I hope too that La Leche League will be around fifty years from now. However, a slight correction, there was an International La Leche League conference in Toronto in 1977 and another in Mexico City in, I think, 2001. Eileen Shea, BSc, IBCLC On 2-Dec-06, at 12:24 PM, Ellen wrote: > Hi Micky and all, > regarding your message of the LLLI Conference: > Wouldn't you think that after 50 years, LLLI would be stronger than > ever?= > > We are hoping that LLLI will be around for the next 50 years, but as > La Leche League is INTERNATIONAL, the decision not to host another > "International" conference was because the nature of the conference > was far from International. Most of the participants were and are from > the USA, the conference has always been held on US soil. Therefore the > LLLI Board of Directors had to make the difficult decision of removing > this activity off the LLLI Budget. The conference has not made money > over the past few years, therefore it would have been detrimental to > the La Leche League International financial situation if continued. > This is one step taken to ensure that LLLI will be stronger than > ever!! > > It is the hope of the LLLI Board and the entire community , that there > will still be National Conferences and International Conferences > offered by other entities, such as Divisions or Affiliates around the > world including within the United States. > > Hope this helps. > Ellen Shein, LLL, IBCLC and > Member of the LLLI Board of Directors. > > *********************************************** > > To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail > To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) > To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet > All commands go to [log in to unmask] > > The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). > There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html