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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014

Lobbyist name	James Daniel Shaer
Business name	Jim Shaer Associates
Address	84 Lincoln Street
City, state, zip code	Melrose, MA 02176
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-957-4247

Operating Expenses

Date	Recipient	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	WB Mason	Computer equipment, supplies	$30.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Comcast	Internet fees	$21.66
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	WB Mason	Office supplies, equipment	$20.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	FEDX/Kinko	Printing expenses	$20.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Congregational House	Rent	$203.46
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	AT&T	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$30.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Congregational House	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$18.66
1/1/2014-6/30/2014		Other operating expenses	$0.00
		Total operating expenses	$343.78

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Inc.

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $7,560.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
Senate Bill	47	An Act creating a task force to protect Massachusetts children against child sexual abuse	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
Senate Bill	246	An Act relative to healthy kids	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
Senate Bill	2195	Minimum Wage Legislation	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	3803	An Act creating a task force to protect Massachusetts children against child sexual abuse	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	4001	FY '15 State Budget (House). Specifically: Line Item 4590-1507 for Youth at Risk funding and related Representative Keenan Amendment #683; Line Item 1599-0042 for Early Educators Rate Reserve and related Representative Chan Amendment #941; Line Item 3000-4040 for Early Education & Care Wait List and related Representative Livingstone Amendment #900; Line Item 3000-1000 for Administration of Dept. of Early Education and Care and related Representative Peisch Amendment #356; Line Item 3000-3050 for Transportation of Children in DCF Supportive Care/Rate Reserve and related Representative Kocot Amendment #413.	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	4242	FY '15 State Budget. Advocated for conferees to support: House and Senate budget language funding Youth At Risk program - Line Item 4590-1507; Senate budget language funding Early Educators Rate Reserve - Line Item 1599-0042. Also supported overall funding of Department of Early Education and Care.	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
Senate Bill	68	An Act relative to active streets and healthy communities	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
Senate Bill	2160	FY '15 State Budget (Senate). Line Item 4590-1507 for Youth at Risk funding; Line Item 1599-0042 for Early Educators Rate Reserve and related Senator Mike Moore Amendment #501; Line Item 3000-4040 for Early Education & Care Wait List; Line Item 3000-3050 for Transportation of Children in DCF Supportive Care/Rate Reserve and related Senator Mike Moore Amendment #491.	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
Senate Bill	223	An Act to improve quality in early education centers	Oppose	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	135	An Act providing housing and support services to unaccompanied homeless youth	Neutral	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	477	An Act to improve quality in early education centers	Oppose	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	3091	An Act relative to active streets and healthy communities	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
House Bill	478	An Act relative to healthy kids	Support	$0.00	Not Applicable
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
03/26/2014	Robert A. DeLeo - The DeLeo Committee	State Representative - 19th Suffolk District	$200.00
04/02/2014	Stephen Kulik - The Kulik Committee	State Representative - 1st Franklin District	$100.00
04/03/2014	Patricia A. Haddad - Friends of Patricia Haddad	State Representative - 5th Bristol District	$100.00
04/24/2014	Ann-Margaret Ferrante - Committee to Elect Ann-Margaret Ferrante	State Representative - 5th Essex District	$100.00
04/30/2014	William C. Galvin - Committee to Elect William Galvin	State Representative - 6th Norfolk District	$100.00
04/30/2014	Louis L. Kafka - Committee to Elect Louis Kafka	State Representative - 8th Norfolk District	$100.00
05/08/2014	Sal N. DiDomenico - Committee to Elect Sal DiDomenico	State Senate - Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex District	$125.00
05/20/2014	Nick P. Collins - Committee to Re Elect Nick Collins	State Representative - 4th Suffolk District	$100.00
05/21/2014	Frank Israel Smizik - The Smizik Committee	State Representative - 15th Norfolk District	$100.00
05/22/2014	Thomas M. McGee - Committee to Elect Tom McGee	State Senate - 3rd Essex Senate District	$100.00
06/04/2014	Robert F. Fennell - The Fennell Committee	State Representative - 10th Essex District	$100.00
06/26/2014	Rob Dolan - The Dolan Committee	Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts	$100.00
		Total contributions	$1,325.00

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