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Many people have contributed to this site, and not all are mentioned by name below. We deeply appreciate their assistance, and offer our sincere apology to anyone who was inadvertently left out of these credits.

The idea for this site was originally conceived by Orca Starbuck who put together a proposal for a CFA Web site and submitted it to the CFA Central Office in the fall of 1994. JoAnn Miksa contacted her and submitted a slightly redone version of the proposal, as part of a larger CFA PR proposal, to CFA Board members at the 1994 International Show.

Several forward thinking individuals saw the proposal and valiantly promoted the idea in CFA; notable among them were Dick Kallmeyer and Karen Lawrence. At the 1995 Annual Meeting, Dick Kallmeyer obtained approval for a CFA Web Page Committee and was named as its chair.

From July to October 1995, the CFA Web Page Committee gathered the materials for the site, refined the wording of documents and put together a rough architecture for the site. During that period the committee members included (in alphabetical order):

• Bob Agresta
• Linda Gorsuch
• Dick Kallmeyer (chair)
• Karen Lawrence
• Linda Pollack-Mercer
• Norma Placchi
• Orca Starbuck
• Larry Taylor

During the planning stages, temporary server space for this site was contributed by the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory as part of the server space used for the Cat Fanciers Mailing List web site.

The resulting rough version of the site was presented at the CFA Board Meeting in October 1995 by Dick Kallmeyer with computer hardware provided by Bob Agresta. The presentation was a success, and approval was granted for the site to go on-line.

A cosmetic and architectural redesign of the site was carried out by Orca Starbuck with Jean Marie Diaz; Karen Lawrence contributed additional images and editorial work. The redesigned site was presented at the November 1995 CFA International Show by the CFA Web Page Committee, with technical support and computer hardware provided by Jean Marie Diaz.

For the final version of the site, domain name services, server space and site maintenance were provided by Smith Renaud Inc. from November 1995 to December 1997. Our sincere thanks to them for their generosity in donating the server space during that time period.

Additional graphical art work (copyrighted) has been contributed by:

• Carole Goodwin, Papillon Designs
• Ande DeGeer
• Valerie Caliendo-Kotas, Katascali Digital Design

In May of 2000, we debuted an online magazine, Fanc-e-Mews. Karen Lawrence is the editor.

During 2002, an online catalog was added to the site in February. The complete site also underwent a major redesign and reorganization in the summer of 2002.

In 2004 we added the Online Almanac, Cat Breeder Referral Service and the Ambassadors Program area. The Exhibitors' Corner page was reorganized, and the pages for Fanc-e-Mews were redesigned for the November/December edition.

Fanc-e-Classifieds, the classified ad section of our online magazine, Fanc-e-Mews, was added in January of 2005. The opening page of the CFA site was given a face-lift in early 2005 with the addition of a new set of link graphics.

For Kids ... ABOUT CATS was designed and added in 2005, and is aimed specifically at feline education for youngsters.

A site for Feline Agility was added in August 2007.

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• Jim Brown
• James E. Child
• Shawn Corbin
• Donna Coss
• Helmi Flick
• Richard Katris (Chanan)
• Korporate Kats
• Larry Johnson
• George Lewis
• Mark McCullough
• Paradox Photography
• Preston Smith
• Justine St. Arnaud
• Carl Widmer
• Tetsu Yamazaki

All articles contained on the CFA web site are copyrighted, either by CFA or as noted. Articles on the CFA web site may NOT be reproduced or reprinted without the express written permission of The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. Users may print single copies of articles for their own personal, non-commercial use only, provided all copyright notices are kept intact. Any other copying, redistributing, publishing or duplication online of any part of this site in any manner is strictly prohibited.

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