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From: "malinda" <>
Subject: [VASTAFFO-L] Re: Budget disaster
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 17:04:04 -0500
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Thought you might want to know about this.....~malinda


To: <>
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
>
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