Dear Friends and Colleagues, Although we cannot claim fall has arrived in Texas, September is well underway and the September 25^, 2009, deadline for the Annual Fall Meeting of the Texas Map Society is fast approaching. The dates are October 2-4, 2009, and the place is the Central Library at The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas The meeting this fall is extraordinary! We are celebrating the life and work of Alexander von Humboldt with a number of events, including a host of great speakers beginning with The University of Texas at Arlington’s own Imre Demhardt, along with Ralph Ehrenberg Chief Emeritus, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress; Ben Huseman, Cartographic Archivist for UT Arlington’s Special Collections and curator of the new exhibition on Humboldt; and Jan de Graeve, the President of the International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement. A Gallery Tour of the Humboldt exhibition is also on the agenda as is the Member’s Map with host David Finfrock. As a special section this year, TMS is adding a Collector’s Forum on Sunday morning. A copy of the registration brochure in a downloadable pdf format is online at the TMS web site http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety/. Follow the links to /Upcoming Meeting. / For additional information, please contact: Kit Goodwin, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Katherine R. (Kit) Goodwin Secretary-Treasurer Texas Map Society [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>