Comments on: A Whole New Level of Filch http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/ The Weapon We Have is Love Thu, 17 May 2012 00:29:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Doris Herrmann http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3263 Doris Herrmann Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:52:36 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3263 Maggie, I've spoken with my representatives today, and tomorrow I've planned a phone conference with a representative of the American Library Association. When I have more information on what to do I'll update my blog post on Leaky. First, let your representatives know that you don't want this to happen. Follow-up with a blog about this and tweet the heck out of this on Twitter. A good old "blog-in" where we're all hitting the topic (and Google is hitting it while crawling our site) will get a little attention as well. Finally, I want to see if there is a way we (as a community) could test our books ourselves. If we formed an army of testers, we could all spend a couple of Saturdays talking about our favorite novels and running the lead tests at the same time. (it's super-easy to run these tests - I checked 5 books today myself) Right now our books are still ours, but in one year, any young person 12 or under will be without access to a local library. While I love my library and hang out there weekly, I can always go to the book store if I really want a new or used book. The kids who will be hurt the most by this are our children from economically disadvantaged families or those in rural areas who can't make it to the local book store, or couldn't afford to purchase a book once there. If anyone has any other ideas please feel free to contact me, I'm open for suggestions. We can't sit on our Pride and Prejudices and let this happen! Doris Maggie,

I’ve spoken with my representatives today, and tomorrow I’ve planned a phone conference with a representative of the American Library Association. When I have more information on what to do I’ll update my blog post on Leaky.

First, let your representatives know that you don’t want this to happen. Follow-up with a blog about this and tweet the heck out of this on Twitter. A good old “blog-in” where we’re all hitting the topic (and Google is hitting it while crawling our site) will get a little attention as well.

Finally, I want to see if there is a way we (as a community) could test our books ourselves. If we formed an army of testers, we could all spend a couple of Saturdays talking about our favorite novels and running the lead tests at the same time. (it’s super-easy to run these tests – I checked 5 books today myself)

Right now our books are still ours, but in one year, any young person 12 or under will be without access to a local library. While I love my library and hang out there weekly, I can always go to the book store if I really want a new or used book.

The kids who will be hurt the most by this are our children from economically disadvantaged families or those in rural areas who can’t make it to the local book store, or couldn’t afford to purchase a book once there.

If anyone has any other ideas please feel free to contact me, I’m open for suggestions.

We can’t sit on our Pride and Prejudices and let this happen!

Doris

]]> By: Arielle http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3262 Arielle Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:33:32 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3262 Yeah, this is insane. I mean, who over the age of three attempts to eat books? I have a ten year old brother and eight year old sister, and I'm pretty sure they know paper isn't for eating... Yeah, this is insane. I mean, who over the age of three attempts to eat books? I have a ten year old brother and eight year old sister, and I’m pretty sure they know paper isn’t for eating…

]]> By: Maggie Medlin http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3261 Maggie Medlin Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:16:33 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3261 So what can we do to stop it?? So what can we do to stop it??

]]> By: Luna http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3260 Luna Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:50:16 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3260 sorry, ment burning. sorry, ment burning.

]]> By: Luna http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3259 Luna Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:09:36 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3259 Your kiding me. This is like the first stepping stone on the trial of book bruning. Gosh, fight this! Your kiding me. This is like the first stepping stone on the trial of book bruning. Gosh, fight this!

]]> By: Sash1113 http://thehpalliance.org/2009/02/a-whole-new-level-of-filch/#comment-3258 Sash1113 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:36:12 +0000 http://www.thehpalliance.org/?p=484#comment-3258 The CPSIA has a ton of problems that Congress never anticipated. This act would also put crafters and mom-n-pops out of business because they can't afford the required amounts of lead testing. Luckily, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a one-year stay on enforcement until February 10, 2010. So, for the moment, libraries, etc are safe, but Congress needs to clean up this act. I'm all for making sure our product are lead free, but a vague, misinterpreted law is far worse than doing nothing at all. The CPSIA has a ton of problems that Congress never anticipated. This act would also put crafters and mom-n-pops out of business because they can’t afford the required amounts of lead testing. Luckily, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a one-year stay on enforcement until February 10, 2010.

So, for the moment, libraries, etc are safe, but Congress needs to clean up this act. I’m all for making sure our product are lead free, but a vague, misinterpreted law is far worse than doing nothing at all.

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