I quoted you;.. "_We in Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped or curtailed."_ And I asked Why? Why stop the closure? Why curtail the closure? A campaign to speed things up is completely different! Quote from my reply; "Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the work involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned" I don't misunderstand and can only reply to what you actually wrote! Why not start a campaign to get it done faster rather than stopped or curtailed? Ulster Ancestry wrote: > Hello Dave, > > I think you misunderstand. > > We have no problem with PRONi moving to new state of the art premises, > that is to be welcomed. > Our problem is the 9 month total closure on top of the 24 months of > disruption to the service to the public {this whole thing has been > ongoing since 2008} > > Our campaign is to either cut the closure time or reduce it significantly. > > best regards > Robert > > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:42 +0100 > > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > > > The announcement was made a while ago. There are those who support the > > move, there are those that don't. > > > > Stopping the closure is a non starter as contracts have been drawn up. > > Curtailing the closure means delaying the inevitable. > > > > The new premises will be much easier to get to for those who do not > live > > in Belfast, be more user friendly, have greater access to records. > > Objecting to the closure time being totally disproportionate to the > work > > involved would be far more advantageous to all concerned. One has also > > to consider the end product of this move. > > > > "This means in effect that no physical genealogical research of any > kind > > can take place in Northern Ireland for 9 months!" but in meantime they > > are trying to counteract this by making more on line records available > > for the 9 months closure. For Joe Public it may be an inconvenience but > > it is during the off peak season. For those making money out of > > research it is a different matter! When one takes out Xmas/New Year > > holidays etc it is only a little over 6 months! > > > > PRONI should be congratulated and supported for moving forward. A > > campaign to shorten the closure time is a different matter. > > > > > > > > Ulster Ancestry wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland {PRONI} has just > announced that it will close all public access to the archives for a > period of 9 months from September 2010 to May 2011 to facilitate a > move across Belfast to new headquarters presently being built. > > > This means in effect that no genealogical research of any kind can > take place in Northern Ireland for almost 1 year. > > > This decision is outrageous. The closure time is totally > disappropriate to the work involved. Other Archives in London and > Dublin has moved with only minimal disruption to services. We in > Northern Ireland are launching a campaign to have this closure stopped > or curtailed. > > > With the administrator’s permission can I ask each list member to > send a letter of protest to both > > > The Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland and > > > the head of PRONI Aileen McClintock, at the following e mail > addresses. > > > > > > Nelson McCausland MLA dcal@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > Aileen McClintock proni@dcalni.gov.uk > > > > > > If this closure is to be stopped we need not only local, but > Worldwide support. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > Robert Williams > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get the best of MSN on your mobile > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/147991039/direct/01/ > > > > > > ------------- > > > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > --- > > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 090921-0, 21/09/2009 > > > Tested on: 22/09/2009 14:52:51 > > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------- > > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! > <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/>