_______________________________________________Agreed
Cory B
From: Brett Saladino <bhspath@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:10 AM
To: Priestnall, Simon <SPriestnall@rvc.ac.uk>
Cc: Bruce Williams <bruce.h.williams.dvm@gmail.com>; directors@list.cldavis.org
Subject: [Directors] Re: Board Agenda item - Update of "Tenets of the Foundation"
I support these updates as well. Thanks much!
Brett
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 1:45 AM Priestnall, Simon <SPriestnall@rvc.ac.uk> wrote:
Thanks Bruce and Paco for the updates and amendments which I wholeheartedly support.
Simon
PS I had to ‘Google’ Chief Seattle's "beast" in the current website version of the tenets……but have learnt a bit of American history
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From: Bruce Williams <bruce.h.williams.dvm@gmail.com>
Sent: 26 February 2020 02:39
To: directors@list.cldavis.org
Subject: [Directors] Board Agenda item - Update of "Tenets of the Foundation"
Here is a bit of new business left over from the November Board meeting.
Before the meeting, I received the following email from Tony Ross:
“I request this matter be mentioned at the next board meeting. The website needs an upgrade.
An example is the “tennets” section. It is worthy, but biblical-like and plain wrong in places. See the first tennet.
Best wishes,
Tony
At the Board meeting it was agreed that we needed to update the “Tenets of the Foundation” and the “Facts of the Foundation”, and i volunteered to work on this task.
The original “Tenets of the Foundation” are available at: http://www.cldavis.org/membership_tenets.html - (for your comparison - and not reprinted here to avoid confusion). They were originally penned by Sam in 1970 during the incorporation of the Foundation and while his writing does have a touch of the “biblical” as Tony points out, there is something to be said with maintain some links with our past, so i am loathe to rephrase much of the original text.
However, if you compare this draft with the original, you will see that there are some significant additions in terms of the first paragraph (thank you for yeoman work on that bit, Paco), as well the addition concerning gender, sexual preference, and sexual identity (long overdue.)
Any redundancy in the tenets is for emphasis.
The proposal before the Baord is to replace the tenets currently on the Web site with this updated version. This item is seconded by Foundation President Paoo Uzal There will be a period of discussion for 1 week.
bhw
Tenets of the Charles Louis Davis and Samuel Wesley Thompson Foundation
(These tenets were established by Dr. Samuel Thompson at the time of the Foundation’s creation in 1970 These tenets have changed a bit over time, but they are as valid today as they were when Dr. Thompson put his pen to paper.)
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