January 2012  Newsletter

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MEETING: NONE

PLACE: NEXT MEETING IN MARCH

ROOM:

CLUB OFFICERS:

President: Anthony Cesana

Vice-President: David Lavoie Field trip co-coordinator: Buck Leach Secretary: Jennifer Davis Membership: Anthony Cesana

Treasurer: Claire Cooper Historian: Bill Wilson Librarian: Joel Russo

Ex. Board: Louise & Tom Barbish, Joel Russo, Bill Wilson, Sue Lavoie & Steve Emma

Show Chairman: Bob Sproule

Editor: Rachel Cesana 401-766-9076

a_cesana@cox.net

Bruce Hecker: webmaster

Visit our website: http://rimh.us

ELECTIONS

We have a new secretary! Jennifer Davis has been elected.Thank You for volunteering to run and Thank You to Janalee Andrade for her many years of service as she steps down from this post.

Thank you also to Steve Emma who has joined the Executive Board

Buck Leach has volunteered to be our new Field Trip co-coordinator. Thank you, Buck. Don Fail has also volunteered to help Buck.

Bravo to everyone for stepping up!!!

BOARD MEETING : Jan 14^th at 1pm We will meet at Don Fail’s house

Don address is 1969 Bay Rd. Sharon. The way to get there is as follows:
95 North to Rt.140 S. Mansfield
Rt. 140 S. on 140 your going to take a left hand turn on to To 106 E.  It's the Second light.off of 140 S.
Stay on 106 E. for About 4 miles.
You will come to Four Corners, there's a Mobil Gas station on you left turn there.
As soon as you turn you want to take another left on to Bay Road. You'll be in Easton.
Go down 3 miles,  when you come to some "S"turns you'll be about 1\2 mile. On the left we'll have a sign say R.I.H.M with arrow. Its a dirt road, stay to you r right and go to the top of the hill. We'll be there to park everyone.

I f anyone can't understand the direction Please call Buck Leach at: 781.201.9320 Buck's cell.
Don's Home number is 781.784.3224
We'll be there rain or shine

EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

We will have our 1^st meeting on Saturday January 28^th at 1pm at Rachel Cesana’s.Bring your ideas on how to best approach schools, what can we accomplish with our minerals in educating our youth, what should we put in the collection we want to donate as good representations of the minerals of RI, what materials will we need to accomplish our goal,etc. etc. In other words..bring your thinking caps 

Directions: From Providence: Take RT 146 north past the RT 295 interchange, then past the traffic signal (only one on hwy). After signal get in left lane to follow RT 146 toward Worcester. Take the exit marked Slatersville/Forestdale. At end of exit ramp take a right. At the light take a right onto RT146A. Go to next light and take left onto St. Paul St.. Follow St. Paul St to yellow brick school turn left into school and church parking lot and bear left to small street (Chapel St.) toward back of parking lot. Tony’s house is beige with unpainted garage. From South: Take RT 295 north to exit 9B. Follow signs to RT146 (left lane off exit) Continue same as above From East Bay area take RT195 West to RT 95 north to exi8t for RT 146. Continue as above From Boston & Pawtucket. Take RT 95 to Rt 295 south and take Exit 9B . Follow signs to Rt 146 North and continue as above from anywhere else call Rachel at 401-766-9076 for directions

WINTER:

There will be no general meeting in January and February. There will be Board meetings and we would encourage you to attend if you can as this is where all our planning takes place. We will let you know time and place in the newsletters.

Remember that our auction has been changed to April. Winter is a great time to reorganize and sort your finds, make labels for everything you want to keep, so you remember where you found them, and put aside anything you would be willing part with and would like to sell at the auction. Grouping items into small flats to sell together is another option that seems to work well.

INTERESTING WEBSITES

http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/MineralCol

http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/minerals/index.htmlecting.htm

http://uvminerals.org/fms/about-fluorescent-mineral-society

http://www.minerals.net/resource/finding_minerals.aspx

http://www.collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com/