[Scmusenet] Ask Your Rep. to Sign the Tonko/Slaughter/Lance Museum Letter

[KOVERMAN, JILL]

Please send a message to your representative! Rodger Stroup and I will
be in Washington for Advocacy Day on March 22-23 and would like to thank
our representatives for signing on to this letter!

 

Thank you, 

 

Jill Koverman

Past President, SCFM

 

 

From: AAM Museum Advocacy [mailto:advocacy at aam-us.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:00 PM
To: KOVERMAN, JILL
Subject: Ask Your Rep. to Sign the Tonko/Slaughter/Lance Museum Letter

 

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***TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE***

Act Now! Ask Representatives to Join House Appropriations Letter
Supporting Office of Museum Services




Great News!  In conjunction with Museums Advocacy Day, Representatives
Paul Tonko (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) are
circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in the House of Representatives
encouraging Members of Congress to join their bipartisan letter to the
House Appropriations Committee urging $50 million for the Office of
Museum Services (OMS) at the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS).

CLICK HERE TO ASK YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO SIGN THE TONKO/SLAUGHTER/LANCE
APPROPRIATIONS LETTER TODAY!
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"The strength of this letter will be determined by how many Members of
the House of Representatives sign on to it, and they are most likely to
do so when asked by a constituent," said AAM President Ford W. Bell.
"If enough Members of Congress sign on, it could lead to increased
funding for the IMLS Office of Museum Services, which has been
level-funded for several years.  I applaud the leadership of
Representatives Tonko, Slaughter and Lance on this issue."

The letter highlights the many educational and other vital services
museums provide and asks the Appropriations Committee to support $50
million for FY11 (a $14.8 million increase over FY10) for OMS. These
funds will help to protect collections nationwide and to help museums
continue to meet the increasing demands for their unique programs and
services.

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