Current Info
Updated 07/15/2010
HGMS Scholarship Form Available on the Web Site
The HGMS Board of Directors will be selecting a recipient for the 2009 Art and Elizabeth Smith $2,500 Scholarship and a recipient for the 2010 Bob Cross $2,500 Scholarship. Both will be awarded in 2010 to two people who meet the qualifications specified on the form. CLICK HERE to download the form.
The August 2010
Backbender's Gazette is now available.
HGMS member articles and the BBG were forwarded to the 2010 AFMS Bulletin Editors' Contest by the SCFMS. HGMS did spectacularly well. Check it out on page 16. John Emerson describes the code wheel he and his employers used for secure communication while he worked in Iran. Chris Peek wrote a poem twitting the Ogre in the Shop. (Gee, who might that might be?) Mary Ann Mitschner wrote a poem about shiny heart cabs. Terry Proctor's second FYI article with interesting Web sites is on page 12. Plus there's lots more of interest. You'll find it all in the August 2010 BBG. (Adobe
Acrobat
Reader is required for PDF files.)
Useful
Links: For a
variety of very interesting Internet links, please click on the
red 
button. If
you
would like to have your club Web site listed here, please let
us know.
If you would like your non-club Web site listed here because you think
our club
members would find your earth science-related Web site interesting
and informative,
please let us know that too. If you are an HGMS member and have
some
favorite sites that you think should be listed here, please let us
know.
Are you on Facebook? Be sure to join the Houston Gem & Mineral Society (HGMS) group recently started by Theresa Peek.
HGMS Outreach Project: HGMS is sponsoring a new Outreach Project to provide Earth Science and Lapidary (jewelry making) information to greater Houston and Harris County. The area is divided into eight districts; each will have an HGMS group that coordinates with various organizations and groups in each district to provide information and hands-on training several times a year. Click here for more information.
Brian Honsinger is the HGMS Education Chair. He has been scheduling many classes and is getting more requests every day. Let Brian know what classes you would like to take. His cell phone is (281) 777-0552, and his e-mail address is texbay@sbcglobal.net.
HGMS Paleo Section is sponsoring a 2010 $1000 scholarship. Click on the button to access the application forms.
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We
are now featuring "How to" articles written by
our membership. Click on the button to learn about Close-Up Photography
written by Sam Norwood. Also new is a photo tour of the HGMS shop and a
listing of where HGMS buys its shop supplies. Still available are Neal
Immega's instructions on how to build your
very own SuperGrinder and his article on "Extended Focus in
Macro Photography."
HGMS-Related
Forms and Documents: A number of helpful
forms and
documents are available. Most are in PDF format and require Adobe
Acrobat
Reader (a free online download).
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MEMBERSHIP : ANNUAL DUES
Single Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40.00 Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
Couple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00 Family (all members in one house) . . $75.00
Life Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00
On July 1 and after, the year's membership is 1/2 price.The Membership form (see button above) can be printed and mailed to HGMS, or you can fill one out at a meeting.
