Kudos to you, Joan - and to Advocates for New Jersey History -- and all who have jumped in to the fray to halt the original A-1390. I'll be happy to write again to encourage the inclusion of GSNJ suggested language in the bill (and later, to encourage the turnover recommendations mentioned in your other e-mail). And thanks too for keeping us posted! Pat Peoples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan M Lowry (GSNJ)" <jml-gsnj@earthlink.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:14 AM Subject: [GSNJ] A-1390, an update > Hello Everyone - > As promised - an update on the Assembly Bill 1390, vital records > legislation. > > GSNJ and the Advocates for New Jersey History have scheduled a meeting > with Assemblywoman Joan Quigley. We anticipate that the meeting will be > in her Trenton office about March 9. The finalized date and time should > be coming soon. > > So - this is good news on multiple fronts. > 1) They're drafting amended language and they'll be able to take our > suggestions into consideration. Meeting with us in person should make > it easier for us to make sure they understand the reasons behind our > suggestions so that they can incorporate them more readily. > > 2) A March 9 meeting date certainly implies or suggests that they won't > be scheduling the bill for a vote on March 2. (Otherwise, there > wouldn't be much point in meeting, right??) So - now we know that we > have a bit more time than we previously anticipated. > > If you haven't already written - please do write to the sponsors and ask > them to use the changes suggested by GSNJ. If you have already > written - give them a chance to respond. I got the impression that the > mail was pretty heavy on the subject and replies to everyone might be a > while coming... > > And a huge thank you to all of you who took the time to write. It just > goes to show that a grass roots response can be successful! > > Regards, > Joan M. Lowry, President > Genealogical Society of New Jersey > mailto:membership@gsnj.org > website: www.gsnj.org > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >