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Congressional Company Visits

Congressional Company Visits. Rod Reinertson Director of Automation, Van Meter Industrial President-Elect, Iowa/Nebraska Chapter. Agenda: Who are your Congressmen and Senators? How do you contact them? Do you know your Congressional districts? Why is that important?

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Congressional Company Visits

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  1. Congressional Company Visits Rod Reinertson Director of Automation, Van Meter Industrial President-Elect, Iowa/Nebraska Chapter

  2. Agenda: • Who are your Congressmen and Senators? • How do you contact them? • Do you know your Congressional districts? • Why is that important? • What do they know about ESOPs? • What is there position on ESOPs? • Shared capitalism is a significant part of the U.S. economic model • What do they know about your company? • ESOP History & culture • How do you get them to visit your company? • What to do when you get them there?

  3. Go to http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml to find yours! Iowa’s1st District – Bruce Braley, 2nd District – David Loebsack, 3rd District – Leonard Boswell, 4th District - Tom Latham, 5th District – Steve King Note: Loebsack is also a member of House Education and the Workforce Committee

  4. Goto http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm for yours! Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin

  5. Goto http://www.esopassociation.org/pdfs/Advocacy_Kit.pdf or http://www.esopassociation.org/pdfs/Congressional_Visit_Kit.pdf

  6. Other key items: • Find the contact person (Administrator, Scheduler or Aide) of the Congressman's or Senators office nearest you. • Discuss best time for a visit • Be flexible • Write a letter • Prepare a one page handout on your company and ESOP • Get employee owners involved • Queue up employee owners to share stories • Take pictures • Send out press release announcing the visit • Follow- up letter after visit • Visit them in DC while at ESOP Annual Conference

  7. VMI’s One page handout

  8. Create an agenda for the visit 9-9:30am: Company history 9:30-10am: ESOP history and ESOP Communication committee activities 10-10:30am: What employee ownership culture means to us? Engagement; How that affects our customers and our community. 10:30-11:30am: Tour facility and meet employee owners 11:30am - 12:30pm: Lunch and give opportunity to speak on their position on ESOP and any activity they are aware of in their respective offices and DC in regards to ESOPs. Note: It may be hard to get this much of their time

  9. Senator Chuck Grassley’s visit to Van Meter Industrial – “The Perfect Tour”

  10. Congressman David Loebsack’s visit to Van Meter Industrial – “The Perfect Tour”

  11. Finally…Be persistent • If all else fails….visit them! Thank You, Rod Reinertson rreinertson@vmind.com

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