--WebTV-Mail-3262-2477 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hi Folks - Am forwarding this message as it is clearly something we need to be aware of. I wasn't -- until it came to me!! In order to not tie up the list with replies using valuable space -- please email me privately. And please send it along to your genealogy friends far and wide. Thanks all -- Terri --WebTV-Mail-3262-2477 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-3309.bay.webtv.net (209.240.205.167) by storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 18 May 2005 16:50:41 -0700 Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.116]) by smtpin-3309.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id A491FE134 for <taire@webtv.net>; Wed, 18 May 2005 16:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bc90g01 (75.washington-27rh16rt-28rh15rt.dc.dial-access.att.net[12.77.42.75]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <2005051823513611200a920oe>; Wed, 18 May 2005 23:51:37 +0000 Message-ID: <008101c55c04$4c3cba40$4b2a4d0c@bc90g01> From: "JOAN BROWN" <joan.c.brown@worldnet.att.net> To: "Terri" <taire@webtv.net> Subject: Fw: [GSNJ] [Fwd: NHPRC to Receive No Funding] Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:49:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4922.1500 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4925.2800 X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive Terri, Did you receive this? I went to the link & added my name. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Chubenko" <michelle@chubenko.us> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: [GSNJ] [Fwd: NHPRC to Receive No Funding] > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: APG-NY - NHPRC to Receive No Funding > Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 20:51:39 -0400 > > The following email was distributed by the National Historical > Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Joint Advocacy Task Force. > I wanted to share this information, as it is of concern to many > of us who use archives: > > The President's budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006 slash or > eliminate more than 150 federal programs. In that budget, the NHPRC has > been targeted to receive NO funding. This includes no funds for the > grants program and no funds for staffing to support the NHPRC programs. > It effectively eliminates the National Historical Publications and > Records Commission. > > The Council of State Historical Records Coordinators, the Society of > American Archivists, and the National Association for Government > Archivists and Records Administrators are working collaboratively to > address this threat to NHPRC and NARA. Archivists across the U.S. are > rallying to save NHPRC while also ensuring that NARA has sufficient > funding to sustain its current programs and continue to advance in areas > that benefit all archival repositories and every citizen of the United > States > > As part of our efforts to continue to express to Congress interest in > restoration of funding for NHPRC, we have created an online petition. > Please consider signing this petition, and please forward it to any > listservs, e-mail groups, or organizations and people you feel would be > interested in helping with this effort. It is a quick and easy way for > many people to assist. The petition will be forwarded to the House > Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Treasury, Transportation, > HUD and the Judiciary in late May. The petition can be access at: > > www.savearchives.org > Click on the "petition" button. > > If you have not received a previous action alert on this issue, we > encourage you to also write a letter to your members of Congress. For > information on writing letters of support, see any of the following > websites: > > www.savearchives.org www.coshrc.org www.archivists.org > > Thanks for your efforts to save this important program for archives! > > Members of the NHPRC Joint Advocacy Task Force > Council of State Historical Records Coordinators: > David Carmicheal, Sandra Clark, Kathleen Roe > > Society of American Archivists: > Nancy Beaumont, Peter Gottlieb, Rand Jimerson, Joan Krizack, Richard > Pearce-Moses > National Association of Government Archivists and Records > Administrators: > Timothy Slavin > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -- > Michelle Tucker Chubenko > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > --WebTV-Mail-3262-2477--