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Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society, of Melbourne, FL.
The Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society, Melbourne, Florida, meets the first Wednesday of each month, at the Front Street Civic Center, 2210 S. Front St. Our meetings consist of business, followed by an educational program, either by a guest speaker, a club member, or a video tape. Next is a club member "Show and Tell", where members display and describe gemstones and jewerly that they have crafted, or mineral specimens and fossils that they have found or purchased. We then have a "Mineral of the Month" topical discussion, given by one of our club mineral experts, including specimens for viewing. We then adjourn to enjoy refreshments and fellowship.
Our club currently has over 100 members, including multiple membership within several families. We offer our members, a variety of educational "hands on" classes, in gemcutting and jewelry making. These classes are held on Saturday afternoons, and on other weekday evenings, as scheduled, at the Ruth Henegar Center, 625 E. New Haven. Our shop is blessed with a good inventory of lapidary,
faceting, and other equipment. While all of our instructors are well qualified in their fields, I hasten to add that among our faceting instuctors, two of them are reknowned veterans. This would be John Almasi and Phil Stonebrook. The club sponsers an annual "Parade of Gems" show, held every November at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd. |
The CM&GS Officers for 2006 are:
President - Bob Lombardi
Vice President - Roy Deere
Treasurer - Karin Almasi
Recording Secretary - Bob Denaburg
Bulletin Editor - Dave Jacobson
Education Chairman - Herrick Jeffers
Corresponding Secretary - Sara Denaburg
Board of Directors:
Three year - John Almasi
Two year - Dave Wayment
One year - Vera McGibeny
One year - Pam Lombardi
For further information, write to the club at:
Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society
P.O. Box 1597
Melbourne, FL., 32902-1597
or
You can e-mail me!
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What we did at December's meeting:
1:President Bob Lombardi called the meeting to order at 7:05pm. There was a quorum present.
2:The minutes of the last meeting were approved as published.
3:Treasurer Bruce Lane reported that we ended up slightly over budget, mostly due to sponsering the Southeast Federation convention.
4:Education Chairman Herrick Jeffers thanked all those who worked during the Parade of Gems show. Demonstrations were conducted continuously throughout the show. Numerous compliments have been received on our volunteer's expertise and excellent work. Herrick also outlined the upcoming courses available to our clubmembers. The courses are scheduled thusly:
January 14, 2006 - Mold and Wax pattern making
January 21, 2006 - Chain Making
January 28, 2006 - Introduction to Faceting
February 4, 2006 - Wire Craft (Bracelet)
5:Stamp Chairman Mark Heathman announced that no CM&GS member won a scholarship this year. The current stamp year is closed. The program will begin anew in January, 2006.
6:Our Moonstone club bulletin editor, Dave Jacobson, announced that we received a second place in the Federation for excellence. Way to go Dave!
7:The Club was informed that the CM&GS Chapter received a Certificate of Appreciation for Support of the Mayo Foundation, who awards scholarships for those studying Earth Sciences.
8:Bob Lombardi installed the new club officers, for 2006.
9:Leslie Wayment put out a call for clubmembers to volunteer on the monthly refreshment roster. Sign up at our next meeting!
10:Dave Jacobson did his usual best, in presenting the Mineral of the Month (Opal), and hosting the Show and Tell table.
11:A refreshment break was held.
12:The program this month was a video tape: Introduction to Intarsia, by Phil Magistro. On this tape, Phil goes through the step by step procedure of making a small piece of Intarsia.
13:The meeting was adjourned at 9:10pm. Great conversations and fellowship were then enjoyed by all. |
The next CM&GS club meeting will be held on:
January 4th, 2006, at 7:00pm.
Let's start the new year off right. Bring your treasures to the Show and Tell table. Let us know what you've been doing!
Club Program for the Month of January:
John Almasi will present a program on Gold extraction and recovery, with a demonstration.
Mineral of the Month for January:
Gold
Click on the crystal icon below, to see the report this month on Chalcedony, by our mineral expert, Dave Jacobson.
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What happened to the CM&GS puzzles? There are so many, that they deserve to have their own page! Click on the icon below to get to the CM&GS Puzzle Page
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By all reports, this year's 2005 "Parade of Gems" show was another great success. Our club members, dealers, visitors, and customer attendees all had a very enjoyable time! |
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