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Friday, 13 August 2010 01:05 Dave Meisenheimer

www.mushing.ca is undergoing a platform change. It may take some time to regain full stability.

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Report from 2010 ESDRA congress

Monday, 21 June 2010 11:48 Dave Meisenheimer

International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) vice-president of sport, Bernard Pépin, attended the 2010 European Sled Dog Racing Association (ESDRA) conference in Italy recently. The following includes excerpts from his trip report on the meeting. Of particular interest is the discussion of a new European Community rule that prevents transport of more than 5 dogs at a time across European borders. This has the potential to interfere with the ability for mushers to get to/from the 2010 IFSS World Championships being held in Norway. ESDRA and IFSS are working to resolve the issue.

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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 June 2010 12:03 )

IFSS website has moved

Saturday, 24 April 2010 22:27 Dave Meisenheimer

Please note that the International Federation of Sleddog Sports website has a new home at http://www.sleddogsport.net/.

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 April 2010 22:30 )

Mushing Canada requesting donations.

Thursday, 12 March 2009 09:21 Dave Meisenheimer

Fundraising thermometer Mushing Canada operates on a very slim budget, powered by volunteer labour. However, there are currently a few essential expenses that we are not able to cover without donations: namely website costs, banking fees, and dues to the International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS). While we work on creating stable funding to cover these annual table stakes, your financial support is much appreciated!

Current Mushing Canada annual expenses
Item	Cost
website domain names (mushing.ca, mushing-canada.ca, mushingcanada.ca)	~$40
banking fees	~$150
IFSS membership dues	$1000

Our goal is to reach $1000 in donations for 2009. We don't know how many mushers there are in Canada, but we suspect that there are well over a 1000 (registering with Mushing Canada would help us determine such things), making our goal easily achievable if everyone were to donate $1 each^*. We all want a national organization that can do more: providing support for local and regional programs; gaining membership in other national federations where mushers need representation, such as the Canadian Trails Federation; providing financial support for national team members to travel to international competitions and national team uniforms. A more detailed analysis of the possibilities can be found in our FAQ section. The first step, however, is to maintain our current status as a foundation to build upon. Among the costs of not doing so, is to risk slipping to provisional membership with the IFSS, a status with no voting rights.
^*Note that Paypal receives $0.30 + 2.9% of each donation as a brokerage fee - an unfortunate cost but one we feel is important for your confidence when making this donation online.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 December 2009 20:21 )

Selections Made for 2010 Nordic Training Camp

Sunday, 10 January 2010 20:09 Fred Hems

Monticello, Minnesota USA – The International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) has made its selection of people to participate in a Nordic Training Camp in Sweden in February, 2010.

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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 January 2010 12:00 )

IFSS Announces Training Camp in Scandinavia 2010

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:33 Dave Meisenheimer

Update (2009/11/22) - Seven Canadian applications have been accepted by IFSS for review: 1 from Quebec, 3 from Ontario, 2 from B.C., and 1 from the Yukon. No deadline has been set to announce the selections. Check back here for updates.

Melbourne, Australia, October 15, 2009 – The International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) has announced that a designated amount of money will be allocated for 12 people from IFSS member federations to attend a training camp to develop their abilities and the sleddog sport in their country and region. Only one person from each federation will be accepted. All transportation and accommodations will be paid for by the joint contributions of IFSS and the Scandinavian national federations, Norges Hundejörerforbund (NHF) and Svenska Draghundsportförbundet (SDSF).

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 November 2009 17:49 )

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