<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><strong><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The American Federation of Musicians is gathering signatures on a petition to urge Congress to adopt uniform rules for musicians to carry on or check their instruments aboard U.S. planes.</font></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><strong><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div></strong></span><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">To view the bill as currently written, go to </font><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103638966465&s=417&e=001NkfLmjpce9XogF2HI1q0MoA_w-FPSv4Eoz3dlG_WhDmwBDPEDG1BiMWb1OOdw0inphqZmZ9SuDOYdrMlCanh6PRzn2VjMDVpW8FFZjOdGJvhc9jmbodiKNO001qJpRl6QWStAcAc8OUsyYNJwnXJvw==" target="_blank"><font color="#800080" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1451/text</font></a><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. <strong>Section 713</strong> "Transporting Musical Instruments" <strong>a.(3)</strong> <span>p</span>rovides for instruments too large to be carried into the cabin to be checked without additional charge (!), maximum combined linear measurements 150 inches, and maximum weight 165 pounds. Sounds like a dream come true!</font></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><font face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For more information and to sign the petition, follow the following link:</font></strong></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103638966465&s=417&e=001NkfLmjpce9XQ0LdLUybqCB0GLo6xYjhkE4ooDB-64N43JUmOSZgpLSZ4SI7AZ1nSZebHg-VtF3qpzGFDAcPFs0J7liPqBuqbQEBoMuzw_Aqm1tDzhxVsYA==" target="_blank"><font color="#800080" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>http://www.afm.org/carryon</strong></font></a></div></span></body></html>