Dave,
I recall you having mentioned the Capwiz
service previously. Given the emphasis we are now placing on promoting the
ARRL legislative agenda, recalling it raises two questions to me. These
are:
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Wouldn’t we use the service enough
to warrant the expense?
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Obviously, even $8k does not grow on trees.
Are there one or more programs we provide that could be jettisoned without
causing damage; thereby, freeing the money for use in our advocacy effort?
Conversely, are their any projects that promise to save money that could be
spurred on (e.g. QSL direct entry by field checkers into Logbook) to make the
funds available?
My own answer to the first question would
be that it would be worth the expense if it simply helped get HR 2160 passed in
this session. I don’t pretend to speak for others. The $8k
pales in comparison with the money spent to take the FCC to court. I
think we all consider the cost of the court battle was a good use of funds.
In today’s
I realize the second question is one no
one relishes considering. It never is, regardless of the organization –
non-profit or commercial.
73,
Jim
Jim
Weaver, K8JE, Director
ARRL
E-mail: k8je@arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661
ARRL - The
national association for Amateur Radio
From: Sumner, Dave,
K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 3:03 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:17782] Re:RE:
RE: Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
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
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.