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- From: vkochend@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vance Kochenderfer)
- Subject: Re: Frequency Alert, and a sample letter
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.224850.9541@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 22:48:50 GMT
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- In article <30621@optima.cs.arizona.edu> sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan27.135156.25381@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> goza@norm.JSC.NASA.GOV (Mike Goza) writes:
- >>Is there a way to flood these guys with email? Also can someone post
- >>a list of senators and representatives for the various areas.
- >
- >Email is singularly ineffective as a lobbying weapon. We have to use
- >physical mail. And if you don't know the names of your senators and
- >representative, fie! Call the local Republican or Democratic party
- >headquarters, or the League of Women Voters.
- >
- >> How about someone posting a form letter for everyone to send in?
-
- Form letters tend to get ignored. It's better to write an original letter
- to show that you are an "actual person" rather than just a "member of an
- organization." Phone calls can be very effective, so can faxes.
-
- Vance Kochenderfer
- Virginia Tech | "You want to get ahold of Mrs. Potter? I don't
- vkochend@nyx.cs.du.edu | know, she's awfully ticklish.." -Groucho Marx
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