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June 13, 2009, DMS Annual Club Picnic Meeting at Brandywine Springs Park

June 21, 2009, EFMLS Region IV Annual Picnic & Swap

July 2, 2009, "Belemnite Day" (Our Official State Fossil)

September 14, 2009 (Monday), Next DMS General Meeting

September 2009 (mid-month), Next DMS Board Meeting

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March Show 2010

Publicity:  Dates: March 6-7, 2010

Yes, it's time to start planning our Show!

Tell your friends!  Tell everyone!                          

 

 

 

Junior Booth Prep Party 2009

  

Attention Members,

Our Junior Booth Labeling Party was Sunday, January 18, 2009, 10:00 AM at Greenbank Mill

We had a “Labeling Party” to prepare donated materials for sale at the Junior Booth for the 2009 show. This get-together was scheduled for Sunday, January 18 at 10 am and was at the Greenbank Mill. Pizza and drinks were provided.

Help was ample with identifying specimens, making and cutting labels, putting prices on the labels (you idn't necessarily need to know prices to label), putting specimens in soda flats (boxes), and we create smaller specimens from larger ones.

We welcomed you to bring soda flats and/or donations. As you knew what you’re donating, and you provided at least one label per type of fossil/rock. Labels were handwritten or typed and  included the specimen name and the collection location as it was known. Donations will also be accepted at the February meeting and can be given to Guy or me.

Glad to have seen you there!

Wendy Sbriglia

 

It was fun, and we got a lot accomplished.  We could still use your donated materials, please.  (2009 Photos below)

 

Call for Donations

Hopefully, each of you has spent some time on your collections this winter: looking through them, organizing them and high-grading them.  Thanks for your efforts and your donations--they will be a hit!

Remember, we still can accept and store any donations you would have over the rest of the year before our next show.  As some of us cull our collections during Spring Cleaning, this is a great time, too.

If you have any mineral or fossil specimens, lapidary materials such as cutting material that you would like to donate for the club to sell at the Junior Booth, please bring them to any club meeting, or contact any of the Show Committee Officers.  Donations are tax deductible.  (We'll supply an official itemized letter for your records.)

Again, Thanks! :-)

 
     
     
     
     
     
     

Members setting up, labeling, and pricing donations for our Junior Booth 2009

We would like to thank our volunteers, who helped with the task of sorting, identifying, labeling, and pricing specimens to be sold at the Junior Booth during our show:

Bob Asreen
Fran Poniecki
Wayne Urion
Alex Kane
Esther Kerns
Karissa Hendershot
Eric Hottenstein
Jake Hottenstein
Bob Ehrlich
Tom Pankratz
Willard Barclough
Guy Sbriglia
Wendy Sbrilgia
Sophie Homesy
Teddi Silver
Gene Hartstein
Ken Casey
Vicky McFadden and her granddaughter
And all of the Members who supported us in this effort.

Please don't feel bad, if you couldn't make it.  We still need your help at the Show.

On behalf of the DMS, I would also like to extend a very big THANK YOU to the folks at of Greenbank Mill for working with us on the scheduling of this project and allowing us to use the Mill to complete it.

[The Show Committee]

 

 


 

DMS Members in Action

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DMS Members in Action at our Scouting Educational Outreach Event at Greenbank Mill, October 7, 2006!
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DMS Members in Action at our Junior Booth Labeling Party, February 18, 2007!

 

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DMS Members in Action setting up our March 3-4, 2007 Show (on March 2nd)
  • Kudos to Bob Asreen for collecting and donating a bucket of Delaware Belemnite fossils on behalf of the club to the
    Delaware Geological Survey.  These Official State Fossils will be distributed for educational purposes.  Way to go, Bob!

 

For Sale

 

Members, if you have any hobby related equipment, supplies, specimens, or such that you would like to offer for sale to members or to the general public, please let us know.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP REMINDER

Our membership year begins at the end of August.  To assure continued member benefits you should plan to send in your
renewal dues by the end of August.  A half-year membership is available, if you join during our March 7-8, 2009 Show,
(or just after by our March 9th meeting)

Our membership year begins August 31st, so see Bob Ehrlich, Membership Chairman, to renew.

We welcome new members.  Please do invite folks who you would think be interested.

Click here for a printable Membership Form (Just print and bring-in or mail-in)

We have a new category of Student Membership.  For $10. per year, you can be a DMS Member.  If you are a college
student, please join us at our next meeting.

New Members

  • Welcome to our guests, visitors, and new Members at our June 13, 2009 Picnic meeting!  Welcome to our new families,
    and all the new folks!  We look forward to seeing you at our September, 2009 meeting!.
  • Membership benefits

 


NOTICES & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Signup with Sophie or Teddi for snacks for our next club meeting to bring.

