Happy New Year to you all! Let’s hope 2019 will be a wonderful, healthy, year for all of us and our families!
Well, it’s that time of the year when we start gearing up for our trip to the Hill and LTS! Please start planning on who will be attending from your branches as March 10, 2019 will be here before you know it. We have a lot of new congressmen around the State and one new Senator. I have attached the list of all our congressional leaders, with their office addresses in DC, party affiliation, and phone numbers. A very good site to view all of their pictures and info is to go to www.govtrack.us/congress.
All of the info as far as booking your room and registration information for the LTS is on the www.naps.org web page. If you haven’t listened to the NAPS Chat – Weekly Podcast that our new NAPS Director of Legislative and Political Affairs, Bob Levi produces, you are in for a treat! I love the opening music and song! All episodes of the podcast can also be found on the NAPS webpage, under Legislative Center. So although we don’t know the specifics of our Legislative Issues that we will be discussing when we go up on the Hill, we can still call our congressman, talk to the scheduler, ask them how they would like you to request a meeting on March 12. That’s a Tuesday and the best day to schedule since Monday, March 11 we will be getting all of the important information we need to be ready to plead our case to our congressional leaders!
Whether the scheduler wants you to email or FAX your request, keep your narrative short and to the point. “We will be discussing pertinent Postal Issues of grave importance within your congressional district.” Since most of the schedulers will want to know what we are going to be discussing. Do not use anacronyms, spell out National Association of Postal Supervisors. If you need help in constructing your narrative when requesting an appointment, please let me know and I will send you a sample.
If you find that you don’t have the time to call and schedule, let me know and I will do that for you, however, we have found that whoever is going to DC would like to schedule their own appointments so it fits in their groups preference. (Always nice to mix business with pleasure)! Washington is a fascinating city!
If anyone has any questions or concerns, please contact me. The sooner the better so we can once again have a smooth, organized LTS.
Thank you again for making Florida Number One is SPAC! Thank you for taking your time to attend this year’s LTS. I’m sure it will be great!
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Ann Strickland
954-240-3369