I agree that suggestions can be helpful, even if they only make us reconsider something and we still come to the same decision. I think I'd just prefer to be copied on posts that criticize us. If we have been overly sensitive, we'll try to do better in the future and not bring other people into it. I'm sitting here looking at the several thousand dollars we still need to raise to help the Utah ferret rescuers, and at the pile of IRS tax-receipt letters that I need to spend the rest of my break sending out (at my own expense) before my next semester of teaching begins. All five members of Support Our Shelters do our work for free because we genuinely care about the ferrets and the people who rescue them. The shelters do a heck of a lot more than we do, and we know it, and we want to help. I admit we're amateurs. But we work hard, we are honest, and we are open to suggestions that are openly given. We are also open to help from new people (like Sharon and Lisa Marie who joined us this year) ... and to donations from anyone who cares enough about the ferrets to donate. 2001 was a hard year for everyone on the list, so let's work together to scatter some fuzzy bright spots across 2002. Blessings Judith -- * * * Support Our Shelters * * * Helping the Shelters of the Ferret Mailing List Ask me how you can help a shelter near you: Judith White <[log in to unmask]> Tax-Deductible Donations accepted through PayPal: <[log in to unmask]> http://www.geocities.com/kourifanclub/SOS.html [Posted in FML issue 3652]