I am no longer a hospital based IBCLC but am a member of our county Breastfeeding Advisory Council, which is an official county council. We were a Task Force when we started meeting in 1989, but changed the name to an Advisory Council since we are ongoing. Our goal is to increase knowledge and the practice of breasfeeding in our county. We have 3 objectives which are decided each year but usually remain close to the original ones. We have representatives from the hospital, health dept, university, MD offices, LLL, comsumers and private practice IBCLCs. We meet every two months. Our main activity each year is a breastfeeding conference for health care professionals, held with our Area Health Education Center. We have planned and carried out the conference for the past 9 years. In the past we have grown to be able to have speakers like Linda Smith, and Dr JackNewman. This year we are having Marsha Walker. We also have a quarterly bfing newsletter that is written and printed by the members who take turns. We also have a speakers listing for area HCPs who may be interested in having a staff training. Barb Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC Eastern NC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html