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To Members of the NASULGC Family:
As you know by now, the Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC)
through the Policy Board of Directors of NASULGC's Board on
Agriculture Assembly has retained the services of a new federal
advocacy team. This team is led by former Congressman Larry
LaRocco and is comprised of the following firms and individuals:
Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations
 Larry
LaRocco
Fred
Hutchison
Matt
LaRocco
Paul
Sweet
Kristen Hawn
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Bill
Black
Stan
Collender
Jeff
Weintraub
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Tim
Sanders
Louie
Perry
Mark
Rokala
Fred
Clark
Dana
Stewart
When the BAC received the proposal from these three firms they
called themselves the "Blue Ribbon Team," and the moniker has
stuck. (Like all parts of the NASULGC family, they're now just
going by their acronym: The BRT.)
In addition to introducing the new team, the other purpose of this
memo is to let you know the Board of Agriculture Assembly Policy
Board of Directors' (PBD) decision on how communications from The
BRT to the NASULGC family (and vice versa) to proceed.
"Outbound" Reports Directly to the Family
NASULGC staff have provided The BRT with several email lists. The
duplicates have been removed from these lists and the BRT will now
-- at our direction -- be communicating directly to you.
"Inbound" Email from the Family to the BRT
As you can understand, the BRT was hired to increase federal
appropriations levels and not to respond to a large volume of
e-mail. Therefore, the protocol adopted is that members of the
family communicate with the BRT through their respective
representatives on the Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC).
Besides keeping the BRT focused on their essential mission,
routing the "inbound" requests "through channels" helps to keep us
all informed.
Meetings and Phone Calls from the Family to the BRT
In a similar vein, all requests for meetings/calls with the BRT
should to be directed through your respective BAC representatives,
who will forward those requests to the two of us. The BRT has
already met with many of you while you have been attending
meetings in Washington, and they will continue to do so. However,
as true with e-mails, requests should follow the protocol outlined
about and decided upon by the PBD.
All Rules Have Exceptions
If the BRT is working with you directly in their quest to identify
and motivate Congressional "champions," certainly that is
appropriate. Just keep your BAC representatives in the loop so
that all of us are aware of what everybody's doing.
Thanks for your assistance on these and other matters.
Tom Payne and
Fred Cholick
Budget and Advocacy Committee
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