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From: asgard@cpro.UUCP (J. R. Stoner)
Newsgroups: net.space,net.columbia
Subject: Re: Shuttle messages taken to Senator Garn's office
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 18:38:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 22 18:38:35 1986
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In article <280@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes:
>
>	This afternoon, I had my first meeting with Mr. Jeff Bingham,
>Senator Garn's Administrative Assistant.  I took with me all of the
>messages that I have collected (to date) from net.space and
>net.columbia, as well as the messages that were sent to me directly via
>mail.  In addition, I brought the messages that have been collected on
>my two FIDONET nodes, and the messages that have been sent by other
>FIDO SYSOPS and FIDO users.  A little over 1,400 messages in all.
>
>	Mr. Bingham was impressed (perhaps overwelmed is better word)
>with both the quantity and the quality of the material contained in
>these messages.  The discussions followed the types of questions that
>have been asked in Congress, as to the future and direction of the
>space program.  He was facinated as to the mechanisms used to gather
>these messages.
>
>	What is going to be done with the material? 
>...
>	I will be meeting with Mr. Bingham and Senator Garn in 3 to 4
>weeks to further discuss how to best use these messages.
>
>...
>
>    The Dream IS still alive, and with our help, it will stay alive!

[Flame mode on]

Now would be the apropropriate time to take up a collection among we space
lovers to buy Senator Garn an AT so he can get USENET directly in his office
(the other congressional Luddites might get some use out of it too) instead
of generating *more* paper to be buried with that of other "interests".

Talk of influencing our legislators is cheap.  Now we can pull those fools
into the current century.

[Flame mode off]

Seriously, that *would* be a nice way to get a senator's attention and
get some more direct input into the process, so the congress will no longer
under-fund NASA (the tragedy of the age in process).


-- 
May the farce be with you.
J.R. Stoner, Esq. CompuPro/VIASYN Corporation, Hayward, CA
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