Hi all.
I've been interfacing a bit back and forth in the parrot_lovers thread
on livejournal about our "'tiel situation". I left an email address on
the thread for people to contact me and here's one of the messages I got.
Internally only; where are we with this? I know that I lack a lot of
information about the situation but the person below has been very
reasonable in communicating with me (unlike much of the list) so I owe
them at least a status update about their suggestion.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Mickaboo tiels situation
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:39:10 -0400
From: Renee LeCompte
To: matt@mickaboo.org
Hey there!
Since you provided an e-mail, I thought I'd drop you a line and just say
thanks again for listening and forwarding my thoughts to others in the
organization.
I really do hope everyone can come to an arrangement that's good for all
parties. It seems to me, standing slightly outside the situation (not
completely, I must admit I'm a friend of James) that there's a good
win-win-win scenario here: Cody clearly does not want the birds, as she
signed a surrender document for them. James clearly does want the
birds, as he is fighting for them. Mickaboo, being a rescue, obviously
wants to adopt birds out to people who want them! I do realize that
some concerns have been brought up about James' fitfulness as a bird
owner, but I hope that Mickaboo will take into consideration the state
of the birds when they received them (presumably healthy and
well-adjusted individuals) and perform a home-check themselves, rather
than depend on the questionable testimony of Cody, the spouse. >_>
But... it seems adopting them back out to James would be a very ideal
option here.
I'm pretty sure mediation has been brought up in the parrot_lovers
thread - would this be a viable option for Mickaboo? I know you keep
saying you want to wait for the courts to decide, but it's not really
utterly necessary for this to go to court, I don't think. Mediation
might be a better, and cheaper, option, and would probably bring about a
resolution more quickly.
I think even just taking a more pro-active, constructive stance in this
would help Mickaboo in the eyes of the community. Talking to James via
mediation is another excellent option Mickaboo has, and I hope your
organization can look into that! I am definitely sincere in saying I
hope you can find a equitable solution to this. I know most everyone
involved is good people and it's saddens me to see things not really
going as well as they could have.
And thank you for taking the time to interface in the parrot_lovers
journal! I read through the entire thread and I know you're getting a
fair amount of flak just for being the messenger. I can see why no one
else wanted that job. I hope you continue your commenting though - I
for one appreciate the communication; I think it does help in showing
that Mickaboo is receptive to comments and suggestions on this situation.
Renee
