Conference Calls

Hi everyone.  I'm glad we managed to touch base last night.  Sorry for the confusion.  As we discussed, I have copied below the schedule for Bethany's conference calls in the next few months.  Some questions came up on the call last night that I will try to get some answers to and will post those as soon as I receive them.

I do plan to continue the FTIA calls so that I can help you get answers to any questions that may not have been answered on the Bethany calls or that may be more specific to our FTIA/Bethany Relationship.

I do want to touch base regarding referrals.  Please do not allow yourself to get caught up in terms of exact dates.  Though your dossier may have gone to Ethiopia on a certain date, there are translations and other processes that your paperwork has to go through in Ethiopia so there are a variety of reasons that you may not be matched in exact order of the date your dossier was sent to Ethiopia.  If your dossier was sent to Ethiopia in July, try not to focus on a specific date in July.  Try to think in terms of the entire month and be encouraged that children are being matched for families in July.  That means yours is not far behind.  It is not in Bethany's or FTIA's best interest to intentionally keep a referral from you.  It would serve no purpose.  We want children to find homes.

Since there will be no new referrals from Shalom, the FTIA files have been put into the mix of Bethany cases and will be matched in the order that they were submitted (with the above explanation above taken into account).

Bethany Conference Call Schedule:

*Our upcoming conference calls re: updated information on the US State Dept. notice, and increased field investigations will be as follows:

We will use the same Mr. Conference number - 712-338-8710 (code 754#).

Call 1 - Monday, Jan. 3, 1-2pm EST
Call 2 - Tuesday, Jan. 4, 10-11am EST
Call 3 - Wednesday, Jan. 5, 3-4pm EST

We ask that each family only attend one conference call, as there is  limit to the number of people that can call in on Mr. Conference calls.  We did have calls in December, so this is just an update were are providing, based on information we have.  If we have no information, we will communicate that as well.

*Our travel meeting conference call schedule:

January
Friday, Jan. 7, 12pm EST
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 9am EST

February
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 4pm EST
Monday, Feb. 21, 12pm EST

March
Thursday, March 10, 9am EST
Wednesday, March 23, 4pm EST

April
Friday, April 8, 12pm EST
Tuesday, April 19, 10am EST

May
Monday, May 2, 4pm EST
Wednesday, May 25, 12pm EST

June
Tuesday, June 7, 2pm EST
Thursday, June 23, 8:30am EST


Thanks,

Salome LaMarche