Category: By-laws

New Auction Bidding Rules

By-laws

New Auction Bidding Rules The Board has approved the following bidding increment rules for our Club auctions: $0 to $5 bid increments are .25 cents $5 to $10 bid increment are .50 cents $10 to $20 bid increments are $1 $20 to $50 bid increments are $3 Over $50 bid increments are $5

By-Laws Amendment

By-Laws Amendment: The Board has voted to add a new position to the Board: Show Chairman. The Members will vote on this change at our November General meeting. The changes are noted in bold print. The amendment is revised as follows: Article IV. Officers and Directors Section 1. The officers of the Cascade Mineralogical Society, Inc. […]

Presidents Message

  • Digging It Welcome to February 2026, the month when our Seahawks brought home a long-overdue second Super Bowl win! 🙂 I’m delighted to be starting my two-year term as the club’s new president. Thank you for electing me to this position, and thank you to Kat Koch for leading our club for the last decade. As we move into February and beyond, I hope to see more of YOU – at meetings, on field trips, in our rock shop, at our show, picnic, and holiday party. To me, the best part of this club – aside from the rocks, of …

Meeting Announcements

  • Our wagonmaster, Roger, will go over the field trips he has planned for this year, including samples of what you can find at each location.   Show and Tell: Your Best Rock Find Of Last Year.

  • Maureen Carlisle, Former Docent at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, will take us through A Day on a Dig: “Over the years I’ve been asked about what it is like to be on a dino dig, so I’d like to answer some of these questions. I’ll cover some of the practical aspects of both archaeology and paleontology, as I have had the pleasure of being involved in both.” Show and Tell: bring a fossil or artifact that you’ve found or collected.

  • Come one, come all and play ROCK BINGO! With schools out for many local school districts, we invite members, guests, and especially families and kids to come and enjoy one of our most fun nights of the year. Everyone is guaranteed to win at this FREE event! All you have to do is bring three wrapped presents – presents can be rocks, gems, minerals, crystals, fossils, cabochons, slabs, jewelry, tumbled stones – anything you think might be a nice gift for a rock enthusiast. 

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