We truly apologize for the inconvenience this will cause many of you, especially those who have already booked their flights to Edmonton. Please make arrangements to divert your flight to Calgary or if that becomes difficult, you may as well proceed to Edmonton City. But in such a case, contact us as soon as possible so that we make arrangements on how to transport you from Edmonton to Calgary. We will advise members of Aweil community in Edmonton to help in this regard. Otherwise, the conference is still taking place on June 30^th through July 1^st, 2007. All are invited to attend this important conference.

The agenda of this year’s conference will include, among other things:

§         Elections of the new F.A.C.C office,

§         Reevaluation of the F.A.C.C goals and objectives,

§         ‘Re-strategization’ of the F.A.C.C action plan, and

§         Assessment of overall performance of the F.A.C.C over the past two years.

This conference will provide an ideal opportunity for the Aweil citizens to contribute to the shaping of the future direction of the Federation.

This conference is expected to be recording breaking – it will be the biggest and most successful conference ever held by the F.A.C.C. There are many reasons for this optimism - most important of them: all the obstacles which impeded the progress of the F.A.C.C over the past few years have successfully been addressed; a fact that gives every Aweil citizen a good reason to proactively participate in the events and activities of the Federation including the attendance of this conference.

The conference is expected to be attended by some prominent political figures from Sudan; arrangements are already underway to try to facilitate their coming to Canada. The office of the F.A.C.C has however decided to withhold the names of politicians expected to attend the conference until their travel arrangements are completed. Their names will be announced as soon as their coming to Canada is confirmed.

As alluded to above, this conference is opened to all Aweil citizens regardless of their places of residence. As mentioned in the F.A.C.C’s 2005 conference resolution, integration of the Aweil communities in North America is a shared objective between the F.A.C.C and Aweil Community Association in USA (ACA-USA). In that regard, Aweil citizens in the United States are strongly encouraged to attend this conference as this will represent a closer step toward accomplishing our overall objective: bringing the two communities under one umbrella – a necessary step toward unifying the Aweil Communities in the Diaspora. Official invitation to the ACA-USA office will be sent separately but Aweil citizens in the US are asked to make their individual arrangements to attend this vital conference. Moreover, Aweil citizens in distance places such as Europe, Australia and Africa who are capable of attending are also encouraged to do so.

The conference will take place in the following venue:

Penbrooke Meadows Community Association

100 Penbrooke Drive SE, Calgary Alberta

Below are the names and contacts of the organizing team for the F.A.C.C 2007 conference:

Mr. Sabrino Majok Majok	Committee Chairman ……………	780-432-5896
Mr. James Gop Deng Bol	Committee Finance Secretary ……...	403-701-0951
Mr. Mathiew Mathiang Tong	Committee Dep. Finance Secretary...	780-475-0387
Mr. Riiny Riiny Lual	………………………………………	780-642-0127
Mr. Deng Anguei Yom	………………………………………	780-642-7608
Madam Amuk Atak	………………………………………	403-516-1851
Mr. Kuol Kuol Makuac	………………………………………	403-616-1722
Madam Akon Deng Akuei,	………………………………………	780-641-3130
Mr. Mel Garang Yuot	………………………………………	403-698-0177

Spread this message as widely as possible especially to those who do not have access to internet. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Garang Kuot,

Secretary General, F.A.C.C