Wednesday, October 31, 2007 is List Day on Capitol Hill. This is an event organized by Mark Micali, Vice President Government Affairs for the DMA, to give list executives the ability to speak face to face with members from the Congress, both Senate and the House, about important industry issues. The ability to get "face time" with the people who make legislation concerning our industry is invaluable. To be able to grab 10 or 15 minutes with a Senator or Congressperson may just be one more way to insure that when the time comes for an important votethat could be very detrimental to our industry, they may have a better understanding of what is at hand.

You are also able to realize just how busy things get on The Hill. It's a constant flow of meetings and people moving here and there. I wondered last year just how anything really gets done. Everyone's always in meetings, going to meetings or scheduling meetings. And of course speaking to list people.