From: Leo Douglas, Chair, Media Working Group, Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB).
January 3, 2007 (Note: this message was originally sent out on Dec. 20th, but it is not too late to take action now).
Dear Friends,
Attached is an important letter of petition that requires your URGENT attention.
This letter is directed to the Prime Minister and all the Ministries of the Grenadian Government in an effort to successfully oppose the pending destruction of the Mount Hartman National Park.
Kindly add your name and the name of your organization, and either
fax or email the letter (preferably both) using the attached contact
information (Grenada Ministers List) to the ministries of the Grenadian
government. It is critical that you do this by tomorrow (Thursday)
evening as most government ministries will close early on Friday
for several days of Christmas holidays. In addition to the letter,
kindly append to the petition the attached Media Release that has
been previously circulated by BirdLife International.
Please take a few minutes to look over the letter of petition and
make any modifications that you believe will either make it more
personalized or powerful. You may also consider sending it on the
letter head of your local conservation organization if this is an
option.
Please copy me into any emails sent: lrd2107@columbia.edu
Kindly let us know how you used the letter, and in the event that
you received a response, we would appreciate hearing about it.
Thanks for making the effort. We are looking forward to hearing
better news out of the Grenadian Government based on our collective
action.
Summary:
1. Add the date and name of the Minister/Ministry at the top of the letter.
2. Modify 2nd paragraph by either adding your name or the name of
your organization (change ‘we’ to ‘I’ as appropriate).
3. (Optional) Personalize letter as desired.
4. (Optional) copy letter to your letterhead.
5. Sign the letter.
6. Attach the BirdLife International Media Release.
7. Email and Fax by Thursday December 21st – that is tomorrow. (Note: it is not too late to send this message now in January).
8. If you are unable to send tomorrow - please do so when next it is
possible. It is important that the government receives as many
letters as possible. Regular mail is also an option.
9. Kindly let us know how things went.