Topic: Getting ready to rock the ducks... need help
trueblue
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quote:Originally posted by bettyg: IOWA's "state" senators & reps emails are done! If you catch anything wrong with my posts, you are welcome to draw my attention to it!
Bettyg
I took a peek, Betty. I only scanned for commas and spaces but it looks good to me!
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quote:Originally posted by lymemomtooo: I am still in the sorry butt mode, but now a bit afraid to even start..I know I would not do as good a job as Betty wants us to do. So if there is a PA lymie out there, it is yours..
LMT, don't stress over this, it'll get done. One of us will pick it up and/or help. I'm not sure I can in the next couple of days but it will get done, k? You've got enough to stress over, no? I'm prescribing a little chocolate.
psssst... I suspect Betty's bark is worse than her bite.
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quote:Originally posted by trueblue:
quote:Originally posted by lymemomtooo: I am still in the sorry butt mode, but now a bit afraid to even start..
I know I would not do as good a job as Betty wants us to do. So if there is a PA lymie out there, it is yours..
LMT, don't stress over this, it'll get done. One of us will pick it up and/or help.
I'm not sure I can in the next couple of days but it will get done, k? You've got enough to stress over, no? I'm prescribing a little chocolate.
psssst... I suspect Betty's bark is worse than her bite.
Yes, LMT, you have gotten to know me over personally by our private emails these last 7 months, so you know I get hungry a lot but my "bark is worse than her bite"!
Yes, it is an overwhelming task, and I found that out personally these last 2 days when I had started to look at Iowa's site of info.
In fact, I sent IOWA'S webmaster of senate/reps pages an email just a little while ago asking them for their help in getting ALL mailing addresses. Hope I get a response in timely manner.
The way they set it up would require going INDIVIDUALLY into all 100 senators/reps! I figure 5 minutes per entry to copy/paste to my word program so I can FILE/SAVE often & not lose it!
I'm having major computer LOCKUPS/shut downs, so I've lost a lot of normal typing & I'm not about to LOSE ALL THIS TEDIOUS work, so I want a program like MS word where I can save every 5 minutes all of my work.
LMT, your ands are full; do NOT worry about this project. TAKE CARE OF YOURELF/FAMILY OK!
If you know of others in your state, feel free to contact them or as Trueblue said .... another person NOT in your state will do it as time permits ok my friend!
Now, I hope my bite wasn't as bad as my bark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've attempted to be nice on all feedback replies; if not, call my attention on it ... I become so fatigued also, and forgot how much of this I did not miss in my former secretary/PROOFREADING job!
TINCUP, we want to verify that you DO want complete mailing addresses for the STATE'S reps/senators; this has been asked a lot here since we do have their emails.
How often in the past have you, Pat Smith & her LDA team mailed GROUP mailings to warrant all the time extracting INDIVIDUALLY every person's name, address, phone/fax numbers, district, etc to make a GROUP SNAIL MAIL LIST?
Again, GREAT JOB EVERYONE. I wish I could give each of you a GOLD STAR for going beyond the duty of very sick lymies!
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up for more folks to claim their own state in working on this enormous project ....
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quote:Originally posted by bettyg:
Now, I hope my bite wasn't as bad as my bark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've attempted to be nice on all feedback replies; if not, call my attention on it ... I become so fatigued also, and forgot how much of this I did not miss in my former secretary/PROOFREADING job!
You've been just fine Betty and doing a darned good job of it too!
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I find that my proof reading/editing abilities have suffered over the years and I've lost a lot of what made me good at it. Oh, for instance spelling and grammar.
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bettyg
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Originally posted by trueblue:
You've been just fine Betty and doing a darned good job of it too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I find that my proof reading/editing abilities have suffered over the years and I've lost a lot of what made me good at it. Oh, for instance spelling and grammar. Trueblue
Trueblue, thank you so much for your compliment and reassurance that my feedback comments are positive vs. critical comments...the way I meant them to be!
Yes, our skills have greatly diminished with our chronic lyme disease; something I miss very much. I have piles of paper all over the place at home, and used to file promptly or at least do something with it vs. looking at it!
