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2010 MGM Bill Submission State Office Guidelines

 

Join MGMbill.org on Monday, January 11th, 2010, when we resubmit our MGM Bill proposals to Congress and state legislatures around the country. If you have access to a personal computer, you can become a temporary MGMbill.org state office by emailing or faxing (via computer) an MGM Bill proposal to every member of your state legislature.

 

Currently there are MGM Bill proposals available for 44 states. If you live in a state without an MGM Bill proposal, we will write one for you so you can submit it to your legislators. We will also provide you with a suggested cover letter to include with your bill.

 

As a temporary state office, you would be responsible for all costs to submit the bill. If your legislators are accessible by regular email, you may not incur any costs at all (since most Internet service providers allow for unlimited free email). But if your legislators use ZIP code restricted webmail forms, you will probably want to fax the bill. Below is a sample cost estimate for faxing an average size state legislature:

 

Sample Cost Estimate for Faxing 150 legislators
Total pages to fax: 600 pages (150 legislators x 4 pages per legislator)
Cost per page: $0.12 (including mail merge) via jBlast; requires MS Word and MS Excel
Total cost: $72.00  ($0.12 per page x 600 pages)

 

If some (but not all) of your legislators have email addresses, you may need to do a combination of emailing and faxing.

 

After you submit the bill proposal, your job as a temporary MGMbill.org state office will be complete and you will have no further obligations. But, you can become a temporary state office for the next MGM Bill submission if you choose to do so.

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in becoming a temporary MGMbill.org state office, please email us at comments@mgmbill.org.

 

Please include your full name, age, and city & state of residence, along with a few details about how you became involved with the issue of circumcision.

 

 

 

2010 State Offices

 

State City Director Contact

Status

California/Congress

San Diego

Matthew Hess

comments@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Florida St. Teresa Van Lewis vlewis@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Georgia Atlanta Jens Palsgaard jpalsgaard@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Illinois Northbrook Ron Low rlow@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Iowa Ames Erica Fuchs efuchs@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Maryland Bel Air James Pinkley jpinkley@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Maryland Waldorf Danelle Frisbie dfrisbie@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Massachusetts Quincy Charles A. Antonelli cantonelli@mgmbill.org

In committee

Minnesota Lakeville Kandace O'Neill koneill@mgmbill.org

Submitted

New York

Clay

Murugan Pandian

mpandian@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Oregon

Ashland

Trisha Darner

tdarner@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Oregon

Newberg

Ava-Nicole Davis

adavis@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Pennsylvania

West Chester

Peter Keay

pkeay@mgmbill.org

Submitted

South Carolina Lexington Brandy Walters bwalters@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Texas Euless Michelle Richardson mrichardson@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Virginia Raphine Anje Cassel acassel@mgmbill.org

Submitted

Washington Shelton Jennifer Coulter jcoulter@mgmbill.org

Submitted

 

 

Helpful Tools

 

State Legislature Internet Links - contact information for members in all 50 state legislatures.

 

State Legislators by State - lists the number of members in each state legislature.

 

jBlast - online fax broadcasting service that mail merges and faxes your MS Word document for $0.12 per page.

 

Microsoft Mail Merge - create personalized cover letters by using this mail merge help page.

 

Capitol Advantage - this company will mail merge and fax your supplied bill and cover letter to each member of your state legislature for a fee ranging from $250 - $850 (depending on the number of members). An average 150 member state legislature would cost roughly $400.

 

 

 

       

 

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