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| DATE | 2003-05-01 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Handbilling
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Hello Alan. Your essentailly correct on this. Seth's methods are not efficient, and
getting into the Congressional offices, and becoming familiar with Congressmen on the
grassroots level is what works. The new NY Fair Use which Seth is now working for
has not managed any real impact, but getting into offices and talking with grassroots
support is bound to work over time.
Postests and handbilling does has a place, but only as a suplimemt to the real political
work.
It's not so much lobbying, and real grassroots politics. Most people don't have the
stomache for it, or the amount of work it takes. The talk in some circles is that
they are building an army. Well, consider that in the real body politic it takes over 10,000
petition signatures to get on the ballot for Congress....and then weigh how organized you are and
how big is your 'army'
I'll be coming down to DC tonight if you want to meet and talk.
Ruben
Founder NY Fair Use, NYLXS
<standing _outside_ with placards, we should be _inside_ talking to our
representatives. I, in the 8th District of MD(Montgomery County), received
a generic snail-mail flyer from Chris Van Hollen, our Rep. It showed him
in colloquy with various _groups_. Why can we not organize -- on linux-pe,
that's what it is for -- and arrange for 10 - 20 of us to meet with him
in his office??? It should be easy to do, no? >>
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