[bestbits] Delivery of International civil society letter to Congress to follow up from HRC statement

[Gene Kimmelman]

Under normal conditions, I agree w/everything you said.  Given the thirst
for material on this mess, I wouldn't worry too much about sending it
Friday, it should get coverage regardless.  The fact that the Senate is
considering the Immigration bill shouldn't matter, the hook is that such a
broad group is seeking legislation (different reporters covering these
issues; and immigration will be pending for the next month).  At the same
time, it is perfectly fine to wait until Monday!


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I wanted start a separate thread on delivery of the statement, as it's
> looking like we're getting close to finalizing the text.
>
> Jeremy set a deadline of noon GMT on Thursday for edits, I believe. I'm
> hearing that it would not be wise to deliver the letter this week because
> Congress is consumed with immigration reform and the farm bill. Plus
> delivering it on Friday would not be ideal if we want media attention.
>
> How do others feel about aiming for a Monday or Tuesday delivery? Then as
> Joana mentioned, those who will be at the Freedom Online Coalition meeting
> in Tunis can deliver it to officials there as well.
>
> If the plan is to deliver this to all members of Congress, we would need
> contact information for all offices. Is that what others had in mind? A
> number of groups that regularly do DC-based advocacy already have this
> information, so perhaps it would make the most sense to work with one of
> the more international groups with a DC presence on delivery. Amnesty
> International and HRW come to mind, but there are probably others. What do
> others think?
>
> Best,
> Deborah
> --
> Deborah Brown
> Policy Analyst
> Access | AccessNow.org
> E. deborah at accessnow.org
> @deblebrown
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