Help Save Stroke-related Medical Research

Another email from the National Stroke Association. Lets dissect this and see all the ways it fails.
1. It's asking others to do your job.
2. You have thrown your job responsibilities onto the government. The government doesn't care about stroke research.
What should occur.
1. The objective of your job should be to get stroke research following a defined plan or strategy - first failure, no strategy, you are relying on researchers and hoping they make breakthroughs.
2. A great stroke association would have public objectives and sponsored research to meet those objectives. Three groups that already do this and are much more successful at getting people involved.

 Michael J. Fox Foundation 
Myelin Repair 
 Alzheimers Association
3. Foundations would be much more willing to donate if specific directed research  was being done. 
The failing email here;
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Dear dean, Stroke-related medical research funding is at risk. The nation’s primary stroke-related research agency, the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), has revolutionized stroke diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, including making the only treatment for acute stroke, tPA, possible. Despite these successes, the agency’s budget has been severely cut in ongoing budget clashes on Capitol Hill. As another round of budget negotiations gets underway this month, NINDS’ budget is being threatened again. How can you help preserve future advancements in stroke care? Later this month, we’re joining a broad coalition of more than 140 organizations to send a simple message to Congress—provide cures, not cuts. Representatives from many of these organizations will be meeting face-to-face with members of Congress and their staff on Sept. 18 to ask that Congress preserve our nation’s investment in medical research activities. You can participate in this event on Capitol Hill by communicating the “cures, not cuts” message to your members of Congress today. Your action will help support the advocates who will travel to Washington, D.C., to deliver this message in person later this month. Take action today and help make sure advancements in stroke care are realized for future generations. Sincerely, Coral Cosway Director, Policy Advocacy