I thank all A.W.A. members and supporters of Prince Madoc Plaque restoration, who rallied around magnificently and carried out a sustained effort to ensure every single legislator in the Alabama Legislature learned about Prince Madoc plaque resolution. (HJR#679)However, we were failed by the Alabama Senate. I listened to some of the Senate legislature session yesterday. They spent the entire session bickering, and scoring political points instead of doing the job we pay them to do. An entire legislative session wasted instead of dealing with the legislative issues that were before them.Needless to say, they did not bring the Prince Madoc Resolution to the table, therefore, it was never voted on. The Legislative session for this year ended yesterday so this means we have to wait until January 2009, and we'll have to start over with the House of Representatives.We will continue to collect signatures on the petition, so please keep promoting it. We've decided to start a Prince Madog "Fund" which will be used for a NEW memorial for Prince Madog ap Owain Gwynedd. What kind will be determined by the funds we're able to collect. Where will it be displayed is still in the works.Thank each of you for all your support and we kindly ask for your continued support until we reach our goal. Our goal is to properly honor Prince Madog as was the wish of the 1953 Virginia Cavalier Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Zella Armstrong of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a historian, writer, and archaeologist.To sign our petition : http://www.petitiononline.com/AWA0987/petition.htmlTo donate to the Prince Madog Memorial Fund: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=alabamawelsh%40yahoo%2ecom&item_name=Prince%20Madog%20Memorial&item_number=0001&page_style=PayPal&no_shipping=1&return=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ealabamawelsh%2ecom&cancel_return=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ealabamawelsh%2ecom&cn=Comment%3a&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8or Mail your donation to: Alabama Welsh Association327 Mountain Lake CircleRainbow City, AL 35906Cymru am byth!Janice Price GattisPresident - Alabama Welsh Association