MGMCMGMCMatrix--February,
2010
Mariposa Gem &
Mineral Club’s Newsletter
Important
Announcements!
Minutes
of General
Meeting--January 15, 2010
Vice
President,
Dusty Luker, called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.
Secretary,
Felix
Romero, was ill so there were not minutes from the December meeting.
Treasurer,
Carolyn
Downey, gave the December, 2009, treasurer report. Yvonne Beattie moved
to
accept as given, Randy Bolt seconded and the motion passed. The report
is
available at the Club Store.
CFMS
Director, Inez
Terra, reported that she had gotten more information on the Junior
Rockhound
Program and brought in a paper showing the badges that can be earned
for each
category completed. Please call her if you are members and have
children who
would like to be in this program. Her
phone number is available to members at the Club Store.
Old
Business:
Membership:
Yvonne
Beattie reported we have 69 members, 57 adults and 12 children. The
cut-off
date to pay your 2010 dues is March 31, 2010. If not paid by then you
will no
longer receive the Matrix.
Field
Trip: Ernie Laszlo,
is working with Dusty Luker to get a speaker for the general meeting
who will
speak on what the next day’s field trip will be. Tomorrow the field
trip will
be metal detecting at the Bottom of Briceburg grade, behind the stone
building
and Ernie will talk about the history of that area. Meet at Minor’s
Newspaper
Article: Randy volunteered to write an
article for the newspaper about the club, field trips, Junior’s
program, etc.
Show
Report: Randy
Bolt. Vendor invitations were mailed out today. In March we will need
people to
put out flyers and signs. He will have a sign-up list at the February
meeting
for other jobs, before, during and after the show. Randy suggested the
club might
want to have a potluck, B-B-Q or spaghetti dinner for Vendors, after
the show
closes for the evening. Options--either Friday or Saturday night, with
a
donation jar.
Dusty
announced
shop clean-up day, January 23rd at 10:00 A.M.
Have your jewelry, rocks, etc.
out by January 22nd. Clean-up in the shed and outside will be on
January 24th
at 10:00 A.M.
Program:
Randy
showed slides of the Field Trip to
New
Business:
Board
will meet
February 3, 2010, at 3:30 P.M. General meeting will be the 3rd Friday
of the
month from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at the Mariposa Fairgrounds, in the Gem and
Mineral
Exhibition Bldg.
Niki
West won the
door prize.
Randy
moved the
meeting be adjourned, Lu. Luker seconded the motion and the motion
passed.
Meeting
adjourned
at 7:56 P.M.--Inez Terra for Felix Romero.
Minutes of MGMC
Board Meeting--February 01, 2010
President, Mary
Foster, called the meeting to order at 3:30 P.M.
Treasurer Report:
Carolyn Downey passed out copies of the treasurer report. We need to
cash in
the CD to pay our upcoming bills. Pat Binon made a motion that we cash
in the
CD. Yvonne Beattie seconded. Motion was voted on and passed.
CFMS Report: Inez
Terra, Nothing to report.
Membership:
Yvonne Beattie passed out an updated
membership roster. We have 19 paid member. 2 more paid at the board
meeting. Jeanette Newton was asked to put
notice out
in the newsletter that members will be pulled from roster if not paid
by April.
Old/New Business:
Mary Foster asked
for volunteers to fill vacant Chairs:
Judi Gooch
volunteered to chair the audit committee for 2009. We need two more
from the
general membership to assist.
Carolyn Downey is looking
into getting a credit card process for the shop. There would be an
initial cost
of around $154.00, $9.95 per month plus a fee of 1.65% plus $0.23 per
transaction. It is more expensive to accept American Express cards. It
was
determined that there may not be enough usage to warrant the expense.
Carolyn
made a motion that we table the credit card issue until March. Pat
Binon
seconded. Motion was voted on and passed.
The Mariposa Gem
& Mineral Show is the 10th & 11th of April. We need a raffle
for the
show. Pat Binon and Yvonne Beattie volunteered as co-chairmen for the
raffle.
There is a cost for using the kitchen. We could have a coffee pot at
our booth
and let the vendors know they can get free coffee at our booth. We need
to move
the club stuff to the show. Dusty Luker volunteered as Booth Chairman
for the
show. Individuals who have materials in the shop are responsible for
moving
their own stuff. Felix Romero volunteered as Geode chairman for the
show.
We need to
advertise the Rockhound activities of the club. If members have
interesting
articles send them to Jeanette Newton for the newsletter. Have Ernie
Laszlo
submit an article on the last field trip. Ernie Laszlo is working on
the
activities for the year. We need to have Ernie submit the schedule of
events to
Jeanette for the upcoming month.
Dusty is working
with Ernie on coordinating the meeting programs with the upcoming
activities.
Dusty was asked to submit meeting programs for the month to Jeanette.
We need to use the
workshop. It’s costing money to maintain the shop.
Jeanette Newton
volunteered as Publicity Chairman. We need to prepare a brochure with
an
application to join the club. We can have that at the shop and
available at the
April show.
Inez will put up a
flyer with the merit badges available to the Junior Rockhound program
at the
shop window.
Inez is planning
to offer a Soap Stone carving class. She will charge $5.00 per person
plus
$10.00 for materials. Inez will have tools that they can borrow or buy.
Need to
charge sales tax on all items sold. She may need two classes to finish
the
project.
We should have an
Open House one week before the April Show. The last Saturday in March
is the 27th.
Hours should be 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. It
was suggested that there be various
demonstrations for the public (need volunteers)
and a MGMC information booth which Jeanette agreed to host.
We need to setup a
schedule for using the equipment in the workshop. New users need to
coordinate
with Gary Gooch on how to use the equipment. There is a cost for using
the
workshop. At the May 2009 general meeting it was determined that users
would
pay $1.00 per hour to cover the electricity bill. This includes those
attending
classes.
CFMS dues need to
be paid. Pat made a motion we pay the CFMS dues. Inez seconded. Motion
was
voted on and passed.
Board meetings
will be held on the 1st Monday of each month at 3:30 P.M.
Inez made a motion
we adjourn the meeting. Pat seconded. Motion voted on and passed.
Meeting
adjourned at 4:24 P.M.
CFMS
Shows still going on this month…
February
12-21, 2010,
San
Gorgonio Mineral & Gem Society
Riverside
County Fair & National Date Festival
Gem
amp;&
Hours:
10 am - 10 pm
Bert
Grisham: (915) 849-1674
Email:
bert67@verizon.net
February
26-27 2010,
Del
Air Rockhounds Club
United
Hours:
Fri. 3 p.m. -9:30 p.m. - Sat. 10-5
Julie
Marin (818) 886-7190
Website:
http://delairrockhounds.blogspot.com
February 26
- March 7 2010, Imperial, CA
G&M
Bldg.
Hours:
2/26-2/28 & 3/6-37 noon-10p.m.; 3/1-3/5 4p.m.-10p.m.
Joe
Rodrigues (760) 353-1965