[SJAAboard] Pol Letter 2nd draft

[Robert Armstrong]

Rob,
 Things I would consider adding would be to mention our membership (>250) 
and that attendance at the lecture series is >50. & possibly that we also 
offer >50 free star parties at local schools, and our members volunteer in 
local schools. All of this adds to the validity of our community involvement 
and educational value.
Lets get the letter off to the SJC council and major as is or with minor 
revisions.
Robert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich N" <rnapo at znet.com>
To: "Business list for SJAA board of directors" <sjaaboard at sjaa.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SJAAboard] Pol Letter 2nd draft


> We often have groups of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts coming to our Houge
> star parties.
>
>
>> Thank you to Gary and Phil for providing detailed comments.  Their advice
>> conflicted on using the 501(c)(3) term, but Gary convinced me the readers 
>> would
>> understand.  Certainly, it is the first question everyone asks.
>>
>> Using Gary's comments I strengthened the section of who we are and the
>> invitation to check us out at Houge.
>>
>> I defined some action where the politicians can contribute in response to 
>> Phil's
>> comment.
>>
>> I am providing this as a PDF this time to make a point.  Keeping the 
>> letter to
>> one page will increases the chance a policy maker will read this.  The 
>> stuff
>> added moved my signature to a second page.  I think that is fine as long 
>> as the
>> rest is on one page.
>>
>> http://www.sjaa.net/pol-letter-2nd.pdf
>>
>> The best case scenario is that Houge is removed from the reuse list. An 
>> almost
>> best case is a call to PRN that council member xxx is interested what 
>> happens to
>> the SJAA application.
>>
>> The sentence "We would also like your help to remove some PRN 
>> restrictions whose
>> effect is to reduce the number of San Jose residents that know what we 
>> provide"
>> refers to two things that reduce our visibility.
>>
>> 1. Not allowing us to put up signage at Houge
>> 2. Not including our events in the city activities book.
>>
>> The latter is just bureaucratic stubbornness. The former is important 
>> since
>> there is no longer a community association to spread the word.
>>
>> I do not expect anyone will act on this next week.  I should be back if 
>> one of
>> the pols wants a spokesperson.
>>
>> I would like to put this in the mail to the mayor and 10 council members 
>> on
>> Friday.
>>
>> Rob Hawley
>>
>>
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