Chris, Just thought I'd write to tell how the formation of the Houston Area Ferret Association is going, my wife and I still wonder if we shouldn't have our heads examined. But we love our kids and even though we are just now getting an idea of the work that will be involved we are going ahead anyways. We took Brandi and Charlie out for their first personel appearance on Saturday. One of the local radio stations had a promo going at a pet food superstore and I know that one of the DJ's involved is a animal lover, in his spare time he runs a local humane ranch for larger animals. So I went up and started talking to him about our fledgling association, where upon the kids (Brandi & Charlie) along with my wife and I got an invitation to OPEN HOUSE at the Humane Ranch which they have once a month. These 2 guys are #1 in the Houston market, so I really felt good that they took an interest in us. This and the pet store owner that is helping us, gives me some hope that we will be sucessful. We are also thinking about going to Chicago for their annual elections, as we have been members there since we bought Charlie, to see how they run things and to try to get ideas on how to make things work. Thats all for now from Houston, Craig + Carole plus the kids (Brandi & Charlie) P.S. Anyone who has done this before, any and all suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks [Posted in FML issue 0232]