Liz Brooks says:
<<Everyone pays the same membership fee, everyone gets the same association benefits -- but
now, if you want to vote.....  you must be an ILCA member who is also IBCLC. > >

No, Liz - it's not the same benefits, non-IBCLCs were disenfranchised [and there's no questioning of ILCA's
right to make that decision].

and 

>>These by-laws changes, when first proposed, were discussed in eGlobe articles, 
listservs to members, on the website itself, and in the ballot materials
themselves -- so I simply take exception to the notion that the change came
out of nowhere. >>

I must have been living on another planet to miss all of these as I do tend to keep in touch
and these were not all mentioned as notifications to members when I have raised this with ILCA.

If you look at 
http://www.ilca.org/files/membership/join_ilca/2009%20Mbr%20App-Web-new%20address.pdf
you will see that it does not mention categories and voting rights. It is not clear at all.
There are errors, or unclear issues I have now found, but I'll send those direct to ILCA and
not discuss here.

and

>>The change was triggered because ILCA is primarily comprised of
IBCLCs.  It has for years (perhaps even since its inception) limited certain
leadership positions (Committee Chairs; Board members) to those who are
IBCLC.  The notion was to keep ILCA inclusive (anyone can join ILCA), but to
limit leadership and governance decision-making to our primary market for
advocacy:  the IBCLC.>>

'Primary market for advocacy' - that's an interesting phrase that I don't understand,
but presumably it means you're in the market for IBCLC members.

ILCA's "mission is to advance the profession of lactation consulting " -
therefore it's not in ILCA's interest to allow non-IBCLCs to have a vote and that is
ILCA's decision to make. 


Jan Cornfoot
Breastfeeding Advocate







             ***********************************************

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