(a) Is it relatively hard or relatively easy in your state to figure out where to send your request?

(b) What is the tenor of the interactions you have with the person in charge of open records compliance for the Office of the Governor in your state? (In some states, this person is known as the "FOIA compliance" officer).

(c) Were you allowed to file your request via e-mail? If not, why not?

(d) Does the Office of the Governor in your state request a fee for producing the four days of e-mail?

(e) Does anyone ask you why you want the records? (In most states, you are not required to give a reason.)

(f) Do you receive a response to your request within the legal deadline determined by the open records laws in your state?

(g) Etc.

At the State Sunshine and Open Records blog, we recently started a Friday Follow-a-FOIA series as a way to regularly blog about what the process of filing FOIA requests is like in Wisconsin.

If you walk your readers through the steps you are taking as you set about asking your governor for his or her e-mail records, this can enlighten them about how the process works where you live, and perhaps encourage or embolden them to file an open records request when there is some information they need from a state or local government agency.