Calendar

July 1
Deadline for standard Conference rate

July 14
ILCA Pre-Conference Day

July 15-18
ILCA Annual Conference

July 26
IBLCE exam

August 1-7
World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week

ILCA's 2004 WBW Action Kit is available to members only for the first time as a free download from the ILCA website, as well as in the traditional hard copy. [more]

ILCA's Discussion Board

Here's a small sampling of current discussions:
[more]

Publications

Choose from Dealing with Mastitis, Weight Loss During Lactation: Are Low- Carb Diets Safe for breastfeeding mothers? and Physical Exercise - Part of your Healthy Life Style.

Use these high quality materials, available in both color and black and white, as teaching tools, client handouts and to stimulate discussion at new mothers' groups.

• JHL editor Jane Heinig would like suggestions for future topics for Inside Track. What topics would be useful for your client population? Email Jane at mjheinig@ucdavis.edu

Bookstore

Global Strategy booklet now in online Bookstore

Copies of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (GSIYCF) are now available from the Bookstore. Members received a free copy of the GSIYCF with the May issue of JHL. Additional copies may also be purchased from the ILCA office at $10 each plus shipping.

Call for Applicants

ILCA Liaison Positions

Openings for volunteer Liaisons for several organizations will occur in July 2004 when the terms of the current ILCA Liaisons expire. [more].

Members needed to serve on Nominations Committee

Are you well connected to IBCLCs around the world? Would you be willing to serve on the Nominations Committee? [more]

2004 ILCA Conference and Annual Meeting
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA July 14 to 18.

Planning your five free hours on Friday afternoon

It's almost conference time! As a balance to days of exciting sessions, on Friday, July 16, participants will have five free hours in the afternoon. Member Maryann Thurston, who lives near Scottsdale and is president of the Central Arizona Lactation Consultant Association, compiled the following list of things to do at the Scottsdale Princess Resort, nearby sights to visit, and a complete guide to local shopping. Be sure to print it out and put it in your suitcase!

If you simply can't get enough of ILCA activities, you are invited to participate in the following committee meetings and discussion groups on Friday afternoon.

• IBLCE Focus Group
• ILCA Focus Group
• Professional Educators Network Meeting
• ILCA Affiliates Meeting

Times and locations will be posted at the Conference (we may well meet pool-side!) [more]

Staying Cool in Scottsdale's Desert Climate

The weather will be hot and dry – well over 100 degrees during the day - at conference time. Local member Maryann Thurston suggests that the best way to manage the desert climate is to plan outdoor activities in the morning and evening, and inside, air-conditioned, activities during the mid-day. [more]

Hotel Contact information to Leave at Home Fairmont Scottsdale Princess phone (480) 585 4848 Fax (480) 585 0086 Email: Scottsdale@fairmont.com www.fairmont.com

Need a Conference Roommate or to Share a Ride from the Airport?

Post a message on the Conference Discussion Board to link up with other conference-goers!

Arizona Sightseeing Guide for Conference-goers

Don't miss Maryann Thurston's entertaining guide to sights and activities in Scottsdale and throughout Arizona on the Conferences page. She's researched admission fees, hours of opening, accommodation and dining. Activities run the gamut from bus tours, baseball games, a Sarah McLachlan concert, museums and water parks. Print it all out and take it with you! Look on the Discussion Board under Local Attractions for even more sightseeing suggestions.

Find full coverage of the launch of the U.S. National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign and ongoing events on ILCA's In the News page.

Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding

ILCA has designed stylish professional items to help you promote the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for World Breastfeeding Week 2004 and the U.S. Ad Campaign! Visit the online Bookstore for photos and full descriptions of:

• purple name badge lanyards with the campaign slogan, Babies were Born to be Breastfed, in English or Spanish.
• gold bow buttons which celebrate the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. The words “Exclusive Breastfeeding” appear on one ribbon tail and “The Gold Standard” on the other tail. Bulk discounts are available.
• Look for the new lanyards and buttons at the ILCA booth at the Scottsdale Conference. [more]

ILCA endorses the European Breastfeeding Blueprint for Action

The ILCA Board has endorsed the European Breastfeeding Blueprint for Action which was presented to the European Union Commission in Dublin, Ireland in June 2004. This strong statement endorses the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding and calls on national governments to do what is necessary to fully implement it.Madeleine Lehmann-Buri from Switzerland represented ILCA at this meeting and made a statement to the Commission.

Listserv messages now archived

Listserv messages to members from the ILCA office on a variety of topics are now archived for quick reference in the Members Only area of the website. Be sure to update your email address in your member profile to receive these informative and timely messages on current issues.

ILCA salutes Diana West, an IBCLC in private practice from Maryland USA who submitted a proposal to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for an online fee survey to be conducted among IBCLCs in the US. The DOJ response indicates that it will not contest the survey which has far-reaching implications for IBCLCs. [more]