Dear Colleagues,

Karyn-Grace speaks my mind exactly -- IBLCE needs US!   I know it  
"should" not be that way, but for many reasons, this is the way it  
is.  They do not have the deep pockets or many years of tradition of  
other agencies who may be doing things better for their own people.   
But they are currently the best we have, and unless passionate people  
such as ourselves roll up our sleeves and get involved, nothing will  
change.  Did the 7 founders of LLL wring their hands that moms just  
should not be given twilight sleep and separated from their babies  
for days and then told to schedule feed?  No, they figured out what  
needed to be done to change it, and did it.  The climate they faced  
was MUCH worse than what we are facing now.

If anyone has decided to not recertify as a form of protest, then I  
hope you will also write a letter to IBLCE letting them know why you  
have made this decision.  Otherwise your message will not be heard.   
Or better yet, tell them what you feel they should be doing to  
support our common mission of excellent lactation care providers, and  
how you can help.

I really believe that no one on the IBLCE board is out to hurt us, or  
denigrate our credential.  We all want the same thing, we just have  
different ideas of how to accomplish it.  I have to respect that  
people on the IBLCE board are dealing with hard issues, and they may  
not know what to do.  Could they be handling this better?  Of  
course.  The second credential and the SOP were not handled well.   
But I have not seen ANY evidence that they acted maliciously, other  
than the circular argument of people feeling disrespected so  
therefore that must have been their intent.  I do think they should  
(oops, there is that word again) have a delegate to Lactnet, but like  
us, they are probably all very busy and doing the best they can with  
what they have.  I will feel this way until I see concrete evidence  
to the contrary.

Warmly,
Lynnette Hafken, IBCLC

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