Interesting e-advocacy improvements
I just heard about Sandra Day O'Connor resigning, so I clicked the "take action" link on an e-mail I got from CivilRights.org. To my pleasant surprise, their form for sending an e-mail to decision makers was secure! Yay!
I also got an e-mail from Moveon.org, with their version of a petition to send to my Senators re: the Supreme Court vacancy. I noticed two differences from other e-mails: First, they explained that time was of the essence - that Bush might appoint someone as early as Tuesday. Other e-mails I got didn't do that, so I put them aside for later. I responded right away to Moveon.org. Second: I'm always frustrated that websites ask me to send along a message to friends and family by typing their e-mail addresses. But when I send e-mail to them from Outlook Express I can type the first few letters of their name, without having to remember their e-mail address. (I particularly have trouble remembering my sister's yahoo! address; I can never remember where the "underline" goes.) This time, they invited me to open a new e-mail, and then I could do it the way I always do. That was very satisfying.
Finally, I got an e-mail from John Conyers' office, telling me that he's re-launching his blog, in response to some inappropriate comments that were posted - he had to add some more controls. He also had a well organized list of what I can find there (including the transcript of the Downing Street memo hearings), and a note giving "us" credit for the eventual front page treatment of the Downing Street issue, as a result of a petition that was on his blog. He included many links, so that you can choose what you want to delve further into.
It's nice to see that improvements are happening "as we speak!"
I also got an e-mail from Moveon.org, with their version of a petition to send to my Senators re: the Supreme Court vacancy. I noticed two differences from other e-mails: First, they explained that time was of the essence - that Bush might appoint someone as early as Tuesday. Other e-mails I got didn't do that, so I put them aside for later. I responded right away to Moveon.org. Second: I'm always frustrated that websites ask me to send along a message to friends and family by typing their e-mail addresses. But when I send e-mail to them from Outlook Express I can type the first few letters of their name, without having to remember their e-mail address. (I particularly have trouble remembering my sister's yahoo! address; I can never remember where the "underline" goes.) This time, they invited me to open a new e-mail, and then I could do it the way I always do. That was very satisfying.
Finally, I got an e-mail from John Conyers' office, telling me that he's re-launching his blog, in response to some inappropriate comments that were posted - he had to add some more controls. He also had a well organized list of what I can find there (including the transcript of the Downing Street memo hearings), and a note giving "us" credit for the eventual front page treatment of the Downing Street issue, as a result of a petition that was on his blog. He included many links, so that you can choose what you want to delve further into.
It's nice to see that improvements are happening "as we speak!"
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