Please join me in welcoming the following new members to Georgia Mineral Society:   

Cynthia Abbot and Marty Thomasson and Ian, Abby, Colin, and Drew Thomasson of Atlanta, GA; Thelma Elrod of Demorest, GA; Lori Griggs and Lazarus and Eilish Schechter of Winston, GA; Rick and Chris Nehrling of Conyers, GA; Brooke O’Klatner of Charlotte, NC; Ian Ordway of Alpharetta, GA; Liz, Dave, Tony, Riley, Brandon, and Andie Scruggs of Newnan, GA; Marzi Siekierski of Marietta, GA; and Ernest and Mary Ann Tiedemann of Richmond Hill, GA.  I hope we’ll get to meet all of you at a meeting or field trip very soon.

 Don’t forget to send in those renewals on a timely basis, everyone, and please let me know if you have any e-mail or address changes.  You may e-mail me at mgm5258@netzero.net or call me at 770-439-5756. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful 2008 so far.  Happy rockhounding!

Lizabeth McClain
Executive VP/Membership

 Happy rockhounding, and may you bring home perfect specimens.

GMS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP REPORT OCTOBER 2006

The following are our membership totals for the year.  These numbers are as of October 1, 2006.

 The current number of members is 614.  The 614 breaks down in this manner:  122 junior members, 429 family members, 55 adult members, 7 honor members, and 1 life member. 

•  Of the 614 members 200 are new and 414 are renewals.
•  Of the 122 junior members 57 are new and 65 are renewals. 
•  Of the 429 family members 125 are new and 304 are renewals.
•  Of the adult members 18 are new and 37 are renewals.

 Copies of all reports are available to the membership upon request. 

 Thank you to everyone for your support all this past year, and I look forward to the next.

 Lizabeth McClain, Executive Vice President/Membership

This is a reminder to check the mailing label on your last issue of the 'Tips and Trips".  The date next to your name gives the month and year through which your dues are paid.  If it is past that month and year, please renew by mailing an updated membership form and a check to the post office address.  If you are past two months of the date, please remit $25 instead of the renewal of $20, as your dues are delinquent.  We don't want to lose you from our membership, but we will have to drop you from the mailing list and the email list if your dues are not current.

If you have any questions regarding GMS membership status or have changes in mailing address, telephone number, or email address, please notify me atmembership@gamineral.org or mgm5258@netzero.net

If you do not know your membership renewal date, feel free to contact me.  Those who receive the newsletter by mail can find the renewal date printed on the mailing label. 

If your have sent in your membership renewal and your check has not cleared your bank, please read on!  I receive the applications from someone who checks the GMS mailbox for me periodically.  After I process the applications I then send a collection of checks to the GMS treasurer, who then gets them deposited.  We do all this by mail, as a rule, because we all live spread out in Atlanta.   But rest assured that if you are receiving emails from the club and are listed in the newsletter that your membership is good, your check will eventually be processed.  Sorry, but this all takes time.

I'm quite pleased to see how many applicants have asked to receive the Tips and Trips electronically. When a member receives the email version he receives his newsletter much sooner, receives it in color and saves GMS money that would be spent on printing and postage.  Everybody wins. I hope that more members will elect to go the electronic way. If you would like to make the change, you can make a notation on an application when you renew or you can simply let me know anytime by phone, mail, or email and I’ll make sure to notify Jim Flora and Joan White of the update.

There are a few members who have asked to receive the newsletter both by U.S. Mail and electronically. I encourage those of you who fall into this group to help out your Georgia Mineral Society and elect to receive only the email version.  Every dollar saved on postage and printing is freed up to go toward the building fund.

During the year, our society hosts one club show:  held on Mother's Day weeknd at the beginning of May in the Cobb Civic Center, Marietta, GA.  

In the month of October, the society holds a banquet in place of its general meeting.  June brings the annual GMS picnic and auction in place of the general meeting.

If you would like to join the Georgia Mineral Society, please download one of the following GMS membership forms and send it to the following address:

   THE GEORGIA MINERAL SOCIETY, INC. 
                        P.O. BOX 15011 
              ATLANTA, GA  30333-5011

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RENEWAL DUES ARE $20.00
(due 12 months from the date of joining)

REINSTATEMENT DUES for expired memberships are $25.00
($20.00 + $5.00 reinstatement fee).

FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS ARE FOR THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY INCLUDING CHILDREN RESIDING WITH PARENTS. CHILDREN 16 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER ARE CONSIDERED JUNIOR MEMBERS.

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