Sydney and All: Yes, the please contact every legislator. We are hearing every day that many of them do not know anything about this. Guess they don't read the Governor's budget or letters. <G> There will be a statewide summit on Feb 19th at the Field Library in Cocoa. If any want to attend, information is provided below: STATEWIDE SUMMIT CALL The Board of Directors of the Florida Historical Society is concerned about the planned elimination of the Florida State Library and the relocation/reorganization of the Florida State Museum, the Department of Archives, and the Bureau of Historic Preservation. Concerned citizens, historical and cultural organizations, scholars, authors, and others are invited to attend an afternoon summit on February 19 at the Alma Clyde Field Library of Florida History. The Library is located at 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922. [Access mapquest.com for explicit directions] The summit will convene at 2:00 p.m. and should conclude at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Theodore VanItallie, president of the Florida Historical Society, will preside over the summit. If you are a member of additional list-serv groups or have access to institutional/organizational electronic or USPS mailing lists, please pass this information along. Institutional/organizational participants are encouraged to bring membership e-mail addresses on a PC disk for inclusion on future mailing list-serv or in a Microsoft Excel/Microsoft Works format that can be converted into mailing labels. The purpose of the summit is to formulate a unified response to the proposed closure of the State Library and other agencies and to devise a plan for presenting this unified response to Florida legislators. The focus of the summit will be non-political, but comprehensive. Organizations or individuals who can come are urged to call Dr. Nick Wynne at (321) 690-1971 or e-mail him at [email protected] as soon as possible. This will allow the Society and the Library to make the necessary space arrangements. A reception will be held at Dr. Wynne's home at the conclusion of the summit. Information about the reception will be given to delegates who attend the summit. For those who anticipate staying overnight, here is a list of hotels/motels in the area: NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE NUMBER Best Western SR 520 and I-95 (407) 632-1065 Campbell Motel US-1 (Cocoa) (407) 636-6111 Days Inn SR 524 and I-95 (407) 636-6500 Dixie Motel US-1 (Cocoa) (407) 632-1600 EconoLodge SR 528 and US-1 (Cocoa) (407) 632-4561 Clarion Inn SR 520 (Merritt Island) (407) 452-7711 Ramada Inn SR 524 and I-95 (407) 631-1210 Space Coast Motel US-1 (Cocoa) (407) 784-3333 These are all clean motels. The cheapest is probably the Dixie Inn. The Clarion Inn on Merritt Island is in close proximity to numerous restaurants, including a steakhouse on the premises, a major shopping mall, and two movie theaters. Pamela J. Cooper, Supervisor Indian River County Main Library Florida History & Genealogy Department 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 772-770-5060, Fax 772-770-5066 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sydney Cardner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FLORIDA] Florida State Library Ironic and oh, so sad, Pam. Your letter has been shared extensively throughout the country. Phone calls make a difference, too. I called several, then I sent the letter and the website where your info is posted to their email address. I got this back, so they are hearing from people: "I will certainly review all of this information. I have spoken to several other representatives and they have also been contacted by concerned citizens about this issue.." We CAN make a difference. I just shared the Library Appreciation Month with some folks. I was told, or had it implied to me, that it is vital to contact the legislators, not just the governor. Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Cooper" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: [FLORIDA] Florida State Library > Dear Friends: > You have got to appreciate the irony of this. Jeb Bush signed a proclamation > that February 2003 will be "Library Appreciation Month." As my friend Drew > Smith said "And, January is Library DEpreciation month!" > > http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/bld/Friends/BLDFT.html > > I want to let you know that we have friends in Canada, Australia and England > who are also helping us by contacting our Legislators. > > I would highly recommend that all of you please send letters or faxes. They > are much more effective than emails. The reality is that e-mails can be > deleted. > > Thank you. > > Pamela J. Cooper, Supervisor > Indian River County Main Library > Florida History & Genealogy Department > 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 > 772-770-5060, Fax 772-770-5066 > Email: [email protected] > > > >

The meeting should be well attended and unfortunately a previously set appointment on Wed a.m. will preclude my attending. I might try to twist some arms in our area to get some representation. Thanks for letting me know about it. Alvie L. Davidson CGRS Lakeland, Florida http://www.floridadetective.net "Keep smiling and keep 'em guessing what you are up to!" --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now