[asapmembers] Arecibo Advocacy materials:Congressional visits

[secretary at areciboscience.org]

																									6th March 2017


Dear ASAP Member,	
	The visits on Capital Hill went very well last week.  Brett and Joanna 
were able to visit most of the House members on the committee that is 
responsible for science funding.  We concentrated on the Republican 
representatives and had uniformly positive receptions.  In some cases the 
staffers responsible for science issues were remarkably well informed—
a West Virginia staffer for instance completely understanding how the 
GBT and Arecibo are complementary that that both need to be supported.

	We had gorgeous AO informational materials that Joan Schmeltz 
has produced with help from the AO staff and a little also from ASAP.  
The files are big, so I will not email them, but there are four pages of info 
you can download here which are intended to be two front-and-back 
flyers.  One has the "Recent" and "Legacy" discoveries front and back 
and the other the "Arecibo v. Fast" and "Why Arecibo Radar similarly 
configured.
	Please download these, run them off, and give them to colleagues 
as appropriate.  You will find them interesting and clarifying.  In particular 
the "Arecibo v. Fast" page corrects many misapprehensions about the 
capabilities of the two instruments.
           	Best regards and many thanks,
                 	Brett and Joanna

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