Are you making your plans to attend the 2011 Phoenix International Ferret Symposium to be held June 3 - 5 at the Fiesta Resort Conference Center in Tempe, AZ yet? Don't forget by signing up now you can get 10 free raffle tickets with your registration made through Friday February 25. Just note on your registration form 'free tickets'. Then ten free tickets will be waiting for you when you check in Friday, June 3rd at the event. Registrations forms are located at: http://www.ferretcongress.org/sym2011/default.html Need a payment plan? A down payment of 50% will reserve your place at the Symposium. The balance must be paid in full by the registration deadline of May 11, 2011. This payment plan also is extended to vendors for their vendor table fee. I would also like to mention again the new IFC Ferret Medical Research fund. Funds are being collected for Dr. Matti Kiupel and Dr. Robert Wagner. You will be able to hear them speak at the symposium and see checks being presented to them at the June event. You may write your check and designate it to the vet of your choice or ask the amount be split between the two. The IFC Will match donations collected up to $1500! A "thank you" will appear in the Phoenix event program. The deadline for the program listing is April 30th. But you can send your donation until May 30th. Please make checks to the International Ferret Congress (IFC) and mail to: Sharon Bearden, IFC 1245 Curtis Switch Rd Mineral Bluff, GA 30559 Or you can use Paypal with [log in to unmask] as the pay to. Please mark if the funds are for Dr. Wagner or Dr. Kiupel or split between the two. Also please include if you would like to be listed on the donors page. You can have either your name listed, or the name of a beloved furkid listed as a memorial to him or her. Your donations will help both these veterinarians continue research that is making life better for our little companions. Receipts will be issued with your donation being tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Thank you on behalf of the International Ferret Congress Sharon Bearden, Fundraising Coordinator http://www.ferretcongress.org/ Permission to cross post [Posted in FML 6982]