Cheryl is exactly right. The ROM dams photos went through 3 people before
being published. A few key points:
- The ROM Chairs work super hard and 30 plus 2016 ROM dams was a record
year.
- The ROM Chairs do this work on a volunteer basis on a very outdated
program that requires a manual effort and duplication.
- I can speak factually that The ROM Chairs, The Editor, and
myself regret the error.
Lindabankhead44@xxxxxxxxx
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Cheryl Olson <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
hello, I was disappointed that the pages were switched as well because the
ROM chairs take every precaution to send each dam/sire in separate folders
to THE REVIEW so that doesn't happen. Again, everything for the dams are
put into a separate folder; the pedigree, picture, etc. With over 30
dams, there are bound to be errors; it is a huge effort for the chairs and
the REVIEW editor; it's too bad they got switched and I am not going to put
blame on the Editor, but I also don't think it is fair to put blame on the
chairs, since we send them in separate folders; this is a thank less job
but I am glad to have put in the 5 years and hundreds of hours inputting
data for our breed, but until you are in our shoes, please don't place
blame on us. It is a volunteer job and we all do the best we can. Thanks,
Cheryl Olson
Msg: #6 in digest
From: Michelle Wallis <midwall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Kathleen Riley
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:07:26 +0000
I have to say I wasn't so sure about the changes to the
review...initially.... but I have been impressed. And I MUST say that
Kathleen is super approachable and really does work with you to get your
ads in - I did one at the tail end of June/ early July for August.... and
another for September. The August review was especially important to me, as
my new Champion Dublin would get to be in the review along with her dam
Zarina and her granddam Rubasse - both of whom got their ROMs.
I was very upset when Rubasse's owner let me know that the two girls
photos had been switched and their ROM pages had the wrong bitch on them.
We sent in each girls information separately.
I emailed Kathleen to tell her of what happened... and to express my
disappointment (how often do mother and daughter get their ROMS the same
year and get to be side by side in the Review as Z is one point behind
Ruby? And then Dublin finished in time to get an ad... and you get to have
three generations of fabulous ladies in the same review? I am thinking this
could be the one time!!)...
Kathleen didn't play the blame game (my understanding is that she was not
responsible for those pages they came already done and ready to be
printed), didn't make excuses - but she did tell me should would have the
girls pages corrected and send them to me for review before they were
published again!! I am so appreciative. ROMS are a really big deal.... and
even though the girls pages wont be correct in the ROM edition, at least
these two lovely gals will get their moment. So kudos to Kathleen for
taking care of business in a professional manner and doing the best she
could to make it right.
I hope in the future that whomever puts the ROM pages together will let
owners look at them to ensure they are correct. This is such a huge
accomplishment for our dogs and the animals that achieve this award should
get their due recognition.
Michelle Wallis
Midwall@xxxxxxxxxxx