Even my balancing the checkbook has gone to the toilet! That's an evening project again trying to get it to reconcile.
Again, thanks Trueblue for your feedback comments; I appreciate them.
This was MY VOLUNTEER job for Tincup's project on behalf of all 50 states & us lymies; this was my contribution to our cause! Bettyg
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Hi All,
ANIEK posted in Medical I think, she has a list for ALL 50 STATES from DC of all reps/senators there with their complete mailing addresses/phone nos .
It does not have EMAILS; but Minoutcat furnished us all the link for that info to extract.
She brought up some good comments to me, and I sent her recommendations as well as mine to TINCUP FOR HER ACTION.
TC's the organizer of this info, so want to make sure we are ALL on the same wave length.
Why create MORE WORK FOR US when something else is available to us all? Aniek also offered to extract to make mailing labels for us when needed.
We'll wait for TINCUP'S response, and hopefully that will be sometime soon this week .
TO ALL, continue to do GROUP email lists for: **************************************
state reps & senators...separate ones for each;
FEDERAL reps & senators; separate groups for reps vs. senators
FEDERAL folks: ************** Yes, continue getting their complete mailing addresses/phone nos. available. THANKS ALL! BG
I know she was going on vacation I thought for a weeknd, but probably has crashed having her special family around her and that non-stop ice cream! Bettyg
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Maryland's ".gov" site is difficult to navigate; wants you to search for state rep. by your address or election district; couldn't find complete list, but got to an e-mail site:
Hope this helps.
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bettyg
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Bringing over more pertininet info about this subjec from medical...Bettyg
Meg Member # 22 posted 02-08-2006 12:32 PM
I agree, the activism thread is not cohesive, and some have multiple posts for one State. Tin asked specifically to use one post.
Ideally, Betty or someone can point this out to individual posters, or it can be fixable by another person?
It was stated that if anyone working on this has questions about format, that they should look to what has been done previously....look at the Activism thread,
Bettys notes on what is right and wrong also. That should be almost all that is needed for a cohesive thread.
My hat has been off to Betty from the start....she's very good at this!--she straightened out my posts and I'm very thankful for that.
Using the Internet and proper use of editing (Word) it could have all been done in less than a few hours by an experienced perso
cave76 posted 02-08-2006 01:07 PM
meg, Glad you didn't take offense. I hope others don't.
It's not that everyone doesn't have their heart in the right place. It's just that they have their hearts and minds in too many places.
I would like to respectfully disagree with your statement that no one person could do it; it would depend on which person.
Using the Internet and proper use of editing (Word) it could have all been done in less than a few hours by an experienced person.
And, of course, that person couldn't be herxing during those few hours.
Never mind----it's getting done. That's the important thing. ////////////////
Meg Member # 22 posted 03-08-2006 12:47 AM
If the information were already done in the proper form...there would be no problem. That is not the case here.
I've worked on a few States myself, and what is being done is to convert it TO a useable form.
No one I know has this info complete in a Word format....if they do...we need their help and that is the point of this thread
bettyg Member # 6147 posted 03-08-2006 12:49 AM
Cave, I would love to meet the person you talked about; experienced in word and in the internet, and having put all this together in a couple of hours! I'm serious.
It took me 2 hrs. to do what little I did there on IOWA's reps/senators for our STATE list!
This has been a healthy discussion though.
We do our fearless leader, TINCUP, to give us ALL more guidance in what she had in mind.
I see ANIEK'S FEDERAL SEN/REPS list an advantage also.
Thomas..... site is great. Can't remember if that was the site MINOUCAT mentioned, but I have used what she showed, and that's really worked well.
My IOWA house rep sent me a site, but it sure was NOT user friendly like the ones posted on these posts!
Thank you both for your complimentary remarks; I have tried to do my best in my "lyme stage of mind!"
If others notice things wrong, PLEASE speak up and put a post on here and send it also by PM, private message to the person posting . We all do NOT visit these daily especially when you thought you were ALL DONE WITH YOUR STATE!
