We have posters and fliers for each member to distribute. Place them
in supermarkets, libraries, doctor's offices, and places where you conduct
business. Just ask first--many will say 'yes'. If they say 'no',
invite them to the show. Maybe next year, they will say 'yes.'
Remember, we are all ambassadors for our club. So, let's get out there
and spread the word!
Tell your friends! Tell everyone!
If you have an idea to advertise our show, let us know!
Show dates: Saturday March 3 and Sunday March 4, 2012
Our annual show is just around the corner,
and now is the time to start thinking about an exhibit.
This year’s theme is ‘Made
Mined in America’.
There are a lot of our club members out
there who have interesting specimens and collections.What better way to share your enthusiasm and your
treasures than by organizing them to exhibit in one of our
display cases at the March show!
If you have never prepared an exhibit and
do not know where to start, do not let this deter you.We have printed guidelines and experienced exhibitors
who are willing to advise you to enable you to put your
first exhibit together.There are several
classes and categories to choose from.You may choose to compete (against a standard, not against
other competitors), or to be non-competitive.The Club provides the display cases, including liners
and lighting.
Take a look at the exhibit entry form in
this newsletter to obtain more information.Fill it out and mail it in!I also
have the entry form in an electronic format (MS
Word or
Adobe PDF), if you would prefer.
We also have two Club showcases, and are
always looking for interesting specimens from our club
members for these cases.I coordinate the
Club Theme showcase.Items in this
display case follow this year’s show theme. Tom Pankratz
coordinates the Club Field Trip case, which showcases
specimens that have been collected by our members on club
field trips.
Please call or email me if you are
interested or need more information.
Our Junior Booth Labeling Party is Sunday,
January 15, 2012, 10:30 AM at Greenbank Mill.
We will be having a “Labeling Party” to
prepare donated materials for sale at the Junior Booth for the
2012 show. This get-together is
scheduled for Sunday, January 15 at 10:30 am and will be at the Greenbank
Mill. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
Help will be needed with identifying specimens, making and cutting
labels, putting prices on the labels (you don't necessarily need to know
prices to label), putting specimens in soda flats (boxes), and we may
need help creating smaller specimens from larger ones.
We welcome you to bring soda flats and/or donations. If you know what
you’re donating, please provide at least one label per type of
fossil/rock. Labels may be handwritten or typed and should include the
specimen name and the collection location if it is known. Donations will
also be accepted at the January and February meetings and can be given
to Guy or me.
Hope to see you there! Call me (only if there’s no answer at the 610
number) if driving conditions are questionable.
Hopefully, each of you has spent some time on your
collections this year: looking through them, organizing them and
high-grading them. Thank you in advance for your efforts and
your donations--they will be a hit at the
Junior Booth
for our March 3-4, 2012 Show!
Remember, we still can accept and store any donations you
would have over the rest of the year before our 2012 Show. As some of
us cull our collections during early Spring Cleaning, this is a great time, too.
It is a year away, but why wait, when you can declutter, and the club will
happily store them.
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.)
DMS Members in Action at our
Scouting Educational Outreach Event at Greenbank Mill, October 7, 2006!
DMS Members in Action at our
Junior Booth Labeling Party, February 18, 2007!
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!
Need a little more organization? Three collection boxes 16 1/2" X 13"
X 1 3/4" with 45-
compartment plastic tray inserts (cavity size 2 1/4" X 1 5/8").
Excellent condition. Ideal for
small mineral, fossil or lapidary specimens. From Ward's Natural Science
Establishment.
Current price from Ward's $14.90 per box and insert plus shipping. $9.00
each. Buy one,
two,or splurge on all three. --Carl Muendel
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.
Our membership year now begins at the beginning of January. To assure continued member
benefits you should plan to send in your
renewal dues by January 1, 2012. A
half-year membership is available, if you join during our
March
3-4, 2012 Show,
(or just after
by our March 14th meeting)
Our membership year begins January 1st, so see
Bob
Ehrlich, Membership Chairman, to renew.
We welcome new members. Please do invite folks who you would think be interested.
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 November 8th
club meeting! Welcome to our new families,
and all the new folks! We look forward to seeing you at our
next meeting.
Signup with Beth Simpkins, our new
Hospitality Chair, to sign-up for our 2012 meeting snacks.
Cell: (302) 561-0255 and E-mail:
dmshospitality@verizon.net for snacks for our next club
meeting to
bring.
Ken is seeking your pictures of your most colorful
minerals for our Future 2012 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!
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.
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.
