32 Visit by GACI   In December 2009, two ladies who help run GACI, Elisa and Lilly, came to meet GIN at Wraysbury.   GACI is a greyhound homing group based in Modena, North Italy, finding homes for greyhounds from Ireland and galgos from Spain, which GIN finances.   In 2009, GIN organised the delivery of 68 galgos to GACI, for homes in Italy and Slovenia.  GIN paid veterinary and sterilisation costs of £9400 for these galgos and contributed a further £2100 towards the transport bills for getting the galgos to Modena. The meeting was needed to help both sides understand how the two                organisations worked and to see if we could work together more closely in     future. We discussed liaison problems with some of the Spanish refuges and transport difficulties when moving galgos from Spain.   Several areas of        interest were identified-GACI would like to import greyhounds from an English trainer, and GIN would be pleased to get involved if this were practicable- GACI produces a marvellous calendar, which might be adapted in 2010 for GIN to sell in UK.   Elisa is a graphic designer by profession and   produces GACI’s magazine.  This was much       admired and we will investigate whether some of this design and printing expertise could help GIN. Lilly speaks excellent English, Elisa slightly worse, but their linguistic skills were far better than the GIN management team, whose only   Italian is a few operatic phrases.  The meeting lasted productively to lunch time, when we were joined by Monica Monti, GIN’s London-based Italian volunteer, who helped balance the             nationalities more evenly. It is always nice to meet face-to-face with people who have worked with GIN for several years.  Both sides enjoyed the discussions and the increased    knowledge of what the two organisations do, will lead to even more galgos being happily homed.                                                   Geoffrey             Geoffrey with Elisa  and Lilly from GACI at GIN HQ Elisa welcoming another galgo from Albacete