We didn't consider it. We investigated it, because the board recommended we do so, and when we learned what the cost was we dropped it and gave it no consideration. Joel On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Bob Vallio <rbvallio@gmail.com> wrote:
Why on earth would we consider paying anybody that kind of money, when we obviously have so many members with the talent and desire to *volunteer*their services to us???
Bob -- W6RGG
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner@arrl.org>wrote:
The NCGA site http://capwiz.com/ncga/home/ uses the Capitol Advantage service, Capwiz. We looked into it a couple of years ago. It’s a nice product. Cost ranges upward from $8,000/year with an initial setup charge, plus staff training on how to use it.
Dave
*From:* Bruce Frahm [mailto:brucefrahmk0bj@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2009 10:13 AM *To:* arrl-odv *Cc:* arrl-odv *Subject:* [arrl-odv:17781] Re: RE: Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
The National Assn of Corn Growers recently had up a website for sending lobbying emails to Reps. re going to a 15% ethanol blend. The website gave you the header/address info to the Rep, your signature, and a blank screen in between. If you felt the urge or need, you could click one or more of many bullets into the text. It really was a neat way to encourage original writing.
We're in the Rockies about to head thru Rocky Mtn Natl Park toward Brian and Dwayne's Div convention in Estes Park. If I can find the link for NCGA's project (the comment deadline has passed, i believe) this evening I'll forward it so you can see the structure.
73 Bruce K0BJ
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner@arrl.org> wrote:
That's pretty cool, Dick. Thanks to you and Trey.
We need to continue to encourage personalization of letters. A stack of identical form letters is better than nothing but doesn't have the impact of letters that briefly tell constituents' own stories.