Why on earth would we consider paying anybody that kind of money, when we obviously have so many members with the talent and desire to *volunteer*their services to us??? Bob -- W6RGG On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner@arrl.org>wrote:

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 Rocky Mtn Natl Park toward Brian and Dwayne's Div convention in Estes Park. If I can find the link for NCGA's project (the comment deadline has passed, i believe) this evening I'll forward it so you can see the structure.

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.