Ooops. This should be "hind sight." Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 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: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:09 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13898] Report on Congressional activity through March 14th Here is a report from Eric Heis covering the past two weeks. Dave K1ZZ/6 ----- From: Eric Heis [mailto:eric.heis@chwatco.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:11 PM To: 'Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ'; 'Joel Harrison' Cc: 'John Chwat' Subject: Report on activity through March 14th * Firm in receipt of over 400 letters generated by District Directors addressed to 81 House members and 5 senators. * Coordinated letter receipts with congressional distribution in meetings. Most letters received from non-targetted districts have been forwarded to their respective offices with ARRL packets and our personal letter. * Meetings with staff on ARRL's multiple issues during the past two weeks: o Rep. Mike Ferguson (R 7th NJ) o Rep. Ted Strickland (D 6th OH) o Rep. Sherrod Brown (D 13th OH) - Just yesterday we were informed by Rep. Brown's office that they are very interested in supporting ARRL members throughout Ohio, as the Congressman is making a Senate bid this fall. o Rep. George Radanovich (R 19th CA) o Rep. John Shadegg (R 3rd AZ) o Rep. Lee Terry (R 2nd NE) * Senate visits went well with Sen. DeWine and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's offices, both expressing interest in possible Senate legislation. * Our visitations are concentrating on the '88' Senate and House targets (preferably with district letters) during the initial 90 day period. Eric Heis Legislative Assistant Chwat & Company, Inc. 625 Slaters Lane, Suite 103 Alexandria, VA 22314 (P) 703.684.7703 (M)703.946.5532 (F) 703.684.7594