RE: contacting congress /
There are several activist sites that have an email your congress person section...Since I'm at work I don't have any urls to give you but I receive info like that from that like Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/default.asp and I know one of the organizations pushing for non gmo food had something like that also. -Original Message- From: Louis Klepner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: contacting congress / Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: contacting congress /
Another thing to keep in mind - e-mail to our elected officials is pretty worthless. Most don't understand the medium and never look at them. Just something to consider. David Groth, Analyst/Programmer III HSC Library & Informatics Center, University of New Mexico 505.272.8406 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/02 07:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: contacting congress /
> Another thing to keep in mind - e-mail to our elected > officials is pretty worthless. Most don't understand > the medium and never look at them. Just something to > consider. Most elected officials don't read their own "regular" mail, either - they have staff members to sort out both of these. However, I suspect that the weight given to something sent via snail mail is much greater than something sent via email, simply because it's more work to send something that way - you have to care a bit more to send snail mail. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: contacting congress /
There's also already service that does this: www.capwiz.com Ian -Original Message- From: David Groth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 7:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: contacting congress / Another thing to keep in mind - e-mail to our elected officials is pretty worthless. Most don't understand the medium and never look at them. Just something to consider. David Groth, Analyst/Programmer III HSC Library & Informatics Center, University of New Mexico 505.272.8406 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/02 07:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: contacting congress /
That was my experience when I sent snail-mail to the president of Compaq. A personal representative of his called me regarding my issues. Email doesn't get anywhere because it's only worth the paper it's printed on. - Matt Small -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: contacting congress / > Another thing to keep in mind - e-mail to our elected > officials is pretty worthless. Most don't understand > the medium and never look at them. Just something to > consider. Most elected officials don't read their own "regular" mail, either - they have staff members to sort out both of these. However, I suspect that the weight given to something sent via snail mail is much greater than something sent via email, simply because it's more work to send something that way - you have to care a bit more to send snail mail. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: contacting congress /
That's not entirely true, David. I worked on Capitol Hill for several years as a contractor and was able to visit almost all of the offices of our elected officials. It is true that all of the offices will screen your mail, and that this process may boil your comments down to a check box in the "for" or "against" column. It is also true that a college intern may be the one screening your comments and your comments may not get the attention they deserve. But, emails or letters that raise issues that do not easily fall into column x or column y, or issues that are targeted by specific staff members tend to get routed to the next level. The next level is usually a staffmember (just out of college) who has been given an issue or area to summarize for their representative. Your mailing/emailing campaign should be targeted to "enlist" this person to your cause. It will be this person who will raise the issue at the weekly/daily staff meeting. Your email itself will very rarely reach the desk of your representative, it's true, but your emails and letters are not ignored. In fact, many senators file all of your correspondance. Good Fortune, Richard Walters, Webmaster, Davita Laboratory Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] (800) 604-5227 x 3525 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/02 10:12AM >>> Another thing to keep in mind - e-mail to our elected officials is pretty worthless. Most don't understand the medium and never look at them. Just something to consider. David Groth, Analyst/Programmer III HSC Library & Informatics Center, University of New Mexico 505.272.8406 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/02 07:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: contacting congress /
There are roughly a million companies that do this in DC. I don't know that any of them will give you access to raw data, and it really isn't that simple. You are best off buying a package from one of these advocacy companies. Some senators and reps have online forms that constituents need to fill out, some will take e-mail. It is much less of a headache to let them worry about it. If you don't mind users leaving your site to accomplish this, you can just get a web 'sticker' from congress.org and have users enter their zip and write the letter through that site. Or you can pay some money and have the same function but customize the pages to look like your site. Off the top of my head: http://www.capwiz.com/ http://www.vocus.com/ >>> "Louis Klepner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/23/02 09:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: contacting congress /
We use Capwiz, and have been pretty happy with 'em as far as I know. Here's an example of the sticker at work: http://www.efa.org/massri/getarticle.cfm?get=61 We looked briefly at building our own system to do this, but concluded it would be a huge headache. We also use Capwiz to allow users to register and send faxes on issues we're advocating. -- jon - jon roig senior manager, online production epilepsy foundation site: http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: BEN MORRIS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:21 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: contacting congress / There are roughly a million companies that do this in DC. I don't know that any of them will give you access to raw data, and it really isn't that simple. You are best off buying a package from one of these advocacy companies. Some senators and reps have online forms that constituents need to fill out, some will take e-mail. It is much less of a headache to let them worry about it. If you don't mind users leaving your site to accomplish this, you can just get a web 'sticker' from congress.org and have users enter their zip and write the letter through that site. Or you can pay some money and have the same function but customize the pages to look like your site. Off the top of my head: http://www.capwiz.com/ http://www.vocus.com/ >>> "Louis Klepner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/23/02 09:33AM >>> Hello- I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess this is a two part question: 1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? 2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. 3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the assortment of contact forms... Thanks in advance! Louis Klepner Expressive Imaging Web Design & Development 845-440-0086 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.expressiveimaging.com __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: contacting congress - a little help not much...
Hopefully someone else has a better resource than below - this is very limited: It's not a 100% solution, however There's a page at the US Senate site with links to all the senators - many have email, some have a link only to an online form - you could grab the text and parse out all the email addresses for those that have it... http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm All the House of Reps has is a bunch of mailing label, phone and name/state lists in HTML, Word and PDF - not a single place for email though http://www.house.gov/writerep/ is a form system they use for submitting web form comments to congresspeople - requires NINE digit zip, and the destination is kept behind their firewall! Talk about limited access to Government! If someone has the blessing of time on their hands, they could go to http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.htm and click to every House of Rep's individual site and look on it for the email for that Rep. At 09:40 AM 04/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: >There are several activist sites that have an email your congress person >section...Since I'm at work I don't have any urls to give you but I receive >info like that from that like Natural Resources Defense Council >http://www.nrdc.org/default.asp > >and I know one of the organizations pushing for non gmo food had something >like that also. > > >-Original Message- >From: Louis Klepner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:33 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: contacting congress / > > >Hello- > >I would like to automate the process of contacting Congress a visitor's >congress member. I've got a database (provided by client) which has all of >congress, but not all of the congress members have email addresses. I guess >this is a two part question: > >1. Does anyone know of a zip code -> congressional district database? >2. Has anyone automated the process of contacting congress members on a >nation wide basis? With a variety of different web based contact forms, I'm >wondering how to code this... I'd like to handle it on site- Instead of >providing a link to whatever form the particular congress member is using. >3. Last but not least- I heard a rumor that their are databases with plain >EMAIL addresses for all of congress... IF anyone knows anything about this, >I'd love to know!!! It would be much easier than trying to deal with the >assortment of contact forms... > >Thanks in advance! > >Louis Klepner >Expressive Imaging >Web Design & Development > >845-440-0086 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.expressiveimaging.com > > > __ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
