PPA Washington Fly-In October 22nd thru 24th

[PPAdc]

I have some exciting news to report. The PPA just announced that it is hosting a Poker Policy Conference and two days of citizen advocacy in Washington D.C. The invite, which can be linked to below, was sent to PPA members who reside in the Congressional Districts of Members of Congress who serve on the House Judiciary and Financial Services Committees.

While our initial outreach is limited to those select PPA members, I do welcome all those interested in attending to plan to be in Washington. Simply send an email to the dedicated address wash-fly-in@pokerplayersalliance.org and you will receive a registration form and information about PPA hotel discounts.

I hope active members of this forum will jump at the chance of meeting with your lawmakers in Washington and participating in the other activities we have planned.

Again, more information can be found at this link:

http://pokerplayersalliance.org/news...le.php?DID=270

John A. Pappas, Executive Director
Poker Players Alliance

[Dak9885]

I sent two emails and and they were both returned by mailer-daemon.

[PPAdc]

Unfortunately we had a technical glitch that went undetected during our test. emails should be recieved now.

[Merkle]

Which Members of Congress serve on the House Judiciary and Financial Services Committees?

I'm not a PPA member yet, but things like this will make me reconsider. If my congressman is on the committee I would consider joining just to attend.

[PPAdc]

Chairman Barney Frank represents Massachusetts' Fourth Congressional District. The other Democratic members of the Committee are:

Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, PA
Rep. Maxine Waters, CA
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, NY
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, IL
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, NY
Rep. Melvin L. Watt, NC
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, NY
Rep. Julia Carson, IN
Rep. Brad Sherman, CA
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, NY
Rep. Dennis Moore, KS
Rep. Michael E. Capuano, MA
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, TX
Rep. William Lacy Clay, MO
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, NY
Rep. Joe Baca, CA
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, MA
Rep. Brad Miller, NC
Rep. David Scott, GA
Rep. Al Green, TX
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, MO
Rep. Melissa L. Bean, IL
Rep. Gwen Moore, WI
Rep. Lincoln Davis, TN
Rep. Albio Sires, NJ
Rep. Paul W. Hodes, NH
Rep. Keith Ellison, MN
Rep. Ron Klein, FL
Rep. Tim Mahoney, FL
Rep. Charles Wilson, OH
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, CO
Rep. Christopher S. Murphy, CT
Rep. Joe Donnelly, IN
Rep. Robert Wexler, (FL)
Rep. Jim Marshall, GA
Rep. Dan Boren, OK

Republican Members

Rep. Spencer Bachus, AL
Rep. Richard H. Baker, LA
Rep. Deborah Pryce, OH
Rep. Michael N. Castle, DE
Rep. Peter King, NY
Rep. Edward R. Royce, CA
Rep. Frank D. Lucas, OK
Rep. Ron Paul, TX
Rep. Paul E. Gillmor, OH
Rep. Steven C. LaTourette, OH
Rep. Donald A. Manzullo, IL
Rep. Walter B. Jones , NC
Rep. Judy Biggert, IL
Rep. Christopher Shays, CT
Rep. Gary G. Miller, CA
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, WV
Rep. Tom Feeney, FL
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, TX
Rep. Scott Garrett, NJ
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, FL
Rep. J. Gresham Barrett, SC
Rep. Jim Gerlach, PA
Rep. Stevan Pearce, NM
Rep. Randy Neugebauer, TX
Rep. Tom Price, GA
Rep. Geoff Davis, KY
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, NC
Rep. John Campbell, CA
Rep. Adam Putnam, FL
Rep. Michele Bachmann, MN
Rep. Peter J. Roskam, IL

Rep. Kenny Marchant, TX

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, MI

[1p0kerboy]

I got the e-mail.

I probably will not be able to attend (but wish I could).

What else is on the agenda?

[PPAdc]

Chairman is Rep. John Conyers (D-MI 14th) Ranking Republican is Lamar Smith (R-TX 26th)

Democrat
Hon. Berman
(D) California, 28th

Hon. Boucher
(D) Virginia, 9th

Hon. Nadler
(D) New York, 8th

Hon. Scott
(D) Virginia, 3rd

Hon. Watt
(D) North Carolina, 12th

Hon. Lofgren
(D) California, 16th

Hon. Jackson Lee
(D) Texas, 18th

Hon. Waters
(D) California, 35th

Hon. Delahunt
(D) Massachusetts, 10th

Hon. Wexler
(D) Florida, 19th

Hon. Sánchez
(D) California, 39th

Hon. Cohen
(D) Tennessee, 9th

Hon. Johnson
(D) Georgia, 4th

Hon. Sutton
(D) Ohio, 13th

Hon. Gutierrez
(D) Illinois, 4th

Hon. Sherman
(D) California, 27

Hon. Weiner
(D) New York, 9th

Hon. Schiff
(D) California, 29th

Hon. Davis
(D) Alabama , 7th

Hon. Wasserman Schultz
(D) Florida, 20th

Hon. Ellison
(D) Minnesota, 5th

Hon. Baldwin
(D) Wisconsin, 2nd

Republican
Hon. Sensenbrenner Jr.
(R) Wisconsin, 5th

Hon. Coble
(R) North Carolina, 6th

Hon. Gallegly
(R) California, 24th

Hon. Goodlatte
(R) Virginia, 6th

Hon. Chabot
(R) Ohio, 1st

Hon. Lungren
(R) California, 3rd

Hon. Cannon
(R) Utah, 3rd

Hon. Keller
(R) Florida, 8th

Hon. Issa
(R) California, 49th

Hon. Pence
(R) Indiana, 6th

Hon. Forbes
(R) Virginia, 4th

Hon. King
(R) Iowa, 5th

Hon. Feeney
(R) Florida, 24th

Hon. Franks
(R) Arizona, 2nd

Hon. Gohmert
(R) Texas, 1st

Hon. Jordan
(R) Ohio, 4th

[Dak9885]

Ok works now.

[PPAdc]

Obviously not everyone who wants to be active can attend the Washington Fly-In. Accordingly the PPA will be announcing -- in the coming weeks -- the components of a "virtual" Fly-In so those who cannot be in Washington will still have their voices heard. Please stay tuned.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

I'm going to ask all our people who attend this to bring up the problems with transparency and the board makeup, specifically with the representation of the large affiliate sites and essentially no representtion of real poker players.

I believe that until these problems are addressed and more improvement is made, they will be a deterrent towards any progress, and may eventually hurt the cause of making poker more accessible to everyone.

Best wishes,
Mason Malmuth