Category: By-laws

New Auction Bidding Rules

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!  May is finally here, and with the snow clearing, the flowers blooming, and the rains letting up a bit (hopefully), that rock fever is hitting us all pretty hard. I hope you all had a great time at the Rock Bingo night last month! The Big Show is Coming! We are now less than two months away from our Cascade Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, which will be held June 27–28 at Kent Commons. This is our biggest event of the year, and as I mentioned when I started my term, the people are what make this club

Meeting Announcements

  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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