AR-News: (NY-US) Remember to Dress for Success! (and other tips for an effective lobby day)

Wed Mar 10 08:00:19 EST 2004

If you will  be attending  Humane Lobby Day on March 16th
remember to dress for success-- legislators expect people meeting 
with them to dress formally.  For other tips on effective lobbying, 
visit http://http://www.hsus.org/ace/14241 and 
http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/working_for_animals.pdf

More info on humane lobby day...

Please circulate far and wide...

2004 humane Action for Animals Lobby Day

Stand up for Animals at the New York State Capitol!

Albany, New York
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
http://humanelobbyday.org

Join the fight to pass laws to:

BAN "CANNED HUNTS"- RECREATIONAL SHOOTING OF CONFINED ANIMALS

STOP PAINFUL FORCE-FEEDING OF DUCKS FOR FOIE GRAS

PROTECT DOWNED "FOOD" ANIMALS

GIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE POWER TO BAN WILDLIFE TRAPPING

New York's Animals Need YOU!
Legislation to protect animals cannot succeed without your help! 
Your state legislators need to know why they should vote for animal 
protective legislation.  By attending the lobby day, you will:

o learn about key animal bills that your elected officials will be 
voting on in the New York State legislature

o learn the importance of lobbying and why we need to be as effective 
as our opponents in this critical area.

o learn how to lobby in the Humane society of the US's popular 
"Lobbying 101" seminar.

o meet directly with  the offices of your State Senator and 
Assemblymember to encourage them  to vote for legislation to defend 
animals

The Lobby Day will take place from 1:00 to 5:00 at the Sign of the 
Tree Restaurant, Empire State Plaza, Albany. (Detailed directions are 
available at http://humanelobbyday.org or by calling Peter at (845) 
256-0200.)  Also, be sure to call your State Senator and 
Assemblymember to schedule 20 minute appointments between 3:20 and 
4:00 PM on March 16th, allowing at least 20 minutes between the 
appointments (To find your elected officials, visit 
http://action.fund.org/directory/ ).

We are now taking reservations for buses  (or vans) from upstate 
(passing through Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse,) and downstate 
(starting at Long Island and passing through New York City) for an 
additional fee of $20 per person.  If you are interested in getting a 
ride, please e-mail me right away to allow us to plan our 
transportation resources properly.  We will ONLY reserve vehicles if 
enough people advance register.  To reserve a space in a bus and to 
register for the event (PLEASE register even if you will be providing 
your own transportation),
e-mail PeterMuller at verizon.net with the following information:

First Name _____________________Middle (optional) ______________Last 
Name _________________________

Animal Group you are affiliated with (Not 
Required)___________________________________________________

Street 
Address___________________________________City________________________________ 
State_______

Zip_____________________ Email 
________________________________________________________________

Your State Assemblymember____________________
Your State Senator ______________________________

I will get there by (check one) upstate bus ______ downstate 
bus______ my own means of transportation______

Mail a copy of the filled out form with your registration fee to:
League of Humane Voters, PO Box 922, New Paltz, NY  12561

If you have any further questions or would like to volunteer 
(including distributing this flyer!) or make a donation to the event, 
call Peter Muller at (845) 256-0200 or visit 
http://humanelobbyday.org.

Remember to dress for success-- legislators expect people meeting 
with them to dress formally.  For other tips on effective lobbying, 
visit http://http://www.hsus.org/ace/14241 and 
http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/working_for_animals.pdf

We look forward to Lobbying with you!!!
Sponsored by Earthsave, Farm Sanctuary, The Fund for Animals,The 
Humane Society of the United States, In Defense of Animals, The 
League of Humane Voters, and New York State Humane Association.

  Some Ways you  Support Lobby Day (even if you aren't able to attend!!!)
If you would like to help in any of the ways listed below, call Adam 
at (201) 968-0595 or email nyc at lohv.org

1) Donate
  Between travel expenses,  conference room rental fees,  production 
costs for packets, displays  and video materials, and food for 
elected officials at our legislator breakfast, this event will cost 
thousands of dollars.  Individual or group donations are EXTREMELY 
welcome!  Donations can be mailed to League of Humane Voters, PO Box 
922, New Paltz, NY 12561.

2) Post Flyers
In order to spread the word about this event, we have created a 
poster and flyer to be placed in locations animal-friendly people are 
likely to congregate-- pet supply stores, vet's offices, radical 
bookstores, vet offices, groomers, vegetarian restaurants, health 
food  stores, etc.   Flyers and registration forms can  downloaded at 
http://humanelobbyday.org

3) Make Outreach Calls
We have thousands of phone calls to make to supporters of the 
sponsoring groups of this event, and need volunteer help!  Let us 
know how many calls you can make, whether they need to be local or 
can be long distance, and whether you would like to give us a list of 
people to call or you w ould like to call people on a list that you 
have in your possession-- friends, members of your local group, etc.

4) Notify Media
Do you have a list of media contacts (TV, radio, newspapers, etc) in 
your part of the state?  If not you like to help develop one?  With 
such a list, we can fax announcements about this event and hopefully 
get as much press  coverage for it as possible, as well as for the 
animal  issues to be discussed at the event  Also, we need to 
volunteers to do faxing and follow up faxes with confirmation calls 
to make sure that press releases were received.

5) Call, Email, and write your elected officials
Lobby day will be far more effective if legislators hear about these 
bills from their constituents.   Contact your legislators to let them 
know that you support the bills we will be working to pass on lobby 
day.  You can find information on the bills at http://humanelobby.org 
and clicking on foie gras, downed animals, canned shoots, and 
trapping.  You can find out the name of your State Senator  and State 
Assemblymember at http://action.fund.org/directory/  (NOTE: These are 
NOT the same as your FEDERAL  Senators and Representatives!!!!!)

6)  Circulate email to publicize the  event
Forward info on the  event to all pro-animal people you know-- to 
listserves, individuals, etc.

7) Do a postcard  mailing to let friends  and members (if you are a 
group) know about this event.  We can get you sample test for a 
postcard...

8) Get you local animal  group to sign on as a participant organization.
Participant organizations will be listed as supporters of the Lobby 
Day in materials given to media and legislators.  We will list the 
name of your group, contact information, and a contact person. 
Participants should try to have at least one rep as lobby day.  And 
of course, par

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The purpose of the League of Humane Voters (LOHV) is  to mobilize 
public concern for animals through the democratic political process. 
We campaign for the election of candidates for public office who will 
work to enact animal rights legislation.  Recognizing that animal 
exploitation is a political issue and not just a moral one, we intend 
to make animal rights a mainstream political issue by building 
support among citizens, activists, political parties, candidates and 
elected representatives.