I signed the petition. Thanks for sending it again. My computer crashed
again and I lost a bunch of things, including some important mail I had in
my box. I was so mad. Anyway, thanks.
Angie
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Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006
3:19 PM
Subject: [KYVITALS] FW: [USGW-Discuss] Petition on reduction in hours
forNational Archives
Please help us spread the word about this. Mike St. Clair says it
all,
below. (Note that action needs to be taken by 9 Sep 06 or this will take
effect.)
Thanks,
Sherri
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From: Mike St. Clair/TT
Sent: 04 September, 2006 8:55 am
Subject: Petition on reduction in hours for National Archives
In late July, the National Archives announced they were planning to cut
back
the hours of the Washington DC area facilities of the archives. This
would
eliminate all evening and Saturday hours and greatly harm the ability
of
the
average genealogist to access the records. For full details, see
http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2006/nr06-125.html
While the Archivist of the United States was at the FGS conference he
reported that they had received very little feedback from the country's
genealogists asking for reconsideration. He was also presented with a
request from the chair of the FGS Records Preservation Committee to
consider
some alternatives and a petition was started to allow genealogists
to
express their disagreement with the changes and to endorse alternatives
that
will allow the evening and Saturday hours to continue.
You can see more details about that in Dick Eastman's weekly newsletter
at:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/quick_please_jo.html
> The petition can be signed at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006
> I would encourage each of you, as board members of The
USGenWeb Project to
> use your influence to publicize this information throughout the project.
> Note that the deadline for receiving comments on the proposed changes by
the
archives is September 9, so there isn't much time. And I suspect
that if
they succeed in reducing the Washington hours, the regional archives will
be
> soon to follow.
> I appreciate all that each of you do in support of the
project membership
> and all genealogists with US ancestry. I believe that a little effort in
> support of this effort by FGS will pay off long term in enhancing our
> ability to deliver free information to our clients - genealogists
> everywhere.
> Mike St. Clair
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