----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Collegues: Last spring I, as the chair of MAGERT, was asked to recommend a delegate to the Dupont Circle meeting held in Washington D.C. I recommended Melissa LaMont because of her energy and involvement in both GovDox and Maps. She attended and has been diligently supplying us with the Dupont Circle Reporters. A major meeting will be held by the GovDox community to discuss the Future of Federal Government Information in Chicago, Oct. 29-31. It includes, of course the future of maps, spatial information, etc. as they are supplied by the federal government. We, as the map library community, need to provide feedback to our collegues who will attend in order to have our challenges and concerns met. I have extracted the areas to be discussed. Please look them over and reply to the MAPS-L List (for discussion), Melissa (at HBLADM140@UCONNVM) or me, Patrick McGlamery (at LIBMAP1@UCONNVM). Don't let this happen without a voice. Our needs are special. They won't know unless we tell them.