Just as a thought, too, I was thinking about how many countries are represented on Lactnet. We started in March of 1995, with a few subscribers. We now are up to nearly 3000 subscribers, almost 7 years later, and have AT LEAST 41 countries represented. David Bratt's country is never listed...which I believe is Trinidad. Here's our breakdown of our VERY international list....it is amazing to see how many of us there are, how many religions, viewpoints, ideas, and thoughts must be present..and we all share similar enthusiasm for supporting, promoting, and protecting breastfeeding, our main professional goal. Lactation Information and Discussion * * {33 lines hidden} * * * Country Subscribers * ------- ----------- * Argentina 1 * Australia 83 * Austria 2 * Belgium 1 * Brazil 2 * Canada 88 * Chile 1 * Costa Rica 1 * Dominican Republic 1 * Finland 6 * France 5 * Germany 7 * Great Britain 21 * Greece 1 * Hungary 1 * Indonesia 2 * Ireland 1 * Israel 28 * Italy 7 * Malaysia 1 * Mexico 1 * Micronesia, Federal States of 2 * Netherlands 18 * New Zealand 17 * Norway 4 * Pakistan 1 * Peru 1 * Philippines 1 * Samoa 1 * Sao Tome and Principe 1 * Saudi Arabia 1 * Singapore 2 * South Africa 7 * Spain 3 * Sweden 4 * Switzerland 3 * Taiwan 1 * Thailand 1 * USA 2,482 * United Arab Emirates 1 * Zimbabwe 3 * * Total number of users subscribed to the list: 2815 * Total number of countries represented: 41 Quite the group we are. I am proud of us. Kathleen Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant mailto:[log in to unmask] http://homepages.together.net/~kbruce/kbblact.html LACTNET Archives http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html