Subject: RE: Board meeting
From: "Mike Smith" <[email-masked]>
To: "Skip Lockwood" <[email-masked]>, "Mr. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Kevin Johnson" <[email-masked]>, "Jamie Bearse" <[email-masked]>, "Kathy Costigan" <[email-masked]>, "Mr. Jonathan Schwartz" <[email-masked]>, "Anne Marie Person" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 19:32:19 -0400

Absolutely - I would be delighted to assist Hunter in presenting our
perspectives, provided of course we have an opportunity to coordinate
our message with Kevin well in advance.  

In addition, I agree with your assessment on the need for a Republican
speaker.  I think it would be valuable to have a Member of Congress or
staff member who has championed our program in the past present to us
their view of how difficult the current environment is and issue to the
board a call to action, identifying the types of support they will
require to continue to successfully champion our cause.  Absent that, I
believe a Republican Appropriations lobbyist could paint a valuable
picture.  

I welcome others' thoughts. 

Best,

mds

From: Skip Lockwood [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 12:00 PM
To: Mike Smith; Mr. Hunter Biden
Cc: Kevin Johnson; Jamie Bearse; Kathy Costigan; Mr. Jonathan Schwartz;
Anne Marie Person
Subject: Board meeting

Mike and Hunter,

I was wondering if you would be willing to talk about your perceptions
of the political environment during the Board meeting and specifically
address strategies and tactics that you believe the Board should
undertake to facilitate the protection of the DOD CDMRP monies.  While
Kevin will do an excellent job with his presentation and will have lots
of good information, I believe we need you, as Board members to inspire
and motivate your colleagues to provide us with the support we need to
ensure the continuation of the program.  Also, I was wondering whether
you or Hunter would have a suggestion/opinion about whether we should
have an "R" make a presentation at the Board meeting.  I was thinking
along the lines of a Member or possibly a lobbyist.    I feel that we
are still re-establishing our political bona fides and the group would
benefit from the additional education.  Any suggestions you would have
would be most appreciated.

--Skip
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