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As Nilo Sarmiento <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi, Thanks for getting this conference together; it must have taken quite a bit of effort on your part and on the part of other organizers. I do have a concern, and I'd like your response. My concern was triggered by what is stated on your Mission: "We are a grassroots, volunteer group of patients and their families and friends." "Those of us who support this research have often remained silent. It is high time that we get organized and that our voices are heard. Across America, we are building a community that favors embryonic stem cell research and we will petition, educate, and vote to advance this humane, lifesaving work." The statement sounds as though there have not been previous efforts on a grassroots level to get the entire American community organized, to break their silence and support stem cell research. There have been previous efforts and one such effort has been PAN, http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/, which has been presented differently by http://www.kingwoodcable.com/martone/parkinso.htm. For your information, I am not a member of PAN, and am not writing in behalf of PAN. My questions are, simply: (1) how does Stem Cell Action Network differ from PAN, and (2) why is PAN not on the list of FISCA sponsors. As an individual suffering from parkinson's, my personal interest is that of a coordinated effort and unified voice on the part of various parkinson's support groups and action networks supposedly working together to find a cure for "my" disease. Thank you. Nilo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger