Have at 'em, Wade! Good show! Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ Chairman, ARRL ad hoc Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Wade [mailto:walstrom@mchsi.com] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:13936] Central Division House Resolution 230 Report Way to go, Dick! I took someone's previous idea seriously and took my laptop and a printer to the Nebraska ARRL State Convention. The weather kept attendance down, but I had a steady stream of letter writers. Over the course of the day I had 24 letters that covered all three Nebraska congressional districts, South Dakota, and one Iowa congressional district. Each letter was actually three copies: one to the congressional DC office, one to the congressman's (congressperson?) local office, and one copy to Chwat. 73, Wade W0EJ -----Original Message----- From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:40 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13936] Central Division House Resolution 230 Report 26 MAR 2006 - 1330 CST Fellow Board Family Members... Please do not regard what follows as bragging on my part. Rather, I want to demonstrate what a little persistence can produce. My last (2006-03) division newsletter produced an initial response of 36 confirmations of constituent letters asking support of House Resolution 230 sent to U.S. Representatives. My first, somewhat pointed, follow-up message generated 3 complaints and an additional 130 confirmations. Last Friday, I sent follow-up message #2 which produced 50 more confirmation in about 36 hours. The total now stands at 215 confirmations. This letter-writing process does work if you spend a little time on it. 73 - Dick, W9GIG