[Jacob-list] Where is the JSC?

[marguerite e vanbeek]

Cindy

Whoa!!!!!!  I just inquired if anyone has heard from the JSC lately.  I
have not had any correspondence  email, registrations, snail mail, etc
since last summer. I also put in time getting the registrations done and
I have no idea if they received them, if they are OK (new at this) since
no money is exchanged 
for the JSC reg.   I know the Hovaks put in a great deal of their time no
question, I just wanted to know if it
was a problem on my end.  

Peggy


On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 21:43:32 -0600 Cindy M Telisak <jacobsreward at juno.com>
writes:
> Did somebody ask about even current existance of the JSC a 
> > couple days ago?  The JSC must still exist as a friend said her 
> > check from a couple months or so back was cashed for 
> > transfer/registry of sheep sold to me (not that I have seen any 
> > paperwork/communication coming my direction from that 
> > organization)....  My registry apps for 26 sheep sent in October 
> > have no paperwork back from the JSBA registrar yet either--
> 
> Hi Jacob friends,
> I'm technically a Jacob owner, and definitely an enthusiast living 
> in a
> suburb near Lucas, TX.  I'm not interested in stirring up 
> controversy,
> but as an eye-witness to the JSC registration process from time to 
> time,
> I have to make a few comments.
> 
> Time passes between issues of the Journal, or between when you send 
> in
> your papers and when you get them back.  It might seem, then, that
> nothing is happening in the interim.  I just wanted to shed a 
> little
> light on what really goes on..  Fred and Joan Horak have over 100 
> of
> their own sheep running on about 20 acres, plus half a dozen horses 
> to
> tend.  They also have grown children and a lovely grandson not far 
> away. 
> On top of these personal and family responsibilities they donate 
> hundreds
> and hundreds of hours to the JSC, year after year.  This time is 
> spent
> researching, writing, publishing, assembling and mailing the 
> Journal,
> promoting the breed at sheep festivals and wool shows, and also 
> handling
> every piece of paper in about 1600 sheep files, bringing these 
> records
> into some kind of consistency and integrity, and preparing them for
> permanent archiving, to preserve the records vital to the task of
> conservancy.  I know what a chore this is, because I've sat at 
> their
> buried dining table for several days on end helping out.  Another 
> JSC
> member friend has given weeks of her time as a professional 
> archivist to
> help get the job done.  The registration process itself is tedious 
> and
> time consuming on Joan's end because of all the necessary checks 
> and
> balances put in place to protect the records.  It's thankless and
> expensive work, much of which they pay for themselves.  They carry 
> on
> because it's a job that needs to be done, and nobody else seems 
> anxious
> to assume the job.  I'm sure over the years more valuable volunteer 
> time
> has been given in other areas of the Conservancy by St. Jude's Farm. 
>  
> 
> My request is two-fold.  1) Please think twice before making casual
> comments that denegrate the labors of love of people you know.  And 
> 2) if
> you have concerns about your paperwork, invest in a short phone 
> call. 
> Though you may not get immediate e-mail response, the Horaks almost
> always are available to pick up the phone.  OK, three-fold: 
> consider
> investing some volunteer hours yourself to further the cause of the 
> Jacob
> sheep through the Conservancy and take some of the load off of those 
> who
> are perpetually exhausted from the responsibility.  There's a lot 
> more
> that could be done to help both sheep and breeder if more people 
> took up
> the cause.
> 
> The Horaks never toot their own horns, and I'm probably in big 
> trouble
> with them for doing it, but I watch them devote literally their 
> whole
> existence around these spotted little critters, and I think that's
> remarkable--and worthy of note.
> 
> Blessings to all,
> Cindy Telisak
> Jacob's Reward Handspinning
> Plano, TX
> 
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