time to write a lettter?!

[Doug Schuler]

This is from Amy Borgstrom via Laura Breeden.  A chance to
fund some community sites!

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:05:18 -0500
From: Amy Borgstrom <amyb at seorf.ohiou.edu>
To: "'Laura Breeden'" <lbreeden at earthlink.net>
Cc: "'afcn-members at lists.colorado.edu'" <afcn-members at lists.colorado.edu>,
        "'ctcmembers at ctcnet.org'" <ctcmembers at ctcnet.org>
Subject: RE: $65 million in federal budget for community tech centers

Thanks for the heads up Laura! I hope lots of people write that letter and 
make that call. Just a hint--I've heard that *handwritten* notes actually 
have more impact with congressional types than word processed, or 
especially e-mail. So you might want to go with that approach...

Amy Borgstrom
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks
94 Columbus Road Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-3854 voice
(740) 593-5451 fax
amyb at seorf.ohiou.edu
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx001

JOIN the ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKING TODAY!
http://www.afcn.net

-----Original Message-----
From:	Laura Breeden [SMTP:lbreeden at earthlink.net]
Sent:	Monday, March 08, 1999 5:50 PM
To:	peterm at ctcnet.org
Cc:	bkfulton at nul.org; amyb at seorf.ohiou.edu; tonistone at igc.apc.org; 
gcrick at main.org; avaldez at aol.com; bartd at pluggedin.org; dvial at pacbell.net; 
occur at citycom.com
Subject:	Re: $65 million in federal budget for community tech centers

Hi.  I've confirmed that on Wednesday morning, March 10, there will be a 
subcommittee hearing on the Adult and Vocational Ed programs of the US 
Department of Education.  The funding for community tech centers is 
included in that budget.  Rep. Maxine Waters of LA was the original sponsor 
of the $10 M that is in the current budget.  The Adminstration has 
requested $65 M for FY2000.

Action steps to take now include writing a letter to any of these 
Congresspersons from your state, and following up with a phone call to 
their office.  Ask to speak to the staff person in charge of 
appropriations, and let that person know how community technology centers 
are already making things better in your state.  Mention that a small 
federal investment can leverage many local resources.

In the Senate they are not having hearings at the subcommittee level.  If 
the full Senate approps committee takes this up, I'll let you know.

If you can brief me on any reactions you get, I'd appreciate it.

thanks,
Laura

Laura Breeden & Associates, Inc.
215 Waverley Street, #4
Menlo Park, CA  94025
phone 650.853.3040
fax 650.853.3047
email lbreeden at earthlink.net


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