Dick Eastman writes about "Governor Eliminates Michigan State Library" at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/governor-eliminates-michigan-state-library.html Thanks Gina for sharing the following: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 7/21/2009 6:32:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time > Subj: MGC Library of Michigan update > > Good morning, > > Here are two of the many, many e-mails received by the Michigan > Genealogical Council over the past week in support of the Library of > Michigan. > > The first one is a letter to the Governor from our Vice-President, > Sue Irvine. The second is a report of Lt. John Cherry’s Town Hall > meeting in Detroit, on Thursday, July 15. The disturbing thing > about these Town Hall meetings is they have very little advance > notice of where and when they are being held. > > > > Please share the news with your Society membership. The Library of > Michigan needs our help NOW. There was a shocking article in the > Lansing State Journal on Sunday, July 19 outlining the Governor’s > plans for the Michigan Historical Center, the building that houses > the Library and Archives of Michigan. Please add your comments to > the bottom of this article. The Lansing State Journal article is > located at: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090719/NEWS06/907190625/1102/NEWS06 > . > > > > In addition, please write to your State senator and State > representative urging support for Senate Bills 503-527. SB 518 is > the one, which specifically addresses the Library. These bills > would place the parts of History, Arts, and Libraries under the > Secretary of State. From the comments, we have been hearing and > reading, MSU is not interested in all of the assets of the Library > of Michigan, in fact the Executive Order instructs them to break up > parts of the collection. > > > > As Sue mentions in her letter, our website is being updated daily. > The newer items are on our home page, http://mimgc.org. Older items > can be found by visiting the Legislative Items page, which can be > found on the left hand menu or directly at http://mimgc.org/legislation.html > . > > > The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning an event where we can > show our support for the Library; details will be available as soon > as everything is finalized. > > > > Tom Koselka, Corresponding Secretary > > Michigan Genealogical Council > > > > > > LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN > – is in an ominous position!!! > > > > “The Value of the State Library” (June 28, 2009) article by Candy > Spiegel , Livingston Daily news, says it very well! Read her > article and others at http://MIMGC.org > > > > Here are some more thoughts! > > If you don’t know where you come from, how will you know where > you’re going!? Genealogy is the 2nd biggest hobby in the United > States! People travel across the country finding records and > photos. Knowing a relative served in the Civil War makes the study > of history more interesting! WWI, WWII, Were my relatives in the > service? Which battles? Were they community leaders? Why do I > enjoy art? What about my health? My DNA? > > > > When Michigan’s governor came out with her executive order on July > 13th the family history research community was in shock! “Surely > there’s a mistake!” She’s not going to split up the 10th largest > collection in the United States?” Michigan State University > doesn’t want it. MSU needs classrooms and teachers. Where would > be park?? Roger Moffat calculated that Granholm’s idea would save > only $2 million. A drop in the bucket! “If everyone in Michigan > paid $0.30 we could cover that!” > > > > Then we heard more! She’s planning to “rent out” our building? > For a high school? 500 students? It’s supposed to save $9 > million? That’s the combine History, Arts, and Libraries budget. > (Is she including the archives in her plan?) The Library of Michigan > has a special heating/cooling system designed for open shelving of > books. Sound travels from floor to floor in the large open center. > Her idea would require extensive heating/cooling changes along with > the need for increased bathroom facilities – costing much more than > “rent” money. I’m wondering if the Lansing area Schools have funds > to “rent” such a building in the first place. Who’d be their > students? Does our governor think this idea would “pass” so the > legislators’ kids had a cool new building?? Is that a “good” use > of the 10th largest Genealogical collection? > > > > Capital Area District Libraries? The Lansing Library system keeps > their historical and biographical materials in the basement of the > Forest Parke Library. Thousands of photographs, dozens of family > and personal manuscripts, original artwork, pre civil war diaries. > Boxes and boxes! Lansing Libraries open this collection for 4 > hours twice per month! They cannot afford hire staff for the > collection they have. They certainly can’t cram much more in that > basement! > > > > We, the genealogical community know that times are tough! But > “Tough times make Tough people!” to borrow a book title! 