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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:25:00 +0100
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Oh, please, please help me!

I'm scheduled to do a bf talk for 40-50 nurse managers in a city a few
hours away.  The organizing nurse and I have talked by phone several times,
but have never met.  In the past, I've mailed her ILCA videos to show her
nurses, and I thought we were on the same wave-length.  She was to cover my
bus fare, one motel night, handouts, and a tiny honorarium.  I've done 6 or
8 very similar talks, *always* under baby-friendly circumstances, always
shoe-string operations, as this appeared to be.  It simply never occurred
to me to ask about funding.

I just got a letter from her, enclosing the flyer for my talk and details
about location, projector, etc.  It ended with this paragraph:

"You may think it unusual that a formula company is sponsoring this breast
feeding presentation.  I feel strongly that rice lyte and other M-J
nutritionals have a real place for infants who may not tolerate any form of
milk.  Bob S., our M-J representative, is a delight and a strong supporter
of continuing education for nurses."

The flyer, of course, leaves no doubt as to the sponsor.  I nearly had a stroke.

What do I do and how do I do it?  I'll foot my own bill entirely now, of
course, including handouts.  But my good friend the nurse is also providing
handouts, and I can guess what they'll be.  At *my* talk!!!

I could cancel, which would certainly save me money, but would that do more
harm than good at this point?  I'm one of 2 speakers for the day.

I could call the nurse and express my dismay, but that might prompt her to
request that I avoid saying certain things.  If I don't call her, at least
I'll have free rein.

Free rein to do/say what?  How and to what extent can I enlighten without
alienating?  Please, please help me!

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
who thought, when she signed her Lactation Consultant's Declaration, that
avoiding the formula companies was simple.

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