1. Congressional Company Visits Rod Reinertson Director of Automation, Van Meter Industrial President-Elect, Iowa/Nebraska Chapter

2. Agenda: Who are your Congressmen and Senators? – How do you contact them? Do you know your Congressional districts? – Why is that important? What do they know about ESOPs? – What is there position on ESOPs? – Shared capitalism is a significant part of the U.S. economic model What do they know about your company? – ESOP History & culture How do you get them to visit your company? – What to do when you get them there?

3. Iowa’s1st District – Bruce Braley, 2 nd District – David Loebsack, 3 rd District – Leonard Boswell, 4 th District - Tom Latham, 5 th District – Steve King Note: Loebsack is also a member of House Education and the Workforce Committee Go to http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml to find yours!http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml

4. Goto http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm for yours!http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin

5. Goto http://www.esopassociation.org/pdfs/Advocacy_Kit.pdf orhttp://www.esopassociation.org/pdfs/Advocacy_Kit.pdf http://www.esopassociation.org/pdfs/Congressional_Visit_Kit.pdf

6. Other key items: Find the contact person (Administrator, Scheduler or Aide) of the Congressman's or Senators office nearest you. – Discuss best time for a visit – Be flexible Write a letter Prepare a one page handout on your company and ESOP Get employee owners involved – Queue up employee owners to share stories Take pictures Send out press release announcing the visit Follow- up letter after visit – Visit them in DC while at ESOP Annual Conference

7. VMI’s One page handout

10. Create an agenda for the visit 9-9:30am: Company history 9:30-10am: ESOP history and ESOP Communication committee activities 10-10:30am: What employee ownership culture means to us? Engagement; How that affects our customers and our community. 10:30-11:30am: Tour facility and meet employee owners 11:30am - 12:30pm: Lunch and give opportunity to speak on their position on ESOP and any activity they are aware of in their respective offices and DC in regards to ESOPs. Note: It may be hard to get this much of their time

11. Senator Chuck Grassley’s visit to Van Meter Industrial – “The Perfect Tour”

12. Congressman David Loebsack’s visit to Van Meter Industrial – “The Perfect Tour”

13. Finally…Be persistent If all else fails….visit them! Thank You, Rod Reinertson rreinertson@vmind.com