180 + > years of collecting Michigan’s story. Have you touched a copy of > your family’s history that’s 150 years old …a book actually written > by your great-great-relative. Have you seen his “mark”? What > about his log mark? Have you said “Thank God, someone saved this > book!” “I knew great grandparents came to Michigan – but didn’t > know in which county to look!” “Whow! Grandpa came to Michigan > from New York! Look – here’s a book with his name written 100 > years ago” “Thank you! Thank you!” We hear those comments all the > time at the Library of Michigan! Donations mostly! Part of our > collection is from generous contributions from The Abrams > Foundation. Millions of dollars throughout the years! Donations, > gifts, and great leadership built our collection! The Library of > Michigan has a vision! > > Michigan residents can be VERY proud of the State’s Collection. In > Fort Wayne, the Allen County Public Library draws hundreds of people > to their facility year after year – just to do genealogical > research. Ft.Wayne has facilities for visitors! They’ve had > national conventions! They sponsor multiple yearly events focusing > on the use their collection. The Library of Michigan could do the > same. Michigan residents would do better to publicize our State > Resource. Granholm wants JOBS? Build a few motels/hotels/inns to > accommodate visitors in the area just like they do in Indiana! (no > – don’t use our library for a hotel either!!!). Advertisers, trip > coordinators, clerks, wait staff!! Promulgate Lansing area > events. Our library is free! How about coupons for food or > motels? Advertize tours of the library and museum. Add the > Library of Michigan to the tourism brochures! > > > > Sue Irvine, > > Vice-president, Michigan Genealogical Council. > > 4215 Northgate St NE > > Grand Rapids, Mi 49525 > > 616-364-9629 > > [email protected] > > > > > > Where to look: > > http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(twnw5o4520diom45tdocax45))/mileg.aspx?page=SponsorSearch > > > > Senate districts: > > http://senate.michigan.gov/2003/senatedistricts.pdf > > > > Representative districts: > > http://www.michigan.gov/documents/House_state_16750_7.pdf > > > > From: Mary Lou Duncan > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:56 PM > To: > Subject: "Town Hall Meeting" last Thursday night > > Hi all, > > This is fairly urgent. There is to be another "Town Hall Meeting" > chaired by Lieut. Governor Cherry this week in Royal Oak. I believe > it is to be held at Royal Oak High School, but I don't know the day. > It will again be scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. - still light out. I > think it would help our cause to have at least five or six people > from genealogical societies attend the meeting and speak out for > retaining the Library of Michigan and the Archives. Perhaps some > from the Oakland Co. Gen. Society could make it. These meetings are > NOT well publicized. There was a brief article in the Detroit Free > Press Thursday, the morning of the meeting. It said that it would be > at Wayne State but no mention of whether tickets would be needed or > what building it would be in. It took me four phone calls to various > departments at Wayne before I could get the information - and then > it was 4 p.m. and I was told I should be there by > 5:15 p.m. [For Joanne - I was safe enough. It was right across the > street from the parking structure and a police car was there > afterwards.] It is billed to be a Town Meeting on "Streamlining > State Government" but has nothing to do with it. If you search on > Google for "Seven Core Functions of Government" it will take you to > the office of Governor page that contains them. They are full of the > type of "mission statements" that will bring "yes" votes on the > little clickers. The people in the audience are given clickers to > vote "yes" or "no" after each of the seven statements are read. The > tally is then shown on a screen. At the end one man said, "You are > going to go back to Lansing and tell everyone that the public > overwhelmingly is in favor of what is written, when, in reality it > is about means, not ends, and is so general that you get "yes" > votes. [Think of motherhood and apple pie.] > However, at the end of reading each statement, the audience is > encouraged to comment and a mike is given to the person raising his > hand. The last sentence under 2. Education is "The state should > provide a statewide public library system to support the continuum > of education for both our children and adult citizens." I stood and > asked how they could say that and then close the LIbrary of Michigan > and give some of the collection to Michigan State University for > their library where parking for elderly adults and the infirm would > be extremely difficult and end