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We’re letting you know about the wonderful array of activities we’ve planned for spring and summer 2016. As always, please check the RMMS Web site (<a href="http://www.RMmaps.org">www.RMmaps.org</a>) for the latest information and details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>On Tuesday, March 29<sup>th</sup>, we have the pleasure of hearing our stalwart geologist, John Lindemann, discuss Marie Tharp’s 1977 image of the world’s ocean floor. This is a seminal map that helped make plate tectonic theory the new reality – her rendition of the Earth with its oceans drained. 5:30 PM at Denver Public Library, Gates Room, 5<sup>th</sup> Floor. Free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>May 2016 promises a lot of really fun activities with RMMS’s “Map Month” – again organized by our director, Chris Lane. It’s titled <i>Illusions, Delusions & Confusions,</i> and focuses on myths and mistakes in early maps. These are features that appear on maps, but not on earth: creatures that never were, cities where none were built, islands where there are but waves, lakes and rivers where there is but dry land, and kingdoms of non-existent kings. For those who love maps with sea serpents, sea battles, people and creatures supposedly living at the edges of the world, this is not to be missed! All presentations will be on Monday nights at Denver Public Library: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and June 6; all at 5:30 PM. I’m attaching a file with all the details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Our big summer social event for RMMS members and their guests will be <i>Cartifacts IV</i> – a fun-filled Saturday afternoon, July 23<sup>rd</sup> at Jim Hensinger’s clubhouse in Westminster. We’ll have a make your-own-sandwich bar, drinks, a swap meet, a “show & tell,” and all sorts of unique, map related objects collected and treasured by our members. So, please bring along your road map place mats, coffee mugs, books, map ties and t-shirts, astrolabes, unusual maps, and any other interesting cartographic artifacts that you’d like to share with your fellow RMMS members. Members may log on to the private “Members Only Area” of the RMMS Web site and will also receive a program in the mail with all the details. If you’re an RMMS member and you don’t have the login and password for the Members Only Web page, please e-mail the Webmaster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Lorraine Sherry, Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>