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Members will be aware of the great contribution our present
treasurer Sonali Siriwardena has made as treasurer of the Society
since it was founded founded in 2011 at London ( University of
London) She will step down shortly as treasurer and the Society is
seeking a new treasurer to take her place. As you may know the
Society is run by volunteer academics and others from across the
world. Its remit is for the advancement of the subject of the
history of the map at all periods and in all countries.<br>
It has a website for member subscriptions via Paypal and news etc
which is hosted by the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Eötvös Loránd University </span>in
Budapest Hungary. See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://ishm.elte.hu/">http://ishm.elte.hu/</a> for all the
news etc. <br>
It has a ListServ as well which is open to all scholars and those
interested in old maps to exchange information etc.,whether they are
members or not ( our charitable public service function). <br>
The Society's main advantage as yet is to offer a discounted price
for the journal<i> Imago Mund</i>i to its members each year, in
collaboration with the directors of <i>Imago Mundi </i>and the
publishers Taylor and Francis. As you will know already it puts on
free symposia (Paris 2014, Lisbon 2016 ) on the subject for members
and for others who are interested, - again in line with its
charitable purposes.This done in collaboration with the relevant
institutions and universities in each country to whom we are very
grateful. The programme of the present symposium to be held in
Lisbon 3-4 June 2016 is online at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ishm.elte.hu/">http://ishm.elte.hu/</a> in case you
have missed it.<br>
The work involved as treasurer is onerous but requires expertise of
course.The bank account is held in London at present and the work is
entirely or mostly by e-mail with the team in Budapest. The usual
duties of a treasurer apply and we have a 'responsible person' who
does our audit each year. <br>
As chair I am now beginning the search for a successor treasurer.
If you are interested please contact me directly in the first
instance.<br>
With all good wishes,<br>
Sarah Tyacke<br>
Chair ISHMap<br>
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