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| Briefing Book | The briefing book is a great resource for both public and political outreach as it contains technical, political, and historical information. This is the replacement for the old Congressional Meeting Viewbook, but contains much more information and may be used as a primer on Mars Direct and the Mars Society | |
| Resources for Political Outreach | ||
| House Mailing List | Want to send mail to any number of Congressmen? These mailing lists (in Word format) contain all of the sitting members of the US House and Senate | |
| Senate Mailing List | ||
| Legislative Requests | The requests the Mars Society has of Congress (in pdf format). Also available as a Rich Text File | |
| Sample fax for setting up a meeting | A fax form letter for setting up a meeting. | |
| Sample thank you letter | A sample letter thanking a legislator for meeting with the Mars Society | |
| Sample lobbying letters
Expansion Techinical |
Two sample letters for lobbying congressmenn, one advocating the expansion of NASA's robotic Mars exploration program, the other advocating a program to develop technology for a Mars mission. | |
| Mars Pictures | If you have a high-quality color printer, these pictures make a nice gift to leave with the legislators | |
| Setting up meetings | A point by point explanation of how toset up meetings with congressmen | |
| Local Activism/Adding to your party's platform | A short primer on the ins and outs of local party politics and how you can make a difference | |
| Resources for Public Outreach | ||
| Signup Sheets (PDF Format) | Some premade signup sheets | |
| Sample Booth Signs | Booth signs made for the movie Mission to Mars (large) | |
| 'On To Mars' Poster | The ever popular red & white poster | |
| Setting up displays | Detailed advice on how to contact theaters and set up booths | |
Technical NoteTo view an Adobe Acrobat file, you need a PDF viewer
such as Acrobat
Reader or Ghostview.
To open a Zip-compressed file, you need a Zip compression program such
as WinZip or FreeZip.
Almost all word processors, including WordPad, Microsoft Word and WordPerfect,
can read Rich Text Files.
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