One of the sponsors of the bill contacted us and basically told us to email the appropriate chairmen of the assembly and senate committees; as well as the president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.
I have done that and we will eventually call these individuals if they do not contact us soon.
So hopefully by next week we should have another update for you.
We've been working on our project, and have been meeting in person on Wednesdays as well as communication via email. We'll use the blog more as we move forward... An email comunication between the group and NJ Congress is posted below:
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed Oct 24 11:48:55 EDT 2007 > From: "Vitale, Sen. D.O." >SenVitale@njleg.org > Subject: RE: Medical Marijuana > To: kwbailey@eden.rutgers.edu > > Mr. Bailey, > > The bill currently sits in the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior > Citizens Committee, of which Senator Vitale is the Chairman. There was > some initial dialogue in committee on this bill during June 2006. As > this is a very controversial and debatable topic, more dialogue will be > required before the bill is considered for a vote in the SHH Committee. > Senator Vitale has not publicly taken a stance on this issue. Senator > Nicholas Scutari is the primary sponsor of the legislation. I would > refer you (if you have not already spoken with) to his office to ask > ways in which you can advocate this bill. As Senator Vitale has not yet > thrown his support for this bill, it wouldn't be appropriate for our > office to respond. However, as is the case with any pending > legislation, I would suggest contacting members of the Senate Health > Committee by phone, e-mail or written letter, outlining your support for > the bill. Try to get some feedback and a sense of their stance on the > issue. This is a good starting point. > > Matt Cassidy > Communications Director
hey guys....i just wanted to say that maybe we should start to work on writing up our own powerpoint sections with the information we were supposed to look up to begin with; after that, we can send it to someone who can put it all together into one big powerpoint presentation
we'll have to include sources so put them as your last slide or somewhere where they'll all be together.
also, we should probably write a little bit on what is currently in the pipeline in regards to this bill.
i haven't gotten any further in terms of people getting back to me; it was suggested to me that i send in written letters that should grab the chairmen's attention; to include any personal experience as well as convincing information
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One of the sponsors of the bill contacted us and basically told us to email the appropriate chairmen of the assembly and senate committees; as well as the president of the senate and speaker of the assembly.
I have done that and we will eventually call these individuals if they do not contact us soon.
So hopefully by next week we should have another update for you.
-Kyle
We've been working on our project, and have been meeting in person on Wednesdays as well as communication via email. We'll use the blog more as we move forward... An email comunication between the group and NJ Congress is posted below:
-----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed Oct 24 11:48:55 EDT 2007
> From: "Vitale, Sen. D.O." >SenVitale@njleg.org
> Subject: RE: Medical Marijuana
> To: kwbailey@eden.rutgers.edu
>
> Mr. Bailey,
>
> The bill currently sits in the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior
> Citizens Committee, of which Senator Vitale is the Chairman. There was
> some initial dialogue in committee on this bill during June 2006. As
> this is a very controversial and debatable topic, more dialogue will be
> required before the bill is considered for a vote in the SHH Committee.
> Senator Vitale has not publicly taken a stance on this issue. Senator
> Nicholas Scutari is the primary sponsor of the legislation. I would
> refer you (if you have not already spoken with) to his office to ask
> ways in which you can advocate this bill. As Senator Vitale has not yet
> thrown his support for this bill, it wouldn't be appropriate for our
> office to respond. However, as is the case with any pending
> legislation, I would suggest contacting members of the Senate Health
> Committee by phone, e-mail or written letter, outlining your support for
> the bill. Try to get some feedback and a sense of their stance on the
> issue. This is a good starting point.
>
> Matt Cassidy
> Communications Director
hey guys....i just wanted to say that maybe we should start to work on writing up our own powerpoint sections with the information we were supposed to look up to begin with; after that, we can send it to someone who can put it all together into one big powerpoint presentation
we'll have to include sources so put them as your last slide or somewhere where they'll all be together.
also, we should probably write a little bit on what is currently in the pipeline in regards to this bill.
i haven't gotten any further in terms of people getting back to me; it was suggested to me that i send in written letters that should grab the chairmen's attention; to include any personal experience as well as convincing information
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