I must say that I am sorry that our organization's disagreeements have cluttered the boards they way they did. I think that the vast majority of these posts should have been done off the board via personal emails. It is only damaging for both parties to bicker on a public board. As organizations with common goals, we should put aside our differences not work against each other. We are all part of a ferret community and we should maintain a professionalism to keep that community strong. We do not all have to agree on everything but we should respect each other. I would like to personally apologize to all of your FMLers who had to be a party to this "should have been" personal argument. Both of our organizations have shows coming up......LOS on August 22nd and AFA on August 29th. I would like to say that I wish AFA well in their show and we I hope that people will consider the shows not based on the bickering they have had to experience recently between our organizations but based on their own curiosity. I would like to personally extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to come to our upcoming August 22, 2009 Show to come. If you are not comfortable showing, you are still welcome to bring yourself and meet some other ferret people. You can see the show information at http://www.freewebs.com/losnational/ Sincerely, Dawn Smith President of LOS National [Posted in FML 6397]