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Covid 19 Updates:

NO BOARD OR GENERAL MEETINGS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!!

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR OCTOBER SUPERSWAP AND NOVEMBER AUCTION HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2020 DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HOPEFULLY THESE EVENTS WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR. -MMLS BOARD

From The President's Desk:
Very important information for MMLS Members .. Please Read!

Hi fellow rockhounds:
Well, here it is September coming up and we haven't been able yet to get together for a meeting. Pete and I sincerely hope you are all doing well and staying safe. As of this writing I can't get a hold of the Democratic Club to see if they are re-opened or not, but I'm pretty sure we will still not be able to hold a General Meeting in September, or even beyond that. We'll have to play it by ear for now.

On Friday, August 7th I called a special Board Meeting at our house to discuss whether or not we would be able to hold our SuperSwap in October or our Auction in November. Nine of our board members (including myself) attended the meeting. After careful deliberation it was decided we should cancel both events for the safety and well-being of our members and the general public. We will try for next year.

In order to stay in touch with all of you, it was decided that Pete will continue putting out The Rockpile while we are on hiatus because of Covid-19 but at a reduced number of pages. Meeting dates and Club Events will not be published until we resume them. Sister Club events also will not be listed for the same time frame. We will bring you articles to read in their place. That way we can keep in touch with each other and give you all a little something "rocky" to read and maybe brighten your day.

It's only about 4 months till the end of my term as President, so I have appointed Mike Bomba and Dan Gumina (with their permission of course) to be the nominating committee for the 2021 elections for next year's Club Officers. We are ready for a change, so if you are called upon to serve as an officer for our great club, please say "yes" and give it your all. These positions have to be filled by the end of October in order to have notice in The Rockpile and for the election to take place in November and for the new officers to be installed in December as my term ends. I have served 4 terms as President over the years of this great club and have done so proudly!

It is with a sad heart that I announce the passing of a friend and past MMLS member. Kitty Starbuck passed away on June 27th from Covid-19. She and her husband, Marve, gave much time to our hobby and the MWF. Kitty and Marve were members of the Kalamazoo Geological and Mineral Society and Kitty was instrumental in starting the MWF Endowment Fund. She will be greatly missed by us all!

We'll talk again next month, stay well and safe.
-Diane

Midwest Mineralogical and Lapidary Society

Covid 19 Updates:

From The President's Desk:​Very important information for MMLS Members .. Please Read!

From The President's Desk:
Very important information for MMLS Members .. Please Read!