Sorry I neglected to announce that the winner of the 2 Jeanne Carley calendars and baseball cap for the bird sign-up for the Ferret Shelters Directory Support Our Shelters sign up promotion that ended February 9th was Forget-Me-Not Ferret Resuce in Anchorage, Alaska run by Butch and Debbie Sims. Congratulations! Their prizes are already on their way. Due to the number of strong storms and power outages, we've decided to extend phase 2 of the sign up promotion by 1 week. So rather than earning two entries toward the top two prizes through February 16th, we are extending the date to midnight PST on February 23rd. The sign up promotion ends Sunday March 16th as planned. Of course, shelters can continue to sign up beyond that date. For those wondering, what SOS and FACT will be doing is contacting shelters on SOS's current list who have not registered by that date and verifying if they still exist and helping those that do register. We also have an extensive out-reach plan for ferret and multi-specie shelters that are not on the SOS list. As we indicated, it is NOT necessary for a shelter to have a public profile. The directory database has two purposes. In addition to having a public profile for people to search, it is also going to become SOS's "behind the scenes" source for maintaining information about US ferret shelters. There is a completely private, DO NOT PUBLISH option for those who have permanently closed their doors, but still want and/or need to maintain connectivity to the ferret sheltering community and the resources of SOS. Eventually, we hope this is also going to become a portal for those who are considering opening a shelter but who have not yet made that commitment. In the meantime, thank you to all those shelters who have taken the time out of their busy and important work to register. Feel free to ask for help - it still may take us 24-48 hours to get to you - but we will! Ann Gruden Ferret Association of Connecticut [Posted in FML 8046]