Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on December 29, 2021
National Broads Lobbying actions – Southwest region – team 2
October 21, 2021 – November 3, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 4 |
| Post Admin hours | 2 |
| Activity Hours | 11 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 17 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Team 2 – Southwest Region Broadbands
Short Description of Activity
10-21 – Training call – 1 hr.; 10/27 – Training and practice call – 1-hour; 11-1- Practice and assigning advocacy speeches to the team members – 4 hours; 11/2 and 11-3 – actual contact with Staffers for various members of the House and Senate – 6 hours; 11-3 – debrief – 2 hours. Contacting staffers to set up meetings. and emailing thank you notes to staffers after the meetings – 4+ hours.
Reflection/Evaluation
I didn’t feel like I was very effective at contacting legislative staffers, but I did learn a lot about the various pieces of legislation we were asking them to sponsor/support. Most of the NM legislators had already signed on as sponsors, so we were basically preaching to the choir with them. This was not true for the AZ and UT legislators, for the most part. I think Sally, our Grassroots Coordinator, has already recorded the results of the activity.