The Shutdown Continues
The second week of the partial government shutdown is coming to a close, while the debt ceiling limit is looming next week. For any statistic nerds out there, The Wall Street Journal and NBC released a poll that was taken last week. Here it is for your reading pleasure.
October Advocates Call
Thank you to everyone who made it for the October Advocates call. For those who missed it, here is a recording of the WebEx. A special thank you to Patti Mason for sharing Colorado's advocacy planning experience.
Chapter Corner
California
California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 341 into law – a victory for the continually improving California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen). The bill, cosponsored by Assembly members Dickinson and Gordon, was both conceived and actively supported by USGBC California and the California Building Industry Association, among others.
LEED v.4 Resources
A suite of LEED v4 resources for chapters is now available and includes a presentation with talking points, an FAQ and information on how you can host the free Introduction to LEED v4 Webinar Series to your members for CE hours.
2014 and Beyond
Chapter Grants
Just a reminder that the Letters of Inquiry for chapter Strategic Investment and Impact grants are due on Tuesday, October 15th. If you are planning to include advocacy in your grant request, please feel free to reach out to me with questions or suggestions!
Sample Plans
I posted a few old campaign/issue plans on Yammer as a reference for chapters as they start looking to put together their priorities and activities for 2014. Please take a look and send me any questions you may have.
Advocacy Weekly Update Hack
The format of this update has been a big change - better or worse - for subscribers to this weekly update. I want to offer one recommendation to help ease the transition. It depends on how you like to receive this information.
If you prefer to receive the content of the email right in the body of the email, then you should subscribe to this blog. You can subscribe by entering your email in the top right hand corner of the blog. See the screenshot above. You will receive an email with the weekly update in the body of the email; once it is live. If you still want to receive the link in the email, then you don't have to do anything.
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