FYI.
Letter writing tips from our ISPCON Spring 2005 conference program.
The letter is the most popular choice of communication with a congressional
office. When writing, use fax or e-mail due to the delays of mail delivery
resulting from the threat of Anthrax and other bio hazards. Write your
letter on professional letterhead. Be sure to include your full name,
address, phone number and request a reply.
Your letter will be read by an aide. While legislators themselves are
usually not able to read all of the correspondence sent to their offices,
that does not mean your letter will not have an impact. Congressional
Representatives rely heavily on their aides to provide them with concise and
thorough information. Aides keep a running tally of letters received for or
against a given position and report the results regularly to the
Congressperson. A well-written, thought provoking letter can educate an
aide, thereby influencing the legislator.
1.The purpose of your letter should be stated in the first paragraph.
2.Make the topic clear in your first sentence. For example; I'm writing to
ask your support of.........
3.Give reasons for your position and include personal experience or concrete
examples.
4.Use your own words and experiences. Personal letters and real stories are
more compelling.
5.Ask a question. By doing so you may receive a personal response.
6.A one-page letter is best. Only write a longer letter if necessary for
clarity.
7.Be polite, positive and constructive. Don't plead and never threaten.
8.Stay on topic. If you have other issues write another letter pertinent to
that topic.
Frank Muto
President
FSM Marketing Group, Inc.
Co-founder WBIA - Washington Bureau for ISP Advocacy
Postini Partner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA task
Consider it done. Here's a link to the page where everyone can locate
their representative and send them email.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Yes, when it comes to dealing with the government, the time is never past
for changing minds. The government's job is to respond to the needs of the
people. When enough citizens request review and revision of the rules, the
government must either respond or be voted out of office. Government is
plenty responsive... as long as the citizens make their desires be known.
jack
Travis Johnson wrote:
Yes! There is a job for WISPA. Gather all the email addresses for all the
congresspeople in all the states and post the list to this mailing list.
Then everyone can write their reps with little or no effort.
It was a little short sighted for Marlon to say "The time for changing
minds is past", wasn't it? ;)
Travis
Microserv
George Rogato wrote:
Maybe we should all ask our lawmakers to endorse this bill.
Blair Davis wrote:
FYI....
Rep Bart Stupak's (D-MI) request for a CALEA waiver for small broadband
company's is currently expected to be endorsed by my congressional Rep
Fred Upton (R-MI)
Thought some would like to know.
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