Folks,
With regard to the following "Speaking up for Geography" Holly Glaser
suggests:
"""
I love the idea of contacting representatives about the importance of geography
education. I’m writing to you so all the representatives receive their mail
before or on GIS Day.
There’s one flaw in your method of contacting elected representative: letters
sent now will be delivered at the end of December -too late for GIS Day.
All paper letters/small packages sent to congress are held by the post office
where they get inspected for explosives/anthrax and so on. I was told that
this delays mail between 3-6 weeks.
"""
Best regards,
On 11-10-29 01:39 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
Folks,
Those of us in America with an interest in promoting geography education in
schools might like to take action on the "Teaching Geography is Fundamental
Act" in the US congress. I received the following message at i...@osgeo.org:
"""
Join the public campaign "Speak Up For Geography: The 10,000 Letter
Challenge". As a leader in the geospatial industry, your support of
geography education in K-12 schools is needed now more than ever.
The goal of the 10,000 Letter Challenge is simple: to send 10,000 letters
to Congress in support of the bipartisan Teaching Geography is Fundamental
(TGIF) Act by November 18, 2011. This date marks the ending of Geography
Awareness Week 2011 and the last day of the Congressional session before
the Thanksgiving recess. It's easy to send letters to your Members of
Congress at http://speakupforgeography.org.
Show your support for geography education: Let Congress know that the
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act is important to you. Ask others to
join the Challenge by blogging, podcasting, and tweeting about
SpeakUpForGeography.org. Post the widget on your website. Spread the
message that the time to act is now!
"""
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light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/warmerda
and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer
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