Please read the following about the NYC Municipal Archives. Your help is needed! Please feel free to forward this message. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:49 PM Subject: [NYCMETRO] IMPORTANT - Please help the NYC Archives! > Folks, This is IMPORTANT for all of us researchers. Please take a minute > to > read this, then go to: http://www.nycarchivists.org/doris_petition and > digitally "sign" the petition. Thanks! > > David M. Kleiman > NYC Metro Computers & Genealogy Group > -----------------------------------------> > At the behest of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the New York City Council has > proposed legislation that would eliminate the autonomy of New York City's > Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS), the agency that is > responsible for the records and archival documents produced by past and > present City governments. The proposed legislation (Int. 486-2011) would > place the currently independent agency within the Department of Citywide > Administrative Services (DCAS). > > If passed, this legislation would significantly downgrade the authority of > DORIS within City government and potentially put at risk its ability to > preserve, protect and make accessible the intellectual legacy of one of > the > world's greatest cities. A full position statement on the proposed > legislation is available on the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New > York's website at http://www.nycarchivists.org > <http://www.nycarchivists.org/> . > > Please add your name to the sign-on letter to oppose the proposed > legislation, and advocate for the preservation of DORIS as an autonomous > records agency, with the financial support and professional respect it > deserves. The sign-on letter is located at > http://www.nycarchivists.org/doris_petition. Every signature matters. Help > New York City, as an international cultural and financial leader, and the > place with the greatest variety and highest density of archives in the > world, set the standard for how a democratic government preserves and > makes > accessible its documentary heritage. > > Sincerely, > > The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. >