Me too, Lowell.
And, I hope we won't get any spam as a result of doing the petition, but to
me, it was worth it. I think clicking on the "skip this step" link should
keep us clean.
Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Save the national weather Service petition
> Yes, Tom, I also clicked on the skip link; only after I read all the
things
> they were pushing.
> I didn't want any of that stuff!
> I hope our signatures will help keep the weather service free for us all.
> 73
> Lowell W8QIY
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Save the national weather Service petition
>
>
> > Lowell:
> >
> > What did you do when you came to the signiture step after you submitted
> the
> > initial form?
> >
> > I clicked on a link that said "skip this step", and it thanked me for
> > submitting my petition, so I assume it got registered somehow.
> >
> > I have Jaws, not Window Eyes here, but you may have had the same
problem.
> >
> > Best 73 from Tom Behler: kB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lowell Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: Save the national weather Service petition
> >
> >
> > > Thanks, Tom, for the info on the National Weather Service Petition.
> > > I had no trouble filling out the form with Window-eyes.
> > > It worked perfectly.
> > > Just thought you would be interested.
> > > 73
> > > Lowell W8QIY
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:24 AM
> > > Subject: Save the national weather Service petition
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, all.
> > > >
> > > > As some of you may know, there's an effort afoot in Pennsylvania to
> > limit
> > > > peoples' access to National Weather Service information, and to make
> > that
> > > > information available only to private weather forecasting
> organizations
> > > for
> > > > a fee. Personally, I don't think the legislation stands a chance,
but
> > it
> > > > might be worth signing the petition at the link below if anyone
feels
> > > > inclined to do so. I think my petition signiture went through ok,
> > > although
> > > > registering that signiture seems a bit difficult with Jaws. The
> > petition
> > > > form itself, though, was quite easy to fill out.
> > > >
> > > > Go to:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SaveTheNWS/
> > > >
> > > > for the actual petition. Please be careful with case sensitive
> letters
> > in
> > > > the address.
> > > >
> > > > Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
> > >
>
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