Hi Guys. Just a quick note to bring you up to speed on some of the goings-on that you may not have heard about on GP, or elsewhere:

As you know, we publicly weighed-in on the Fair Use Act, as well as announced the hiring of our new Director of Government Affairs, Jennifer Mercurio. She's been quickly ramping up our government relations efforts at both the State and Federal levels, as well as coalition building. The list of new partners is impressive indeed, but we'll save the names for a full release.

What's news is that Jenn hired on long-time GP reader/commenter, Brett Schenker, as our Digital Advocacy Manager. Brett has precisely the real-world experience and expertise that ECA needs to make the Advocacy module that we've been working on impactful. Please join me in welcoming him.

If you're a member of various social networking sites, it's likely that we've established a beachhead there - so join up! Here are some direct links:

FaceBook
[url]http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2542042110[/url]

MySpace
[url]http://www.myspace.com/theeca[/url]

LinkedIn
[url]http://www.linkedin.com[/url]
(group was approved today! link when provided, but you can search and find us through their search field in the interim)