----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Brooks" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:45 PM Subject: [LACTNET] Confusion > Marianne -- you and I and everyone can indeed use our own internal "smell > test" to make decisions on ethical matters. Had you been editor-in-chief > at > JHL, you'd have made a different call. And that would have been your > prerogative. **Hmmm... my prerogative... If I am the only one, I think it would be wise for me to reconsider my views. If it turns out I am part of a big majority, I think we have a different situation. I don't know about associations in the US, but in the Netherlands the board of an association is supposed to represent the opinion of the majority of the members. To find that out, the annual general meeting serves to address issues considered relevant and brought up in the agenda by either the board or the members who can add topics to the suggested agenda, which only then gets its final form. Sorry to be so persistent, but if the majority of ILCA-members would feel that an ad like the Lansinoh one on the May issue *with regard to the text/content* does not pass the IBCLC-smell-test, based on how they interpret the Scope of Practice and the Code of Ethics, I think it should not appear another time. I'm not a lawyer, so it's fairly easy to beat me when it comes to specific rules. It's fairly hard, though, to beat me when it comes to logic, clever and ethical thinking, because I'm hard to persuade without good arguments. I have not heard good arguments in favour of the Lansinoh-ad so far, unfortunately, but am open to hear anyone explain how the text helps to protect, promote and support a natural way of breastfeeding. Be my guest, indulge me! ;-) Warmly, Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands P.S. This discussion is not only about this ad... it is about Wiessingerizing what we say or imply. If *WE* don't watch our language and what we extend to colleagues, new and experienced... who will?! *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome