Sort of OT but all of us should take notice...

[Dave Hull]

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Michael Brailsford wrote:

> Make sure that you use snail mail and not email.  Senators are required
> by law to read every snail mail letter sent to them.  (Of course they
> can't do it personally, but they have staff do it.)  AFAIK, there is no
> such law for electronic transmissions.  So a real letter will have more
> of an impact, at least it is guaranteed to be read.

Interesting. Just a couple of days ago I sent an email to Jim Ryun regarding 
the Public Domain Enhancement Act, see http://eldred.cc for more information 
(and sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/eldred/petition.html).

Withing 24 hours, I rec'd an email from Jim Ryun himself, it was not a form 
response nor was it from one of his staff. I was shocked, though it was clear 
from his response that he didn't really agree with/understand the point of my 
message.

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Dave Hull
http://insipid.com