Hey guys, i received this email last night from ICA and I wanted to share it with you.
Mr. Godfrey:
I serve as Counsel to the Internet Commerce Association –
www.internetcommerce.org . I have cc’d the ICA’s Executive Director, Michael Collins.
I want to thank you for starting the petition against the Snowe bill – you have helped activate a lot of very positive energy against this very negative proposal.
However – and please don’t take this the wrong way – that petition will not be the most effective way to influence Congress on this matter. The reasons for that include:
There is no Congress per se, but 100 Senators and 435 Representatives who mostly only care about their own constituents’’ (voters’) views.
Many of the petition signatories are Anonymous or foreign nationals.
More detailed input matching domainers with their Senators will have much greater effect.
The ICA will be posting information about how US-based individuals concerned about the Snowe bill can most effectively communicate to their Senators, along with a sample letter, at our website this weekend. Michael Collins will let you know when that goes up. We hope that you will let all those who have signed your petition know that their input to Congress needs to be better targeted for maximum effect, and that the ICA has now provided the means for doing so.
Thanks again for all your efforts against the Snowe bill. We hope we can work cooperatively with you on this matter in the weeks ahead.
Very best regards,
Philip S. Corwin
"Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey