Folks,

To see that Congress restores funding for NHPRC, it would help to have
some “big names” write letters to members of Congress, especially those on
the House or Senate appropriations committees.

You can help, especially if you live in Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South
Carolina, Virginia, or Texas.  (Representatives from those states – see
below – are key contacts now.)

Do you know someone – a friend, someone in your institution – that might
help support our efforts by writing a letter?  The president of your
university, a mayor, a governor, or others prominent in their community who
represent a fairly visible constituency?  If so, please consider a personal
call asking if they would be willing to write a letter of support.
(Remember one of the first rules of fund-raising – personal contacts are
much more effective – so pick up the phone!)

Be prepared to send them a draft letter.  For tips on what to say or write,
see SAA’s website (http://www.archivists.org/news/nhprc-FY2007-action.asp).
Scroll down to find a link to “Guidelines for Writing Letters” and a fact
sheet with additional background on NHPRC

We’re looking at our first big deadline.  The House Appropriations
subcommittee T-THUD is meeting on 14 April – two weeks from now.

Please act!  (It’s NPR pledge week here in Arizona, and I keep thinking of
what they’re saying.  “It all depends on you”  and “Don’t depend on the
other guy to keep us alive.”  Unfortunately, I can’t offer you a tote bag
or a coffee mug.)

Key representatives are listed below, but letters to others are still
important.  If your states’ rep is not listed below, ask them to contact
members of the Appropriations Committee.

Robert Aderholt, AL (R) Ed Pastor, AZ (D) Todd Tiahrt, KS (R) Harold
Rogers, KY (R) Anne Northup, KY (R) John W. Olver, MA (D - Ranking Member)
Steny H. Hoyer, MD (D) Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, MI (D) Joe Knollenberg, MI
(R - Chairman) Steven R. Rothman, NJ (D) John Sweeney, NY (R - Vice Chair)
Ralph Regula, OH (R) James E. Clyburn, SC (D) Frank R. Wolf, VA (R) John
Abney Culberson, TX (R)

Thanks so much for everything you can do to help.

-- Richard Pearce-Moses
-- President, Society of American Archivists, 2005-2006

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