A message from Amy Kearns, CJRLC Program Coordinator on her experience contacting state reps to
I only send these messages after I myself have done these things - seriously, I was finished with the whole process in about 10 minutes.
The best thing to do is to go ahead and click on the link that Kathi provided to find your reps - http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp
- On the right-hand side click on the link for MUNICIPALITY (the town you live in) and that takes you the page with the towns listed.
- Click on the first letter of the town you where you live - (I clicked on the "E" and then chose East Orange from the list of towns starting with "E". I then found that East Orange is in District 34 so I clicked that district. That gives the reps for my district.)
I kept open the page with the message from Kathi (see below) while I dialed each one from the page with the listings.
I said, "It is really important to me that (insert person) co-sponsor A2107."
They ask for your name, phone number and address. I have never been contacted by anyone after doing this if that is a concern of yours. I have never tried to
refuse to give this info, but I'm not sure what would happen if you did. Please just give it, I'm sure it is an important part of this - I wonder if you could
just give your work info if this makes you upset.
When I called Assemblywoman Oliver's office, the man who answered the phone took the info but also requested that I send an email to her. So I went back to the
page and clicked on her info and that opened up her page with a form to contact her. I was able to actually easily choose all three of my reps to contact from that form so I did.
As for the subject - LIBRARIES is a topic - so I chose that one. Then I filled-in the form and wrote "I would like you to please co-sponsor A2107. It is really important to me." And then I hit send.
Finally, I sent an email to tkeresztury[AT]njstatelib.org as Kathi asked to tell her what I did.
Seriously, it took me less time to do everything than it took for me to write this up! I only do this to let you know what the ACTUAL, EXACT steps are to this and to assure you that there is nothing to it! The people who answered the phones were very, very nice (one even wished me to feel better b/c I am sick and you can hear it in my voice)!
Thanks,
Amy
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MESSAGE FROM KATHI PEIFFER, NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY
ATTENTION: ALL ACADEMIC, PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS – PLEASE ACT NOW ON A2107 TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE NJKI
A2107, sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, District 15 (Mercer County) has been introduced to restore funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.
A companion bill will be introduced by Senator Stephen Sweeney, District 3 (Salem, Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties).
Please contact your two assembly representatives now to ask them to co-sponsor A2107. It is important to have as many sponsors as possible to this bill. To find contact information for your elected officials go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp.
Please send an email to tkeresztury@njstatelib.org when you have contacted your Assembly representative so that the State Library can keep track of districts contacted.
If you are in Assemblyman Gusciora’s or Senator Sweeney’s district, please call the district office and thank them for introducing this legislation.
- Assemblyman Gusciora’s Office – 609-292-0500
- Senator Sweeney’s Office – 856-251-9801
As soon as we know the bill number for the Senate bill, we will let everyone know.
Thank you for your help today!
Although we are very sensitive to other cuts being made in the Governor's '09 budget, we thought you would like to know what is happening to the funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative:
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