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August 27, 2008 |
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Inside: * * * Board of Directors
President
Past Pres. & Newsletter Ed. Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Bruce Geller
Terri Ottaway
Jeffery E. Post Penny Williamson
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* * * The Denver Show will be a bit busier than usual this year with the 6th International Conference on Mineralogy and Museums (M&M6) fronting the show. It should be an exciting opportunity to meet and confer with our colleagues from around the world. The program is packed with a diverse array of presentations and posters that curators will find useful in their own facilities and research. This is the first time the meeting has been hosted in the United States, so even if you are not participating in the program, you have a unique opportunity to participate in an international meeting devoted to museums. SMMP is hosting the poster session reception on Monday night of the meeting. Be sure to stop by and enjoy some refreshments, finger foods, and collegiality. The fabulous Denver Show follows on the heels of the M&M6 meeting. The overlap allows us to catch the very beginnings of the retail show, something I usually cannot attend because of financial restrictions. I'd like to call your attention to a couple of
things prior to your departure to Denver. First, be sure to participate
in our display this year. The topic is Odd,
rare, and unusual specimens from Colorado,
please look through your collections for something to contribute. Our
displays always receive excellent reviews and Jean DeMouthe (and
occasional surrogates) puts significant effort into the display. Don't
make her job more difficult by making her prompt the membership to
contribute. Secondly, please review the minutes from the Tucson Meeting
prior to the Denver Show. We had a miscommunication and the minutes as
posted were reconstituted from notes and memory. If you have any
corrections/suggestions, send them on to me. Last, we sure could use a
volunteer to address a new (number 3 in the series) Best Practices
contribution. Let's keep the ball rolling ladies and gentlemen. By the
way, we had no applications for the SMMP Research Study Grants this
year. Maybe next year... Virgil W. Lueth, President |
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* * * You are encouraged to interact with your fellow SMMP members via our list server: Please remember that when you reply to an email sent via our list server, you will be replying to the sender, although you have the option of copying the membership. Tony Kampf processes additions to and deletions from the list server. That way we can limit the list to our membership and if a member decides that they want to be dropped from the list, Tony will know whether to send them the SMMP Newsletter by snail mail. Note that you are only be able to send via the list server by using your email address that is on the list server. This should be the same one that is used in our on-line roster. * * * Click on the link below to go to the minutes:
MINUTES OF THE
TUCSON MEETING * * *
American Geological Institute (AGI)
Although the Society of Mineral Museum Professionals maintains no official ties with the Commission on Museums (CM) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), the Commission resolved at its December, 2000, meeting in Melbourne, Australia, to support SMMP's efforts in uniting mineral museum professionals worldwide. * * * 6th International Conference on Mineralogy and Museums
Over the last 19 years, Mineralogy & Museums meetings have provided the
opportunity for persons with interests in mineral collections, particularly
museum staff members, to stay abreast of the latest developments in the areas of
communications, exhibitions, computerization of collections, history of
collections, and other pertinent topics. The M&M6 Conference
will address the areas of growth since the last conference, as well as new
developments in mineral museums. The first conference took place in London in
1988, followed by Toronto in 1992, Budapest in 1996, Melbourne in 2000, and
Paris in 2004. SMMP is sponsoring the poster session reception at the meeting Monday evening, September 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information: http://www.mines.edu/outreach/cont_ed/ICMM6/* * * The final versions of our first two "best practices" reports are now available on the SMMP website: Research Sampling of Collections We are looking for suggestions for report number 3. Please submit your ideas to the board at the Denver meeting or contact Virgil Lueth. * * *
* * * SMMP dues are $10.00 U.S., payable to Anna Domitrovic, treasurer, 6118 W. Lazy Heart Street, Tucson, AZ 85713. Any directory changes or additions should be sent to Tony Kampf. In Europe, dues can be remitted to Peter Davidson, National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, SCOTLAND. Note that you can check your dues payment status on the SMMP on-line roster. The year shown in the last column indicates the last year for which you have paid. If you are delinquent, please remit your dues payment as soon as possible. |
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