participation in MelCat that enabled > citizens around Michigan to find the location of books and check > them out, having them sent to their local library - and how could > they break up a collection that was started 180 years ago? After > they finished all seven "statements", they asked for additional > comments. I immediately held up my hand and asked why they would > want to break up a collection and library that was one of the ten > most outstanding libraries in the U.S. for local history and > genealogy. I said, "Mothball it, shorten hours, charge if you must, > but DON'T break up the the collection - once gone, it is permanently > GONE." I also read the most important points of the Executive Order > for those who didn't know about it. State Representative Fred > Durhal, Jr., District 6 (that includes Wayne area), took exception > to my remarks. He introduced himself to the group and said he was on > the Appropriations Committee and deep cuts MUST be made even if we > don't like them. He said U of M in the Gutenberg Project is > providing thousands of scanned books and he seemed to think that > those in the Library of Michigan were covered (they are not all > covered.) Anyway, I had several other people give me the "thumbs up" > sign when I was done with my passionate plea to retain the library > You can reach Fred Durhal, Jr. at P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI > 48909-7514; or [email protected] or toll-free (877) 877-9007 > > If others went to the Town Hall Meeting this week in Royal Oak, they > could also comment after the section on Education and at the close. > I would suggest some sitting in one row and some in another and more > than one person asking to speak in the roving mike. That way, there > would be multiple people being vocal about their support. They could > each mention a different aspect of the order. Isn't "Eliminating > or transferring to other suitable institutions the Federal Documents > Depository and the non-Michigan Genealogy collection" somewhat akin > to "book burning"? Are not books relating to the first thirteen > colonies essential to history research on the formation of the > United States? Isn't the role of New York in sending people to > Michigan important to our state history? Many points could be made. > I think a call to the Royal Oak newspaper or police department or > high school might elicit the date of the Town Hall Meeting but I > know it is scheduled for this week. Obviously, they don't want many > people to show up. Call or email Lt Gov. John Cherry's office to > find out. The more the merrier! > > FYI: There were only 12 people in the auditorium at 5:52 p.m., 26 > people at 6:06 p.m. They didn't start until 6:22 and at a max there > were 35 people including about 7 Wayne Univ. administrators. All > Wayne staff were urged by email to attend. Obviously, it didn't work. > > Mary Lou > > > >
Can dave be temporarily unenrolled. I have gotten 10 out of office messages in the last 30 “. Thanks. SuE Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Cluff Siders <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:45 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [SACKETT] Fwd: MGC Library of Michigan update PLEASE share with MICHIGAN researchers Dick Eastman writes about "Governor Eliminates Michigan State Library" at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/governor-eliminates-michigan-state-library.html Thanks Gina for sharing the following: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 7/21/2009 6:32:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time > Subj: MGC Library of Michigan update > > Good morning, > > Here are two of the many, many e-mails received by the Michigan > Genealogical Council over the past week in support of the Library of > Michigan. > > The first one is a letter to the Governor from our Vice-President, > Sue Irvine. The second is a report of Lt. John Cherry’s Town Hall > meeting in Detroit, on Thursday, July 15. The disturbing thing > about these Town Hall meetings is they have very little advance > notice of where and when they are being held. > > > > Please share the news with your Society membership. The Library of > Michigan needs our help NOW. There was a shocking article in the > Lansing State Journal on Sunday, July 19 outlining the Governor’s > plans for the Michigan Historical Center, the building that houses > the Library and Archives of Michigan. Please add your comments to > the bottom of this article. The Lansing State Journal article is > located at: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090719/NEWS06/907190625/1102/NEWS06 > . > > > > In addition, please write to your State senator and State > representative urging support for Senate Bills 503-527. SB 518 is > the one, which specifically addresses the Library. These bills > would place the parts of History, Arts, and Libraries under the > Secretary of State. From the comments, we have been hearing and > reading, MSU is not interested