This is a copy of a post I sent to another group and thought that perhaps you may want to see it here:

 

It was directed to Karen Forschner as you will see.  Some background information is that Karen has recently become the new director of the LDF and they have many plans to become a stronger force on the Lyme disease advocacy front, which I hope is good news for all of us. 

 

Here is the letter: 

 

Dear all:

I was glad to see that you (Karen) recently offered your services for Connecticut, since you have both legal credentials and experience and knowledge from years of Lyme advocacy work. 

 

I hope that Lyme patients or loved ones of patients who are also lawyers will help with the continued efforts toward legislation, both federal and in the states.  Gregg Skall and others come to mind.  I hope that their help will be both accepted and fruitful.

 

It is possible that we continue to need all the help we can get; and that no one person should be claiming that concerns about legislation are already "taken care of," as if no further help was needed.

 

So, Karen, I hope that your help and the help of others will be accepted by all Lyme advocates and leaders and my sincere wish is that everyone will work together on these crucial issues. 

 

After all, with the already established importance of the major Lyme advocacy nonprofit organizations, does it matter who gets the credit for trying to get the solutions, to the extent that accepting help or the idea of working together is excluded?

 

Or does it matter that we simply get the solutions?