Congressional Meetings September 16

The 2008 Congressional Morning Reception (formally known as the Congressional Breakfast) will be held on Tuesday, September 16. The exact location and time have not yet been finalized.
Members of Congress and staffers will be able to find individuals from their respective states and districts stationed at designated regional tables. Key materials can also be distributed to Members of Congress and Capitol Hill staffers during this morning session. We have listened to your concerns about the room set up and have made adjustments. There will be well-labeled regional tables, instead of state tables, this year. Please note there will be limited seating.

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 Terra Zvara of AFA National Headquarters Policy & Communications staff and will give people a good chance to discuss pertinent issues in a quality format, far more than can be done at the Reception.
To participate in this program or if you have questions regarding the Morning Reception, please contact Terra Zvara at tzvara@afa.org.
Duties for this activity include the following:

1. Contact your Congressional Delegation and invite them to the morning reception. Invites 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 9:00AM. 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.