in all of the assets of the Library > of Michigan, in fact the Executive Order instructs them to break up > parts of the collection. > > > > As Sue mentions in her letter, our website is being updated daily. > The newer items are on our home page, http://mimgc.org. Older items > can be found by visiting the Legislative Items page, which can be > found on the left hand menu or directly at http://mimgc.org/legislation.html > . > > > The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning an event where we can > show our support for the Library; details will be available as soon > as everything is finalized. > > > > Tom Koselka, Corresponding Secretary > > Michigan Genealogical Council > > > > > > LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN > – is in an ominous position!!! > > > > “The Value of the State Library” (June 28, 2009) article by Candy > Spiegel , Livingston Daily news, says it very well! Read her > article and others at http://MIMGC.org > > > > Here are some more thoughts! > > If you don’t know where you come from, how will you know where > you’re going!? Genealogy is the 2nd biggest hobby in the United > States! People travel across the country finding records and > photos. Knowing a relative served in the Civil War makes the study > of history more interesting! WWI, WWII, Were my relatives in the > service? Which battles? Were they community leaders? Why do I > enjoy art? What about my health? My DNA? > > > > When Michigan’s governor came out with her executive order on July > 13th the family history research community was in shock! “Surely > there’s a mistake!” She’s not going to split up the 10th largest > collection in the United States?” Michigan State University > doesn’t want it. MSU needs classrooms and teachers. Where would > be park?? Roger Moffat calculated that Granholm’s idea would save > only $2 million. A drop in the bucket! “If everyone in Michigan > paid $0.30 we could cover that!” > > > > Then we heard more! She’s planning to “rent out” our building? > For a high school? 500 students? It’s supposed to save $9 > million? That’s the combine History, Arts, and Libraries budget. > (Is she including the archives in her plan?) The Library of Michigan > has a special heating/cooling system designed for open shelving of > books. Sound travels from floor to floor in the large open center. > Her idea would require extensive heating/cooling changes along with > the need for increased bathroom facilities – costing much more than > “rent” money. I’m wondering if the Lansing area Schools have funds > to “rent” such a building in the first place. Who’d be their > students? Does our governor think this idea would “pass” so the > legislators’ kids had a cool new building?? Is that a “good” use > of the 10th largest Genealogical collection? > > > > Capital Area District Libraries? The Lansing Library system keeps > their historical and biographical materials in the basement of the > Forest Parke Library. Thousands of photographs, dozens of family > and personal manuscripts, original artwork, pre civil war diaries. > Boxes and boxes! Lansing Libraries open this collection for 4 > hours twice per month! They cannot afford hire staff for the > collection they have. They certainly can’t cram much more in that > basement! > > > > We, the genealogical community know that times are tough! But > “Tough times make Tough people!” to borrow a book title! 180 + > years of collecting Michigan’s story. Have you touched a copy of > your family’s history that’s 150 years old …a book actually written > by your great-great-relative. Have you seen his “mark”? What > about his log mark? Have you said “Thank God, someone saved this > book!” “I knew great grandparents came to Michigan – but didn’t > know in which county to look!” “Whow! Grandpa came to Michigan > from New York! Look – here’s a book with his name written 100 > years ago” “Thank you! Thank you!” We hear those comments all the > time at the Library of Michigan! Donations mostly! Part of our > collection is from generous contributions from The Abrams > Foundation. Millions of dollars throughout the years! Donations, > gifts, and great leadership built our collection! The Library of > Michigan has a vision! > > Michigan residents can be VERY proud of the State’s Collection. In > Fort Wayne, the Allen County Public Library draws hundreds of people > to their facility year after year – just to do genealogical > research. Ft.Wayne has facilities for visitors! They’ve had > national conventions! They sponsor multiple yearly events focusing > on the use their collection. The Library of Michigan could do the > same. Michigan residents would do better to publicize our State > Resource. Granholm wants JOBS? Build a few motels/hotels/inns to > accommodate visitors in the area just like they do in Indiana! (no > – don’t use our library for a hotel either!!!). Advertisers, trip > coordinators, clerks, wait staff!! Promulgate Lansing area > events. Our library is free! How