Please note that some club activities are suspended until further notice. This means specifically
- The workshop and classes are closed for now
Field trip: Meade Creek, Shaw Creek, Cowichan, May 29th ’22
Field trip to Meade Creek and Shaw Creek north of Cowichan lake. Please contact Sean at fieldtrips@vlms.ca if you plan on joining. Please note field trips are only open to members for insurance purposes.
We have two locations for this months field trip, that are relatively close to each other.
One: Meade Creek; Rhodonite, Potential gold, Laurel Stone
Two: Shaw Creek; Rhodonite (More then at Meade), Jasper (bright red and black kind), Potential Gold, Laurel Stone.
Same as Meade, just more of it and better….
Suggested things to bring:
- Gold panning pans
- Water (for drinking)
- Rock hammer
- safety glasses (eye protection)
- gloves
- hiking boots or good treaded running shoes
- food (optional)
Meeting location: Juan de Fuca center parking lot at 9:00 am, see red circle on attached map.
Strawberry Social – June 6th ’22
Our next Monday General Members’ meeting is on June 6th and is our Strawberry Social. We will provide strawberries and cream or ice cream as a treat. The meeting will be at 7 pm at the Burnside Lawn Bowling Club, 274 Hampton Rd, Victoria, BC V8Z 1H1. Vaccine passports will not be checked. Masks are welcome but not required.
In addition, Karen Lochhead will be talking about Australian Opals.
In order to buy an appropriate amount of strawberries and ice cream we need to know how many people will be attending, so please fill out this google form if you plan to join for this event.
Strawberry Social ’22
If you have problems filling in the form, email web@vlms.ca and Becci will fill it in for you.
2022 Board of Directors
| Elected Positions | |||
 | President Yvan Gagnon president@vlms.ca |  | Past President Allana Shillito allana.shillito@vlms.ca |
 | Treasurer David Jackson treasurer@vlms.ca |  | Vice President Leni Gagnon vicepresident@vlms.ca |
 | Membership Becci Simmons membership@vlms.ca | | Secretary Position Vacant secretary@vlms.ca |
 | Member at Large Sarah Hamilton sarah.hamilton@vlms.ca | | Member at Large Arlene Modderman arlene.modderman@vlms.ca |
| Member at Large Craig McMorland craig.mcmorland@vlms.ca | | Member at Large Mary Marshall mary.marshall@vlms.ca |
| Appointed Positions | |||
| Laphound News Editor Julia Henshall laphoundnews@vlms.ca |  | Librarian Kathryn Hawkins librarian@vlms.ca |
 | Field Trips Sean Maier fieldtrips@vlms.ca | | Program Coordinator Arlene Modderman arlene.modderman@vlms.ca |
 | Program Coordinator Karol Jorgensen karol.jorgensen@vlms.ca | | Show Chair Sarah Hamilton showchair@vlms.ca |
 | Social Committee Barb McKenzie barb.mckenzie@vlms.ca | | Workshop Position Vacant lapidaryworkshop@vlms.ca |
| Senior Island Zone Representative David Jackson treasurer@vlms.ca | | Junior Island Zone Representative Karol Jorgensen |
| Intermediate Island Zone Representative Allana Shillito allana.shillito@vlms.ca | | Webmaster Becci Simmons web@vlms.ca |
Volunteers for the Rock and Gem show – members only
Hello everyone,
Our Rock and Gem show is coming up in just a week (Fri, March 17th – Sun, March 20th).The Rock and Gem show is a really fun event to attend, and is also the financial foundation for many of the other fun things we do during the year.
We need member-volunteers to make the show a success. Below is a link to the volunteer sheet for you to look at. If you can spare a couple of hours (or more) to sign up for a slot, please let me know what day and time by replying to this email and I will put your name in the sheet (showchair@vlms.ca).
March Gem Show 2022
The March Gem Show is nearly here, we will be asking for volunteers at Monday’s meeting to help run the show.
February 2022 Laphound News
Hello everyone:
Please find the February 2022 edition of the Laphound News below. I’m pleased to meet you and honoured to try to fill Gary’s Brookes’ shoes after his good work over the past years.
I’m new to lapidary and geology and am thrilled to have the opportunity to learn from, and to get to know you, beginning at the March members’ meeting. See you there!
Sincerely,
Julia Henshall, Laphound News Editor, laphoundnews@vlms.ca