[APG Public List] Online petition to save the Library of Michigan

[Amy Crow]

Please excuse me if this has already been posted here. I am behind in  
catching up with my email while I was at the FGS conference in Little  
Rock last week.

As you may already be aware, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has  
issued Executive Order 2009-36, abolishing the state's Department of  
History, Arts, and Libraries. This will abolish the Library of  
Michigan and disperse the collection.

The Library of Michigan has one of the most respected genealogy and  
family history collections in the country. The Records Preservation  
and Access Committee, sponsored by the Federation of Genealogical  
Societies and the National Genealogical Society, has started an online  
petition urging the state legislature to overturn the governor's  
executive order. The Michigan Senate has already voted to overturn the  
order; the Michigan House of Representatives must follow suit for it  
to be overturned. If not, the executive order takes effect October 1,  
2009.

The online petition can be found at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/RPAC2009/petition.html 
  You do not need to make your email address public and you do not  
need to live in Michigan to sign it.

More information about the issue can be found on the Michigan  
Genealogical Council's website: http://www.mimgc.org/LOM.html

I urge each of you to sign the petition. (If you already have, thank  
you!) Also, please share this information with others.

Sincerely,
Amy Johnson Crow, CG,
Reynoldsburg, Ohio

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