More About Our Club
What Does it Mean to be a Member of MGMS?
Membership privileges include eligibility to participate in all club activities. Non-club members and the general public may attend our annual gem and mineral show which is held the third weekend in March each year. Other privileges include:
- Subscription to the MGMS newsletter
- Participation in field trips
- Participation in silent auctions, raffles and drawings at Club events
- Participation in the Handicrafters special meetings (for members who like to make stuff, or want to learn)
- Board Member Elections
- Participation in meetings, summer potlucks, & annual Christmas Party
- Free lunch and t-shirt for annual show volunteers
The best part of being a member is hanging out with your fellow rockhounds and fossil collectors! We are always learning from one another. Our club is a diverse group with everyone from novice collectors to experienced experts. We learn from one another, have a great time on the field trips, and of course planning and participating in our annual show is a blast!
ABOUT OUR CLUB
The Michigan Gem and Mineral Society (MGMS) is a chartered non-Profit 501c3 organization, which held its first meeting on March 4, 1954. It is a gathering of like-minded rock, mineral and fossil enthusiasts who come together to share their common interest and make new friends and share their stories.
FIELD TRIPS:
During the year MGMS goes on several field trips to different locations in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. These are different opportunities to have fellowship and collect new specimens of rocks, minerals and fossils to add to your collection – or to begin a new collection! These field trips are announced in the newsletter, via email, and at the meetings.
View meetings and field trips on the club calendar, or contact the field trip chair for details (members only).
MEMBERSHIP FEES:
If you wish to join MGMS, there is a modest yearly fee of only $15.00 per adult (17 years and older) or $20.00 per family. A family is considered to be all members living under the same roof. What a bargain! Yearly membership fees are payable – and due – on March 25th of each year.
Click here for the Membership Application
MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES
Membership privileges include eligibility to participate in all club activities. Non-club members and the general public may attend our annual gem and mineral show which is held the third weekend in March each year. Other privileges include:
- Subscription to the MGMS newsletter
- Participation in field trips
- Participation in silent auctions, raffles and drawings at Club events
- Participation in the Handicrafters special meetings (for members who like to make stuff, or want to learn)
- Board Member Elections
- Participation in meetings, summer potlucks, & annual Christmas Party
- Free lunch and t-shirt for annual show volunteers
The best part of being a member is hanging out with your fellow rockhounds and fossil collectors! We are always learning from one another. Our club is a diverse group with everyone from novice collectors to experienced experts. We learn from one another, have a great time on the field trips, and of course planning and participating in our annual show is a blast!
MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
MGMS meetings are held on the SECOND SATURDAY of each month at 1:00 pm at the Jackson District Library-Eastern Branch, 3125 E. Michigan Ave., Jackson, MI 49202 (December meeting is informal/holiday potluck; location TBD)
In the summer months of June and July, the meetings are a potluck with various activities. Each month’s location will be announced in the newsletter, via email and on this web site. NO MEETINGS IN AUGUST.