Suggestions
[Provided by the Garden Club of America]

Suggestions for ways to persuade and educate yours and other elected representatives in government and people in government agencies about conservations issues about which you are concerned.

• Call early and often!
• Fax
• Visit the legislators
• Take or send them articles
• Have rallies (maybe in conjunction with a fair}
• Take your congressperson or their aid (not at the same time) to lunch... at your club
• Write letters to the editor
• Have press conferences
• Create a telephone tree
• Join a coalition
• Identify interests of those with whom you talk
• Learn arguments of adversary... try to answer
• Ask opinion of legislators
• In letters, ask for a reply on their position
• Be sure to thank them for positive votes
• Follow up after meeting them and, if they disagree, supply them with more and more information
• Informing your representative is also a way of informing others who might be on the right committees dealing with your issue.
• Locally look up permits
• Talk to agency in charge
• Check zoning regulations

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