about coupons for food or > motels? Advertize tours of the library and museum. Add the > Library of Michigan to the tourism brochures! > > > > Sue Irvine, > > Vice-president, Michigan Genealogical Council. > > 4215 Northgate St NE > > Grand Rapids, Mi 49525 > > 616-364-9629 > > [email protected] > > > > > > Where to look: > > http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(twnw5o4520diom45tdocax45))/mileg.aspx?page=SponsorSearch > > > > Senate districts: > > http://senate.michigan.gov/2003/senatedistricts.pdf > > > > Representative districts: > > http://www.michigan.gov/documents/House_state_16750_7.pdf > > > > From: Mary Lou Duncan > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:56 PM > To: > Subject: "Town Hall Meeting" last Thursday night > > Hi all, > > This is fairly urgent. There is to be another "Town Hall Meeting" > chaired by Lieut. Governor Cherry this week in Royal Oak. I believe > it is to be held at Royal Oak High School, but I don't know the day. > It will again be scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. - still light out. I > think it would help our cause to have at least five or six people > from genealogical societies attend the meeting and speak out for > retaining the Library of Michigan and the Archives. Perhaps some > from the Oakland Co. Gen. Society could make it. These meetings are > NOT well publicized. There was a brief article in the Detroit Free > Press Thursday, the morning of the meeting. It said that it would be > at Wayne State but no mention of whether tickets would be needed or > what building it would be in. It took me four phone calls to various > departments at Wayne before I could get the information - and then > it was 4 p.m. and I was told I should be there by > 5:15 p.m. [For Joanne - I was safe enough. It was right across the > street from the parking structure and a police car was there > afterwards.] It is billed to be a Town Meeting on "Streamlining > State Government" but has nothing to do with it. If you search on > Google for "Seven Core Functions of Government" it will take you to > the office of Governor page that contains them. They are full of the > type of "mission statements" that will bring "yes" votes on the > little clickers. The people in the audience are given clickers to > vote "yes" or "no" after each of the seven statements are read. The > tally is then shown on a screen. At the end one man said, "You are > going to go back to Lansing and tell everyone that the public > overwhelmingly is in favor of what is written, when, in reality it > is about means, not ends, and is so general that you get "yes" > votes. [Think of motherhood and apple pie.] > However, at the end of reading each statement, the audience is > encouraged to comment and a mike is given to the person raising his > hand. The last sentence under 2. Education is "The state should > provide a statewide public library system to support the continuum > of education for both our children and adult citizens." I stood and > asked how they could say that and then close the LIbrary of Michigan > and give some of the collection to Michigan State University for > their library where parking for elderly adults and the infirm would > be extremely difficult and end participation in MelCat that enabled > citizens around Michigan to find the location of books and check > them out, having them sent to their local library - and how could > they break up a collection that was started 180 years ago? After > they finished all seven "statements", they asked for additional > comments. I immediately held up my hand and asked why they would > want to break up a collection and library that was one of the ten > most outstanding libraries in the U.S. for local history and > genealogy. I said, "Mothball it, shorten hours, charge if you must, > but DON'T break up the the collection - once gone, it is permanently > GONE." I also read the most important points of the Executive Order > for those who didn't know about it. State Representative Fred > Durhal, Jr., District 6 (that includes Wayne area), took exception > to my remarks. He introduced himself to the group and said he was on > the Appropriations Committee and deep cuts MUST be made even if we > don't like them. He said U of M in the Gutenberg Project is > providing thousands of scanned books and he seemed to think that > those in the Library of Michigan were covered (they are not all > covered.) Anyway, I had several other people give me the "thumbs up" > sign when I was done with my passionate plea to retain the library > You can reach Fred Durhal, Jr. at P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI > 48909-7514; or [email protected] or toll-free (877) 877-9007 > > If others went to the Town Hall Meeting this week in Royal Oak, they > could also comment after the section on Education and at the close. > I would suggest some sitting in one row and some in another and more > than one person asking to speak in the roving mike. That