Nomination thank you

[ZigAndBoon]

My son received a nomination for the USNA and would like to send a thank you. We’ve been searching to see if there is a specific etiquette to follow but find nothing about thank you for nominations! Does anyone have any links or guidance?

 

[MidCakePa]

No special etiquette necessary. A note of thanks would certainly be appreciated by the MOC. Don’t overthink it. Just send it.

 

[ThereseInDenver]

My son wrote a heartfelt email to Jason Crow's staff, knowing that an email can easily be cc'd and shared with everyone...even the staffers he might not have ever spoken with. He offered to be available for their candidate events, which led to him attending the office's summer event for 2025 candidates, a few weeks before leaving for class of 2024 Plebe Summer.

One piece of guidance...the staff members who work on nominations and constituent service are firewalled off from the political side of the house. In late fall this year, I wrote to the nominations process staffer we knew to ask how to volunteer for Congressman Crow's re-election campaign and she explained that not only could she not help, but she could not even FORWARD my email to the political side of the office!

 

[Personal Organizer]

My son just wrote a very nice Thank You card and snail-mailed it to his Congressman since that's how he received notification of his nom. He only found out about his senatorial nom by reading it on the press release so he has not yet sent a "Thank You", not knowing the best way to send it.

 

[Old Navy BGO]

One piece of guidance...the staff members who work on nominations and constituent service are firewalled off from the political side of the house. In late fall this year, I wrote to the nominations process staffer we knew to ask how to volunteer for Congressman Crow's re-election campaign and she explained that not only could she not help, but she could not even FORWARD my email to the political side of the office!

That comment made me pause for a second, as I never heard of a firewall within a Congressman's office....but then recognized the issue is that the "political side of the house" is not part of the MOC office, but rather the election campaign staff. It is illegal for a MOC to use assets paid for by the government (including staff and constituent offices) to campaign for office , and I suspect that some are more cautious than others about maintaining a firewall so they aren't sending campaign related emails from their work computer.