If you were talking about my reference to a free Library research room, it is the Erie county Historical Society, No major amount of county resources used, not affiliated with the Blasco Library. Free to anyone who would like to do some Historical, Genealogical research. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Sanders" <craigpsanders@hotmail.com> To: <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [PACRAWFO] NEW FEES - Crawford County Historical Society > Dave, > > I agree...I think, but I would not refer to the CCHS as a "business". The > CCHS is a non-profit volunteer organization providing a very unique service > to the community both locally and afar. I'm not sure why people expect to > get something for free. Wake up folks...it's 2004! We were all very lucky > that the Crawford County Library system sheltered them from normal operating > costs for so long. Things change and we all need to adjust. > > Also, to the person who made reference to the Erie Blascoe libary; your > example is at the sake of others in the community. Yes, the research room in > the Blascoe libary is free to use for genealogical research, but at what > cost to the citizens in Erie County? A majority of the county resources go > into supporting the Blascoe library (and its free reseach room) while > bunches of local libraries in Erie county are closing. Now families have to > drive (gas $$ and time) all the way to downtown Erie in order to have access > to a library. So where is the fairness to those people? > > Bottom line is if someone doesn't want to pay then don't, but stop acting > like someone owes you something for FREE. > > > From: David Palmer <dpalmer@shentel.net> > Reply-To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com > To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PACRAWFO] NEW FEES - Crawford County Historical Society > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:10:45 -0500 > > Simple economics also tells us that any business that does not cover > operating > expenses won't stay in business very long either. > Dave Palmer > >