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Title: Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF


1
Getting it Through the Legislature
  • Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF
  • ARRL New England Vice Director

2
Where do you start?
  • Forming a team
  • Influential hams
  • SGL
  • SM
  • Division director/vice director
  • VCs
  • PIOs
  • Its going to be a lot of work!
  • But itll be worth it!!

3
What is your legislative process?
  • Where do you start? house or senate
  • Understanding the committee structure
  • Choosing a committee
  • Moving between houses
  • It may be far more complex than you imagine!!
  • Plan on more than one try

4
Drafting a Bill
  • What type of bill?
  • Simple PRB-1
  • Guaranteed minimum height
  • Graduated height
  • Cover CCRs?
  • Who drafts the bill?
  • Who vets the bill?
  • How about an amendment instead of a bill?
  • A simple resolution can be helpful, too

5
Finding SponsorsSearching for Connections
  • Get names and addresses of all legislators and
    all key state officials
  • Run their names through the FCC database
  • Run their addresses through the FCC database
  • Look for children, parents, and neighbors with a
    ham radio connection
  • Ask every influential ham you can find if they
    have a state government connection
  • Build a complete database and use it

6
Finding SponsorsSponsors to Avoid
  • Your objective is to get the bill passed, not
    merely to get it submitted
  • Look out for legislators doing cheap favors
  • Ask why is this legislator supporting us?
  • Look out for legislators in trouble

7
Marshalling SupportThe Ham Community
  • Objective to have all hams delivering one
    consistent message
  • Dont let the cat out of the bag too soon
  • Weeding out troublemaking hams
  • Hams with a grudge
  • Fat egos
  • The all or nothing ham
  • The nutcase

8
Marshalling SupportNatural Allies
  • Federal and state emergency management
  • Private emergency groups
  • Public safety
  • Public events
  • Educators

9
Marshalling SupportNatural Opponents
  • Possible opposition
  • Municipalities and their organizations
  • Some environmentalists
  • Cell phone haters
  • Historical groups
  • Strategies
  • Try to sneak it by
  • Try to negotiate with them
  • Play defense

10
Supporting the Legislative ProcessWitnesses and
Hearings
  • Pick witnesses for their demeanor
  • Keep it brief. Understand how to use your 15
    minutes of fame
  • Be prepared with salient testimony
  • Engineering
  • Emergency
  • Environmental and safety
  • Prepare and rehearse the hard questions
  • Have people on call

11
Supporting the Legislative ProcessCollateral
Materials
  • Fact sheet for legislators and interested
    officials
  • How much to say
  • What not to say
  • FAQs
  • Address the hard questions, but do it carefully
  • Feel good materials
  • The Cronkite CD
  • News clippings
  • The elevator speech

12
Supporting the Legislative ProcessDamage Control
  • Understand up front where you can give a little
  • Know when to withdraw a bill
  • Handling the loose cannon

13
Supporting the Legislative ProcessDealing with
the Press
  • Getting air time
  • Getting newsprint
  • Prepare good materials

14
Supporting the Legislative ProcessThe Letter
Writing Campaign
  • How legislators perceive letters
  • Make the letters individualized and unique
  • Timing the letter campaign
  • Teaching hams how to write letters
  • Email works, but letters are better
  • Dont forget direct contact!

15
Supporting the Legislative ProcessHow to Write a
Letter
  • Make it unique
  • Identify the writer
  • Identify the writers address and legislative
    district
  • Identify the bill by number
  • Express support
  • Give reasons
  • Avoid any technical complexity
  • Keep it short 1 page if possible

16
Resources
  • VCs they may know the system FIND THEM!!
  • Headquarters Regulatory Information Branch,
    reginfo_at_arrl.org CONTACT THEM!!
  • Fred Hopengartens book www.arrl.org/catalog
    READ IT!!
  • Me Mike Raisbeck, k1twf_at_arrl.org CALL ME!!
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