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How to take action to improve the science budget situation

Your help is needed to improve the science budget situation. For this reason we ask you to contact your Representative or Senator today to make our concerns heard. Useful information and tips how to do this can be found at the APS webpage at: http://www.aps.org/policy/tools/index.cfm. Occasionally this webpage offers the opportunity to send pre-written letters to your Representative or Senator. The UEC will inform the ALS Users' if such an opportunity comes up. In this case you may make minor edits to the subject line and the first line of the text of each email so that these emails become more individualized. Emails from constituents have a *real impact* on the decisions made in Congress. If you are willing to continue your advocacy efforts we recommend to do a follow-up phone call to your Senators’ or Representative’s office.

Additionally, a set of coordinated visits are being made to Congressional members in their home districts. Scientists from various institutions and university campuses are planning joint visits to members' offices when the members are home for the holidays. If you'd like to join one of those visits, contact the APS Washington Office: opa@aps.org; 202.662.8700.

Thank you for your help. With a vocal response from all of us, we can improve the US science budgets.

Sincerely

Hendrik Ohldag
Chair ALS Users Executive

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