Announcements
SHENANDOAH VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
November 2008
Meeting: November 10, 7:30 pm Waynesboro Church of the Brethren
Business: Leftover items about Gem Show
Program: Kelly Lane – topic to be announced
Silent Auction
Sharing our mutual hobby
Next Meeting: December 8 – 6:30 pm - Annual Christmas Dinner
Rowe’s Restaurant, Staunton, on Rt. 250 east of I-81
Notes from the discussion of the Gem Show at the October meeting
Attendance: 762 – about the same as the 2006 Show.
Club made $965.
From vendors comments, the show was a success for them.
Good member commitment helping with each stage of the process.
Show ran smoothly.
Suggested changes for next year:
Member displays and concessions put in the hallway behind ticket sales.
Put up temporary curtains due to heat in the afternoon.
Club to build a dolly to move tables in and out of the building.
Offer vendors up to 2 more tables for their display (extra cost) and not allow
vendors to use their own tables.
Charge $250 per vendor next year plus $32 for each extra table.
Correct admission prices in Fall Foliage brochure.
Welcome to New Members:
Howard Kivett; Mary, Robert, Evan, and Ashley McIntire; and Stephen, Jacki, Thomas and Joseph White
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Field Trips
Remember to contact Scott Duresky if you would like to be on the list to be notified of forthcoming field trips at thehappyimp@hotmail.com. Leonard Lantz is working with Scott – lllvnamgrunt@gmail.com.
Officers of Shenandoah Valley Gem & Mineral Society – 2008
President Kelly Lane
Vice President Barbara Jesser
Secretary Thelma Miller
Field Trip Coordinator Scott Duresky
Treasurer Leo Cloutier
Gem Show Co-Chairmen Paul Johnson & Roland Stetler
Newsletter Deadline –If you have information you would like to have in the newsletter, please get it to Thelma Miller on or before the last Friday of the month. This will allow time for mailing to those who don’t have email.