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perfect solution. Upload your photos right from your phone onto the app, and let everyone see what your county is doing!
4. E-Forms – Registering for Association events keeps staff informed, and your leadership abilities at their peak. We’ ve made it easy with the E-Forms feature. Register right from your phone and don’ t worry about ever having to miss out.
Legislative Reports
Emailed Legislative Reports are a tool that the Association has used for years to keep County Officials informed on what’ s happening dayby-day in the legislature. This year, in the interest of your time, the staff has decided to take a different approach.
• The Goat Hill Preview – The Monday newsletter will contain an overview
For any questions about the ACCA67 app or other communication efforts, contact Jeannie Gaines at jgaines @ alabamacounties. org
• The Goat Hill Recap – The Friday newsletter is an overview of the legislative actions that occurred during the week.
• The Goat Hill Alert – This newsletter will be issued on an as-needed basis, it and will usually include an immediate action step that we would like for you to take. This action step will be paired with a red‘ Take Action!’ icon.
Sometimes it isn’ t always what you know, but it’ s who you know.
The Legislative Contacts Survey lets us know just that.
History has shown that a special relationship can make a meaningful difference when seeking support or opposition from legislators on important county issues – particularly in the heat of a legislative battle. Fill out the survey and let ACCA know who you know!
The 2017 Legislative Session finds county leaders right in the peak of the digital age.
While we know that the digital frontier is the quickest way to stay connected, it isn’ t always the most meaningful.
Keep in mind that during this session, personal touch reigns supreme. Contacting your legislators six times a year puts you
of anticipated legislative activities for the week.
• The Goat Hill Bulletin – Delivered to your inbox on Wednesday, this newsletter is a mid-week progress report on legislative actions related to county government.
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What do you know?
With the Legislative Tracking Charts, you’ ll know it all. Similar to previous sessions, the Tracking Charts can be found on our website( www. alabamacounties. org) in the upper left hand corner. This is where you can find up-do-date tracking information on Association bills, danger bills and affiliate tracking charts. in the. 01 percent of the entire population.
This will be beneficial for you and meaningful to your legislator when you are vying for their time and attention during the session. Remember that your voice as a County Official is important to our lawmakers, and that voice will be even more significant if you take the time to reach out to them personally.