----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 09:02:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Connie Manson <[log in to unmask]> To: GIS executive board -- Clara McLeod <[log in to unmask]>, Connie Wick <[log in to unmask]>, Barbara Haner <[log in to unmask]>, Louise Zipp <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] Subject: ACTION ALERT: USGS ESIC offices Folks: [I'm zapping this everywhere I can think of; pardon the duplications; feel free to pass on.] We just heard that the USGS intends to close the ESIC offices in Spokane, Wash.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Salt Lake City, Utah; Stennis, Miss. This, at a time when the turn-around for publication orders from USGS Denver is approx. 10 weeks. (Our orders from Spokane are usually filled *the same day*; we routinely get stuff from them in mail-time-plus-a-minute!) And, the local offices do terrific outreach, PR, local service, etc. For us, they're really critical. We need the Spokane ESIC. Yes, we know that the USGS is in dire fiscal straits; yes, we know they're going through a major reorganization. And yes, we know that no amount of loud protest might matter. But, on the off chance that it might: Write the USGS. Write your Congressional delegation. Shout loud enough to be heard! -- Connie Manson