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NEWSLETTER

Volume 12, #2                       September 2, 2009
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Inside:
 SMMP Meetings
 Denver Agenda
 President's Message
 Best Practices Project
 SMMP Grant Program
 Meeting Minutes
SMMP Affiliations
SMMP List Server
Paying Dues

Board of Directors

President
Virgil W. Lueth
 New Mexico Bureau of Mines
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801, USA
 vwlueth@nmt.edu

Past President & Newsletter Editor
Anthony R. Kampf
 Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA

Vice President
 Jamie Newman
 Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
 American Museum of Natural History
 Central Park West @79th St.
 New York, NY 10024, USA

Secretary
Jean F. DeMouthe
 California Academy of Science
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118, USA

Treasurer
 Anna M. Domitrovic
 6118 W. Lazy Heart Street
Tucson, AZ 85713, USA

Board Members:

Bruce Geller
Colorado School of Mines
 13th and Maple St.
Golden, CO  80401, USA

 

Terri Ottaway
 Gemological Institute of America
5345 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008, USA

 

Jeffery E. Post
 Dept. of Mineral Sciences, MRC-119
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560, USA

Penny Williamson
 School of Geosciences
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522, Australia

DENVER MEETINGS

Date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Place: Denver Merchandise Mart
Board Meeting: 1:30 - 2:00 PM
Membership Meeting: 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Denver Exhibit: "Pseudomorphs: Minerals replacing fossils"
Please contact Jean DeMouthe if you are planning to participate in our society exhibit at the Denver Gem & Mineral Show.

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TENTATIVE DENVER AGENDA 

  1. Call to Order

  2. Introductions

  3. Approval of the Tucson Meeting Minutes

  4. Treasurer's Report

  5. Membership Report

  6. Collections/Curators Committee Report

  7. Education Committee - Denver exhibit; Tucson program and case

  8. Best Practices Initiative

  9. New Business

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

 

Recession, depression, forced furloughs, budget cuts…so how is your museum doing? I'm sure the severity felt in any particular place depends on the financial situation in that city/state. Out here in New Mexico we never really soar with the boom, nor do we bottom out as deeply during the bust. Regardless, I believe museums and other public services receive a disproportionate amount of cutting when things get tough â€â€Åâ€ÃÃÃââââ