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	<title>NoNAIS.org</title>
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	<description>Protect our traditional rights to farm</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Additional Actions</title>
		<link>http://NoNAIS.org/what-can-i-do-to-help/what-can-i-do-to-help-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all take a deep breath and do not panic. Pace yourself. This is a long distance run. We need to send letters by both email and paper mail to our representatives in the government, newspapers, friends and family. Sending multiple letters over the coming months is a good idea. Getting other people to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all take a deep breath and do not panic. Pace yourself. This is a long distance run. We need to send letters by both email and paper mail to our representatives in the government, newspapers, friends and family. Sending multiple letters over the coming months is a good idea. Getting other people to send letters is also important.</p>
<p>Some specific things you can do to make a difference:</p>
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<li>Link to NoNAIS.org to help spread the word. Read this document here about <a href="http://nonais.org/index.php/what-can-i-do-to-help/linking-to-nonaisorg/">Linking to NoNAIS.org</a>
<li>Tell everyone you know about the National Animal Identification System and how it will hurt consumers, pet owners, homesteaders and small farmers.</li>
<li>Share this web site, NoNAIS.org, with people to help them understand the issues and get to other resources.</li>
<li>Contact the USDA on their contact  form in the side bar to express your displeasure with NAIS.</li>
<li>Write to your state representatives, agricultural department and state vet to let them know you do not like NAIS and why.</li>
<li>Contact your congressional representatives in the Senate and House using the contact forms found in the side bar of this page.</li>
<li>Write letters to the editor to your local newspapers.</li>
<li>Write to magazines like Time &#038; Newsweek.</li>
<li>Call into radio shows about NAIS and ask hard questions - suggest that NAIS be kept voluntary for pet owners, homesteaders and small farmers who sell direct to consumers.</li>
<li>Put up fliers telling people about NoNAIS.org so they can get informed.</li>
<li>Stick a NoNAIS.org bumper sticker on your car or truck.</li>
<li>Make signs and put them up like political candidate signs on your lawn by the road.</li>
<li>Write about NAIS on your blog, if you have one, and link back here to NoNAIS.org in your article.</li>
<li>Send articles, links and alerts about NAIS related events and legislation to me, here, at NoNAIS.org so that I may share them with other people.</li>
<li>All of Congress is coming up for reelection. Find out political candidate stands on NAIS and report them to me. I&#8217;ll keep a log of that information. Try to get written comments from them showing their stand and views. Email works well. Paper letters are even better.</li>
<li>Volunteer to be a coordinator for your state for NoNAIS to help people in your area fight NAIS. I can provide you with a throw away email address that redirects to your email. Be aware that this is a big job and an important one. No one of us alone will make the difference. Together we can stop NAIS.</li>
<li>Work with your legislature to put through model legislation that will protect and exempt pet owners, small farmers and homesteaders from NAIS in your state.</li>
<li>Help develop a list of your states&#8217; governmental contacts who should be contacted about NAIS.</li>
<li>Do proof reading of the NoNAIS.org web site and email me with errors - again, my contact email address is in the sidebar under &#8220;Contacts&#8221;.</li>
<li>Print up bumper stickers, fliers, buttons, etc and give them out to spread the word. I don&#8217;t care if you make a little profit in the process or do it for free. Just spread the word about how awful NAIS is going to be. I have prepared artwork of the NoNAIS.org logo that appears on these pages in the upper left corner - the NoNAISewe. People may freely use that as long as the purpose is to fight NAIS. (Any big corporations misusing the logo to promote the passage of NAIS will be sued for copyright violations.) The artwork can be found at at this <a href="http://nonais.org/wp-content/imagesmisc/">link</a>. It is in PNG, JPG and GIF file formats for all image sizes:
<ul>
<li>50&#215;50 pixels - great for web buttons.</li>
<li>100&#215;100 pixels - good for small web pictures to accompany blurbs and use as avatars.</li>
<li>200&#215;200 pixels - the size show above.</li>
<li>400&#215;400 pixels - great for articles needing an image.</li>
<li>800&#215;800 pixels - suitable for making bumper stickers, buttons, mugs, hats, T-shirts, etc.</li>
</ul>
<li>Make suggestions because I won&#8217;t think of everything.</li>
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<p><i>&#8220;Should I sign electronic petitions?&#8221;</i> Yes, but I do not have a lot of faith that they will be much good. I don&#8217;t think that the government listens to electronic petitions or puts much weight in them. Still, go ahead and do it because it is easy to do and maybe something good will come of it. However, do not just do that. Also take other actions as outlined above.</p>
<p><b><i>&#8220;Can I send money to NoNAIS.org?&#8221;</i></b> No, we are not accepting donations at this time. I have some ideas for printing up masses of bumper stickers and decals to get the word out but that project is in the future. Your voice and actions are what count most. Protecting our freedomes is a long haul project so be prepared to write letters every month to keep the ball rolling.</p>
<p>If you would like to get a bumper sticker, mug or T-shirt now then go over to the <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/">NoNAIS site at CafePress</a> where you can pickup a few to help spread the word.</p>
<p>Most of all, talk about NAIS. Get other people interested. Spread the word. The government has conspired with big business to keep this quiet too long. We must speak up and be heard. What we need is the power of the voice of the people. The force of people speaking up and rejecting this absurd usurpation of our rights, our freedoms. Take a stand now while you still can. Lets once again make this be <b><i>&#8220;America, the Land of the Free and the Brave!&#8221;</i></b>
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