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Upcoming Events

May 13, 2013: DMS General club meeting at Greenbank Mill

May 18, 2013: DMS Chesapeake Bay Calvert Cliffs Fossil Collecting Fieldtrip

May 31 - June 2: EFMLS Convention, Long Island, NY

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March Show 2014

We are in the planning stages for our March 1-2, 2014 Show. We could use your help to make it a success. From suggesting a Show Theme to volunteering ideas and time...We need you. So, come on down, Members, to a future Show Committee meeting.

March Show 2013

Our Show theme was: "All That Glitters is as Good as Gold!"

Publicity: 

Tell your friends!  Tell everyone!

Wayne Urion, Alex Kane, and Gene Hartstein have Show Posters and Flyers.

If you have an idea to advertise our show, let us know!

Members, Why not wear a cool DMS logo shirt, while you are having fun at the Show? Here is the handy catalog:

DMS logo Shirts Catalog (.pdf): DMS Members Only (Deadline is February 11, 2013, our regular club meeting to have in enough time for the Show.)

 

Display Cases:


This case could be yours!

Contact Esther Kerns for details.

2013 Exhibit Entry Form

Tips for Preparing an Exhibit Case

 IT’S SHOW TIME!!

Esther Kerns

Show dates: Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3, 2013

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the DMS Club Show. The theme will be ‘All That Glitters is as Good as Gold’.

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! We provide the display cases, liners and lighting – you provide the collection to be displayed!

If you have never prepared an exhibit and don’t know where to start, don’t worry, we can help. 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 noncompetitive.

Take a look at the exhibit entry form on the website to obtain more information. Fill it out and mail it in! I also have the entry form in an electronic format, 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.

Esther Kerns, Exhibits Chairperson

ejkerns@yahoo.com (302) 478-1336


 

Attention Members,

Membership Dues are Due!

Junior Booth Prep Party 2013

Our Junior Booth Labeling Party was on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Greenbank Mill from 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM.

We had a “Labeling Party” to prepare donated materials for sale at the Junior Booth for the 2013 show. This get-together was scheduled for a Sunday and will be at the Greenbank Mill. Pizza and drinks were provided.

Help was 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 needed help creating smaller specimens from larger ones.

We welcomed 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 were handwritten or typed and included the specimen name and the collection location if it is known. Donations were also accepted at the January and February meetings and can be given to Guy or me.

Glad to have seen you there! --Wendy Sbriglia

Call for Donations

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 2-3, 2013 Show!

Remember, we still can accept and store any donations you would have over the rest of the year before our 2013 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.)

Again, Thanks! :-)

 

[The Show Committee]

 

 

President's Message

See our latest Geogram for details.

[Ken Casey, President]


 

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)

 

 

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 now begins at the beginning of January.  To assure continued member benefits you should plan to send in your
renewal dues by January 1, 2013.  A half-year membership is available, if you join during our March 2-3, 2013 Show,
(or just after by our March 17th 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.

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 last club meeting!  Welcome to our new families,
    and all the new folks!  We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.
  • Membership benefits

 


NOTICES & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

 

Other Business

 

DMS Website Report 

 

   

[Ken Casey] kencasey@delminsociety.net

 

Special Links       

 

EFMLS Newsletters 

March Show 2012 Show Page

DMS Mineral & Fossil Exchange Program

Download Free Public Domain Mineralogy Books!

First State Geology ( 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:  May 13, 2013 10:33:02 AM


Next Meeting
 

June Program, Monday, May 13, 2013:

"June Picnic" at Greenbank Mill

General Club Meeting:
May 13, 2013
(Monday)

We are meeting at
Greenbank Mill


Special Meetings:
 

*Show Committee Meeting, Spring, 2013

*New Home/Lapidary Committee, 2013

*Board Meeting, May-June, 2013

Next Field Trips
 

Fieldtrips!

Past Fieldtrips
 

Next Show
DMS March Show
March 1-2, 2014 at DelTech Stanton

 


Our 2013 Show Theme was:
"All That Glitters is as Good as Gold!"

March Show 2013 Report

Updates!

 

 

 
Articles

 

Fossil Forum


"Dinny, the Dino"

"Belemnites are coming"

 

MOTM June also commemorates our 50th Show!

It's shiny, yellow, and is a symbol of 50 Years!Can you guess?

Past MOTM

Collecting Adventure Stories:

"Sunny Brook Crick Goethite" by Joe Dunleavy