PPA - still on the ball. LOL

[ottsville]

Just got this in my inbox today. Don't have time to get a screenshot on photobucket so I'll cut and paste....

Dear PPA Member:

If you have not done so already, please sign up for the Poker Players Alliance
Chat with Senator Alfonse D'Amato. Register today by going to the PPA Web site,
<http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org> and clicking on the red REGISTER NOW
button under PPA In Action.

Please remember that the WebCast will run live at 3pm EST on Thursday, April 12 You will need to be online at this time to be part of this exciting
discussion about the future of poker.

Thank you for your continued support.

Michael Bolcerek, President
Poker Players Alliance




and in the time stamp....

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Sent : Friday, April 13, 2007 4:53 AM

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Ok, so I knew about this from other sources and I guess I should be happy that I *finally* am getting some news from them since I joined when they did their first push ~a year ago. But come on, how hard is it to get notices out to members BEFORE things happen?

[whangarei]

That is odd. I think most members got the notice well in advance of the chat though.

[Sniper]

ottsville, I will note that after signing up 24 hours before the webcast, I received 4 seperate reminders about it... the most I've ever heard from the PPA via email /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[MiltonFriedman]

Did they discuss the fact that Barney Frank has dumped any idea of a poker exemption ? (I am not doomsaying. Overall I thought his remarks were a refreshing, practical analysis of the political landscape and what he could do regarding BANKING issues, the crux of the UIGE Act.)

If so, what was Plan B for the PPA ? Are they going to beat a dead horse (an exemption) or are they going to take a practical approach outlined by their closest ally to date ?

[ottsville]

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ottsville, I will note that after signing up 24 hours before the webcast, I received 4 seperate reminders about it... the most I've ever heard from the PPA via email /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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I'm glad my experience seems to be the exception rather than the rule so far.

If PPA is going to capitalize on the "recreational" players that they have managed to recruit into their ranks they need to make sure that they are doing things to notify those members of events. I mean, if I were to have joined through one of the freerolls they were doing on stars and got this after the webcast, I'd think they were really some fly-by-night operation....

[TheEngineer]

I received three or four emails prior to the webcast as well.

[Jerry D]

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Did they discuss the fact that Barney Frank has dumped any idea of a poker exemption ?

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A poker exemption is not the answer, and would also be against WTO rulings and agreements. Frank wants all online gaming open to adults which is how it should be. A crazy 'poker exemption' would just complicate the matter further. Frank is too smart to go down that wrong path.

[donger]

It probably just sat on a mail server somewhere for a few days

[demon102]

I got an email prolly a week or more before the webcast, I missed it but just saw part of it and it was nice to see what he had to say

[dtan05]

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Did they discuss the fact that Barney Frank has dumped any idea of a poker exemption ?

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A poker exemption is not the answer, and would also be against WTO rulings and agreements. Frank wants all online gaming open to adults which is how it should be. A crazy 'poker exemption' would just complicate the matter further. Frank is too smart to go down that wrong path.

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I agree with this.

[Roark]

Just received my notice this mourning.