How Quite A Few Representatives Does Washington Have

Washington

An open letter to the web hosting industry

Michael PhillipsDear hosts,

I know that you are all well aware of SOPA and PIPA. I know that most you want to do something, but you’re not quite sure what that something is.

There are well-meaning efforts afoot in a lot of different places, and our friends at SaveHosting.org have a long term view for creating a political presence for the hosting industry. My hat is off to everyone who has taken time to become informed and make their voices heard.

But what if that’s not enough?

Please take a minute to read this eye-opening article by Emily Badger and Miller-McCune. They explain much more eloquently than I can why we need to put ourselves in front of our representatives in congress. Why form letters and online petitions are not enough. As it turns out, in order to get anyone on Capitol Hill to listen, you have to be in the room with them so they know that you really exist.

So how do we do that? How do we all get together in Washington and get face time with our Senators?

Easy.

You know those big events we have? You’ve been to some of them; HostingCon, PubCon, Parallels Summit, Microsoft MIX, Macworld Expo, TED, SMX, Social Media Summit, BlogWorld & New Media Expo, things like that.

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How Quite A Few Representatives Does Washington Have

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