Membership Basics
We'd be delighted to welcome you as a member! Whether you bring expert knowledge or novice questions, we appreciate the value you add to our meetings and activities.
Annual dues are $20 individual, $25 family.
Dues fund our ongoing expenses to provide this website and our innovative newsletter, and help with our annual award to support the scholarship of a student of mineralogy/geology and our grateful annual donations to the Smithsonian Mineral Sciences Department, our sponsor at the Smithsonian.
Other benefits of membership include: :
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camaraderie with friendly, welcoming people with diverse knowledge of mineralogy, geology, specific minerals, fluorescents, earth science, and related fields
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excellent monthly programs, open to the public
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opportunities for informal Q&A and discussion with Smithsonian mineral scientists and our other expert presenters
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access to Wildacres, a great week of workshops and camaraderie in the North Carolina mountains, and other Eastern Federation activities
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input into planning club programs, so that they can respond to members' interests,
How to Join
- Sign up online. Membership will automatically renew each year. You'll receive a notification 7 days prior to your renewal date with an opportunity to update your credit card information if it has changed. If you don't want to renew that particular year, email our membership person and we'll cheerfully cancel your renewal.
- Prefer to pay by check? No problem. Print out the new member form and send it with a check to:Mineralotical Society of DC to: MSDC Treasurer, 7099 Game Lord Drive, Springfield, VA 22153-1312.
Current Members - How to pay dues
- Online membership renewal. Membership will automatically renew each year. You'll receive a notification 7 days prior to your renewal date with an opportunity to update your credit card information if it has changed. If you don't want to renew that particular year, email our membership person and we'll cheerfully cancel your renewal.
- Prefer to pay by check? Just print out the existing member form and send it with a check to:Mineralogical Society of DC to: MSDC Treasurer, 7099 Game Lord Drive, Springfield, VA 22153-1312.
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We are affiliated with the
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS) http://www.amfed.org and we are a founding member of the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS) http://www.amfed.org/efmls |