iaapa us advocacy days training

IAAPA U.S. ADVOCACY
DAYS TRAINING
Sponsored by:
http://cqrcengage.com/iaapa/advocacyday
IAAPA Advocacy Staff
Stephanie See
[email protected]
Randy Davis
[email protected]
Austin Gold
[email protected]
Training Agenda
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Event Overview
About IAAPA
How-to-Lobby
Issue Review
We will take questions at the end of each section.
EVENT OVERVIEW
Schedule
Monday, April 11
2:30 p.m. Meet at Hyatt Place Hotel Lobby
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. IAAPA U.S. Advocacy Days Issue Review/How to Lobby/Logistics
5 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. IAAPA U.S. Advocacy Days Reception
7 p.m. IAAPA PAC Dinner (by invitation only)
Tuesday, April 12
8 a.m. Packet and Schedule Pick-Up
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Senate-side Meetings
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Capitol Hill Outpost open
12 noon Lunch available
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Featured Speaker: Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist, NAM
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. House-side Meetings
6:15 p.m. Baseball Game: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves
Wednesday, April 13
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Meeting with Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL)
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Presentation
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. FLSA Overtime Rule Presentation
12 noon Lunch and Event Wrap-up
1:30 p.m. Vans Depart to Reagan National Airport
Attendees
*Jack Mendes
Bob’s Space Racers
Denise Beckson
Morey's Piers
*Jill Homer Stewart
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
*Bob Williams
Calaway Park
*^Will B. Morey
Morey’s Piers
Eli Stovall
The Capital Wheel
*Ryan DeMaria
Canobie Lake Park
*Geoff Rogers
Morey’s Piers
John L. McReynolds
Universal Orlando Resort
*Adria Farr
Canobie Lake Park
*Michael Turner
Neptune-Benson, Inc.
Bill Bailey
The Walt Disney Company
*Tim Pearse
Canobie Lake Park
**Jim Seay
Premier Rides, Inc.
Sharon Smoley
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Peter Owens
Dollywood
Jim Pattison
Ripley Entertainment
Erik Beard
Wiggin & Dana LLP
*Bob Craycraft
Extreme Engineering
Roger Berry
RS Alberts
Franceen Gonzales
WhiteWater West
Richard Sanfilippo
Sam’s Fun City
^David Novstrup
Wylie Thunder Road
Steve Earnest
Herschend Entertainment Company, LLC
*Colby May
Holy Land Experience
*^Chloe Hausfeld
Jack Rouse Associates
Lary Zucker
Marshall Dennehey
Warner Coleman & Goggin
* First-time attendee
^ Young Professional
** Sponsor
*^Samantha Sanfilippo
Sam’s Fun City
*Ted Molter
San Diego Zoo Global
*Doug Stagner
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
Capitol Hill Map
Introducing #IAAPAadvocates
• Throughout the event, join the conversation and
use #IAAPAadvocates when tweeting!
• What is a hashtag?
• It's a way of branding your tweet and creating a
searchable campaign that will garner more attention.
• Tweets are a great way to get your message
across to your elected officials.
• Example:
Location of Events Map
Handouts for Attendees
• Name badge
• Agenda
• Hill meeting schedule
• Maps
• “How-to-lobby” Cheat Sheet
• Priority Issues One-pagers
• Priority Issues Talking Points
• Speaker Bios
• Copies of Hill handouts
Handouts
Handouts are available
on the IAAPA U.S.
Advocacy Days
website, under
“materials”.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT EVENT LOGISTICS
ABOUT IAAPA
About IAAPA
• Founded in 1918, IAAPA is the largest international trade
association for permanently situated amusement facilities
and attractions.
• IAAPA represents nearly 5,000 facility, supplier, and
individual members from more than 90 countries.
• Member facilities include amusement/theme parks, water
parks, attractions, family entertainment centers, arcades,
zoos, aquariums, museums, science centers, and resorts.
About the Attractions Industry
The attractions industry is a vital part of the U.S. economy.
According to the Oxford Economics study, "The Economic
Impacts of the US Attractions Industry" (February 2013),
nearly 30,000 attractions produce a total annual
nationwide economic impact of $218 billion, with $91
billion in direct impacts and $127 billion in indirect
impacts.
The attractions industry is a leader in creation of nonexportable jobs. Not only does the industry directly
employ more than 1.3 million people, but it also
indirectly generates 1 million jobs, creating a total job
impact of 2.3 million. Across the industry, the total payroll
is more than $11 billion.
