From: alra@governance.net Subject: Washington DC ESA Plans Firming Up – Be There! Land Rights Network American Land Rights Association PO Box 400 – Battle Ground, WA 98604 Phone: 360-687-3087 – Fax: 360-687-2973 E-mail: alra@landrights.org or alra@governance.net Web Address: http://www.landrights.org Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE – Washington, DC 2000 Washington DC ESA Plans Firming Up – Be There! Lots of people have already signed up for the Grassroots ESA Coalition meeting July 18th and the big ESA meeting July 19th. It is now critical that you make your plane and hotel reservations to include staying until Friday, July 22nd. If you can stay beyond Wednesday, please do so. It will be worth it. Congress is adjusting every day but you can count on a big week. This is going to be an amazing week. You won’t want to miss out. This is your chance to make history. Make your reservations now. Most of what is below is the same as yesterday. But there are some changes. A review is appropriate. The week of July 18th looks like it will have a lot of Endangered Species Act action in Congress. We cannot give you the details at this time, but it should be understood that if you care about what happens with the Endangered Species Act in the House of Representatives, you should be in Washington, DC from Monday, July 18th until Friday, July 22nd. You should plan to fly to Washington, DC on Sunday, July 17th and leave on Friday, July 22nd if you can stay that long. I apologize for being so cryptic, but that is how things are with Congress. You won’t want to miss out on this week if you care about the ESA. We’re planning two meetings. -----1. The first meeting will be for the Grassroots ESA Coalition only and is set for Monday, July 18th at the Best Western Pentagon in Arlington. It will start at 10:00 am and be over at approximately 5:00 pm. Attendance is by invitation. We will keep a list at the door. If you are not sure whether you are on the Grassroots ESA List, call Chuck Cushman at (360) 687-3087. Or send an e-mail to < ccushman@landrights.org > If you simply want to be invited to the Grassroots ESA Coalition meeting, send an e-mail to the same place. Please send an e-mail confirmation if you are planning to come to the Grassroots ESA Coalition meeting. Send it to < ccushman@landrights.org > -----2. The second meeting will be a general ESA meeting open to others we will invite. There will be key speakers from various agencies and Congressional offices. You will meet the right people and get the whole scoop. All Grassroots ESA Coalition folks will be welcome at both meetings. The second meeting will start at 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 19th and run until approximately 5:00 pm. Please send an e-mail confirmation if you are planning to come to the general ESA meeting to < ccushman@landrights.org > You can send one confirmation for both meetings but be sure to specify it is for both meetings. Outline: What: ESA meetings and Congressional activity. When: Week of July 18th through at least Wednesday, July 20th and continuing until Friday, July 22nd. Where: Best Western Pentagon, 2480 S. Glebe Rd, Arlington, Virginia. (703) 979-4400. Meeting room rate $99. This is on Interstate 395 right at the Glebe Rd exit. Use the words American Land Rights to get the better rate. The DEADLINE for the special room rate is July 8th. The hotel is setting up the special account. If they have any problem, ask for Lorrie Donovan, extension 1406. Other events: There are likely to be other events planned for the evenings this week including Wednesday and Thursday evening. One for sure on Tuesday night. Relaxed food events with wine and talk. Great fun. You won’t want to miss out. These events will be by invitation only so be sure to get your confirmations in. >>>Also, if you have suggestions for new people to invite to either meeting, send me a note. Don’t worry about whether they have or have not been invited. You might give us a name we already have. It doesn’t matter. We’ll check them. It would be helpful if you can include a phone number, fax number and e-mail. >>>We’re working on the agenda for both meetings. If you have suggestions for topics and/or speakers you would like to have, please share that too. Thank you in advance for your help. Chuck Cushman American Land Rights Association (360) 687-3087 ccushman@landrights.org -- To unsubscribe from this mailing list; please visit http://governance.net and enter your email address.