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Do you want to have your voice heard in Washington?  These days it
certainly would be nice to think that some one was listening to us.  At the
recent IEEE-USA Professional Activities Conference Mark Pullen, a member of
the Workforce Committee, told us how to set up a Grass Roots Information
Pilot (GRIP) program.  This two year program would focus on improving our
ability to influence legislation at the federal level.

Volunteers and IEEE-USA staff would select priority focus issues and
mobilize the grass-roots network.  The program would rely primarily on
Internet-based communication tools to inform and mobilize the network which
would use these same tools to communicate with congressional
representatives.  The basic problem is to attract interested IEEE
volunteers to become activists in this grass-roots network.  If you are at
all interested in learning more about this pilot program or in becoming
part of the solution contact me at , 540-774-0484, and
I will put you in touch with Dr. Pullen.  Or you can contact him directly,
Dr. J. Mark Pullen, , 703-993-1538, referencing his paper,
Grass-Roots Information Pilot.

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Dan

     PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES STRENGTHEN THE PROFESSION
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Daniel W. Jackson, PACE Chair         e-mail
Virginia Mountain Section        internet:d.jackson@ieee.org
5704 Castle Rock Road, SW        Prodigy: GDQU77A
Roanoke, VA 24018-6106           phone:    (540) 774-0484
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