In einer eMail vom 19-5-02 2:32:39 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> And, IBCLCs who are not members need to become members. I have recently
> become aware that some IBCLCs aren't members of ILCA and that many European
> and Australian IBCLCs belong only to their local or regional affiliates. I
> want to encourage all IBCLCs everywhere to become members of ILCA.
Dear Pat (and Jan in her former post). First: $90 in the USA is not the same
as $90 in Europe. It costs much more in what you can do with it. If I should
join all organisations (and believe me I would love to be able to afford) I
would be a member of NVL, the Dutch LC organsisation (of which I am a member
and a journal editor), BDL of Germany, where I live, VELB from Europe and
ILCA.. And there are the ''hundreds of dollars'' Rachel Myr was talking
about. And you know, many people just simply have to choose between buying
the groceries for their family or paying for all those professional
memberships And believe me, there are more of us than one can get
scolarshipsfunds for. ILCA is not the only one in financial trouble.
>
> I have for many years given regular donations to Baby Friendly and to LLLI.
> Paying dues and making donations are my way of investing in the future of
> breastfeeding. I'm an IBCLC because I love mothers and babies and I love my
> profession.
And yes, I also have trouble paying my local and international LLLI fees,
though I do contribute as a writer and as a PL person in both Netherlands and
in Interntational. Costs a lot of time and money too (no pay and extra costs
when I don't have time to cook properly)
Yes, I do love my job and I do love babies and mothers and even do love to
argue on Lactnet about the existance or not of nipple confusion, buit I am
not able to show this every year in paying memeberships to 4 professional
and a lay organisation.
Yes I would love to show my engament to ILCA and lactation, Jan, by opting
for a job, but I just cannot afford to spend more unpaid time and to travel
for meetings in the USA (how very much I would like to do so) and then having
no income and my partner having to take unpaid time off from his job to care
for the children.
And I'm very sure I'm very much not the only one.
Warmly greeting, sorry to be rambling on this nice sunny sundaymorning,
Gonneke
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Gonneke van Veldhuizen =+= IBCLC, LLLL, MOM =+= primairy school teacher
EUROLAC
breastfeeding information centre and lactation consultant practice
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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