I pointed out the issue Jochem spotted in the language of the original Schiavo bill. I was concerned that it might mandate reviews for everyone. As I think it happened by the time the email was read they had already passed a different bill. What he sent me was just a general update on the Schiavo case. Does seem to indicate that they had enough email on the topic to draft a response.
Dana On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:49:52 -0500, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dana what did you send to him? and what was his response i'm not > seeing it in this gmail thread? And what was the issue? > > > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:42:09 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, it's worth noting that I gave a Maryland address on the form. But > > it's a more appropriate response than I got from anyone in New Mexico. > > > > Dana > > > > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:28:49 -0800, Ken Ketsdever > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The organization I work for got involved in advocating a couple of years > > > ago. Part of what they did was try to make it easy for their registered > > > users to send email to political leaders. The research we did at the > > > time turned up some interesting results. > > > > > > Do to the nature of email, the ease of sending it, the anonymous nature > > > and the ability to automate it most political leaders do not respond to > > > email that does not include demographic information indicating you are > > > one of their constituents. That in itself does not mean you will get a > > > response or the email will even get looked at but it does increase your > > > odds of your email being read by someone who is keeping track of public > > > opinions and responding to them. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:07 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: MD residents > > > > > > Just wanted to mention I sent a number of emails over the weekend to > > > various legislators, most of whom did not not replay at all. A > > > majority of those that did used auto reply and thanks me for sharing > > > my thoughts. > > > > > > Senator Sarbanes however just answered with a short update on the > > > issue. I am sure it's boilerplate and written by a staffer, but it at > > > least it's to the point. Found that somewhat impressive and thought I > > > would share. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151578 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
