CDMC - The Capital District Mineral Club

PUT YOURSELF ON A COMMITTEE: E-mail me at schmanie@albanyrockclub.com if you wish to be added or removed from a list. If there is a hole for a chair...please note in your E-mail if you wish this role.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: In charge of keeping track of who is a member, who owes money for membership, which members want an electronic copy of the newsletter, and which want a paper copy.

1. Jim Palmer: CHAIR
2. Gerry Boileau
3. George Gearhardt

PUBIC RELATIONS/PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: In charge of making the club known to the public through pamplets, website, word of mouth, etc.

1. Richard Hartnett: CHAIR
2. Anne Woods
3. Tom Halleran
4. Robert Stitham
5. Curtis Breuer

PROGRAM COMMITTEE: In charge of deciding who speaks at the monthly meetings.

1. Bruce Murray: CHAIR
2. Rich Hartnett
3. Gerry Pratt

NOMINATING COMMITTEE: Nominates the new officiers for the club membership to vote on at the January meeting. Committee gets disolved after the vote

SHOW COMMITTEE: In charge of getting things together for February Mineral Show at the New York State Museum in Albany

1. George Gearhardt: CHAIR
2. Bob Ballad
3. Tom Halleran
4. Anne Woods
5. Rich Stein
6. Bob Stitham
7. Rich Hartnett
8. Jo-anna Michalek
9. Max Fischer

FIELD TRIP COMMITTEE: Meets early on to determine the list of field trips for the year. Contains a large number of actual field trip leaders.

1. Gerry Pratt: CHAIR
2. Jim Palmer
3. Rich Stein
4. George Gearhardt
5. Richard Hartnett
6. Gerry Boileau
7. Bob Stitham
8. Bob Ballad
9. Anne Woods
10. Tom Halleran

AUCTION/ RAFFLE COMMITTEE: In charge of monthly raffle for meetings and making sure the Auctions at the dinner run smoothly and not chaotic.

1. Bob Ballad: CHAIR
2. Robert Stitham
3. Anne Woods
4. Gerry Boileau


BANQUET COMMITTEE: In charge choosing the menu and location for June and December Banquets.

1. Robert Stitham: CHAIR
2. Bob Ballad
3. Anne Woods
4. Gerry Boileau
5. Robert Stitham

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE: In charge of choosing who gets the scholarship within the guidelines set up by the Board of Directors of the club.

Chair: Gerry Boileau

LIBRARY COMMITTEE: In charge of the organizing, keeping track of, and ordering new library books.

1. Barbara Gearhardt: CHAIR
2. Bonnie Unser
3. George Gearhardt

AUDITING COMMITTEE: In charge of a once a year auditing of the club books (or more if necessary).

1. Tom Halleran: CHAIR
2. Rich Hartnett
3. Helen Eckler

EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE: In charge of searching through old books, internet, etc. in for new and exciting rock trips. Then explorers will explore the site to make sure it is worthly of the club. Then new sites will be added to the trips for the year as permission is granted to us.

1. Tom Halleran: CHAIR
2. Anne Woods
3. Rich Hartnett
4. Rich Stein
5. George Gearhardt
6. Jim Palmer
7. Art Collins
8. Gerry Boileau
9. Bonnie Unser
10. Bob Ballad
11. Robert Stitham

SOCIAL COMMITTEE: In charge of making sure ice cream socials, etc. are offered to club members after meetings for establishment of group togetherness.

1. Gerry Boileau: CHAIR
2. Bob Stitham
3. Max Fischer

GREETING COMMITTEE: In charge of making sure new members and visitors to the club meetings feel like a part of the group rather than outsiders.

1. Bruce Murray: CHAIR
2. Charlyn Murray
3. Richard Hartnett
4. Robert Kaufman

BY-LAWS COMMITTEE: In charge of making sure that the By-Laws of the club are up-to-date.

1. Rich Stein: CHAIR
2. George Gearhardt
3. Bob Ballad
4. Tom Halleran

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE: In charge of writing articles for the newsletter, putting it all together, folding, photocopies, putting on labels (provided by membership committee), and adding stamps. All under a deadline of before the 24th of each month.

1. Anne Woods: CHAIR
2. Don Kauffman
3. Bob Ballad
4. Richard Hartnett
5. Bob Stitham
6. Curtis Breuer

BBQ COMMITTEE: In charge of setting up BBQ at a local park to have a rock swap with members of our club and other local clubs.

1. Anne Woods: CHAIR
2. Robert Stitham
3. Kevin Baskin
4. Curtis Breuer


T-SHIRT COMMITTEE: In charge of designing and producing a T-shirt for the membership to buy individually at cost. There shall be no profit to committee members. They shall figure out a way to do so.

1. Anne Woods: CHAIR
2. Curtis Breuer
3. Bob Hartig
4. Robert Stitham


FIELD TRIP RULES COMMITTEE: In charge of rewriting the rules to be followed on a club field trip in a way that leaves no interpretation other than that which we mean.

1. Anne Woods: CHAIR
2. Robert Stitham
3. Robert Ballad
4. Tom Halleran