Transcript Legislative Slideshow

Working with Legislators
CAES Advisory Council
What we need
• Funds for Maintenance and Operations
• Critical Research and Extension Positions
Maintenance & Operations
• Formula funds for other UGA facilities applied
to CAES facilities
• Repairs, maintenance for facilities statewide
• Current systems requires we use program
funds for facility maintenance. Both suffer.
Critical Positions
• Research positions
• Extension agents
• Extension specialists
Who is important
• All legislators
• Key targets
– Appropriations Committees
– House Higher Education Committee
– Senate Agriculture Committee
– Urban legislators, especially leaders
How to identify
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Georgia General Assembly website
http://www.legis.ga.gov/en-US/default.aspx
By district
Committees
Know your legislator
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New to the General Assembly?
Rural, urban or suburban?
Ask or educate?
Areas of interest?
Ways to communicate
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Email
Phone calls
Letters
Face-to-face
Available materials
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Budget brochure
Southscapes stories
Impact statements
Hot Topics website
Impact Site
• http://www.caes.uga.edu/applications/impact
statements/
• Searchable by:
– Legislative district
– Topic area
– County
Hot Topics
• http://www.caes.uga.edu/about/hottopics/
• Highlights major Georgia issues
• Shows impact projects, related news stories