I am very pleased to announce two new members of the International Ferret Congress committee! Sandra Kudrak, DVM, joined us a couple months ago as our Medical Affairs Advisor. Sandra was instrumental in getting a bill passed in Maine mandating an 8-week minimum age for ferret kit sales, and is currently practicing in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was also the primary author of the petition to the USDA-APHIS on the regulation of ferrets. Alexandra Sargent-Colburn recently became our Communications Coordinator. Alexandra is well known to FMLers as the writer of posts about the exploits of her ferrets, pigmy hedgehog and John Deere tractor. She writes a regular column in Ferrets Magazine. Alexandra will assist the IFC on letter writing campaigns, including our renewed efforts to have dangerous ferret products removed from the marketplace. Welcome Sandra and Alexandra! We know you will both be great assets to our organization! We also have new duties for some of our current members. Renee Downs is now our FERT coordinator. FERT is the Ferret Emergency Response Team that came out of our Katrina rescue efforts. FERT will help to organize rescue and assistance efforts for natural disasters and other emergencies. Brenda Johnson is now our Shelter and Vendor coordinator. As well as working with vendors during our symposia and other events, Brenda will coordinate various efforts with shelters. You can see a complete list of our committee members at our web site, just click on the Contact Us link on the left. Linda Iroff International Ferret Congress http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5127]