Jim, FYI, as of this moment I am aware of 75 (and still counting) GLD members have written their Congressional representatives to support HR713/S537 as a result of my encouragement. I'd love for this to be 7,500, but . . . 73, Jim W. AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je@arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: W5JBP@aol.com [mailto:W5JBP@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:39 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9575] Fwd: congressional outreach program At the meeting in St. Louis group "A" came up with the suggestion that each division have a Congressional representative. It can be more than one and what I am thinking of is also involving the Section Managers. It is no secret that I have been disappointed in the amount of grass root contacts our members have had with congressional representatives. I had asked John Chwat & Company to prepare a paper that would help us and it is below as a zip file. Print it out and let me know what you think. 73 Jim Haynie, W5JBP