Celeste, That's an interesting thread. As a government employee, it's best that I not get involved with political issues from my desk, so I didn't feel it was appropriate for me to sign up for the Yahoo group, and thus can't see the messages. Perhaps you could tell me, is the campaign at all trying to address the labor rights (or lack thereof) of H1B workers? I notice you have at least one former H1B worker responding to the thread in Monster - are you trying to get other current and former H1B's involved to detail the extent of what some perceive as abuses allowed to exist under that system? It seems like an integral part of your argument - the possibility that the program is good for neither citizens NOR foreign workers.
Just my two cents. Nice to see programmers thinking about the world outside their boxes! g. -----Original Message----- From: Haseltine, Celeste [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: July 09, 2002 - Tuesday 11:50a To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Off-Topic Post: US IT Letter Writing Campaign to Members of Congr ess/House on Sept 2, 2002 This is an off-topic post, for those of you who wish to delete this item prior to reading. A couple of people who were corresponding on one of the Monster Board forums, garnered enough feedback/support, that they have decided to start a nationwide letter writing campaign to members of the US House and Senate on Sept 2 (Labor day). It is my understanding that the IEEE, and other various IT related organizations in the US are considering participation in this effort (see thread http://forums.technology.monster.com/viewmessage.asp?messageid=2347554 on MonsterBoard). The intent of the campaign is to let our respective representatives know that there is NOT a shortage of IT personnel in the US, contrary to what recent studies/reports and the lobby groups for the Fortune 100's would like our representatives to believe. A group has been formed on Yahoo for this purpose, and you can go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and search for the group "htwprotest". If you do not have a Yahoo memberID, you will first need to sign up for one (it's free). You can then sign up to a participating member of this effort if you are interested. Celeste Haseltine, PE =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
