Month: January 2023

The Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society is a non-profit society under the Societies Act. As such, we are run by a board of directors who are elected once a year at our January Annual General Meeting. There are 9 elected postions plus the Past President, and a further 8 positions who are appointed by the board. Our new board this year is:

	Elected Positions
	President  Yvan Gagnon president@vlms.ca		Past President  Allana Shillito allana.shillito@vlms.ca
	Treasurer David Jackson treasurer@vlms.ca		Vice President Karen Rowe vicepresident@vlms.ca
	Membership  Becci Simmons membership@vlms.ca		Secretary Position Vacant secretary@vlms.ca
	Member at Large Joanne Nielsen joanne.nielsen@vlms.ca		Member at Large Karis Zabolotney karis.zabolotney@vlms.ca
	Member at Large Robert Belz robert.belz@vlms.ca		Member at Large Hayden Sander hayden.sander@vlms.ca
	Appointed Positions
	Laphound News Editor  Position Vacant laphoundnews@vlms.ca		Librarian Kathryn Hawkins librarian@vlms.ca
	Field Trips Sean Maier fieldtrips@vlms.ca		Field Trips & 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  Karen Rowe lapidaryworkshop@vlms.ca
	Webmaster Becci Simmons web@vlms.ca

We are still looking for volunteers for the following positions, please contact president@vlms.ca if you would be willing to donate your time and join a convivial and supportive team to help keep our club going.

• Secretary
• Vice President
• Laphound News Editor
• Social Committee Chair

As is traditional, instead of a members’ meeting we held a Christmas Party in December. There is no speaker and no club business meeting. Instead we had a pot luck and sit and chat. Here follows the social committee report:

• The VLMS annual Christmas party was held at the Lawn Bowling Club on Monday,
  December 5 th , 2022.
• The Club was decorated with fir boughs and colored metallic bows, and the seating
  was in a horse-shoe arrangement so that everyone could see each other and chat
  comfortably.
• Members were asked to sign up with the item or dish that they had chosen to bring,
  and although only 19 members signed up originally, the ranks swelled for a total of 38
  people in the end.
• There was a well rounded variation of items, like turkey, ham, sausages, scalloped
  potatoes, German style sauerkraut and red cabbage, raw veggies and dip, Greek salad,
  a large Caesar salad, 3-cheese appetizer with crackers, cranberry salad, guacamole
  and tortilla chips, and multiple wonderful desserts.
• Thank you all, who brought the delicious food!
• There was an optional gift exchange. Next year we hope to have more of a program,
  with prizes to be won.
• Pictures were taken of everyone and they will be submitted for the next Laphound
  News.
• Everyone cleaned up with an amazing efficiency, and the whole event finished at
  8:30pm.

Some snapshots of the event – click on the pictures to see them larger: