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All, The next NY Map Society meeting will be at 2:30 pm on Saturday, May 8th, in the auditorium at the New York Public Library. "Maps at the New York Public Library: New Collaborative Methods in (re)presenting Historical Geography" Matt Knutzen, the Library's Geospatial Librarian, will describe a collaborative approach to digitizing, disseminating and adding value to historical map and non-map research collections. At the May 8th meeting members will be asked to vote on the following Bylaw amendments: 1. Officer Elections: In 2011 and thereafter, our annual business meeting will be held in April instead of January. This is because only members are eligible to vote, either for officers or on Bylaw amendments. Since many members renew their membership during the first quarter of the year, some would be ineligible to vote in January. But by April all memberships should have been renewed, and therefore it's appropriate to vote at that meeting. To accommodate this change, the expiring term for our current officers will be extended from January until April, 2011. 2. Board of Directors: To encourage greater member participation in the business of the Society, the current officers propose increasing the number of board members from 5 to 7. The current board comprises the president-emeritus (Sy Amkraut *), plus the four elected officers. This board proposes that Connie Brown and Les Trager be appointed to the Board, effective at the May 2010 meeting. * As most members know, Sy Amkraut has served as President since the Society resumed operation several years ago. He recently informed the Board that he wished to step down, and according to the Bylaws the following changes were made: Sy Amkraut: from President to President-Emeritus Fred Shauger: from Vice President to President John Woram: from Web Master to Vice President and Web Master The offices of Secretary (Heather Kinsinger) and Treasurer (Bruce Spring) remain unchanged. Heather Kinsinger Secretary, NY Map Society _www.nymapsociety.org_ (http://www.nymapsociety.org) 914-498-9797
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