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From: "Sandy" <>
Subject: Re: [CA-NEVADACOGS] Doris Foley Library closure!
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:35:15 -0700
References: <20090505025435.474C51E883E@nccn10.nccn.net><036901c9ce9c$e6cd6410$4301a8c0@Lynn><20090507175243.957671E88B0@nccn10.nccn.net>


I also sent emails to the Board of Supervisors. I pointed out that I do not
live in Nevada County and the library draws me to Nevada City where I
patronize local restaurants and businesses. Thus, the library is generating
revenue.
Sandy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maria Brower" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [CA-NEVADACOGS] Doris Foley Library closure!


> Lynn,
> Thank you-super job!
> I hope that many of our other members took the time to write.
>
> At 03:49 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote:
>>Done! I already heard from Nate that he is not in favor of closing and is
>>looking into reduced hours and volunteers. I am willing to volunteer at
>>the
>>library, assuming hours are reasonable.
>>Would you believe that, with all my genealogy research I have not yet
>>actually used the library. It's like the shoemakers children going
>>shoeless!!!!!
>>Thanks for all you do,
>>Lynn
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Maria Brower" <>
>>To: <>
>>Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:54 PM
>>Subject: [CA-NEVADACOGS] Doris Foley Library closure!
>>
>>
>> > There is a very real and immanent threat that the Doris Foley Library
>> > will close down at the end of June before the 2009-2010 July Nevada
>> > County Budget is adopted.
>> > A group has been formed called the "Friends of Foley." We met for
>> > the first time last Saturday and will meet again this Saturday at the
>> > National Hotel in Nevada City at 3:00 PM. This core group has
>> > brainstormed to come up with ideas and plans that we can take to
>> > Nevada County Librarian MaryAnn Trygg if the Board of Supervisors
>> > relents and gives the library enough money to stay open for a
>> > reasonable number of hours each week. We hope to find enough
>> > volunteers as in years past that we offer our time to volunteer at
>> > Foley.
>> > What I am asking you to do is to contact ALL five of the BOS and ask
>> > them not to close this very important research library. You can do
>> > this quite easily by going to www.mynevadacounty.com and scan down
>> > the page and on the left side menu you will see a link to elected
>> > officials click on Board of Supervisors (3rd down.) Then you can
>> > click on each Supervisor and send him an e-mail letter from that link.
>> > You can compose the body of the message in your word processing
>> > program and cut and paste it into the body of the e-mail.
>> > By sending a letter e-mail it will reach them right away. Individual
>> > letters are better than a petition or a form letter. It shows that
>> > tax payers care about a particular issue.
>> > It does not have to be long but in your own words let them know how
>> > you feel if this library was closed and the collection not available
>> > for researchers/genealogists or what it would mean to you not being
>> > able to have the option of use this library.
>> > Most of us voted for the 1/8 cent library tax gladly and if the Foley
>> > library is closed it would not be getting any of our tax dollars!
>> > Does our library and Board of Supervisors think so little of our
>> > history branch and history that they can close this historic library
>> > and still sleep at night? We have been down this road before.
>> > The other thing we need to ask you to do if at all possible is to be
>> > at the June 2 Board of Supervisors meeting where they will be voting
>> > on the budget. It will be early on the agenda and as soon as we find
>> > out what time it will be I will send another message to the list with
>> > this information.
>> > I realize that most of you do not have ancestors from this county
>> > (some luckily do) but we hope that in the counties were our ancestors
>> > came from groups like ours will stand up and support positions like
>> > this and to help keep historic information open and available to the
>> > public.
>> > Thank you. I know we are all busy with many tasks and events but this
>> > should really only take less than 30 minutes to send all five BOS our
>> > concerns.
>> > Maria E. Brower
>> >
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