On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:35:24 -0800 (PST), Michael Wallis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The question is, should ERPS take any official action in the upcoming >> - as in, probably on Monday - Senate faxathon? > >ERPS members are free to contact whomever they feel is appropriate, >but the organization itself, as a 501(c)(3) is prohibited by law from >lobbying. I don't think faxing a letter to HRHs Feinstein and Boxer would constitute lobbying - or effectiveness, either - but let me rephrase the question: Given that SEA is seriously disrupting life for users of solid fuel rockets, but ERPS uses mostly liquid fuel rockets, do we want to get involved in fighting SEA? SmartFlight could act separately as a semi-autonomous division, if we felt it was appropriate, and SmartFlight will certainly be affected by whatever disruptions SEA causes. My own feeling is that this is too short notice for ERPS to act as an organization, but that ERPS members should act on their own. If anyone wants to run something by me, write me at both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that I'll see it promptly. -R -- Every complex, difficult problem has a simple, easy solution - which is wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
