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.

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Subject: Mickaboo tiels situation
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:39:10 -0400
From: Renee LeCompte <maggock@gmail.com>
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