U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY Civil Air Patrol Performing Missions For America! Scheduling Capitol Hill Appointments Lt Col Bill Brockman, CAP Activity Director, Civic Leadership Academy 2009

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY IntroductionIntroduction uThe Objective of this briefing is to prepare you to contact the office of your Congressional Representative to schedule your required meeting “on the Hill” uCLA staff cannot schedule these for you uYou are the “constituent” – you live in their congressional district uYou will need to call the schedulers to make the appointments uIt is a good experience for you and it is part of the CLA experience uCLA cadets and staff are not the only CAP members participating in Legislative Day. Your wing is also sending a delegation.

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY How to Contact a Legislator uTo obtain the contact information for your Congressional Representative Washington Office online use the link and uCall your Representative’s Washington DC offices by Wed 4 February uIdentify yourself as “Civil Air Patrol Cadet (Name) from (Town)” uCall the office number listed for your Representative and ask for "the scheduler “ uWrite down the scheduler’s name and phone number

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY TeamworkTeamwork u Schedule meeting for Thurs 26 February between uCadets will work in small groups to develop a message for meeting with Congressional representatives uCadets will be grouped by region, if it works out logistically uGroup assignments will be made at the activity, early in the week uLet the scheduler know you will be delivering CAP’s Annual Report to Congress and discussing the work that CAP is doing in your state

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY How to Contact a Legislator u Cadets should confirm one meeting (note: ONE meeting only) uIf your Representative and/or their Staff person is not available to meet you, confirm a meeting with ONE of your two Senators u Follow-up by sending a fax to the offices confirming uMeeting date, time, and name of scheduler who helped you uTopic - delivering the Civil Air Patrol Annual Report to Congress and discussing CAP activities in their state / district uThe CLA Cadets’ names from your region uYour contact information uTHANK THEM for setting up the meeting

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY Coordinate with CLA Staff uAfter scheduling your appointment, the appointment information to Maj Rebecca Sundhagen including: uYour name uLegislator’s name, office building, and office number uAppointment time (one appointment only) uThis information must be submitted by Wed 4 February

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY CLA Staff Contacts uBut, wait… We’re here to help! uOnce you have reviewed these slides, please contact your assigned CLA Instructor/Escort for a pre-flight check (see next slide) uYou must complete your “check ride” BEFORE contacting your representative (or senator)

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY Region “Check Pilots” NER: Mr Curt LaFond MER: Mr Curt LaFond SER: Lt Col Bill Brockman SWR: Lt Col Bill Brockman GLR: Brig Gen Rich Anderson NCR: Brig Gen Rich Anderson RMR: Maj Rebecca Sundhagen PCR: Maj Rebecca Sundhagen See the Staff Roster file on the CLA web board for contact info.

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY Final Preparation for CLA uObtain the Reading Guide (RG) from the CLA website uThoroughly read the articles in the RG uBring a printed copy of the questions at the end of each article in the RG uAnswer the RG questions in writing before and submit your answers by the assigned dates uFormulate at least 3 questions of your own, from any or multiple of the articles in the RG

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARYSummarySummary uContact your assigned CLA staff member to discuss this assignment and get your “check ride.” uSchedule an appointment with your Representative by February 4th. u your appointment info to CLA staff by February 4th. uHand carry to CLA the appointment information (Rep’s name, office number, time) of all Capitol Hill meetings. uWork on your reading and homework assignments. See the Guide to Readings for details.

Performing Missions For America! U.S. AIR FORCE AUXILIARY Questions?Questions? Call your assigned CLA Instructor/Escort or Lt Col Bill Brockman at