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hermionesviolinI have written emails to my state rep/senator about 3 different bills today and am (1) very judgy about ways action centers handle their email templates, and (2) amazed by the amount of email legislators must get.
(1) This ACLU form doesn't even let you edit the entirety of the form message! [For that one and another one, I copied the draft text into an email document and edited/sent it that way -- since I have my state-level people's email addresses; as opposed to federal level folks who I usually have to go through a website form regardless.]
Also, I want them to link to the Cosponsor page of the House/Senate bill so you can check if your legislator is already a Petitioner. (Spoilers: my congresscritters had already signed on as Petitioners for all 3 bills I was writing to ask them to support. I'm still gonna email saying, "Thanks for supporting this bill; this issue is important to me" -- but that's different from saying, "Please support this bill; this issue is important to me." I don't know if my emails get extra credence because I appear to have paid more attention, but even if they don't, I still want to be thoughtful and accurate -- and leaders tend to only get criticism, so it also feels like best practice to send supportive emails where applicable.)
[Edit: Okay, I'm now looking through the ACLU of Massachusetts’ priorities for the 2023-2024 legislative session, and it occurs to me that I wish email form letter systems also sent me a copy of the email I sent -- because, like, I think I maybe already sent an email about "End Immigration Detention Agreements (H.1401/S.997)" but I'm not sure?
Oh, I went back in my notes and last Friday I'd action network emailed about the Safe Communities Act S.1510/H.2288 -- which would limit voluntary police and court involvement in federal immigration enforcement, so that's related, but different, apparently. And both emails I'd form sent on Friday were emailing a committee to ask them to vote a bill favorably out of committee before the deadline -- which is something that using a form email for makes a lot of sense to me.]
(2) I am only 1 person, and I wrote 3 emails in 1 day! Thanks to action emails I'd gotten on April 2, 7, and 9 -- so they easily could have been sent more spread out if I'd been more on top of this, but still...
(1) This ACLU form doesn't even let you edit the entirety of the form message! [For that one and another one, I copied the draft text into an email document and edited/sent it that way -- since I have my state-level people's email addresses; as opposed to federal level folks who I usually have to go through a website form regardless.]
Also, I want them to link to the Cosponsor page of the House/Senate bill so you can check if your legislator is already a Petitioner. (Spoilers: my congresscritters had already signed on as Petitioners for all 3 bills I was writing to ask them to support. I'm still gonna email saying, "Thanks for supporting this bill; this issue is important to me" -- but that's different from saying, "Please support this bill; this issue is important to me." I don't know if my emails get extra credence because I appear to have paid more attention, but even if they don't, I still want to be thoughtful and accurate -- and leaders tend to only get criticism, so it also feels like best practice to send supportive emails where applicable.)
[Edit: Okay, I'm now looking through the ACLU of Massachusetts’ priorities for the 2023-2024 legislative session, and it occurs to me that I wish email form letter systems also sent me a copy of the email I sent -- because, like, I think I maybe already sent an email about "End Immigration Detention Agreements (H.1401/S.997)" but I'm not sure?
Oh, I went back in my notes and last Friday I'd action network emailed about the Safe Communities Act S.1510/H.2288 -- which would limit voluntary police and court involvement in federal immigration enforcement, so that's related, but different, apparently. And both emails I'd form sent on Friday were emailing a committee to ask them to vote a bill favorably out of committee before the deadline -- which is something that using a form email for makes a lot of sense to me.]
(2) I am only 1 person, and I wrote 3 emails in 1 day! Thanks to action emails I'd gotten on April 2, 7, and 9 -- so they easily could have been sent more spread out if I'd been more on top of this, but still...
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Date: 2024-04-10 09:25 am (UTC)