Please take a moment to contact Joe Atkins, as well as your own congressfolk. Here's a website to help you find out the names of your state legislators: http://www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/ Pass this along to your club members and other MN Homebrewers. - Al -----Original Message----- From: Chad Haatvedt [mailto:chad@haatvedt.net] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:43 PM To: brettglenna(a)gmail.com; jlongballa(a)netzero.com; gera_latour(a)hotmail.com; dave(a)droyer.org; alboyce(a)comcast.net; csmitty42(a)yahoo.com; matt.weide(a)gmail.com Subject: Call to Action - MN homebrewing legislation Dear Brett, John, Gera, Dave, Al, Chris and Matt: I am writing about HF 2999 regarding homebrewing. The legislative process is beginning to heat up, and we've been told we need to contact Representative Joe Atkins, Chair of the House Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy, and ask him to support the bill as well. His email address is rep.joe.atkins(a)house.mn. HF 2999 has been referred to his committee, and we need to be proactive to make sure it gets passed on to the floor. My Representative (Tom Anzelc) introduced the legislation, and has been very supportive, but he cannot carry it alone. As a member of the Boreal Brewers of Grand Rapids, MN, I am doing all I can to get the word out. It testified before the Senate Commerce Committe last week, and that went well. We need to keep the momentum moving forward. I see you guys have posted a nice call to action on your web page. Thanks for doing that, we really appreciate it. We ask that you follow up and send an email to your members urging them to contact their representatives. This will be the best chance we have to get progressive home brewing legislation passed, and we need as many brewers as possible to help. I would appreciate it if you could BCC me on any emails of support, so we can verify that contacts are being made. Thanks again for what you have already done, and thanks in advance for the extra effort to help get HF2999 and SF2604 approved. Relax and Have a Homebrew Chad Haatvedt, Homebrewer and Member, Boreal Brewers 727 NE 3rd Ave Grand Rapids, MN 55744 218.301.9544 chad(a)haatvedt.net