<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7085"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">Regarding contacting Congress[wo]men and Senators:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7161"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7312"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">It is a good thing to let them know how your feel about issues. However they get so much input, that their staff has to tabulate it. They weight the inputs based on how much effort you put into sending the message.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7311"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7290"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">Least effective:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7374"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"> Sign a petition.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7373"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7372"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">Better:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7443"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"> Go to house.gov or senate.gov. Find the person for your home location and follow the links to send them an email. Hint: write the text with your favorite word processor. Then you can paste it to your congressmen and senators.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7371"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7370"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">Best:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7508"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"> Send a paper copy via postal mail. You can find the address at the above web sites</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7511"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7513"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7512"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138">Best of all:</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7516"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7138"> Hand write the letter that you mail.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7086" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7289" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7288" style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7287" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7286" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7515" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:54 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device makers to create a "backdoor" for the Government to access citizens data | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456250947175_7520" class="y_msg_container"><br>Hmmmm,<br><br>I've trice thrice now, to sign that petition.<br><br>Each time it requires use of an email verification link to finish the process,<br>and each time that link received in the email gives a 404 error.<br>I've successfully signed petitions on that site before without problems.<br><br>Maybe they just don't want too many signatures on that one. 8-O<br><br><br>> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 06:38:50 -0800<br>> From: Rick Moen <<a ymailto="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br>> Subject: [conspire] (forw) [luv-talk] Halt efforts that compel Apple<br>> and other device makers to create a "backdoor" for the Government to<br>> access citizens data | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government<br>> Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:20160222143850.GS24965@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:20160222143850.GS24965@linuxmafia.com">20160222143850.GS24965@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8<br>><br>> FYI.<br>><br>> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew McGlashan <br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au" href="mailto:andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au">andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au</a>> -----<br>><br>> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:45:27 +1100<br>> From: Andrew McGlashan <<a ymailto="mailto:andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au" href="mailto:andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au">andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au</a>><br>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:luv-talk@luv.asn.au" href="mailto:luv-talk@luv.asn.au">luv-talk@luv.asn.au</a><br>> Subject: [luv-talk] Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device makers<br>> to create a "backdoor" for the Government to access citizens data | We<br>> the<br>> People: Your Voice in Our Government<br>><br>> For anyone in America or your friends.... this petition needs to get<br>> plenty more sigs:<br>><br>> <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition" target="_blank">https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition</a><br>><br>> Cheers<br>> A.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> luv-talk mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:luv-talk@luv.asn.au" href="mailto:luv-talk@luv.asn.au">luv-talk@luv.asn.au</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-talk" target="_blank">https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-talk</a><br>><br>> ----- End forwarded message -----<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>