Thank you, Norma.  You took the words right out of my mouth!  I 
wonder, too, what happened to the petition?

Pamela Morrison
Just an IBCLC,
Rustington, England
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Date:    Wed, 9 Feb 2011 21:50:24 -0500
From:    Norma Ritter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Basel petition?

In the latest JHL there is a Letter to the Editor by Diana Powell, RN, RM,
IBCLC which mentions the VELB and ILCA Conference in Basel, Switzerland,
which took place in September 2010.
Diana talks about a petition that was circulated at that conference, calling
for only those with a health care background to be allowed to be IBCLC. I
have looked in the Lactnet archives but was unable to find reference to it,
and I do not remember even hearing it mentioned before.  (It is possible I
was temporarily too busy to read Lactnet at that time.) Can anyone share any
information or background about this petition?

Like Diana, I am astounded that such a thing ever came into being. One has
only to *look around* Lactnet to see the value of encouraging candidates
from a wide variety of backgrounds to become IBCLCs.


Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
www.NormaRitter.com
  

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