Dear GSW Members, The next GSW meeting will take place on May 14th, 2025 at the John Wesley Powell Auditorium at the Cosmos Club. It will be our final meeting of the spring semester, and we have a great lineup of talks thanks to our program chair, Anne Pommier. I attach a PDF flyer that you can use to advertise. Looking forward to seeing you there! --Ved The Geological Society of Washington founded 1893 Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 Meeting No. 1611 Theme of the event: Ancient Earth Ioan Lascu, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – Magnetofossils: Relicts of Deep Time? Cecilia Sanders, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – Relating Paleoecology and Phosphorite Formation across Deep Time Daniel Segessenman, George Mason University –Geology’s Greatest Hits: The North American Rock Record Remastered Refreshments at 7:30 p.m., formal program at 8:00 p.m. If anyone has announcements or informal communications they would like to share with the society, please e-mail Vedran Lekic (ved@umd.edu<mailto:ved@umd.edu>) ahead of time. John Wesley Powell Auditorium 2170 Florida Avenue NW, Washington D.C. Upcoming 2025 Fall Meetings: September 10 – Cosmos Club, theme: Volatiles October 1 – Cosmos Club October 29 – Bradley Lecture November 12 – Carnegie EPL