About
What is HHLMS, Our Leadership and Affiliations?
Huron Hills Lapidary & Mineral Society (HHLMS) is a member-based organization of like-minded individuals who enjoy rocks, minerals and associated fields. It was organized in 1959, and was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1963.
Our purpose is to stimulate interest in and enjoyment of the science of geology (including minerals and fossils), the lapidary arts and jewelry handicraft. We seek to increase the knowledge and skill of our members, and to help educate and inform the public.
Membership is open to any interested person.
Leadership
Role | Name | Address | Phone | |
President | John Lindsay |
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Vice President | Benny Gray | 2769 Golfside, Apt. 106, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 | Not applicable | 734-434-0567 |
Secretary | Jan Esch |
| dandjesch@comcast.net | 734-665-5574 |
Treasurer | Diane Good | 7225 Bush Rd, Chelsea, MI 48118 | goodde2020@yahoo.com | 734-475-0159 |
Program Chair | Dave Esch |
| dandjesch@comcast.net | 734-665-5574 |
Librarian | Frank Konieczki | See Editor info. | hadflavius@aol.com | 734-323-2218 |
Historian | Jan Esch | See Secretary info. | dandjesch@comcast.net | 734-665-5574 |
FACETS Co-Editor | Peter Batra | c/o Frank Konieczki | pbatra01@gmail.com | 734-975-0195 |
FACETS Co-Editor | Frank Konieczki | 50355 W. Huron River Dr. Belleville, MI 48111 | hadflavius@aol.com | 734-323-2218 |
Mineral Study | Benny Gray | 2769 Golfside, Apt. 106, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 | wbarr@umich.edu | 505-803-4888 |
Board of Directors | John Lindsay | Frank Konieczki | Kit Howard |
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Affiliations
HHLMS became a member of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical & Geological Societies and of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies in 1961.
The Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies is a organization composed of about 109 different clubs across 12 states. Its purpose is to promote interest and education in geology, mineralogy, paleontology, archaeology and lapidary, and to sponsor and provide means of coordinating the work and efforts of groups interested in these fields. It was organized in 1940, and is one of the original four founders of American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS).
The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS) is composed of seven regional organizations, of whom MFMGS is one, and was founded in 1947. Its purpose is to promote popular interest and education in the various Earth Sciences, and in particular the subjects of Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Lapidary and other related subjects, and to sponsor and provide means of coordinating the work and efforts of all persons and groups interested therein; to sponsor and encourage the formation and international development of Societies and Regional Federations and by and through such means to strive toward greater international good will and fellowship.