This document is quite lengthy and therefore has been divided into parts. Each file (in WORD format) represents a part of the booklet. The files are listed in page order and a brief entry lets you know what is included in that section. All the files must be printed out for a complete booklet. Part X has not yet been completed.

• Cover
• includes title and quote by Margaret Mead
• Parts I - IV
• Introduction, Citizen Lobbying - incluced:
  • a. Lobbying Through the Mail
  • b. Making a Phone Call
  • c. Lobbying in the District
  • d. Testifying at Public Hearings
  • e. How to...(Hartford Courant)
• Legislative Terms
• Legislator's Response form
• Part V
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Part VI
• Sample Bill
• Part VII
• Legislators Thinking Process

All interested members of the Library community are welcome to participate in this committee. Meetings are held monthly starting in early summer to determine the legislative issues that will be pursued during the winter-spring legislative session. Contact the chairpersons for time and place of these meetings.

   Mike Moran

• Asnuntuck CT Library Resource Center
• Telephone: 860-253-3171
• Fax: 860-253-9310
• E-mail: mmoran@acc.commnet.edu

   Peter Ciparelli

• Public Library of New London
• Telephone: 860-447-1411 /touch 5
• Fax: 860-443-2083
• E-mail: peterc@lioninc.org

• State and Federal Legislators

• Connecticut General Assembly: For information about bills, legislators, and scheduled hearings.