Congressional Morning Reception September 15

The 2009 Congressional Morning Reception (formally known as the Congressional Breakfasts) will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. The exact location and time have not yet been finalized.

Members of Congress and their staff will be able to find individuals from their respective states and districts stationed at designated regional tables and can meet with individuals one-on-one during this event. Key materials can also be distributed to Members of Congress and Capitol Hill staffers during this morning session.

After the reception, individual AFA state and region members will disperse throughout the Capitol complex and attend meetings with their respective Representatives and Senators as well as key staffers. These meetings will be pre-scheduled in coordination with your local Congressional Morning Reception representatives and Samantha Dravis of the AFA Government Relations staff. Theses meetings will give delegates an opportunity to discuss relevant issues in a quality format, far more than can be done at the breakfast reception.

The reception and meetings are critical to helping demonstrate that AFA is a grassroots organization, and are very useful in helping convey the Air Force/ AFA message from a grassroots constituent perspective. This also reinforces to Association members that we value their interaction with government leaders and provides an additional benefit for members participating in the National Convention.

In order to participate in this program, please designate a Congressional Morning Reception representative per usual and have this individual contact Samantha Dravis of the AFA Government Relations staff—703-247-5800 x4805 or sdravis@afa.org.

Duties for this activity include the following:

1. Contact your Congressional Delegation and invite them to the morning reception. Invitations should be both mailed and faxed, followed up by telephone calls to check in with each office about the Reception.
2. Contact each office within your Congressional Delegation and request meetings with the Member or Defense Legislative Assistant to discuss AFA top issues. Meetings can take place anytime after 9:00 a.m. It is up to your own group to decide how many people attend these meetings from your state/ region group.
3. Invite and encourage your local AFA members to participate in the Morning Reception program.

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