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IP: Nonprofit Presidential Transition Survey
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:57:19 -0400
FROM: Gary Bass & Kay Guinane, OMB Watch Maureen Burke & David Cohen, Advocacy Institute Rick Cohen, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Mark Rosenman & Bristow Hardin, The Union Institute The 2000 Presidential election marks the first time the Internet has been widely used to get information to voters. This also marks the first election in which several nonprofits are utilizing the Internet to inform both their constituencies and the public about important issues that will factor into the campaigns. In this same spirit, we are taking advantage of the Internet's low cost and rapid turn-around to get your input on ideas for a Nonprofit Agenda to present to the next President. These ideas will lead to specific proposals that the new President can make to strengthen the nonprofit sector, particularly to address social justice issues. We have put some ideas into a survey, available online at http://ombwatch.org/npadv/2000/survey.html. The ideas were developed from conversations with local, state and national nonprofits and foundations during previous presidential transitions and with the help of some state nonprofit associations this summer. None of us endorse every idea; rather they reflect the range of ideas that have been presented to us. Please rate them in terms of their importance, provide any comments or specific recommendations by them, and add ideas you feel are important that are missing. We ask you to distribute this email or inform other nonprofits about the survey. THE SURVEY WILL BE OPEN FOR RESPONSES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26 AT 6:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME. Please be sure to complete the survey by then, and share the deadline with others. After tabulating the results we will send a note identifying how the ideas were ranked to everyone who provides their email address on the survey. An advisory group will be convened to develop specific recommendations based on the top ranked ideas. These recommendations will be available on the same web site as the survey and will be widely announced so that any additional feedback can be obtained. After reviewing the feedback, we will prepare written materials for the President's transition team. We will request one or meetings with the President's new team and invite some state and local groups to any meetings that occur to discuss the ideas and recommendations. Since nothing like this has been done before, we would also appreciate any comments you have about the process. There is a spot at the end of the survey for such feedback. We are sending this message to each of our networks. As a result, you may get several copies. We apologize, but we wanted to reach a wide audience for this unique opportunity. If you send this to anyone else, please make sure they know that they must go to http://ombwatch.org/npadv/2000/survey.html by 6:00 p.m. (EST) on September 26 to complete the survey. If you are unable to access this survey on the web and would like to get a copy, please contact Kay Guinane at OMB Watch at 202/234-8494. Thanks for your help. And thanks for your participation in this exciting Internet experiment.
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