I also have heard no one state anything that they UPDATED THEIR STATE'S SUPPORT GROUP PAGES . The last I heard on this was those people shown as leaders HAD the capability to make the additions/changes themselves. Does anyone know if this is still true?
Does anyone know if TINCUP IS AROUND or still on vacation? I've seen NO NOTES from her on anything, and we ALL need her guidance on this one.
One thing that really bothers me is this: this is a REELECTION YEAR, and many of these people were be going ... so that means we are going to have to REDO ALL THIS WORK PER STATE! Once is enough....uffda.
I see this info being used on LYME BILLS being pushed plus also contacting state/federal about cases like Dr. Jones & Jemsek, health dept. hearings on "violations". My thoughts..Bettyg
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I haven't forgotten my mission here, I work slow and family member in the hospital. I'll be posting as soon as I get it together.
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bettyg
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up for the weekenders who have NOT seen this yet...
I also sent LOU B a PM asking that he place this post, Meg's in medical, etc. in the FEATURE area for each of these sections so we don't have to keep "uping" it to the top for this 50 state project! Bettyg
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The Illinois US info is up, hope it is what you want. I will move on to the Illinois State in a few days.
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bettyg
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CC, wonderful job of federal names/addresses/web sites, etc. ATTA GIRL CC!
Just add your STATE senators/reps to the federal post you just did so ENTIRE STATE IS IN ONE EMAILS vs. 3-4. Thanks for posting you did it also. I was just there before here! Bettyg
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I just started researching state gov't and this is going to take a while, yikes, I have to research each state rep and senator individually to get their e-mail.
I can't find a comprehensive list anywhere.
My question is, once I get this together how to I pull up my Illinois post to add to it?
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bettyg
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Cosmic, I just went to ILLINOIS page ... what a mess! The most NON-user-friendly state I've come across since getting involved in this project.
I spent 30-45 minutes there & I totally agree with you. BUT I did notice there is a place to CONTACT WEBMASTER.
So please email webmaster, and tell that person what we are after:
group email list of ALL SENATORS;
group email list of ALL HOUSE OF REPS;
and I think your state had a 3rd group of folks!
It needs to be their email address then followed by a comma and space and hit delete button after so the next name will go on SAME line unless the who email link is too long to go on same line
I'll send this also to you by PM in case you don't get back to this link to read.
If you have to do this the HARD, TIMECONSUMING WAY, is there another Illinois member to help you on this humongous project? just a thought ...
NOW the question of once it IS COMPILED ... STATE SENATORS & HOUSE OF REPS EMAILS how to add to where you put your other stuff.
Go to ACTIVISM page,
since your state at this time/date is the LAST to be shown, use the END key to go to BOTTOM of INFO given.
Find your post and then use edit/PENCIL icon, and you could PASTE the STATE SEN/REPS at the top of your post with the federal info under it ok! Does this make sense to you ok. Bettyg
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MASS. federal info I see was done by DJP, I think?!
She put in the state/federal stuff, but will come back later for major editing to extra out what we want.
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Thanks Meg for updating the list of states SPOKEN for or done!
Another person has PM she will start her state but has medical problems to address first, so I will NOT show it here in case someone else from her state is physcially up to doing this..
I told her to take care of herself; OUR health comes first over projects like this one.
Bettyg...PS - I'm not following my own advise well on this one. LLMD restricted me to 2 hrs. daily on internet; doesn't begin to cover time I'm here daily!
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just don
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I sure wish Nebraska was on the done list. I looked at the requirements and determines I didnt have the 'skills' appropriate AND not enough time!!
Maybe on a 'good' day IF somebody would hold my hand and explain step by step how to do this!! (I am not very good at this stuff)
I will admit I looked at it once(?) and was completely baffled. Mostly cuz I am still --just don--
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bettyg
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YEP, Don; NEBR. is a disaster like Illinois is! Not user-friendly in the least, and will take many hours!
Don't worry about it. bettyg
It'll be one of the LAST done unless someone really has time on their hands.
