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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: lbpesq on August 22, 2005, 01:25:08 PM

Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: lbpesq on August 22, 2005, 01:25:08 PM: There is a petition going around for the Post Office to issue a Jerry stamp. It requires that the person be dead for at least 10 years. It's still hard to believe that the 10th anniversary of Jerry going to the great fourth set in the sky passed two weeks ago. I signed as #8053. You can also leave a little message. Mine was Might as well, might as well. Here's the link:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Garcia (http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Garcia)

Bill, tgo
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: jacko on August 23, 2005, 04:56:45 AM: 9214 for me. Looks like this petition is growing pretty fast!
Of course when the stamp comes out, one of you US residents will have to send me some 'real' mail or I'll never see it;-)

graeme
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: kmh364 on August 23, 2005, 06:22:00 AM: Bill,

That's really cool! Thanks for the heads-up...I'm signature #9327.

Cheers,

Kevin

Hopefully, some more Alembicians, Deadheads or otherwise, will sign-up as well.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: son_of_magni on August 23, 2005, 06:35:52 AM: 9352

issue the stamp or beware the dire wolf

(Message edited by Son of Magni on August 23, 2005)
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: 811952 on August 23, 2005, 06:53:14 AM: 9380
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: hup on August 23, 2005, 07:07:48 AM: 9400
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: tom_z on August 23, 2005, 09:30:31 AM: 8288
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: dela217 on August 23, 2005, 09:45:43 AM: 9704. How many signatures are needed for a stamp?

Not a Jerry fan, but what the heck.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: 57basstra on August 23, 2005, 10:44:52 AM: sign me as : #9813
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: staemius on August 23, 2005, 11:09:48 AM: IN! (Will these stamps be OK to lick?)
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: kmh364 on August 23, 2005, 11:33:44 AM: You can lick 'em, just be sure to have Morning Dew playing on the 'ole Victrola when you start peaking, LOL! J/K.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: bassman10096 on August 23, 2005, 05:44:59 PM: 9936. Now over 10,500. I posted the link on several other boards where people will want to sign, too.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: amptech on August 27, 2005, 11:54:40 AM: 13361 let's keep Jerry memory alive
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: David Houck on August 27, 2005, 02:13:00 PM: I just read the petition. While I do respect the good intentions of the person who wrote the petition, it does seem to me that, given the apparent importance of the subject matter of the petition, that the writer might have taken a minute to proof read it before publishing it. I do admit that I make errors in my posts all the time, but petitioning the government seems a little more formal than posting to a discussion group. It also might help to address the petition to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which is the committee that evaluates such petitions. It also might help to describe who Jerry Garcia was, and why, when the committee receives thousands of such requests every year but can only select maybe twenty five, that this particular person should be one of the few selected for commemoration. Perhaps basketball broadcaster Digger Phelps and actor Karl Malden and the other members of the committee are big Deadheads and don't need an explanation of the importance of Jerry Garcia's role in American culture; but judging from their past selections of commemorative stamps I'm guessing that's probably not the case.

I do think there is a good chance I'm wrong about this. It could be that just the number of signatures will be all the committee needs to set the petition aside for consideration. I have no idea, this is a subject I know nothing about. A Garcia stamp would be nice. The current selection of stamps leaves a lot to be desired.

For more information about the selection process, go here (http://www.usps.com/communications/organization/csac.htm).
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: cdf on August 27, 2005, 05:33:43 PM: 13462
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: kmh364 on August 27, 2005, 06:40:34 PM: Thanks, Dave. I was so excited about the possibility of having a stamp to commemerate the life of Jerry that I didn't read the petition. Oh well, I guess ultimately it's the thought that counts, but Jerry deserves the best shot at (stamp) immortality possible. I hope regardless that this all comes to fruition.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: David Houck on August 27, 2005, 08:17:39 PM: Kevin; you are of course right, it is the thought that counts. I think I may have had too much coffee and got a bit carried away.
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: lbpesq on August 28, 2005, 09:12:51 AM: Dave:

The real way to petition the current U.S. government is with large piles of small pieces of paper with picures of presidents on them - preferably handed through the back door of a ranch in Texas. Are my politics showing?

Bill, tgo
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: David Houck on August 28, 2005, 09:41:20 AM: Bill; yes you're showing a little . And to officially hi-jack this thread, I would like to mention that in my personal opinion, the continued harmony among Alembic owners the world over on this board is best insured by maintaining a politics and religion free zone. That said, a Coltrane stamp would be nice too!!
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: bigredbass on August 28, 2005, 04:06:35 PM: Well, geez, I don't know why a stamp's such a big deal . . . after all, EVERY Post Office has a Dead Letter Department . . .

J o e y
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: David Houck on August 28, 2005, 04:37:11 PM: ROFL !!!!
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: lbpesq on August 28, 2005, 04:42:27 PM: Rim Shot!
Title: Jerry Garcia Stamp Petititon
Post by: kmh364 on August 31, 2005, 06:24:03 AM: As a further hijack, there's a nice feature in the current Rolling Stone about the formation of the Dead on their 40th anniversary that's worth reading (although, I don't know about the rest of it though...the White Stripes are on the cover, LOL!)