Rhode Island SHRM
May 1, 2008

As an HR professional, your voice provides a unique perspective that your member of Congress or state legislator may not have considered. By joining forces with other HR professionals, you directly affect the outcome of pending legislation and regulations. Your actions will ultimately benefit employers and employees all across the nation. RI SHRM strongly recommends that Human Resource professionals participate on the ground floor and take an opportunity to help shape public policy that impacts employers and employees and affects the HR profession. We encourage you to contact your state and federal representatives using HRVoice or calling, faxing, testifying, meeting with or writing your member of Congress or state legislator directly.

SHRM members are automatically enrolled in HRVoice. SHRM’s Government Affairs Office and SHRM RI periodically sends legislative alerts to its members on bills introduced in Congress and the RI General Assembly. Talking points and/or sample letters are available on SHRM’s http://www.shrm.org/government/hrvoice and the RI State Council’s website to serve as a guide for communicating with members of Congress.

To encourage you to participate in these Advocacy efforts we are offering a little incentive---If you send a letter (or participate in an advocacy effort) to a state legislator on bills currently proposed for RI or to your Federal legislator from May 1, 2008-May 31 2008 your name will be entered into a raffle drawing for several prizes that will be awarded by RI SHRM. You can be certain we will be sending out alerts in the month of May, so just watch for them. If you utilize HRVoice your name will automatically be enrolled in the drawing. If you contact your legislator directly, please send Cindy Butler, Director of Government Affairs at cbutler579@aol.com a copy of your communication and your name will be entered into the drawing. Thank you!

Raffle Gifts-Incentives!