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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1039022, member: 66"]The CCAC is merely an advisory body.  They review designs and give advice and suggestions on designs submitted o them.  They have no power to initiate a change in the designs. An online petition typically carries no weight with congressmen because there is no way to determine if the signers are constituents, whether someone has signed multiple times, whether they are real people (Mickey mouse, donald duck and superman sign a LOT of petitions.), and of course it is possible to get and then simply paste on lists of names.  So since online petitions can be so easily faked they tend to be tossed in the trash. As I have mentioned many times, working on Congressmen may be the hard way to get design change.  You have to convince several hundred people to vote for the change.  The person to work on is the Secretary of the Treasury.  Anything over 25 years old he can change unilaterally without having to get approval from Congress.  That's only ONE person you have to convince.  And of course that works best when the person in office is going to be leaving, and if they are planning to retire from public office.  (He can leave a lasting legacy, appealing to egos works well with politicians, and he wouldn't have to answer to anyone for it.)  Back when Lloyd Benson left the post and retired would have been the perfect time.[/QUOTE]