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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Colleagues, The following message from the Digital Future Coalition provides useful information regarding pending database legislation endorsed by ARLIS/NA. I confirmed the Society's support by telephone yesterday. Roger Lawson Chair ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee ******************************************************************************** >From: Skip Lockwood <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Digital Future Coalition Discussion List" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: H.R. 1858 support >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:36:52 -0400 >Errors-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Listname: <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Organization: Digital Future Coalition >Comments: Originally To: AA Listserv <[log in to unmask]>, > Wells Anderson <[log in to unmask]>, > Susan Haller <[log in to unmask]>, Stephen Slade <[log in to unmask]>, > David Gabrieli <[log in to unmask]>, > "Jane M. Orient" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Richard E. Hallgren" <[log in to unmask]>, > Susan Nutter <[log in to unmask]>, > Twila Brase <[log in to unmask]>, Larry Urbanski <[log in to unmask]>, > Eagle Forum <[log in to unmask]>, > "Dejan Pavlovic (E-mail)" <[log in to unmask]>, > "Bartlett D. Cleland" <[log in to unmask]> > >Friends, > >It just dawned on me that some of you might not have been following the database issue as closely as those of us that live with it day and >night; given that your jobs have many other more important >responsibilities in addition to legislation. Therefore, I just wanted to >drop a short note to you to let you know that H.R. 1858 is the Commerce >Committee's alternative to Chairman Coble's H.R. 354. 1858 is a bill >that upholds the principles of the database position statement that many >of you signed. (The position statement is available for review, along >with a comparison of H.R. 1858 and H.R. 354 at www.databasedata.org). > >If you have questions, please call or e-mail me. I look forward to >hearing from you all very shortly about whether you can or cannot >support H.R. 1858. A yes or no will suffice. > >--Skip >-- >Skip Lockwood >Coordinator >Digital Future Coalition >P.O. Box 7679 >Washington, DC 20004-7679 >202-628-6048 (phone) >202-628-9227 (fax) >[log in to unmask] >www.dfc.org