Grandfather All Dossiers Petition

Hi everyone!

I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I
recently signed:

"Grandfather All Dossiers Logged In by July 1st 2008"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Grandfather_All_Dossiers?e

I am in the process of trying to email as many people as possible about this but in case I don't get to you, here it is.

In short, this is a petition being submitted to the congressional
coalition on adoption chairs to encourage them to use their influence
to convince the department of state to allow all dossiers logged in by
7/1 to be processed and matched.

As you are all probably aware, things are really up in the air with
adoptions in Vietnam. Right now, unless things change this summer,
anyone who does not have a referral by September 1st will have their
dossier returned to their agency. Adoptions will be closing between
the two countries unless a new Memorandum of Agreement can be drafted
and agreed upon. Because we already have our dossier logged-in in
Vietnam, we have a chance of receiving a referral. If this petition
goes through, we would definitely be able to go ahead with adopting a
child from Vietnam even if we do not have a referral by September 1st.

NO DONATION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT YOUR SIGNATURE!! The signature is
already recorded by the time you see the donation page. if you choose
to make a donation it will go to support the petition administration
site and WILL NOT go toward any type of adoption related humanitarian
aide. Just FYI.

I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage
you to add your signature as well. You would be helping us
tremendously. It only takes a minute of your time. If you feel led,
please feel free to forward it to others on your email list that you
feel would be willing to sign.