A quick note on contacting Senators/Congressmen

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Folks,
Here are a couple of things to keep in mind when contacting Senators/Congressmen:
1)It is better to send a letter/fax than an email. Emails can be replied
to automatically, but letters/faxes must be read by some human, then
stored somewhere.
2)Make sure you include your mailing address in your communication. The
reps will take interest/action only if you live in their district, and can
therefore potentially vote for them.
3)You need not make it obvious that you are not a citizen, and are
therefore ineligible to vote.
4)You need not let any of the reps know that you have contacted all the other reps. Let each one think that thet alone need to take action.
5)Once you have sent the initial letter, follow up with a phone call once
each week.
All we need is one rep to take some interest, he/she might be interested
enough, or influential enough to take some action.
 
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Can we collect signatures of TSC waitors in Florida and fax the letter and signatures to Congresswoman Thurman and senator Nelson?
 
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Hmmm, it might make sense to send all Florida waiters\' signatures to both Senators. Thurman probably would not care too much about Floridians not in her constituency. In any case, let me know what
I can do to help.
 
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I did contact Bob Graham\'s office on Monday and all they are telling me is "We need A Number/receipt nbr to look into your case. If u haven\'t received any ack/receipt after filing on 3rd May, then probably ur papers are lost. B\'cos TSC shouldn\'t take that long to open a packet in the mailroom. Ha!! What a joke!!

I strongly think that collective blow is the only option we are left with. Any ideas on the signature campaign? I\'m ready to help to the best of my capacity..
 
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Do you think it will be more effective if we can do this through ISN.

- cpb
 
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Bob Graham\'s office gives the standard reply of 07/99. I agree that we should start a signature campaign. Graham was one of the sponsors of the immigrations bill and he may be able to do something about TSC.
 
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please look at other center\'s forum, people are getting approvals and congrats. With TSC center, we are desparately waiting for just a receipt, not even an EAD approval or FP notice. Is everyone so satisfied with your I-485 receipt?

It is difficult get things going. We definitely need to do extra other than sending e-mails to senators. There are several ways to do it, but may not be applicable and may sound naive. Please have your inputs.

1) some volunteers (e. g. one in each state) is willing to expose their identities (name, address and e-mail address). He/she is responsible for collecting signatures though e-mail. Other people in that state send e-mail to that person with their names and addresses. At some point, he/she should tell us how many signatures have been collected. When most people agree to send the fax or mail to senators, he/she will send the letter with all the names/addresses.

2) some volunteers (one in every state) who do not want to expose their identity would give their e-mail addresses on this board. Other people in his/her state send e-mail to that person with their names and addresses. The next step is the same as 1)

   With 1), more names can be collected but the there could be too much on the person in charge. With 2), people may not want to send their information to an anonymous guy.
 
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