way, there > would be multiple people being vocal about their support. They could > each mention a different aspect of the order. Isn't "Eliminating > or transferring to other suitable institutions the Federal Documents > Depository and the non-Michigan Genealogy collection" somewhat akin > to "book burning"? Are not books relating to the first thirteen > colonies essential to history research on the formation of the > United States? Isn't the role of New York in sending people to > Michigan important to our state history? Many points could be made. > I think a call to the Royal Oak newspaper or police department or > high school might elicit the date of the Town Hall Meeting but I > know it is scheduled for this week. Obviously, they don't want many > people to show up. Call or email Lt Gov. John Cherry's office to > find out. The more the merrier! > > FYI: There were only 12 people in the auditorium at 5:52 p.m., 26 > people at 6:06 p.m. They didn't start until 6:22 and at a max there > were 35 people including about 7 Wayne Univ. administrators. All > Wayne staff were urged by email to attend. Obviously, it didn't work. > > Mary Lou > > > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. 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Hi I have just received 27 out of the office from this chap.. All in less than one minute! Can some one pull the plug? Regards. Arabella Sackett London .United Kingdom. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 25 July 2009 04:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SACKETT] Fwd: MGC Library of Michigan update PLEASE sharewithMICHIGAN researchers Can dave be temporarily unenrolled. I have gotten 10 out of office messages in the last 30 ". Thanks. SuE Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Cluff Siders <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:45 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [SACKETT] Fwd: MGC Library of Michigan update PLEASE share with MICHIGAN researchers Dick Eastman writes about "Governor Eliminates Michigan State Library" at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/governor-eliminates-m ichigan-state-library.html Thanks Gina for sharing the following: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 7/21/2009 6:32:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time > Subj: MGC Library of Michigan update > > Good morning, > > Here are two of the many, many e-mails received by the Michigan > Genealogical Council over the past week in support of the Library of > Michigan. > > The first one is a letter to the Governor from our Vice-President, > Sue Irvine. The second is a report of Lt. John Cherry's Town Hall > meeting in Detroit, on Thursday, July 15. The disturbing thing > about these Town Hall meetings is they have very little advance > notice of where and when they are being held. > > > > Please share the news with your Society membership. The Library of > Michigan needs our help NOW. There was a shocking article in the > Lansing State Journal on Sunday, July 19 outlining the Governor's > plans for the Michigan Historical Center, the building that houses > the Library and Archives of Michigan. Please add your comments to > the bottom of this article. The Lansing State Journal article is > located at: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090719/NEWS06/907190625/1102/NE WS06 > . > > > > In addition, please write to your State senator and State > representative urging support for Senate Bills 503-527. SB 518 is > the one, which specifically addresses the Library. These bills > would place the parts of History, Arts, and Libraries under the > Secretary of State. From the comments, we have been hearing and > reading, MSU is not interested in all of the assets of the Library > of Michigan, in fact the Executive Order instructs them to break up > parts of the collection. > > > > As Sue mentions in her letter, our website is being updated daily. > The newer items are on our home page, http://mimgc.org. Older items > can be found by visiting the Legislative Items page, which can be > found on the left hand menu or directly at http://mimgc.org/legislation.html > . > > > The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning an event where we can > show our support for the Library; details will be available as soon > as everything is finalized. > > > > Tom Koselka, Corresponding Secretary > > Michigan Genealogical Council > > > > > > LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN > - is in an ominous position!!! > > > > "The Value of the State Library" (June 28, 2009) article by Candy > Spiegel , Livingston Daily news, says it very well! Read her > article and others at http://MIMGC.org > > > > Here are some more thoughts! > > If you don't know where you come from, how will you know where > you're going!? Genealogy is the 2nd biggest hobby in the United > States! People travel across the country finding records and > photos. Knowing a relative served in the Civil War