Virginia,
  Thanks for your words of encouragement. Of course, you are right, it 
is too early to write off the Ad Council campaign. There is still 
plenty of fight in us, and we need to remain optimistic and pro-active.
Does anyone have advice on who is best to be in contact with now about 
this? Should we still be writing to Thompson? Senators? What about the 
Ad Council itself? Do they have clout in determining the content of the 
campaign. If they have X thousand letters in support of the campaign, 
what can they do with it? What about the AAP selling out angle? Is that 
a good one to pursue, since it's the second time in less than a year 
something like this had happened. Is it worth it for non-docs to write 
to AAP, or is our time better spent elsewhere? How do we best play up 
the fact that this is an election year?

I also think that getting this to the media and keeping it there as an 
ongoing story about the vested interests of big business compromising 
our nation's health is an important long term strategy. I know there is 
a group that keeps track of these things, is it NABA? Are there others? 
Do they have mechanisms for shooting off press releases to TV, 
newspaper, web news sites as things come up? I'm still learning about 
how these things work, trying to figure out how to spend my time and 
energy most effectively. Guidance welcome.

   Naomi Bar-Yam

On Sunday, Dec 7, 2003, at 12:59 US/Eastern, Virginia wrote:
>      Let's not say it "didn't work" - yet.  
>     There used to be an ad for house paint here in Australia, that 
> stated, "B----- Paints keep on keeping on."  I think that makes a good 
> motto!
>     Virginia
>     Feeling charged up with energy after a good long walk!
>    
>
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