  • Rock and Fossil Exchange between clubs: Members, why not share the wealth?  Collectors and enthusiasts from
    other clubs around the U. S. are seeking specimen exchanges.  Started by the Western Dakota Gem & Mineral
    Society, we have just joined the fun.  Check out what we got in our box at: http://www.delminsociety.net/exchange.htm
    The idea is 'you take one, you give one specimen'.  When we get a full box, we send it on.  Come join the fun!   We
    just got our second exchange box! 
    Contact: Ken Casey

  • Ken is seeking your pictures of your most colorful minerals for our Future 2009 Mineral-of-the-Month
    article series.  Your colorful selection could be famous on our club's site?  If you like, call me, and we can meet up. 
    I'll photograph them for you to share with folks in our article.  Thanks!

 

 

Other Business

 

DMS Website Report 

Members,

We are about to begin our club’s vacation time of the year. Over the summer, many of us will be
traveling and collecting, catching up on lapidary, and learning more about minerals and fossils.
Enjoy your summer!

Here’s the stats:

·         DE (57,849), MD (44,566), PA (243,767), NJ (169,598), NY (222,164), VA (305,978),
            DC (56,616), WV (4,458) since 2-3-2005

·         Total hits from surrounding states: 1,104,996.

·         Visits to our sample Geogram (since 2-3-2005): 4,763

·         Visits to our Juniors page (since 2-3-2005): 6,592

·         Visits to our Field Trips Page (since 2-3-2005): 9,981

·         Visits to our March Show Page (since 2-3-2005): 11,708

·         Visits to our Fossil Forum Page “Dinny the Dino” (since it’s inception): 7,952

·         U. S. hits: 3,561,330 up from 3,466,876 since 4-22-2009. That’s 94,454

more hits over the month!

·         Top 12 States remain: CA, VA, PA, NY, NJ, GA, CO, TX, IL, MI, DE, DC

·         Michigan moves up one spot. Washington State and Ohio are 17th and 18th.

·         World hits: 5,723,420 up from 5,531,040 (From 4-22-2009 to 5-22-2009): That’s 192,380
            hits over the month!

·         Top 12 countries remain: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany,
            France, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, India, Netherlands, and Japan!  

·         Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia are the top 3 Canadian Provinces (From 4-22-2009
            to 5-22-2009).

·         Total countries (187 total).

·         Number 1 page visited since 4-22-2009 is still: March 2006 Mineral of the Month: Petrified Wood, Part II.

·         Number 2 page visited since 4-22-2009: March 2007 Mineral of the Month:The Colors of Fluorite.

·         Number 3 page visited since 4-22-2009: Board/Officers Page.

·         Some top recent search phrases: “carbon cycle”, “Ramenessin Brook”, and “Kurtz”.

 

Our June Mineral-of-the-Month series departs from the norm, thus beginning our Summer Picfest. We’ll start
with a rare opalized fluorite, called Bertrandite. Two surprise gems will follow in July/August. In September,
we’ll finish up the appreciable Delaware Minerals in on fell swooping article.

 

[Ken Casey] kencasey@delminsociety.net

 

 

Special Links       

 

EFMLS Newsletters 

March Show 2009 Show Page

DMS Mineral & Fossil Exchange Program

Download Free Public Domain Mineralogy Books!

First State Geology, Winter 2008 ( a semi-annual DGS Publication)

Search for Rock Clubs & Shops in your Area (or for traveling)

Recently, our club was invited to post info about our club onto an interactive map
of the U. S., which now has over 500 clubs posted.  Potential show attendees and
new members now have one more place to find us.

For us, we can locate other clubs, rock shops, and shows to enjoy collecting and
meeting new people.

Rock Clubs & Societies Interactive U. S. Map at MapMuse.com
Rock Shops Interactive U. S. Map at MapMuse.com

Collecting Adventure Stories: "Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy

 

Members,

We are looking for content for our club's webpages.  If you have any pictures, stories, articles, or ideas you would
like to offer for publication here, please feel free to contact me at our next meeting, or at kencasey98@yahoo.com.

--Ken

 

 

Questions & Comments: info@delminsociety.net

This page last updated:  June 18, 2009 10:20:31 PM

Next Meeting
 

September Program:

To be announced

General Club Meeting:
September 14, 2009
(Monday)

We are meeting at
Greenbank Mill


Special Meetings:
None Scheduled

Next Field Trips
 

Fieldtrips!

Past Fieldtrips
 

Next EFTA Trips
For more info:
EFTA
Next Show
DMS March Show
March 6-7, 2010


Our 2009 Show Theme: "
Colorful by Nature"

March Show 2008 Report

Updates!

Fossil Forum


"Dinny, the Dino"

"Belemnites are coming"

 

Summer Picfests MOTM

Coming soon!

"Associated with a rare opalized purple fluorite"
Can you guess?

Past MOTM

Collecting Adventure Stories:

"Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy