The Council of North American Map Societies (CONAMS) was established in 2007. CONAMS would serve North American map societies by informing them, coordinating their activities as relates to scheduling, and assisting them to better accomplish their common interests and respective missions by sharing information and best practices. Membership in CONAMS consists of representatives from the North American map societies. A list of these North American map societies is maintained by Peter van der Krogt at http://cartography.geo.uu.nl/mapsoc/indexgeo.html. Please notify John Docktor and Peter van der Krogt if there are any additions or corrections to that list.
Communicating between members of CONAMS is done via a mailing list. Please notify John Docktor if there are any
changes in the individual(s) representing a North American map society. Current representatives to CONAMS are:
Roger Baskes - Chicago Map Society
Chris Baruth - Map Society of Wisconsin
Wes Brown - Rocky Mt. Map Society
Dave Cole - Rocky Mt. Map Society
Susan Caughey - California Map Society
John Docktor - chairman of CONAMS
Matthew Edney - The History of Cartography Project
Ralph Ehrenberg - Society for History of Discoveries
James Flatness - Phillips Society
Kit Goodwin - Texas Map Society
Derek Hayes - Historical Map Society of British Columbia
John Hébert - Philip Lee Phillips Society
Art Holzheimer - Chicago Map Society
Tom Hotter - Map Society of Wisconsin
Alice Hudson - New York Map Society
David Jones - Edmonton Map Society
Ky Kylander - Boston Map Society
Michael Layland - Historical Map Society of British Columbia
Jay Lester - Cumming Map Society
Paul Mathias - Rocky Mt. Map Society
Dennis McClinton - Chicago Map Society
Dianne Powell - Texas Map Society
Tom Sander - Society for History of Discoveries
Bill Stanley - Washington Map Society
Bob Stocker - Michigan Map Society
Yolanda Thennissen - Osher Map Library Associates
Jim Walker - Society for History of Discoveries
Bill Warren - California Map Society
Megan Webster - Upper Canada Map Society
Tom Worth - California Map Society
Meetings of CONAMS are held periodically when a significant number of members are present at a map symposium. The
initial meeting was held January 27, 2007 at the Miami Map Fair, and click here for the minutes of that meeting.
The second meeting was held November 9, 2007 in Chicago during the Nebenzahl Lectures, and click here for the
minutes.
The next meeting will be in October 2008 in Arlington Texas during the meetings of the Texas Map Society and Society
for the History of Discoveries.