Advisory Task Force Pre-Summit Questionnaire Please complete and submit by Thursday, May 30 ahead of the trip to Redmond. Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Mobile PhoneBusiness or Mailing Address Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code In what ways, if any, have you engaged in advocacy, civic issues, or campaigning outside of VFI? (such as attended community meetings, served on a policy committee, engaged on social media, written to officials, etc.)?What local, state, and national tech and business conferences do you sometimes or frequently attend?What business and civic organizations do you belong to? (And how do you participate, if relevant; e.g., serving on a tech committee of your local chamber or mentoring new members?)What actions could you take independently to help promote VFI and raise awareness of key tech policy issues?Please share any ideas that you have about how the VFI team can support your growth as a tech policy advocate and your ability to enlist more tech professionals to participate in VFI.VFI may have opportunities to provide professional development training for ATF members. What areas would you like to see covered; e.g., media training?Activity options: From the list below, please select the three VFI activities that interest you the most for the coming year (July 2024-June 2025). Meeting locally with an elected official and/or staff Bringing 1-3 tech professionals to an online introduction to VFI Presenting about VFI and/or a tech policy issue to a local professional group Building a local audience for a virtual issue briefing by a Microsoft issue expert Posting about VFI and/or a tech policy issue once each month on LinkedIn Submitting a letter-to-the-editor or op-ed about a tech issue to a newspaper Attending a local congressional town hall and asking a question Participating in a video interview and/or blog for the VFI website Other Other During the Summit, would you be willing to record a brief video about VFI and tech policy advocacy? Yes No I'd like more details Please draft a LinkedIn post (about 300 characters, but can be longer) sharing something about VFI; e.g., why you’re involved, what the org does. (Just a draft, you don’t have to post it.)
