GOT STRATEGY

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GOT STRATEGY?

• NAM 2008 Public Affairs Conference
• Peter A. Molinaro
• Vice President, Federal and State Government
  Affairs
• The Dow Chemical Company

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KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT

• Employee Civic Engagement works best when part of
  seamless program issue education, grassroots,
  PAC and Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
• Executive Engagement with Policymakers
• Engage Site and Corporate Public Affairs Contacts
• Incorporate Grassroots Targets (e.g. Home State
  Committees)
• Solicit Participation in Political Action
  Committee (e.g. DowPAC)
• Use the great resources readily available at BIPAC

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EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
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Access Andrew A Dialogue about Dow, for Dow
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Access Andrew climate change a global village
Employee Response To All On the subject of
being an environmentally conscious corporation,
why not this instead Why not start by being a
good citizen of this Earth that we all share.
Instead of each of us taking the time to read and
comment on this blog topic, WHY NOT TAKE ACTION?
What if each of Dows global employees stepped up
and actually put action to their words??...I
challenge each of you to find a way to make a
positive impact on OUR environment!...
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Dow action network educating and Engaging
employees
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DOWS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

• Executive Engagement with Policymakers
• Contributions from Dows political action
  committee (DowPac)
• Corporate expenditures where allowed
• Strategic individual political giving in support
  of Dows objectives
• Employee and retiree education and Grassroots
  Letter Campaigns
• Home State Committees
• Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Program

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CONCLUSION

• Dow will continue to build on the political
  strategy with political activities that include
• Executive Leadership Engagement
• Employee/Retiree Education
• Grassroots Involvement
• Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
• A strong, well funded political action committee
  (DowPAC)
• And,
• Top Leadership buy in will continue to be key

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