I, too,have written....three times to Senator Finestein with no response or acknowledgement and the first time to Cong. Packard who did acknowledge my letter with a letter of his own with incorrect info in it re Udall funding...PAN helped me correct his misinformation which I did send to him but I have yet to hear back...I also wrote the White House with no ackowledgment...Joan Hartman ----- Original Message ----- From: Clare Wilson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 4:35 PM Subject: Re: action > In a message dated 8/24/99 9:06:39 AM Mountain Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << have no idea how to organize this group into political activists so I > am asking that you write. >> > > Nita, I have been following the formatted letters suggested by PAN > and written to my congressmen about the Udall funding several times. Also, > PAN developed a "letter to the editor" which I adapted and sent > recently to one of our newspapers....have never had a reply from the > congressmen, except to acknowledge my input, and continue to check > the editorial page to see if my letter is printed. The PAN letters are so > easy to use and my total time spent in preparation per mailing is l hour. > I'm sure all these letters are in the archives for all of us to use. > Clare Wilson >