X-Message-Number: 8067 From: (Mike C.) Subject: Re: Help: Legislation: Being Heard [Communication: Organize (Make Friend Not Associate)] Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 01:20:50 -0400 > >Thank you for your motivating message. Dankon for being motivated Don. > >I would like help in promoting legislative support for anti-aging >research. We are learning grass roots techniques in influencing >legislation. We need realistic goals that would be accepted by decision >makers. Letters and phone calls to legislators get results if we know >what issues to promote and have credible information to educate them. Know people intimately; know their thoughts before suggesting ideas. Know all by name, policy, and hobbies; know who they are, what is happing to them. Let conversation be fun, and to the point. Do NOT send a novel unless they ask, offer to explain more. Decorate letters for attention; be noticed. Relate suggestions to their past ideas. Let them know you share views. Be their new best friend; do NOT seem obsessive. Send Inexpensive gift they like: flower, candy, cigar, donation in their name to charity, thing for child/loved one. Let them feel love, remember they are people. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8067