Yes I grasp it but you don't seem to be able to answer what I actually asked twice!! Why stop the closure? Why curtail the closure? Ulster Ancestry wrote: > Dave, > > I still dont think you are grasping it. > > A 9 month total closure is both disappropriate and completely > unnessessary. > We are trying to have the Archive moved a vault at a time whereby > there would be no closure. > If there is to be a closure of any kind, we are asking that it be on > the lines of similar archives {PRO Dublin and PRO Kew} who managed > their moves in 14 days and 19 days repectively. Queens moved a library > of one million rare and valuable books with a closure of 1 hour! > > I have had literally hundreds of mails of full support from all > around the world. > I hope we can also count on yours. > > regards > Robert > > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:01:20 +0100 > > From: hallmark1@utvinternet.com > > To: cotyroneireland-l@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] PRONI Who do you think you are? > > > > 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! 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