makes the study > of history more interesting! WWI, WWII, Were my relatives in the > service? Which battles? Were they community leaders? Why do I > enjoy art? What about my health? My DNA? > > > > When Michigan's governor came out with her executive order on July > 13th the family history research community was in shock! "Surely > there's a mistake!" She's not going to split up the 10th largest > collection in the United States?" Michigan State University > doesn't want it. MSU needs classrooms and teachers. Where would > be park?? Roger Moffat calculated that Granholm's idea would save > only $2 million. A drop in the bucket! "If everyone in Michigan > paid $0.30 we could cover that!" > > > > Then we heard more! She's planning to "rent out" our building? > For a high school? 500 students? It's supposed to save $9 > million? That's the combine History, Arts, and Libraries budget. > (Is she including the archives in her plan?) The Library of Michigan > has a special heating/cooling system designed for open shelving of > books. Sound travels from floor to floor in the large open center. > Her idea would require extensive heating/cooling changes along with > the need for increased bathroom facilities - costing much more than > "rent" money. I'm wondering if the Lansing area Schools have funds > to "rent" such a building in the first place. Who'd be their > students? Does our governor think this idea would "pass" so the > legislators' kids had a cool new building?? Is that a "good" use > of the 10th largest Genealogical collection? > > > > Capital Area District Libraries? The Lansing Library system keeps > their historical and biographical materials in the basement of the > Forest Parke Library. Thousands of photographs, dozens of family > and personal manuscripts, original artwork, pre civil war diaries. > Boxes and boxes! Lansing Libraries open this collection for 4 > hours twice per month! They cannot afford hire staff for the > collection they have. They certainly can't cram much more in that > basement! > > > > We, the genealogical community know that times are tough! But > "Tough times make Tough people!" to borrow a book title! 180 + > years of collecting Michigan's story. Have you touched a copy of > your family's history that's 150 years old .a book actually written > by your great-great-relative. Have you seen his "mark"? What > about his log mark? Have you said "Thank God, someone saved this > book!" "I knew great grandparents came to Michigan - but didn't > know in which county to look!" "Whow! Grandpa came to Michigan > from New York! Look - here's a book with his name written 100 > years ago" "Thank you! Thank you!" We hear those comments all the > time at the Library of Michigan! Donations mostly! Part of our > collection is from generous contributions from The Abrams > Foundation. Millions of dollars throughout the years! Donations, > gifts, and great leadership built our collection! The Library of > Michigan has a vision! > > Michigan residents can be VERY proud of the State's Collection. In > Fort Wayne, the Allen County Public Library draws hundreds of people > to their facility year after year - just to do genealogical > research. Ft.Wayne has facilities for visitors! They've had > national conventions! They sponsor multiple yearly events focusing > on the use their collection. The Library of Michigan could do the > same. Michigan residents would do better to publicize our State > Resource. Granholm wants JOBS? Build a few motels/hotels/inns to > accommodate visitors in the area just like they do in Indiana! (no > - don't use our library for a hotel either!!!). Advertisers, trip > coordinators, clerks, wait staff!! Promulgate Lansing area > events. Our library is free! How about coupons for food or > motels? Advertize tours of the library and museum. Add the > Library of Michigan to the tourism brochures! > > > > Sue Irvine, > > Vice-president, Michigan Genealogical Council. > > 4215 Northgate St NE > > Grand Rapids, Mi 49525 > > 616-364-9629 > > [email protected] > > > > > > Where to look: > > http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(twnw5o4520diom45tdocax45))/mileg.aspx?page= SponsorSearch > > > > Senate districts: > > http://senate.michigan.gov/2003/senatedistricts.pdf > > > > Representative districts: > > http://www.michigan.gov/documents/House_state_16750_7.pdf > > > > From: Mary Lou Duncan > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:56 PM > To: > Subject: "Town Hall Meeting" last Thursday night > > Hi all, > > This is fairly urgent. There is to be another "Town Hall Meeting" > chaired by Lieut. Governor Cherry this week in Royal Oak. I believe > it is to be held at Royal Oak High School, but I don't know the day. > It will again be scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. - still light out. I > think it would help our cause to have at least five or six people > from genealogical societies attend the meeting and speak out for > retaining the Library of Michigan and