LACTATION CONSULTANT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON
General Membership Minutes
June 8, 2003
2:00 – 4:30

Members Present: Barbara Ash, Karin Bennett, Barbara Boston, Judith Campbell, Nancy Clark, Marilyn Costanzo, Beverly Femino, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Flight, Lynn Jones, Sue Tiller, Debbie Tobin, and Josie Tullo.
New Members: Dagmar McCarron and Maryke Barclay
Guests: Christine Edelson and Judy Cayshell

Welcome and Introductions

President's Minute
Thank You to Bob and Lou Lamb for all their work creating and maintaining the LCAGW web site. Deb Tobin will be our new web master.

Old Business
World Breast Feeding Week August 2003 –
Marilyn Costanzo reported that 75 questionnaires went out to area corporations.
(List of corporations provided by Sharon Swinburne of Medela). There have only been 5 responses. We plan to honor the 5 during World Breastfeeding Week with a personal presentation of a framed certificate.
World Breastfeeding Week 2003 committee Members: Vergie Hughes, Marilyn Costanzo, Mary Bright, and Erika Zee.

New Business
Sue Tiller, Past CO Vice President of LCAGW, announced that she was retiring from private practice as an LC and would be working full time promoting her new book, Breastfeeding 101. It is a basic book for new parents, Please contact Sue if you are interested in selling her book. The web site for the book is BF101.com

CEU Presentation and Discussion:
Breastfeeding Issues in the NICU
Film Screening: A Preemie Needs His mother, Part 1 and 2 , Jane Morton, MD
Speaker: Elizabeth Flight, RN, CCE, CLE, IBCLC

Respectfully Submitted,
Karin Bennett, Secretary LCAGW