My concerns about our discussion to date relate to the fact that I do not
believe that most of us are talking about Non-LCs, but rather about those
who are not certified, particularly those who take what has sometimes been
called a 3-day wonder course or something even less lengthy.

I know that there are many LACTNETters who are not LCs, but who are very
skilled. By the same token, several non-certified (ie not IBLCE-certified)
are skilled, as well.  AND, we all know IBLCE-certified people who know far
less than we would like.  (We who are IBLCE-certified need to share our
concerns about this with the IBLCE Board members.)

What it gets down to, then, is how much knowledge certification should
stand for and whether, in the absnece of state licensure, not a likely
occurrence in this era of movmeent away from licensure and twoard
certification, people who are not certified should be designated in some
other way.

The public has a right to know who are skilled and who are not, who have
information and knowledge that can be trusted and so on.

Your ideas on this?  Speak up , everyone.



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