FINA: Congratulations to the Mayor of Montréal, Mr. Gérald Tremblay!
The XI Fina World Championships will indeed be held in Montréal in July 2005. The Mayor of Montréal, Mr. Gérald Tremblay received the confirmation yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany. It will be great opportunity for Montréalers to have a preview of the Outgames!

Registrations hit the 3,700 mark!
The fact that the Early Registration pricing ended on 31 January has not slowed the rate at which registrations continue to pour in. As of last Monday, registrations for the Outgames had hit the 3,700 mark, with participants coming from 82 countries. We have also seen a marked increase in registrations from the United States and the United Kingdom. In Manchester alone last weekend, 100 athletes registered in two days. From Oceania as well, with 348 registered from Australia and 100 from New Zealand, the number of participants continues to grow steadily.

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Montréal 2006 in the United Kingdom
Tom Czerniecki, Marketing Director of Montréal 2006 and Mark Tewksbury, Co-President, are touring the United Kingdom with the support of numerous UK volunteers. Among other cities, Manchester and London were key stops on the tour. In Manchester, Montréal 2006 had an information kiosk during the Pride Dinner and Dance and held special Registration Days.

In London, on 12 and 13 February, Montréal 2006 will be holding three information sessions. Over one hundred people are expected to attend these sessions, which will be held at Québec House, the Québec Delegation's Government Office in the United Kingdom.

Australia: the New Mardi Gras in Sydney
Mark Tewksbury, Montréal 2006 Co-President, and Geoffrey Lyne, member of the Board of Directors for both GLISA and Team Sydney, will be promoting the 1st World Outgames during Mardi Gras celebrations in Sydney. Many information sessions are planned.

As part of the celebrations, Montréal 2006 will be holding a special registration day for all of Asia. Currently, almost 450 participants from Oceania have already registered: 348 from Australia, 100 from New Zealand.

Touring Brazil
Jean-Yves Duthel, Coordinator for the International Conference and Head of Public Relations for Montréal 2006, accompanied by Joseph Cruz, Liaison for Latin American Development, toured Brazil for 6 days at the end of January. Invited to participate in numerous conferences during the World Social Forum at Porto Alegre, particularly with the support of the Dialogo Sur-Sur organisation, Jean-Yves Duthel was able to establish many new and helpful contacts for the International Conference on LGBT rights, The Right to Be Different. As well, from Sao Paulo to Rio, meetings were held with four LGBT sports teams who are engaged in fundraising activities to send athletes to the Montréal Outgames in 2006.

Mexico Registration Day
Marielle Dupéré, Montreal businesswoman and member of the Montréal 2006 Board of Directors, has been actively involved in promotional activities in Mexico for many months now. With the invaluable collaboration the Québec House in Mexico, she will be holding a SPECIAL MEXICO REGISTRATION DAY on 19 March 2005 in Mexico City.

With the support of numerous volunteers from the LGBT community in Mexico, as well as our two new media partners, Camp magazine and E-Radio, Marielle has successfully organised a ground-breaking event in Mexico for the LGBT movement.

México especial
El 19 de marzo Montréal 2006 tendrá un DÍA ESPECIAL de MATRÍCULA en la CIUDAD de MÉXICO. Marielle Dupéré, mujer de negocios y miembro de nuestra Consiglo?, ha desarrollado muchos contactos con la comunidad mexicana de LGBT. Con la colaboración excelente de la Delegación General de Québec en México, este día promete ser un éxito.

48 members and North American Continental Association
GLISA now has 48 members representing four continents; the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania. Its Inaugural Delegate Congress will be held this summer in Montréal. GLISA has also established its North American continental association which will meet for the first time in the coming days.

Melbourne Argonauts in Montréal
The Montréal 2006 Sport Department welcomed Martin Azzopardi from the Melbourne Argonauts Queer Rowing Club to Montréal on a recent visit. Sport Director Josée Généreux, and the Sport Coordinator in charge of rowing for the Outgames, Éric Pineault, as well as the local gay rowing club, the Odawagan Rowing Club, gave a warm Montréal welcome to Mr. Azzopardi, who represents one of the largest rowing clubs in Australia, with 150 members. The Argonauts already have 21 rowers registered for Montréal 2006.

The club confirmed its intention to send a large delegation of its members to the 1st World Outgames in 2006. The group discussed the organization of the Outgames and took the opportunity to visit the Olympic Basin, site of competitions during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal, as well as the Montreal 2006 offices and the Olympic Stadium. Mr. Azzopardi was impressed by the quality of the installations and the warm welcome he received from Montréalers.

Odyssée 2005: the Montréal Multi-Sport Tournament
Montréal sport clubs, in collaboration with Équipe-Montréal, invite you to take part in their Odyssée 2005 Multi-Sport Tournament, which will be held over the long Easter weekend on March 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2005. It will be an action-packed and fun-filled weekend and a unique opportunity to experience the warmth and joie de vivre for which Montrealers are world-renowned.

The sport programme will offer the following sports:
Badminton | Basketball | Hockey
Olympic Wrestling | Volleyball

A variety of social activities will also be on the menu for the 700 expected participants.

Supporters of the Outgames Programme
The 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 invites you to become actively involved in promoting the international LGBT sport and cultural movement by becoming a Supporter of the Outgames.

You can assist us in building upon our rapidly-growing international network of sport teams and associations, cultural groups and organisations that are working for the advancement of LGBT rights around the world. Help us spread the word and stimulate participation in the sport, culture and International Conference programmes! As a Supporter of the Outgames, you will be playing an integral role in a new chapter in the global LGBT movement.

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New media partners
Three new media partners have joined Montréal 2006. They are E-Radio in Mexico, Mexico’s only gay radio, the Mexican magazine Camp (un estilo de vida) and the Jamaica Outpost, based in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital.

Partners in Montréal
Three major clubs in Montréal’s Gay Village, Le Parking, Sky and Unity II, have just signed a cooperative agreement with Montréal 2006. In addition to promoting the Outgames in their establishments, these three partners will hold regular fundraising activities for the Outgames.

As well, the Québec Gay Chamber of Commerce has signed a specific agreement to become a partner in the Right to be Different International Conference. Using its vast international network, the Québec Gay Chamber of Commerce will invite LGBT businesswomen and men to participate in conference discussions.

Finally, Action Séro Zéro, a Québec organisation that promotes health in the gay community, in collaboration with the Clinique du Quartier Latin, will take charge of health- and prevention-related logistics and during the Outgames in 2006.

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