Joining NVLSA and the cause to protect property rights is easy. There are no dues and no obligations, and being a member is a good way to stay informed on the latest developments, as we issue regular e-mail communications. If all you want is these updates, just give us your name and e-mail address. However, if you can be a more active participant, please fill out the Member Registration Form , which will give us a little better idea about how you might be willing to participate.
What you can do.
How can you help? Easily. Just speak up at every opportunity. Write, phone, fax, or e-mail your Supervisor. Contact information for all five Napa County Supervisors is listed below. Write letters to the Editor. Contact information for the newspapers is also listed below. Attend the public hearings and say what you think. Don't worry if you're not a confident public speaker; even U.S. presidents use teleprompters. Just write out your statement in advance and read it aloud, like the rest of us do. If you are not comfortable doing that, just come and fill those seats to support the rest of us, and clap when we say something you like. If you can't attend the hearings, then send in your written comments for inclusion in the public record. It all helps, it's all important, and we need all we can get.
Beyond that, be alert for calls for volunteers. Offer your time and skills when asked. We are all volunteers here, and the more help we can get, the easier it is for all of us. When we need money to finance a special project, contribute if you can. We have no treasury, and no endowment. When we need money for a project, we must raise it quickly, or the project simply dies.
Contribute your ideas by participating in the e-mail exchanges, where we conduct virtually all of our business. We need your input, your insight, your creativity. Because synergistic effects make the whole greater than the sum of its parts, there is no limit to what we can accomplish working together.
Contact Web/Emails:
Napa County Board of Supervisors
Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht - District 1
Supervisor Mark Luce - District 2
Supervisor Diane Dillon - District 3
Supervisior Bill Dodd - District 4
Supervisor Keith Caldwell - District 5
Congressman Mike Thompson
Assembly Member Noreen Evans
Senator Pat Wiggins
Donations Appreciated.
Yes, we have expenses, and yes, some members send us money now and then, which we appreciate, and spend only on telephone bills, website maintenance, mailings, advertisements, and the direct expenses of special projects designed to achieve our political objectives.
NVLSA is an all volunteer organization, has no paid staff, no office rent, and no desire to accumulate a treasury any larger than necessary to cover actual expenses. When we need money to finance a special project, we issue a request for pledges, and those members wishing to support a particular project can contribute. In this way, only those projects that merit support get funded, and there is no risk that your contributions will be spent on something you don't wish to support.
Welcome to NVLSA.
We value your input. We want to know what you think. We never embark on any venture without polling our membership first. We try not to speak for you unless we are very clear about what you want us to say. We believe that our strength lies in finding and holding common ground, and in taking only those positions that we can all support. We firmly believe that no one should ever be considered the sole spokesman for NVLSA, and that we will be more clearly heard if we speak with a thousand individual voices. Please join NVLSA today.
George Bachich, NVLSA President