The IBLCE website is advertising for a few Board positions.  The positions for the Breastfeeding Peer Support Educator and for Public Member are opening and applications are currently being accepted.  Both of these positions are open to all.  (Three other positions are also being direct-filled by LLLI, ABM, and the AAP in this cycle.)  If you have not been happy with what has been happening recently at IBLCE, now would be an especially good time to speak up---step up and nominate yourself or someone you think would be qualified for one of these two positions.  
 
While many of us might not qualify for the Breastfeeding Peer Support Educator position, all of us know someone who would qualify as a public member for this Board.  Perhaps we could each give a few minutes of thought to this issue and ask someone we know if they might be interested.  The current public member of the Board is James Akre.
 
This is a partial description of the public member position, from the IBLCE website:
 
The public member is considered by NCCA to be a person who represents the direct and indirect users of certificants’ skills/services. Because this may be defined very broadly, a rotating system for representation of various publics may be implemented over time. The public member may be a professional, but should not have similar credentials to the certificants. They should not be a member of a related profession or a profession that provides services that are complementary to certificants’ services. The NCCA recommends, but does not require, that the public member has been or is a potential a consumer of the certificants skills or services. It is also recommended that public members have experience with public advocacy.
The public member should not be:
A current or previous member of the profession encompassed by the certification programs of the certification organization. 
A member of a related profession or a profession that provides complementary services to the certificants’ services. 
An employer or an employee of individuals in the profession encompassed by the certification programs of the certification organization. 
An employee of an individual certified by the certification organization or of an employer of individuals in the profession encompassed by the certification programs of the certification organization. 
An employee of any certification organization. 
Currently deriving more than 5% of their total income from the profession encompassed by the certification programs of the certification organization. 
The public member should not have:
Derived in any of the five years preceding appointment as a public member on the governing body more than 5% of their total income from the profession encompassed by the certification programs of the certification organization. 
Worked for or provided contract services to the certification organization at any time during the five years preceding appointment as a public member on the governing body. 
More information is available at www.iblce.org.
 
 
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