Email to Jamie

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To: [Madrox, Jamie]
From: [Forge, JH]
Subject: HeliX

I know you were kind of running things before HeliX went on hiatus after the CoffeeQuake fire, so I want you in the loop on this. From everything I can see, you were doing some really good work with the group - as much as I said it wasn't much more than a social thing; hey, it's got to start somewhere, right?

I want to take it a step beyond that. There's stuff we can do to actually make changes: lobbying for legislation, campaigning to new voters for mutant-friendly policies and representatives, getting the idea out that mutant awareness isn't a bad thing, and that knowledge can fight xenophobia. It needs PR, and PR needs people who know how to shake hands and smile and put people at ease. And that means I need you on board.

I've got a plan for a starting project, which I've attached to this email (you've got Powerpoint, right?) - some grassroots political stuff going up to the FAA to get some regulations moved through. Small fish, really. But it has to start somewhere.

Think about it,

JHF

[Attach: HeliX_04_05.ppt]

Comments

Re: Reply e-mail

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To be honest - I'd already talked to Manuel. You're right, he's good at the PR stuff. I know you guys don't get along, but that's beside the point. He can be a great asset.

Hey, everyone's got their own way of helping things along. You got the ball rolling, and that's saying a lot. I'll see what Ms. Blaire has to say, and where it can go from here.

Thanks a lot, man.

Re: Reply e-mail

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He probably made it sound worse than it is, I dunno--I'll grant you, we didn't used to get along, but then I had a couple things explained to me by like four different people, and man, am I ever glad I'm only sortakindatechnically half a really specialized psi. I'm not in a hurry to join the guy's fanclub, but I don't have anywhere near the problem with him he seems to think I do. And actually, that's another reason for me to find a new hobby--you'll probably find him a lot easier to work with if he isn't pissed off about what he thinks I want to do.