
involved in a transport.  Even though I personally am new to Ferrets Across
America, it has handled several transports in the past and hopefully there
are several more in the future.  Hopefully they'll all go as well as the
one just finished!
 
Sam
 
Ferrets Across America need your help in getting ferrets
from one home to another.
Email [log in to unmask] for information or visit
http://users.1st.net/hammock/ferrets/faa/ to volunteer
[Posted in FML issue 2896]