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SEPTEMBER 2007 MINUTES 14 September - Denver, Colorado Board Meeting
Board members present:
Anna Domitrovic,
Virgil Lueth, Jean DeMouthe, The meeting was called to
order a Domitrovic summarized the
treasurer's report, and discussed deposit insurance.
She mentioned that PayPal payment service might make it easier for
members, particularly those overseas, to pay their dues.
She offered to set up an account for SMMP with AOL, if appropriate.
President VL told her to go ahead. DeMouthe said that the Lueth said that the first
document for the Best Practices Manual for minerals is finished and available by
e-mail. He asked for comments. Kampf reported that there
have been problems with messages going through the list server, and the
newsletter went out late. Lueth discussed the SMMP
grant process, which he feels needs more oversight.
The current request will be funded, but we should request a written
report on how the money is spent and the results of the project. He also mentioned the M&M6
meeting in golden Meeting adjourned at General Meeting The meeting was called to
order by president Virgil Lueth at The minutes from the
previous meeting in Anna Domitrovic gave the
treasurer's report and reminded members about their dues and the web site.
There is currently $1,494.36 in the checking account, and $8,600.64 in
the money market savings account.
Total assets are $10,095.00.
SMMP currently has 109 members. AD
also reported on the planned PayPal account for dues payment. Lueth reported there seemed
to be no collections at risk right now.
SMMP had sent a letter to the DeMouthe reported on the
upcoming SMMP display in Lueth said that the Best
Practices draft on specimen sampling was ready for review and asked for input
from members. Kampf reports that LACM has
hired a new collection manager for the mineral collection, Alisa Morgan Lueth reports that the
first applicant for the SMMP grant is the Bruce Geller talked about
the upcoming M&M6 meeting at the Colorado School of Mines, which will be held 7
- 9 September 2008 (Sunday, Monday & Tuesday), right before the Denver Show. Jim Hurlbut talked about
planned field trips at that meeting, which will be a mixture of one-day trips
and overnights. The second circular
should be on the web by the end of Sept (it's there now). Domitrovic reports that the Post reported that he and
George Harlow are working on a written response to the sale of the Newman said that many
museum people do not appreciate the vulnerability of collections, and they do
not expect this sort of thing (i.e. sale of specimens) to happen. Further discussion
followed, during which it was revealed that the ANSP has a new director who
wants to start another mineral collection (?!). Kampf encourage members to
check their own collection policies relative to deaccessions and who has the
authority to approve sales and other tran Huizing asked for
suggestions regarding the SMMP program for the 2008 Tucson show.
No one responded. The meeting was adjourned
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