La Leche League Leaders, past and present... have you taken the survey?

[annettemarie]

We hope to reach as many Leaders as possible, including Leaders who
have retired.

It is our goal to gather accurate, untainted information, collected
fairly and analyzed in only the most ethical way, so as to avoid
manipulation, prejudice or bias.

We thank you in advance for helping us to gather this information by
sharing this survey as widely as possible.

Viola Lennon, Marian Tompson, Mary White

Based on the above, I am assuming it's OK to share this here.

Survey in English, in Spanish, in Italian, and in French

[njeb]

Annettemarie, thank you for posting this. I'm not sure, however that I should fill it out, since I retired in 1991, and I haven't the foggiest idea what's going on in LLLI these days. I have NO idea what the current internal politics are. Would you fill me in as to what's going on? Thanks!

[mamajake]

The survey clearly allows you to answer that you don't have enough information to answer a specific question. You can take a look at it and see what you think about taking it.

[3girls1boy]

I received a copy of a later letter from the other two founders who did not send out the survey. Apparently this was done without their knowledge. I don't know, but it sounds there might be some differences of opinion.

[songbh]

Originally Posted by 3girls1boy

I received a copy of a later letter from the other two founders who did not send out the survey. Apparently this was done without their knowledge. I don't know, but it sounds there might be some differences of opinion.

And what better way for Leaders (past and present) to have their voices heard -- including ALL opinions -- than for as many as possible of them to respond to the survey?

I'm surprised that any Founder of La Leche League would go on the record as saying she thinks the voices of Leaders should not be heard.

[mamajake]

Originally Posted by 3girls1boy

I received a copy of a later letter from the other two founders who did not send out the survey. Apparently this was done without their knowledge. I don't know, but it sounds there might be some differences of opinion.

The survey clearly states that it comes from three of the five surviving Founders. There is no representation that it comes from all five.

[annettemarie]

Originally Posted by mamajake

The survey clearly states that it comes from three of the five surviving Founders. There is no representation that it comes from all five.

Exactly. They never claim it's from all 5 founders.

[phatchristy]

Can someone tell me what's going on? Maybe a PM?
(Out of the loop)

[annettemarie]

There have been a lot of changes going on in how LLL is organized, run, and staffed. Some of the founders designed a survey to see how the leaders feel about the changes.

[njeb]

Originally Posted by annettemarie

There have been a lot of changes going on in how LLL is organized, run, and staffed. Some of the founders designed a survey to see how the leaders feel about the changes.

Thank you for the information! Based on what I've read here, I'm going to go fill out the survey.

[annettemarie]

Deadline is September 14!

Here is a youtube video with Marian Tompson explaining the survey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poxFPvyKw5A

OT, but I wish she was my Grandma. She sounds so gentle and kind!

[mommajb]

I started to fill out the survey and then haven't yet. Even as a current leader I don't know how to answer many of the questions. It is very disturbing to me how negative the attitudes have gotten (name calling on public lists?!). I don't like what I have been told about some of the changes and I do feel unsupported in general. I also feel like there is so much that I don't know and it makes me wary of the information I have been given. It seems everyone has an agenda and a bias and I can't figure it all out.

[jocelynr]

I'm not a leader yet, so I'm not qualified to take the survey. I do know a lot more of the stuff that's going on than most leaders probably.

[mizmerricat]

Originally Posted by phatchristy

Can someone tell me what's going on? Maybe a PM?
(Out of the loop)

:

[mommajb]

Originally Posted by jocelynr

I'm not a leader yet, so I'm not qualified to take the survey. I do know a lot more of the stuff that's going on than most leaders probably.

pm'ing you with questions.