MLPA ROLL CALL: Saddle up! Dec 15, Final Meeting. Be there!

[bellcon]

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[FISHIONADO]

Carpool from San Diego - 5:00am at I-5 and Gilman Dr Park & Ride.

[IntrntFshrman]

Letter sent.

[chris138]

I sent in my message through keepamericafishing with a few select revisions. Thank you to those who are making the trip up to do battle with the special interest groups and santa barbarians!

[Aaron&Julie]

Paul,

In addition to sending the link for the letter to everyone in my address book, I also posted the link on facebook with a request for additional letters/support for all who fish, or love someone they know fishes. Maybe others will do the same so we can get all the support we can before this meeting. Giving people the actual link makes it easy for them to do.

I know my efforts have resulted in at least one extra letter being sent so far. That is better than none, and I expect more support after a couple of days.

Again, for simplification, the link is:

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/63...ction_KEY=2847

...send it out, everyone.

Aaron

[bubblehide]

Originally Posted by bellcon

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Hey Don, this is an anchored thread, just in case you didn't notice.

[roby]

Letter sent.

I'm new to this whole process. How long does it take? What should I expect? I'm looking at taking the day off of work, but I would like to know how I should plan my day (I gotta give the wifey some kind of agenda). I'm from Los Angeles....thanks.

[Electronics Squid]

Letter sent and the link and a brief summary of the issues put on FB...

Markus

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by zenspearo

We want to fill up the vehicles with fishermen/spearos to go to the meeting. Let's finish strong guys..... King Harbor is the location for car pool for LA. So I was told. Details to come.

I'm pretty close to King Harbor near LAX. I've got room for one in my truck or I could hop on with someone else for a more comfortable ride and better milage. For tuna trips we usually meet local at the Dinah's Restaurant parking lot in Culver city as it's right next to the 405 easy to get to and has street parking behind the lot that is usually empty in the mornings. They open at 6:00am if anyone wants quick breakfast before the ride up.

Jim

[Tman]

Ya just know I'll be there. Not taking the lad out of school for this one, may be too long of a day anyway...though it's well worth it.

I may try to put a speech together and need time ceded, be forewarned though...I recently came down with Tourette syndrome...

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

...this is an anchored thread, just in case you didn't notice.

Hey!!! No fair pointing out the obvious. That's no way to "Win Friends and Influence People". It looked like it was doing something even if it was somewhat ineffectual, so don't be too critical.


Hmmmmm..... Now why does that remind me of the whole MLPA process?

[bellcon]

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[FISHIONADO]

Bump - This thread is not anchored. Hope to see many of you guys there.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by FISHIONADO

Bump - This thread is not anchored. Hope to see many of you guys there.

That's weird for me it's the top of five stickies on this board, and not moving.
What settings are you guys running?

Jim

[FISHIONADO]

Originally Posted by Jim Day

What settings are you guys running?

I was on a mobile phone, I see it now.

[bubblehide]

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[PAL]

I'm new to this whole process. How long does it take? What should I expect? I'm looking at taking the day off of work, but I would like to know how I should plan my day (I gotta give the wifey some kind of agenda). I'm from Los Angeles....thanks.

Welcome aboard! Thanks for pitching in when we need all the help we can get to defend our ocean access.

Please plan on arriving to the meeting no later than 8 am, an hour early.

The first thing everyone MUST do is get a speaker card. We should have people handing them out, but if we don't, you'll find a stack of them on a table at the meeting hall.

Decide whether you want to speak or cede (donate) your time to someone else on our side. We have heavy hitters who need it.

If you are willing to contribute your time, fill out the card, then find me or Wendy Tochihara. We'll match you up with a speaker. All those who cede time must be there when the cards are turned in.

If you are going to speak, fill out the card and turn it in to a commission staffer. Plan on 1 minute to address the issue. It could be more or less depending on turnout. This is the final scheduled hearing - expect a mob scene.

We don't know the size of the room. There's a chance it will fill to capacity. Take seats early and up front. If you're there, a blue shirt isn't.

The hearing will start at 9, if it starts on time. After any preliminaries, the public speaking session will start. It could go on for hours and hours. At the last meeting, it ran from roughly 10:15 to 4.

If you are ceding time, you'll be tempted to head out once your card has been turned in. Please stick around as long as you can stand it to lend support to our people. You want to be around for the UASC / SAC / PSO attorneys anyway.

Any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.