To those of you that participated and were counted. ----- Original Message ----- From: Athna May Porter <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: [MONTANA-L] Update to SB443 - Public Records of Montana > SUPPORTERS OF SB 443....... > YOU CAN STOP > SENDING E-MAILS !!!! > After a long & bumpy ride, with lots of opposition & misunderstanding of SB > 443, but with tons of SUPPORT WITH YOUR E-MAILS...... > SB 443 PASSED IN THE HOUSE WITH A VOTE OF 95-FOR & 5-AGAINST ! > This happened at about 6:20 pm. Fri. 3/30/01 ! > Thank you so much for SUPPORTING SB 443 and requesting your local House of > Representatives to SUPPORT SB 443! > All of your e-mails, calls & letters really made a HUGE difference to your > HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! > We appreciate all the support from MONTANA people who live elsewhere, too. > You have helped awaken the MT Legislatures to the knowledge that there is a > wider set of eyes watching....& probably raised the level of awareness to > value MONTANA'S WRITTEN HERITAGE ! > SPECIAL THANKS goes to: > MT. State Genealogical Society, Yellowstone Genealogy Forum-Billings, MT > Big Sky PAF Users Group-Billings, Park County Genealogy Society-Livingston, > Tree Branches Dawson Co. Gen. Soc.-Glendive, Beaver Head Hunters Gen. & > Hist. Soc.-Dillon, Broken Mountain Genealogical Society - Chester AND > Northern Montana Genealogy Societies. > Numerous Genealogists from the areas of: > Bozeman, Kalispell, Missoula, Wolf Creek, Townsend, Helena, Great Falls, > Lewistown, Miles City, & many others.... > If I missed anyone, I apologize. So many societies and genealogists worked > quietly behind the scenes. > > A Very Special Thanks goes to: > SB 443 SPONSOR: Senator Butcher-Winifred > Those that stood up and defended & SUPPORTED SB 443 ! > Rep. Michelle Lee-Livingston (who carried SB 443 to the House) > Rep. Don Hedges-Antelope > Rep. Larry Jent-Bozeman > Rep. Clarice Schrumpf-Billings > Rep. Ken Peterson-Billings > Rep. John Esp-Park Co/Big Timber > > All those who Testified at BOTH Hearings & gave outstanding support were: > Mrs. Betty Babcock-Helena > Anita Feltis-Bozeman > Marilyn Lewis-Helena/Lewistown > Susan Austad-Helena > Patricia Marchington-Park County (Livingston)\ > Athna May Porter - Billings - for putting out the call to over 200 > genealogists to make their voices be heard > > For the work of the: > House-State Administration Committee: > Allan Walters, Chairman R - Hamilton > Debby Barrett, Vice Chairman Majority R - Dillon > Tom Dell, Vice Chairman Minority D - Billings > Norma Bixby D - Lame Deer > Dee Brown R - Hungry Horse > Don Hedges R - Antelope > Hal Jacobson D - Helena > Larry Jent D - Bozeman > Michelle Lee D - Livingston > Larry Lehman R - Power > Ralph Lenhart D - Glendive > Gay Ann Masolo R - Townsend > Doug Mood R - Seeley Lake > Alan Olson R - Roundup > Holly Raser D - Missoula > Rick Ripley R - Wolf Creek > Clarice Schrumpf R - Billings > Frank Smith D - Poplar > > AND WE THANK ALL OF THE > 48 (out of 50) SENATORS & 95 (out of 100) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO > VOTED FOR SB 443! > To thank any of the Legislators..... PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY E-MAIL !!!! > Please send snail mail instead to: > Representative _______, > MT House of Representatives, > PO Box 200400, > Helena MT 59620-0400. > > Senator ________, > MT Senate, > PO Box 200500, > Helena MT 59620-0500. > > It would be nice if your GENEALOGY OR HISTORICAL SOCIETY, would as a WHOLE, > send thanks, tell how many members that you have and list a contact person. > If possible, would you please send us copies of the Legislators' comments > so that we could keep them for future reference. > Thank you so much for all of your help & SUPPORT OF SB 443....it really > meant a lot to me personally when you wrote about what the records meant to > you...! > Patricia Marchington > [email protected] > > External Affairs Committee, > MT State Genealogical Society, > Park County Genealogy Society Member & a family researcher of Montana's > Written History back to 1878 !! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MONTANA Mailing List ==== > Join and support RootsWeb, home of Montana-L, the MSGS Web Site & many > other genealogy lists and resources: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >