[SOA] SOA and the Emergency Disaster Assistance grant fund

[George Bain]

Folks,
SOA President Jane Wildermuth has announced that SOA Council has approved a 
proposal that SOA make a contribution from the treasury to the SSA-SAA 
Emergency Disaster Assistance grant fund, with the hope that SOA members 
will also make personal contributions which will leverage this 
organizational donation. Members of Council have pledged a figure of $500 
from the treasury. Are you as an individual member--and possibly your 
colleagues who may not be members of SOA--willing to contribute in a modest 
amount to the recovery efforts of repositories affected by hurricane 
Katrina so that SOA can send in a total of $1000? There are already pledges 
for more than $200, so it won't take that much extra to reach a combined 
total figure of this $1000 amount.

Surely many have given to other organizations that meet the broader needs 
of the affected population. But the thought behind this is to help out our 
fraternal archivists and archival centers in Louisiana and Mississippi who 
are trying to preserve our nation's documentary heritage and who need extra 
help in fulfilling this work now.

If you are willing to do this, please send a message with a pledge amount 
to SOA Treasurer Judith Wiener by October 14, this Friday. Her email 
address is <wiener.3@osu.edu>; her mailing address is 642 Presidential Way, 
Delaware, OH 43015. This way, SOA could make an announcement of its pledged 
support at the conclusion of Archives Week. Payment on the pledges should 
be turned in by the October 28 so the money can be advanced to SSA-SAA in a 
timely fashion. What do you say? I hope you will respond positively to this 
great need.
Best, George




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George W. Bain
Head, The Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections
Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH 45701-2978
Tel. 740.593.2713                               Fax 740.593.0138
Email <bain@ohio.edu>