[IBU] FW: Lift the Limit Links

[Mark McAndrews]

It was Rep. Zirkelbach who mentioned the funnel deadline. For those who are not familiar with the Iowa legislatures funnel provisions they got tired of never concluding their sessions on time and established this set of protocols several sessions back. Essentially a series of hurdles are set for all legislation. Each hurdle has a deadline and if legislation has not cleared each hurdle by the deadline it dies for this session. Thus a lack of progress can kill legislation rather than requiring being voted down or tabled by a committee or the full legislature. 

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Coy 
  To: ibu at iowabrewersunion.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:56 PM
  Subject: [IBU] FW: Lift the Limit Links


   

   

  From: David Coy [mailto:dcoy at raccoon.com] 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:56 PM
  To: 'randle.boyd at mchsi.com'
  Subject: RE: [IBU] Lift the Limit Links

   

  There is no national Lift the Limit effort. The lift the limit website that Mike England originally started does live on in a needing attention form at www.liftthelimit.org

   

  North Carolina was successful in lifting their limit and there is information available at www.popthecap.org and especially at http://www.popthecap.org/?page_id=2 for the history of what they did.

   

  Alabama is working hard to lift their limit: see www.freethehops.org

   

  Anyone that has actually talked and/or gotten responses from their legislators please let me know. I'd like to compile information to co-ordinate with what has turned out to be a not very effective effort on my part for the Iowa Brewers Guild (our Professional brewers special interest group).

   

  Who was it that recently said there was a "funnel" deadline last week for legislation?

   

  Dave

   

   

  From: ibu-bounces at iowabrewersunion.org [mailto:ibu-bounces at iowabrewersunion.org] On Behalf Of randle.boyd at mchsi.com
  Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:04 AM
  To: ibu at iowabrewersunion.org
  Subject: [IBU] Lift the Limit Links

   

  Is there a national Lift the Limit effort?  If so, anyone have a link?  If not, what are the best state Lift the Limit sites?  I am asking because I receive a reply from my State Representative from my Lift the Limit email.  She seems very positive and potentially helpful to our cause.  I would like to incorporate these links into a follow up email.

   

  Also, I seem to remember reading or hearing something about a second brewery (besides Millstream) in Iowa.  Can anyone confirm this and provide information if this is correct?

   

  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take ten minutes to identify and contact your State Senator and State Representative about Lifting the Limit in Iowa.  All the information you need is at teh IBU website, www.iowabrewersunion.org. You can copy the letter verbatim, just change the signature.  We have some momentum, let's build on it and get the limit raised.

   

  Anyone with contacts to other Iowa home brew clubs, please get them involved.

   

  Cheers,

  Randle



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