Dear Lactnetters:

Just a brief observation to those of you who just received the ballot for the
ILCA Bylaws Revision: there are many eliminations from the current 1994 Bylaws
that ARE NOT delineated in the ballot nor in the cover letter, and thus as
members we cannot VOTE ON THEIR ELIMINATION. The issues of concern are:

prohibition of compensation to ILCA BOD Members

BOD Members will be able to take formula industry funding while representing
ILCA

candidates for ILCA BOD positions do not have to be ILCA Members

we will no longer talk about the "hazards" of infant formula but merely the
consequences (wording is inconsistent with our Standards of Practice - see
statement of purpose)

the article that prohibits ILCA from taking formula industry money HAS BEEN
ELIMINATED WITHOUT BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP IMPUT (Article III in July 1994 Bylaws)

and a formula industry representatives can be a Member of the ILCA BOD as long
as they are voted in; nothing requires that this association be disclosed to the
ILCA membership prior to voting


I am only just beginning to read both sets of Bylaws with a fine-toothed comb,
and am very concerned about what I see written between the lines. Do these
issues worry anyone else out there??

Warmly,
Jeanine

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Jeanine Klaus, MS, IBCLC, LLLL (Oakville, Ontario)
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"The point is not to do remarkable things, but to do ordinary things with the
conviction of their immense importance." - Teilhard de Chardin
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