"Anita Romine" <[email protected]>, "Dick Rice" <[email protected]= >, "JERRY PARR" <[email protected]>, "Lisa O'Hearn" <[email protected]>, "Carrol Mick" <[email protected]>, "Dave & Kristi Merfert" <[email protected]>, "Carole Medler" <[email protected]>, "Carol McGee" <[email protected]= et>, "Melissa McCoy-Bell" <[email protected]>, "Cheryl Magoto" <[email protected]>, "Magnolia" <[email protected]>, "ALBERT B LIVESAY" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]= et>, <[email protected]>, "Bonnie Frazier Kapp" <[email protected]>, "Greg Jump" <[email protected]= org>, "James HILLS Jr." <[email protected]>, "Nikki Jones" <[email protected]>, "Jodie Jones" <[email protected]>, "Kelley Jaska" <[email protected]>, "Gloria Jackson" <[email protected]>, "Ivan" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Clark Hearn" <[email protected]>, "Cathy Harper" <[email protected]>, "bob gillis" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,= "David Frazier" <[email protected]>, "Andy Frashuer" <[email protected]>, "Rebecca Foster" <[email protected]= =2Ecom>, "Benson Family" <[email protected]>, "edhoot" <[email protected]>, "Dennis Dover" <[email protected]>, "Local History Department" <[email protected]= >, <[email protected]>, "Michelle Chubenko" <[email protected]= s>, "Becky Byer" <[email protected]>, "Beverly Brown" <[email protected]>, "Sherry Wiggs" <[email protected]>, "Brenda Jerden Wiggs" <[email protected]>, "Brenda \(work\) Wiggs" <[email protected]>, "Sandra Hutchins Welch" <[email protected]>, "Phyllis Von Hagel" <[email protected]>, "Tanya Thome" <[email protected]>, "Sharon Thomason" <[email protected]>, "Brenda & John Strother" <[email protected]>, "Tracy Simmering" <[email protected]>, "Shana Simmering" <[email protected]>, "Brenda Simmering" <[email protected]>, "Barbara \"Babs\" Schultz" <[email protected]>, "Linda McDowell Rhodes" <[email protected]>, "Donna Powell" <[email protected]>, "Peggy Parker" <[email protected]>, "Carolyn & Velma Myers" <[email protected]>, "Cindy Morris" <[email protected]>, "Carmen Morgan" <[email protected]>, "Leslie McDowell" <[email protected]>, "Helen Martin" <[email protected]>, "Patsy King" <[email protected]= et>, "Kila" <[email protected]>, "Stephanie& Tony Jones" <[email protected]>, "Kelly Jaska" <[email protected]>, "Paul & Karen Hutchins" <[email protected]>, "Ruth Herbin" <[email protected]>, "Donna Kay Hare" <[email protected]>, "Travis Gambers" <[email protected]= =2Ecom>, "Ruby Gambers" <[email protected]>, "Jerry & Mitzi Frederick" <[email protected]>, "Jerry Frederick" <[email protected]>, "Carolyn & Thomas Frederick" <[email protected]>, "VeeNoy Frazier" <[email protected]>, "Larry & Aida Frazier" <[email protected]>, "Jack Frazier" <[email protected]>, "Maria Farr" <[email protected]>, "Kay Farr" <[email protected]>, "Hope Farr" <[email protected]= et>, "Dennis Farr" <[email protected]>, "Bill Farr" <[email protected]>,= "Lydia Collins" <[email protected]>, "Amy Collins" <[email protected]>, "Jackie Butler" <[email protected]>, "Keith Bradford" <[email protected]>, "Elaine Bradford" <[email protected]>, "Ron & Mary Edith Boelens" <[email protected]>, "Ralph & Hazel Auldridge" <[email protected]>, "Doug & Fonda Auldridge" <[email protected]>, "Dennis Auldridge" <[email protected]>, "Crystal Auldridge" <[email protected]>, "Pam Wolosz" <[email protected]>, "Betty Sarniguet" <[email protected]>, "Curtis Hodson" <[email protected]>, "Tom Glaser" <[email protected]>, "Barb Fissell" <[email protected]= om>, "Christine Bitner" <[email protected]>, "Dave Vickers" <[email protected]>, "Bob & Trudy Reemelin" <[email protected]>, "Paul & Miriam Kraemer" <[email protected]>, "Robert & Anne Johnson" <[email protected]>, "Carolyn Burns" <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: Your signature needed on petition to NARA about reduced hour= s before Sept 8 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:05:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=3Dflowed; charset=3D"Windows-1252"; reply-type=3Dresponse Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 >> ----- Original Message ----- = >> From: "D_N See" <[email protected]> >> To: "'Sandra Gustin'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:07 PM >> Subject: Your signature needed on petition to NARA about reduced hours= >> >> >> Sandy, >> I got this from the Maryland Genealogy List that I belong to. Who do = you >> think I should forward this to, to make sure we get good participation= on >> this?? >> >> --Nancy >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------= >> >> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:50:39 -0500 >> From: "Dittmar, Frederick M." >> Subject: [OK-GEN-SOC] National Archives Petition >> >> This message is originally from Dick Eastman, author of Eastman's Onli= ne >> Genealogy Newsletter, who just returned from the FGS Conference and as= ked >> that this message be passed along by his subscribers. Note: There are = >> only a >> few days left to sign this petition. If you've been planning a long = >> weekend >> in Washington, D.C. for research, this will directly affect your plans= =2E >> ---------------------------------- >> >> Quick! Please Join FGS Attendees in Petition About NARA Opening Hours!= >> >> The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently >> proposed a reduction in the number of hours that the agency's faciliti= es are >> open to the general public. Weekend and evening hours would be especia= lly >> curtailed. The result will be a major hardship on genealogists, especi= ally >> those who cannot visit during normal business hours. >> >> Dr. Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States and head of the Na= tional >> Archives and Records Administration, attended the FGS/NEHGS 2006 Confe= rence >> in Boston this week and addressed the Opening Session on Thursday. Fol= lowing >> his remarks, he was presented with a letter by the Chair of the Record= s >> Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) addressing concerns about the= >> proposed changes in the hours of operation for the Research Rooms at t= he >> National Archives. >> >> The members of that committee have been told that very few genealogist= s have >> responded to the agency's proposal. In this case, silence will be >> interpreted as agreement! Comments close on September 8. There's not m= uch >> time left! >> >> A discussion ensued among many of the genealogists present at the >> conference, resulting in a petition to ask for reconsideration. I was = able >> to upload that petition, and conference attendees were asked to sign t= he >> online petition through announcements over the public address session,= at >> the Friday evening banquet, in many of the sessions, and in the hallwa= ys. >> >> Many people lined up at computers supplied by many of the vendors and = added >> their names to the petition. Others signed the petition from their lap= tops >> in hotel rooms, from the hotel's public access computers in the lobby,= and >> elsewhere. I hope that others returned home and will sign the petition= from >> there. >> >> As I write these words, (Monday AM) 1236 names are on this petition. W= e need >> more, many more, In fact, we need YOUR name. >> >> Just before the close of comments by the National Archives and Records= >> Administration, this petition will be printed and sent to the agency v= ia >> overnight mail. >> >> With the limited amount of time left until the close of comments, >> genealogists everywhere need you to immediately copy and paste this or= >> similar messages and send them to your friends, asking them to add the= ir >> "electronic signatures" to the petition. Please post information about= the >> petition on web sites, newsletters, and mailing lists as you deem >> appropriate. We need to have as many signatures as possible from conce= rned >> U.S. residents BEFORE September 8. >> >> To add your voice to the messages being sent to the National Archives,= >> please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006. >> >> NOTE: The letters "FGS" in the above web address MUST be in upper case= =2E >> >> Shirley B. Vanderbeck >> CL=C2=A7, PLS-PP, CLA, CNSA, CM >> NALS 2004 Award of Excellence Recipient >> Certified Legal Assistant to >> Sandra N. Baldonado >> Attorney at Law/Councilwoman of Claremont, CA "Sandra Gustin" <[email protected]>