You can get your message to a specifically interested group of people very quickly, easily and economically. The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute issued a news release on the apportionment of federal excise taxes on hunting equipment. They issued one for each state. A national compilation would have been a book. So they put the compilation into Outdoor Forum's library and know of national magazines that retrieved it on-line and used the information in print.
Members can retrieve copies of legislative proposals of interest to IWLA and share information.
We've been sharing amongst ourselves by modem for some time, but what's needed is a central point where this critical information is immediately available to chapters all over the country. As a full time freelance writer, I need to interview many people distances away. My phone bill is substantial. But your telephone bill went down more than that. Telecommunications is still in its infancy, but it's becoming more capable every day.