Thought you might want to know about this.....~malinda To: <VA-HIST@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 11:56 AM Subject: Re: Budget disaster > "Harold S. Forsythe" wrote: > > > I agree with Henry and all. This is a disaster for historians and genealogists. > > Is there a foundation somewhere that would provide a subvention to > > keep VA Cavalcade going for 2-3 years? > > This is an excellent idea. However, word of this is beginning to leak out on the > genealogy list serves. I would venture to guess that servers like Rootsweb have a > very large number of subscribers. Some are starting a letter writing and e-mail > campaign which I feel is an good idea. As you well know, the trick with so called > "budget cuts" is the squeaky wheel preserves their funding at the expense of others. > I think it's time for those who value genealogy and the preservation of our nation's > history to start "squeaking." > > This address was just passed on to me by a surname list member. > > http://www.governor.state.va.us/Contact/email_form.html > > Tammy > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html