In addition
to the normal committee meetings and planning sessions that take place at NAAA
Board of Directors Meetings, the spring board meeting is held every year in the
Washington D.C., area, giving attendees an opportunity to speak directly with
their legislators and national policymakers. Additionally, NAAA also hosts an
annual fundraising breakfast for the NAAA AgAv PAC. Get the most of out of your
visit to Washington, D.C., by taking
advantage of both these opportunities!
AgAv PAC
Breakfast
The annual breakfast
will be held on Friday, February 14 from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at the Westin
Alexandria, the same hotel as the board meeting. NAAA is excited to have our
guest speaker this year be United States Senator Steve Daines (R-MT).
Senator
Daines currently serves on several important Senate committees including the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations.
As such, he plays an important role in aerial application technology research
funding and regulatory issues related to the Endangered Species Act.
To RSVP,
please respond via email to: ftaylor@agaviation.org with your name or the names of
people attending in your party before Friday, February 7.
Tickets for
the AgAv PAC breakfast are $100.00 per person. Payments may be made at the
event via cash, a personal check, or credit card.
The AgAv PAC
was created to help elect candidates who know the critical importance aerial
applicators play in the quick, safe and efficient production of food, fiber and
biofuel. Please consider a donation to the AgAv PAC as an investment in both
your business and the aerial application industry as a whole, as our successes
in Washington D.C. directly correlates to monies you save in the field. Our
previous victories have saved individual operators thousands in user fees taxes
and in curbing unnecessary regulations each year, and collectively saves the
industry millions. It has also led to protecting
the industry’s safety.
If you are
unable to attend the PAC Breakfast but would still like to make a contribution,
you can send a personal check to:
AgAv PAC
1440 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Meet with
your Legislators!
To meet with
your legislators to solicit their support on issues that are important to the
agricultural aviation industry, you may call the Capitol Switchboard at
202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to their offices. If you are uncertain who your Representatives
and/or Senators are, you may identify them at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov, respectively. NAAA staff are also
available to make congressional appointments for you; simply email us or call (202-546-5722) for assistance. Please provide your
business and residential addresses as that will be requested from congressional
offices.
Meeting with
members of Congress and/or congressional staff is extremely effective in
conveying the importance of the issues affecting our industry. NAAA will make
available issue briefs summarizing the issues most important to NAAA shortly. If you are unsure of what
issues your legislators have the most influence over, NAAA staff are also
available to help you make the most of your meetings by strategizing with you
on what issues are best to talk about in each meeting.
If you know
there will be other people from our ag aviation delegation having meetings around
the same time as you, we highly recommend you consider combining groups. By
having more ag aviation industry individuals attend these meetings, it sends a
signal to your legislators that our industry is highly engaged on these issues.
If you are unsure who else from our ag aviation delegation plans to have meetings
but want to welcome more people to your group, email us and also be sure to provide us your meeting schedule for the day. Additionally,
if you would like to join a group, email Frank with your business and residential
addresses and he will let you know if any groups are available to join.