I suggested to ILLINOIS that she contact that webmaster, contact us, to see if he could extract the info we need; mainly:
state senators & house of reps:
emails as a group, ... if I hear back from her on how her state's webmaster commented back, I'll let you know Don! Bettyg
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I see where MEG has DONE COLORADO, and it is all OK! Great job Meg.
I sent a PM to TRUTHFINDER who was going to work on her state as soon as she got some health issues taken cae of.
Meg, Illinois & Nebr. will BOTH be major time-consuming tasks! NOT USER-FRIENDLY in the least. So if you want to tackle a problem state, have at it. Just let the 2 guys know which state you will be working on ok. Thanks so much!
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just don
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One consolation Betty and others is it only has ONE group to do. It is called a Unicameral here (only one in the nation)
So I forget how many state Zones(districts with one per) there are but like 48 or so is all.
And there are only 5 Federal. Except some have two or three different office locations listed!!
Has anyone 'heard' from Tincup lately???
There HAS to be a better source for these contacts for THIS state!! has to be!!
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bettyg
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TENN. WAS DONE & POSTED BY VIVA; outstanding job newbie! Thanks for tackling this for us all.
Meg, thanks for the update on Nebr. & Ill's. problem states. Bettyg
ROLL CALL --- TIME FOR TINCUP TO CHECK IN WITH MEG & BETTY FOR SOME QUESTIONS ON Yo ROLL CALL --- TIME FOR TINCUP TO CHECK IN WITH MEG & BETTY FOR SOME QUESTIONS ON YoUR PROJECT OK! UR PROJECT OK!
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bettyg
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Commit Meg! No, you can't have her ... we'd be lost without her here doing all these states! LOL
Glad you helped CC/Dave find something hopefully more user friendly than what I saw when I went there!
Just Don; wow; Meg saved you ... doing YOUR state! It's in good hands.
Thanks Meg for ALL you have done on this project and your leadership & communication skills as well! Well done my friend, Meg! Bettyg
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CC, my apologies to you for getting your nickname and docdave's NEW nickname mixed up!
Thank you for working on Illinois. Bettyg
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need help? well,i can offer my real ****y atitude.and i do have a real foul mouth..lol.. be well rose , gary
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UPDATE: during Tincup's unknown absense from this board and specifically on TC;s 50 state project, Meg and I have talked privately and arrived at a MUTUAL decision on the below:
. we will NOT be collecting each STATE'S snail mail addresses for their house of reps & senators saving everyone hours of work!
. We will USE what ones were correct in the format needed.
. Those INCORRECT, we will ask the poster by PM, private message, to delete that portion from their ACTIVISM post, and leave the correct info of FEDERAL SENATORS/REPS and STATE EMAILS OF senators & house of reps.
. Aniek has a list available to her of each state's LOCAL senators/house of reps, and could get EXTRACT that info for SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS LABELS .. so her way will save all state's members many hours of composing this. We have each seen it, and it will do what needs to be done.
Thank you Aniek for sharing your expertise & what you have available to you for our joint lyme project.
. Another major concern Meg & I both have is that Nov. elections will CHANGE what you have done.
. So LET'S PUT A HOLD ON THIS PROJECT UNTIL AFTER THE NOV. ELECTIONS so you do not have to do this project twice !
. We do not know what Tincup had in mind but since we are only 9-10 wks. away from en election, it can wait in my mind. Bettyg
Any questions, PM either Meg or me ok; thanks! Bettyg and Meg, Tincup's co-chairs
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IOWA IS NOW COMPLETELY DONE 9-2-06. ***********************************
I added the correct info on DC senators/reps.
Sent Amy/LOOKING FOR HOPE a PM asking her to remove the info she entered from an OUTDATED site, and to refer folks to my post for ALL OF IOWA'S info.
I gave her credit there too; she was a newbie joining that day, and began work immediately to show our DC senators/reps !
Now to start this all again after the Nov. elections; I know 1-3 changes will occur in Iowa since Rep. Nussle is running for IOWA'S GOVERNOR. Bettyg
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