On March 18th, MaFF held its election for Vice President and Treasurer at the home of our webmaster and Clerk. I am pleased to announce that our new Board of Directors is as follows: President - Phyllis Spy Vice President - Donna Connors Clerk - Jody Renouf Treasurer - Bill Harkins Donna is a new member to the board and she brings many gifts and talents to MaFF. She has been a ferret owner and MaFF member for many years and has served on many committees (Membership Coordinator, Food Committee at MaFF events, etc.). The board is looking forward to our future meetings with Donna's contribution of homemade goodies to munch on. Bill is serving a second term as Treasurer and, I for one, can say that he has done an excellent job of handling our finances. He has single-handedly inplemented and maintained our finances with QuickBooks software. His time and dedication to this task has resulted in much needed and improved reporting of MaFF's financial status. Our election in March is also a time for MaFF members to celebrate the legalization of ferrets in Massachusetts in 1996. It is at this time that we reflect on the hard work done by a handful of ferret lovers to change the laws in Massachusetts to allow us to legally own ferrets. This change made it possible for us to have these meetings as well as our many ferret events. My deepest thanks and gratitude go out to these folks! In keeping with the celebration of our ferrets being legalized, MaFF presents an annual Ferret Appreciation Award to a person or persons, who have given much to the ferrets. The recipients of this award are nominated and voted on by the Board of Directors. I am proud to announce that Alan and Jo Ouellete were presented with the 2007 MaFF Ferret Appreciation Award (and a gorgeous set of bedding) for designing and building the MaFF Ferret Playground, their tireless work with fostered ferrets and their dedication and commitment to MaFF Adoption Days, Education Days and yearly events. Congratulations, Alan and Jo.... we love you both far more than we can say. MaFF's 2nd General Meeting is scheduled to take place sometime in May and will be hosted by...... Alan and Jo! We look forward to seeing many of our members at this meeting, when we will be discussing future events, such as our Ferrets of the Caribbean event in September. Phyllis Spy President, MaFF [Posted in FML 5559]