the Archives. Perhaps some > from the Oakland Co. Gen. Society could make it. These meetings are > NOT well publicized. There was a brief article in the Detroit Free > Press Thursday, the morning of the meeting. It said that it would be > at Wayne State but no mention of whether tickets would be needed or > what building it would be in. It took me four phone calls to various > departments at Wayne before I could get the information - and then > it was 4 p.m. and I was told I should be there by > 5:15 p.m. [For Joanne - I was safe enough. It was right across the > street from the parking structure and a police car was there > afterwards.] It is billed to be a Town Meeting on "Streamlining > State Government" but has nothing to do with it. If you search on > Google for "Seven Core Functions of Government" it will take you to > the office of Governor page that contains them. They are full of the > type of "mission statements" that will bring "yes" votes on the > little clickers. The people in the audience are given clickers to > vote "yes" or "no" after each of the seven statements are read. The > tally is then shown on a screen. At the end one man said, "You are > going to go back to Lansing and tell everyone that the public > overwhelmingly is in favor of what is written, when, in reality it > is about means, not ends, and is so general that you get "yes" > votes. [Think of motherhood and apple pie.] > However, at the end of reading each statement, the audience is > encouraged to comment and a mike is given to the person raising his > hand. The last sentence under 2. Education is "The state should > provide a statewide public library system to support the continuum > of education for both our children and adult citizens." I stood and > asked how they could say that and then close the LIbrary of Michigan > and give some of the collection to Michigan State University for > their library where parking for elderly adults and the infirm would > be extremely difficult and end participation in MelCat that enabled > citizens around Michigan to find the location of books and check > them out, having them sent to their local library - and how could > they break up a collection that was started 180 years ago? After > they finished all seven "statements", they asked for additional > comments. I immediately held up my hand and asked why they would > want to break up a collection and library that was one of the ten > most outstanding libraries in the U.S. for local history and > genealogy. I said, "Mothball it, shorten hours, charge if you must, > but DON'T break up the the collection - once gone, it is permanently > GONE." I also read the most important points of the Executive Order > for those who didn't know about it. State Representative Fred > Durhal, Jr., District 6 (that includes Wayne area), took exception > to my remarks. He introduced himself to the group and said he was on > the Appropriations Committee and deep cuts MUST be made even if we > don't like them. He said U of M in the Gutenberg Project is > providing thousands of scanned books and he seemed to think that > those in the Library of Michigan were covered (they are not all > covered.) Anyway, I had several other people give me the "thumbs up" > sign when I was done with my passionate plea to retain the library > You can reach Fred Durhal, Jr. at P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI > 48909-7514; or [email protected] or toll-free (877) 877-9007 > > If others went to the Town Hall Meeting this week in Royal Oak, they > could also comment after the section on Education and at the close. > I would suggest some sitting in one row and some in another and more > than one person asking to speak in the roving mike. That way, there > would be multiple people being vocal about their support. They could > each mention a different aspect of the order. Isn't "Eliminating > or transferring to other suitable institutions the Federal Documents > Depository and the non-Michigan Genealogy collection" somewhat akin > to "book burning"? Are not books relating to the first thirteen > colonies essential to history research on the formation of the > United States? Isn't the role of New York in sending people to > Michigan important to our state history? Many points could be made. > I think a call to the Royal Oak newspaper or police department or > high school might elicit the date of the Town Hall Meeting but I > know it is scheduled for this week. Obviously, they don't want many > people to show up. Call or email Lt Gov. John Cherry's office to > find out. The more the merrier! > > FYI: There were only 12 people in the auditorium at 5:52 p.m., 26 > people at 6:06 p.m. They didn't start until 6:22 and at a max there > were 35 people including about 7 Wayne Univ. administrators. All > Wayne staff were urged by email to attend. Obviously, it didn't work. > > Mary Lou > > > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. 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