Greetings everyone. :) I apologize if this is long-winded, but I have a lot to say and I'm SO irritated! The last few weeks myself and a couple of other members have been searching high and low to find a meeting place that will allow us to bring our fuzzies with us..to no avail. We have called pet stores, humane societies (except one, which I will call in the morning), vets offices, hotels, fire stations, convention and meeting places, etc.. No one will let us, and the *very* few that will want an exhorbant fee (anywhere from $50-$150/hr.!) So far our monthly meetings have been at a library (first meeting-ferret free) and the rest have been at members' homes. Does anyone have any ideas at all of anywhere else that we might could find a place? I'm so upset that no one is offering up a place..it seems hopeless. :( I don't know where else to call.. And then we have business cards and pamplets as well that I have made up and no one is wanting to cooperate on that end either. I called some pet stores to ask if they would distribute business cards with each ferret sale, only for a couple to talk very rude to me and tell me their employees already had enough to do without having to distribute business cards (yeah right, a bunch of teeny boppers that sit around and do nothing). They wouldn't even offer to just *mention* the club. Not even a tiny little mention. I am disgusted with the pet stores. And they preach that they have the healthiest animals and already know what to tell potential customers regarding the care of ferrets. As if I can barely get a flyer hung up in a pet store and they take it back down again. I just can't understand it at all. I don't know how to reach out to the ferret people out there if I can't give out business cards or hang flyers anywhere. Even Petsmart won't cooperate, and their known for doing adoption/education days! We did have one that wanted to do one, but Louisville's laws prevent any adoptions in the the metro area (but over in Indiana is alright). I just don't know what to do. It seems hopeless. :( I'm not going to give up, but I am fairly upset that ferrets and animals in general, are so looked down upon. We can't even plan any fundays or anything like that till we have a stable meeting place.. Ugh. If anyone has any ideas or thoughts, please do share them with me. Maybe there's something we haven't thought of yet.. -- Linda M. Derby City Dookers Ferret Club Organizer Seiko, Nanoki, Yukina, and Sidney (the kamikaze ferts) Sachi, Atari, Oliver, Lennox, Keoki, Ilo (ee-lo), and Kenzo (the wee ratlets) <3 You will be missed Shinjin. <3 No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink. - Murray Banks Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored. - Alice Walker Hunt each other - leave the animals alone. [Posted in FML issue 5252]