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Volume 13, #2
August 31, 2010 |
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Inside: Board of Directors
President
Past President
& Newsletter Editor
Vice President Secretary Treasurer Board Members: Katherine Dunnell 100 Queen's Park
Bruce Geller Jamie Newman
Terri Ottaway |
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* * * PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Fall is fast approaching; its dark later
into the morning making it harder to wake up on time, I get up in
the middle of the night to turn off the cooler, and I have to think
about what to exhibit at Denver (other than the silver minerals I
promised Jean for the SMMP case). Other sure signs of fall
include; school groups calling for tours and classes, college
students pressing their noses to the exhibits completing some of
their first lab exercises, and senior tour companies scheduling
tours for the dead of winter (really not such a dead time here in
New Mexico). These things may be signs of fall but they are also a
testament to the broad range of educational opportunities afforded
to our patrons. Very few public institutions actually cater to the
entire age range of the populace.
Virgil Lueth, President
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* * * The first "best practices" documents about research
sampling of collections are posted on the SMMP website: BEST PRACTICES REPORT NO. 1: Research Sampling of Collections BEST PRACTICES REPORT NO. 2: Moving Specimens We are looking for more in the series - please submit your idea to the board at the Denver meeting or contact Virgil Lueth (vwlueth@nmt.edu).* * *
The SMMP Grant Program Awards are to support curatorial research and
methodologies that address one or more of the Society of Mineral Museum
Professionals (SMMP) mission statement goals: 1) foster recognition of
mineral science collections as essential scientific, educational and
cultural resources, 2) promote support for growth, maintenance and use
of collections and exhibits and, 3) advance museum practice through
cooperation in the development, review and dissemination of information.
Amounts vary up to a maximum of $1000 per grant. Grant awards determined
by SMMP Board of Directors. Grant applications are available on request.
Applications are due * * *
MINUTES OF THE
TUCSON MEETING Click on the link above to view the minutes. * * *
The Annual Joint meeting of SMMP Europe and the IMA-CM
As in previous years, the
venue will be
Room A51 on the First Floor of Hall A5 of the Neue Messe Riem, Access is from Hall A5. * * * REPORT ON SMMP SUPPORT AT IMA2010 The 20th International Mineralogical Association (IMA) General
Meeting has recently successfully ended in Budapest (August 21-27,
2010). The conference was the result of a joint effort of 10 organising
and supporting countries from Central and Eastern Europe (details on the
conference homepage, www.ima2010.hu).
It gathered about 1500 participants, from 74 countries all over the
world. Dana Pop * * * American Geological Institute (AGI) Natural Science Collections Alliance NSCA) 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. * * * 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 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 able to send via the list server from your email address that is on the list server. This should be the same one that is used in our on-line roster. * * * 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. To make paying your dues easier (especially for non-US members), a PayPal account has been established and installed on our website. You can use your credit card or your own personal PayPal account. Just go to our Dues webpage. 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. Remember to renew your membership. If you are planning to pay dues at the Denver meeting, help Anna by filling out a membership application with your dues payment. Do it beforehand and save time at the meeting! |
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