February 7th, 2012
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Hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear about Facebook. It has had astounding growth as a company, but more impressive is the way it allows users to network and share ideas. The PPA has been on the leading edge of using Facebook for advocacy and each day our efforts are paying off. Just today Arkansas Senator John Boozman addressed Internet poker on his Facebook page due to the overwhelming amount of poker players who have contacted him. More and more lawmakers turn to Facebook to communicate with the voters and it is important for you to have a presence on this platform. Today, the PPA has nearly 66,000 Facebook followers who are getting timely news, information and action items from the PPA team. Please join our Facebook family and encourage your friends to join too. Just one person sharing our page can bring dozens of other people to join the PPA on Facebook and help spread our message. We also encourage you to check out the Congress on Facebook page. This page, created and managed by Facebook, lists every member of Congress on Facebook, and tracks their actions and interactions with others on Facebook. Check out this fantastic year in review to see just how important Facebook became in 2011 when it comes to interacting with our lawmakers.
Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on Internet gaming on Thursday, February 9th at 2 PM ET (more info here), and PPA Board Member & Litigation Support Network Director Patrick “Skallagrim” Fleming will be testifying! I hope you will plan to watch this important hearing. After the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act passed in 2006, Patrick Fleming and I were very active on the poker forums. We were not members of the PPA Board at that time. We were just poker players who were upset that our government sought to strip our rights from us. We came up through the volunteer ranks within PPA together, so I am very gratified to see my friend Patrick representing all of us on Capitol Hill this week! In other news, as I shared with you here a couple of weeks ago, in our ongoing effort to win supporters from both sides of the aisle, PPA is attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. This is our fourth consecutive year at CPAC. The conference will be Feb. 9th – 11th in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park. PPA Executive Director John Pappas, PPA Director of Grassroots and External Affairs Drew Lesofski, PPA Board Member & 2004 WSOP Champion Greg Raymer, and I will all be there. We will have a booth in the exhibition hall. I hope everyone in the D.C. area will drop by to meet us and share your thoughts on the fight for poker!
Interviews
PPA comes before poker media to take on the tough questions as often as possible. I hope you will find these interesting and informative. This past week’s interviews focused on efforts on Capitol Hill and on steps the poker community can take to advocate for our right to play. Upcoming appearances:
- Webcast: “Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny” airs live each Monday at 8:30 PM ET on OnTilt Radio (listen live here).
- Webcast: “Short Stacked Radio’s PPA Weekly Update” airs live each Tuesday at 9:30 PM ET (listen live here).
Recent appearances:
- OnTilt Radio: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, with guest PPA Board Member and 2004 WSOP Champion Greg Raymer & PPA Board Member & Litigation Support Network Director Patrick “Skallagrim” Fleming (2/6/2012) (listen here)
- Short Stacked Radio: I come on at time point 1:15:33 of Part 2 (1/17/12) (listen here)
- Website: Poker Advocacy with Rich Muny, with webcast archive (here)
- Website: Short Stacked Radio PPA Weekly Update, with webcast archive (here)
Thank you for your continued support!
The PPA wishes to keep active members like yourself updated on the latest poker advocacy news by periodically sending out select events and headlines. We hope you find it informative and thank you for your continuing support.
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The Poker Players AllianceDedicated to Protecting America’s Favorite Card Game The Poker Players Alliance is a nonprofit membership organization comprised of poker players and enthusiasts from around the United States who have joined together to speak with one voice to promote the game and to protect poker players’ rights. Visit us at theppa.org
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