On behalf of the ad hoc Legislative Action Committee, I'm very pleased to send you the completed versions of three documents that should make it possible for our you to move toward development of a Legislative Action Program in your divisions. These documents and their purposes are: 1. The Legislative Action Assistant - A Handbook of Operations - To outline the rationale and functioning of the Legislative Action Assistant (LAA) in relationship with the Legislative Action Coordinator (LAC) and the Director/Division Legislative Action Chair (DLAC) or Director. 2. The Legislative Action Program: Volunteer Qualifications - To outline the qualifications and expectations for the District Legislative Action Chair (DLAC), the Legislative Action Coordinator (LAC) and the Legislative Action Assistant (LAA). 3. The ARRL Legislative Action Program FAQ - To provide answers and perspective to questions about the Program that we anticipate may arise frequently. This FAQ also should be useful for supplying background information on the overall Legislative Action Program. These documents, individually or collectively, may prove helpful in recruiting members into the Legislative Action Program as well as for instructing members who have already joined the program in their tasks. The Legislative Action Assistant - A Handbook of Operations (item No. 1) has been expanded and improved considerably since copies of an earlier draft were distributed to the Board family in July. Therefore, all prior versions should be discarded in favor of the current version that is dated 090406. Item No.3 was forwarded to you previously; however, it has undergone a limited amount of editing as well. Item No. 2 is being sent to you for the first time. If you have any additional materials you would like the Committee to make available please let them know. The Grassroots area of the Members Only page of the ARRL web site still needs some revision to get everything in place. That is currently in review. To start, I would like to know how many Divisions currently have a Legislative Action Assistant and a Legislative Action Program set up in your division. If you do not currently have an LAA appointed, I would like to set a December 1, 2006 goal to have your appointment in place. 73 Joel W5ZN