A bit more on work: what I've been doing

Nothing groundbreaking. A bit of blogging -- see my posts at http://www.nylcv.org/staff/josh_abram -- and a bit of filming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fwJo73SZRQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kowieAPp1Lc -- though clearly not wonderful filming nor ground-breaking blogging. To see some of my other posts you'd have to sign up for the nylcv mailing list at nylcv.org (and do feel free to do so, but not obligated). Other than that, it's data entry and regular interning stuff. Sending faxes, researching, answering phones, getting the mail, etc. It's a regular interning job. I've been assured that soon I'll be interviewing politicians (I've set up the groundwork for that today by asking the county parties to tell us whom they've nominated for the rather small 2007 elections so we can interview them to see whether or not to endorse them). Kind of confusing. A bit of a rundown on the NYLCV:

There are two separate facets of the LCV.
1) The Ed Fund is a tax deductible organization that by and large does not lobby. It informs voters on the environmental issues in a non-partisan, non-biased sort of way.
2) The LCV itself is a lobbying group. Donations to it are not tax deductible. We endorse candidates, tell our members to vote for them, and support their campaigns with ads, etc.

The LCV is non-partisan and cares solely about environmental issues. We have endorsed both Dem candidates (Eliot Spitzer for one) and Repubs (Mike Bloomberg). So what we do is we send requests to county party leaders asking whom they have nominated for the 2007 election. Then we ask those candidates to fill out a form explaining their positions on the environment. We may interview them (not sure there yet). I believe my job will be to write a recommendation to the board, advising them whom to endorse and whom to not endorse. Then the board votes, and the NYLCV will officially support that candidate.

The NYLCV is not related to the LCV, at least not officially. We work on the same mission and we share info and such. We're friendly, but not related. There's no oversight. We're both independent.

That's all for now, Boris is coming soon!