QUESTIONS ABOUT IAAPA
CRASH COURSE IN
LOBBYING
How a Bill Becomes a Law
People in a Congressional/Senate Office
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Chief of Staff
Legislative Director (LD)
Legislative Assistant (LA)
Legislative Correspondent (LC)
Scheduler
Press Secretary
Staff Assistant
District Office Staff
Interns
How to Lobby Effectively
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Be Brief
Know your purpose
Localize your message
Be polite
Listen
Close the deal
Follow-up
Be Prepared to Share
• An overview about your business – what your business
does, how long your business has been in operation, what
your role is in the business
• How many employees your business employs
(FT/PT/Seasonal)
• Investments in your facility and in the community
Handouts for Lobbying Visits
We want our members to have successful, pleasant
meetings.
IAAPA staff is making individualized folders for each
lobbying meeting.
Folders will include:
• Member lists for each state (not available on
website)
• IAAPA Culture Statement
• Individual issue handouts (descriptions to follow).
Handouts
All handouts available
on website, under
“materials”
QUESTIONS ABOUT
LOBBYING
ISSUE REVIEW
Issue Review
• Amusement Ride Safety
• Changes to FLSA Overtime Rules
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
Amusement Ride Safety
• Safety is the number one priority for the attractions
industry.
• IAAPA promotes the development of ride safety
standards, working with ASTM International and other
standards-setting groups worldwide to develop and
update industry safety and maintenance requirements.
This, in conjunction with state and local regulation of
amusement rides and devices, has resulted in a strong
safety record for the industry.
http://cqrcengage.com/iaapa/ridesafety
Amusement Ride Safety
• Position: The attractions industry supports state
regulation based on ASTM F24 standards for amusement
rides and devices.
• Ask: Do not support legislation to bring fixed-site
amusement rides under the jurisdiction of the U.S. CPSC.
• Leave-behind: 2014 Ride Safety Report, One-pager on
ride safety, state safety law
FLSA Overtime Rules
• On June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor’s (DOL)
Wage and Hour Division released a proposed rule that
revises the overtime regulations under the FLSA.
• The proposal calls for:
• Doubling the salary threshold for classifying an employee as
exempt from overtime from $23,660 to $50,440 annually, with
automatic increases each year.
• DOL did not propose a new "duties test" regarding the
responsibilities of exempt managerial employees, but has solicited
comments on whether changes are needed.
• The final rule is anticipated in the first half of 2016.
http://cqrcengage.com/iaapa/employmentandlabor
FLSA Overtime Rules
• IAAPA’s Position: The massive increase will negatively
impact businesses in the attractions industry. IAAPA
members project a first-year payroll impact in the tens of
millions of dollars. Automatic increases will create an
ongoing administrative burden for employers, and cause
uncertainty for employees.
• Ask: Support S. 2707/H.R. 4773.
• Both bills would block the current proposed regulation from taking
effect and require the DOL to perform a deeper analysis of the
impact changes to overtime regulations will have on business
before proceeding with a rule.
• Leave-behind: FLSA Overtime One-Pager
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
• The House Transportation Committee passed the
“Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR)
Act of 2016” (H.R. 4441)
• The bill would:
• Reauthorize the FAA for a period of five years.
• Prohibit the use of UAS over or within the property of a fixed site
facility that operates amusement rides and extending 500 feet
beyond the perimeter of such a facility without authorization by the
owner of the facility.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
• The Senate Commerce Committee also approved its own
bill, the “Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization
Act of 2016” (S. 2658).
• The bill would:
• Reauthorizing the FAA through FY 2017
• Require the FAA to set up a process to determine whether a
prohibition should be granted over fixed site amusement parks,
critical infrastructure, oil refineries and chemical facilities and other
locations that may benefit from such restrictions.
• The FAA Administrator is mandated to consider aviation safety,
personal safety of the uninvolved public, national security and
homeland security in making its determination
http://cqrcengage.com/iaapa/uas
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
• Position: IAAPA supports both proposed House and
Senate bills because they provide for much needed
protections because they address the attractions
industry’s needs regarding drones.
• Ask: IAAPA urges Congress to pass an FAA
reauthorization bill.
• Leave-behind: UAS one-pager
QUESTIONS ABOUT
ISSUES
OTHER QUESTIONS
CONTACT US
Stephanie See
[email protected]
Randy Davis
[email protected]
Austin Gold
[email protected]
http://cqrcengage.com/iaapa/advocacyday
#IAAPAadvocates