I also think that the average messenger is so untaught they aren’t aware of the issues. They need to be educated. That will take some grass roots work, where your associational representatives to your meetings bring it up, even if it irritates the whooey out of your DOM’s. I have also suggested that an info packet including articles published in the past couple of years be collated and distributed at the Ridgecrest Conference in Nov. I’ve even volunteered to man the booth/table since I’m only 2 hrs away and can be there to hawk them. A similar package needs to be made availabe (in .pdf perhaps) for free download so that folks can get it and read it and/or distribute it leading up to Indianapolis. That way, when Tom brings it to the floor, the Convention will know what is at stake and why the resolution is important.

Thanks for the report. How did you fix your rolls? We talked about that last week and I’ve been asked to come up with a letter to send to those who haven’t been attending. Did you send out a letter? If so, I would like a copy so I can “borrow” your wording.

BTW, I miss being there with my friends but … you know the rest. ;)

Didn’t you just love the opening of his speech in favor of overruling the committee?

“We’re told every number has a story. The number ’16 million’ has a story as well…”

That’s a loose paraphrase, but I thought it was a priceless moment.