I feel really guilty that so much time has passed since I actively worked on the urban goat issue in Ingham County. I had to miss the March 2012 meeting because I was attending a conference in California. I asked how the March meeting went in my absence and they said that they continued to discuss, but no decision was made. It appears that once I stopped attending meetings, the goat issue was probably just dropped. I don't blame them though, they're busy people with (often times) bigger fish to fry (e.g. cruelty cases, free spay neuter clinics, adoptions, etc).
I just missed the September meeting which was last Monday. It's difficult getting much accomplished when the committee only meets every other month! Anyway, I just contacted two members of the Animal Control Advisory Board today about starting the discussion again. I'm hoping to find out that some major steps forward were made in my absence, but I doubt that happened. I'm worried that so much time has passed that I'll have to basically start over from scratch.
In any event, I plan on attending the November meeting and getting the ball rolling again. I'm excited to have met some other like-minded people over the summer who are interested in pursuing this legalization process too. Maybe things will be a little more successful if I have some teammates!
