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Organizing phone call Thursday, 5 p.m. Pacific/8 Eastern 1-309-946-5100, access code 869727 You are cordially invited to an a phone call to prepare for a weekend launch of a social media activism campaign. Our goal is to pressure key pressuring key members of House and Senate Judiciary Commitee to support the JUSTICE Act to reform several sections of the PATRIOT Act. RSVP, please, via anyvite or Facebook. We'll also have online discussions in the Get FISA Right chat room at http://www.chatterous.com/getfisaright/ Before the meeting, please have a look at the JUSTICE Act organizing page, which gives an overview of the timeline and strategy. If you've got feedback on the agenda, or suggestions or comments, please join in the discussions on the blog. -- jon

Summary

Great phone call! Thanks to all the participants, including Michelle from ACLU, Kevin from EFF, Chip from BORDC, Julian from Cato, Cyn from the Momocrats, Jared from EPIC, Korkie, Doug, longtime GFR'ers including Carlo, Manny, Ben, Harry, Joan, Jim, and John -- and quite probably others as well; apologies to anybody I missed. Also apologies for the problems with the chat room. Grr. I hate software.

The full chat log is here (with some light editing for readabiility, typo fixing, etc.). Here are some of the key takeways:

• Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up Leahy Bill on October 1. Short-term focus is on members and Senate co-sponsors for JUSTICE Act. see the list of FB and Twitter profiles here
• rallying cry for the next week: "support the JUSTICE Bill". more specifically:

• For SJC members: amend the Leahy Bill to include key provisions of the JUSTICE Bill (ACLU will have a side-by-side comparison, for now see Greg Nojeim's Eyes on the Prize as the Patriot debates unfold)
  
• For all members: co-sponsor S.1686, the JUSTICE Bill along

• libertarian and "right blogosphere" outreach: Ron Paul's Legislative assistant, who else?
• "PATRIOT Act" resonates more than "FISA" for this battle
• misuse of sneak and peak could be something to focus on
• how to reconcile the need for a single crisp message with the multiple audiences?

Next phone call Saturday, noon Pacific time. This weekend, we'll kick off a Twitter/Facebook activism campaign ... stay tuned!

Watch the blog at http://getfisaright.wordpress.com/ for updates; we'll also send out an invite to the Facebook group and email to the myBO list.





Action items

• ACLU to forward on side-by-side info once its available
• Julian to ask Ron Paul's LA what (if anything) RP's going to do
• Mark to follow up with ALA
• John Q to approach OFA folks
• Manny to send additional OFA contacts
• Jon to set up followon phone call
• Cyn (with help from Jim and Chip) to think about blog post about overseas phone calls
• Jon to send out notes
  

References

• Eyes on the Prize as the Patriot debates unfold, by Greg Nojeim of CDT on the American Constituation Society's blog, is a good overview of the legislative situation
• EFF's PATRIOT debate roundup is a recent summary of what's been happening
  
• Our talking points (in progress)
  
• Media Release and S. 1686 full text http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1686/show
• Endorsements from EFF, ACLU, American Library Association; full list of endorsing organizations coming soon.
  
• instructions for Twitter and getting-started info
• List of Senate Judiciary Committee members Twitter and Facebook accounts
• initial act.ly "thank you" petition and Facebook thread
• Get FISA Right blog
• Discussions of the PATRIOT Act and JUSTICE Act on Twitter
• CREDO Mobile petition, currently spreading virally on Twitter

Goals Introduce people to each other. Shared understanding of strategy and timeframe Identify key deliverables, working groups, communication channels, etc. Draft agenda -- all times Pacific time 5 p.m.: milling around, introductions, goals and agenda review 5:10: situation overview: PATRIOT Act reauthorization, JUSTICE Bill, other activism, Get FISA Right 5:25: what's the ask? who are we asking? goal: a list of a handful of Congresspeople to target, and a crisp message (potentially "Support the JUSTICE Act") 5:45: working groups 5:55: action items and next steps After the main meeting: working groups continue discussions; quick review of collateral so far for those who want to stick around. Preparation work and discussions Please have a look at the JUSTICE Act organizing page, which gives an overview of the timeline and strategy Pre-meeting discussion thread on the blog what's the ask? who are we asking?

If the chat room isn't working with you on this page, you may need to enable cookies. If that still doesn't work, please try http://www.chatterous.com/getfisaright/ instead. Resources: Eyes on the Prize as the Patriot debates unfold, by Greg Nojeim of CDT on the American Constituation Society's blog, is a good overview of the legislative situation EFF's PATRIOT debate roundup is a recent summary of what's been happening Our talking points (in progress) Media Release and S. 1686 full text http://tinyurl.com/justiceact Endorsements from EFF, ACLU, American Library Association; full list of endorsing organizations coming soon. instructions for Twitter and getting-started info List of Senate Judiciary Committee members Twitter and Facebook accounts initial act.ly "thank you" petition and Facebook thread Get FISA Right blog Discussions of the PATRIOT Act and JUSTICE Act on Twitter CREDO Mobile petition, currently spreading virally on Twitter