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 --------
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