Triangle Ferret Lovers Newsletter

How you can help TrifL

Our Next Meeting:

Meeting Notes:

• President Jim Dunn and Vice President Nicole Kincaid opened the meeting.
• Pam Sessoms announced the Treasurer's Report.
• Cindy Barnes announced the success of the January Ronald McDonald House Education Day.
• TriFL has been invited back to RM House on Saturday, February 27 from 1pm-3pm. Please call Cindy if you would like to volunteer 553-0114.
• We still have merchandise for sale, benefiting The Ferret Guardian Rescue Haven: Ferret T-shirts, Sleep Sacks in M-XL, and Figurines. Call Shari at 231-3222 to order.
• Leslie Dunn came up with a great contest idea, post follows meeting notes.
• TriFL would like to hold a Bake Sale in Durham sometime in April. If interested in volunteering to bake or sale treats from 10am-2pm. Date, location, and coordinator to be announced.
• Robynn McCarthy, Newsletter Editor, is still welcoming ferret- related articles, anecdotes, and pictures for future issues - asy00013@interpath.com.
• TriFL is still in need of an Education Chairperson (come up with ideas on how TriFL can educate the public/pet stores on ferrets) and Membership Chairperson (create more benefits for members and ideas for obtaining new members). Please join us at the March meeting to volunteer or contact Jim Dunn at 217-8420.
• Shari Gunter has volunteered to mail out this issue to all triangle pet sitters to let their customers know of our club. This is a classic example of what the much needed Membership Chairperson would come up with, execute, and/or assign.
• No Guest Speaker topics for March and April meeting/socials were submitted.
• The club Librarian Chairperson, Pam Sessoms, has acquired more US and International newsletters, plus new ferret books. TriFL also has a catalog of all past newsletters for members to check out for one month.
• The Ferret Guardian Rescue Haven updated the members with the available adoptees: Meeko & Baby (males), Tar & Tac (females), Squezil & Pugsley (males), Freddie & Fruity (females), and singles, Napoleon, Chewie, and Dixie. Squeezil is a recent adrenalectomy patient and Pugsley has lymphosarcoma - both recovering/on medication. These two handsome boys may be permanent shelter-kids in need of sponsorship (monthly donation to the shelter) or adopted by knowledgeable fert-people to live out their remaining years. Please call the shelter if you want to adopt or sponsor - 704-872-9538.
• Club members decided to hold the 2nd Annual Ferret Frolic again at Crabtree Creek Park in Morrisville. (Please remember to thank Lily D. for offering a 52-acre Girl Scout campsite in Fayetteville.)
• TriFL is investigating participating in Chapel Hill's Apple Chill and Fall Fest. An update will be available at the March meeting.
• Anyone know of a Morrisville resident? They need not be a ferret lover - we just need to use their name/address for reduced space fee for the Luther Green Parks & Rec building. Please call Shari @ 231-3222 and help us save $20 per month for the meeting location, or you have a suggestion of a place to meet elsewhere.
• Cindy Barnes has once again volunteered to pickup/drop off the key to our meeting space on a regular basis. For this act of volunteerism, she accrues 30 minutes each month towards her membership renewal discount. Thanks!
• Attending club members were asked if they recommend another meeting time (Saturday at 4:30pm-6:30pm). No suggestions were offered.
• Officer Nominations:
  President - Nicole Kincaid,
  Vice President - Cindy Barnes,
  Treasurer - Pam Sessoms,
  and Secretary - Caity Martin.
  TriFL is still accepting self-nominations before the March 6th meeting. Please announce yourself on the club listserv or contact Jim Dunn @ 217-8420. All Officers receive 8 hours volunteer credits for their membership renewal discount. "A community is only as strong as its members." Our community of ferret lovers needs you to attend our monthly meeting socials. It's for the benefit of ferrets and owners alike.