Read below: Please contact your state representative by phone or fax asking them to vote for HB 939. If you don't know your rep, you can find them here: http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/find-your-representative/
73, Ron, K5HM [email protected] www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! -----Original Message----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 11:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: West Gulf Division Special Alert HB939 HB 939 — Good News!!! HB 939 will be voted on by the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday, May 7, 2015. We have a very, very good chance of passing this Bill — IF we have the same effort that everyone made on the cell phone bills. As you remember, HB 939 is a bill filed by the ARRL West Gulf Division — it requires HOAs/Homeowner Associations to permit Hams & other Texans to install standby electric generators. We need you to FAX or CALL YOUR State Representative — and only your State Representative — in whose district you live and ask them to vote for HB 939. You may determine who is your State Representative — and their fax and telephone numbers — by going to this link and inserting your zip code or your zip code and your address: http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/find-your-representative/ Please DO NOT CALL OR FAX STATE REPRESENTATIVES TONY DALE, RENE OLIVEIRA OR MATT SCHAEFER. These Gentlemen are our Sponsors — they don’t need to be convinced. DO NOT EMAIL — the ONLY effective contact methods are either faxes or telephone calls. Whether you contact your Representative by phone or fax: BE POLITE – ALWAYS — elected Representatives and their staff are not our enemies. They want to hear from their constituents — the people who vote for them — about Bills their constituents want passed. Some staff members may ask where you are from or for your telephone number – it is ok to tell them – it makes you “real” and convinces them you are not a phony caller. If you call or fax and their telephone numbers are busy – that is good news, because it means other Hams are calling. KEEP CALLING OR FAXING UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH. IF YOU SEND A FAX: We suggest the following language: Dear State Representative XXXX: My name is YYYYY. I am licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as an Amateur Radio Operator. Please VOTE FOR HB 939, without amendments. HB 939 is set on the House General State Calendars for Thursday, May 7, 2015. HB 939 permits Texas homeowners to install modern, safe, quiet standby electric generators to protect their families during electrical power outages. Thank you for your vote for HB 939. Signed YYYYY IF YOU CALL: Please tell the staff person to whom you speak (you will not be able to speak to the Representative, because he or she will be in hearings): (1) Your name is YYYYY (2) You are an Amateur Radio Operator (3) You are asking Rep. XXXX to VOTE FOR HB 939, without amendments — it is scheduled to heard by the House on Thursday, May 7, 2015 (4) HB 939 permits Texas homeowners to install modern, safe, quiet standby electric generators to protect their families during power outages (5) Thank the Representative for his vote for HB 939. (6) Say Goodbye and terminate the call. Thanks. David Woolweaver, K5RAV, West Gulf Division Director John Robert Stratton, N5AUS, West Gulf Division Vice-Director -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL West Gulf Division Director: David A Woolweaver, K5RAV [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/7eddb39a17af2b5ae28bad8e6b6fa2a0 _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
