The CFC received an invitation from the Canadian Sport Tourism Association a few weeks ago to attend the annual congress in Halifax. They had a number of complimentary invitations (all expenses paid by the organizers) and with limited time in which to respond, Vlad registered. Very shortly afterwards I was also able to get a spot, expecting there to be a good turnout of Atlantic interest.

http://canadiansporttourism.com/spor...-congress.html

Basically the event brings together municipalities (85), sporting federations (55), and vendors - a chance to network. Obviously in our case any attempt to explore sponsorship opportunities would be significant. We're expecting the highlight of the conference for us to be the 25 mini-meetings (8 meetings) that various communities have requested with us. It will give us a chance to talk about our National events, and even North American, Pan-American or World events, if there is an expressed interest. BC - 5, AB - 3, SK - 1, MB - 3, ON - 6, QC - 3, NB - 1, NS - 2, NL - 1.

Things kick off in about half an hour and the congress winds up Friday at lunchtime.

Fred