Activities

Monthly Meetings
A 45 to 60 minute presentation by a guest speaker. About a 60 Minute Business Meeting. Short Show & Tell presentations. Refreshments.

Where: With the exception of the October meeting, which is held at Gem Capers, and the December meeting which the date is annouced in the Chipper (officer induction) all standard meetings of AGMS are held at the AGMS facility located at 6719 Burnet Lane, Austin Texas (Click here for a map).
When: The regular monthly meetings are held the fourth Thursday of every month except November & December. The meetings start at 7:30 PM.

Special Interest Groups
Members tend to be interested in one subject more than others. When a significant number of members share the same interests and a leader steps forward, they can create a splinter group called a Special Interest Group, shortened to SIG. Once established a SIG can schedule and use the AGMS facility for their sub-group. AGMS has several active groups and others appear as interests change. Click on the links below to learn more about a group.

• Opal SIG
• Fluorescent SIG
• Fossil SIG
• Facetors SIG

Classes
Classes are offered by AGMS and are taught by volunteer members for AGMS members. Classes are offered, based on requests and availability of instructors and equipment. Class length and meeting times are set by the instructor, and vary dependent upon the class. A nominal fee is charged for the classes to cover the cost of operating the facility. Some classes require the student to purchase consumables, generally outside the class.

Click here to check our Calendar for latest classes.

Field Trips
Field Trips are sponsored by AGMS and AGMS members are also frequently invited to join other club's ventures. As a member of the South Central Federation, all members have outgoing liability coverage during field trips. This protects the trip target from liability issues as a result of the field trip.

Click here to check our Calendar for upcoming field trips.

Juniors

The Harriet Strieber Library

"Books are the Gems of Knowledge", reads the official plaque, "The Harriet Strieber Library." When AGMS acquired the current clubhouse in the late 1980's we set aside an entire room to house the now burgeoning collection of books. The library is located across from the office in the front of the building.

Any member in good standing with AGMS is welcome to check out books. Members may check out 2 items for one month at a time, as long as they have no over dues or lost books. If additional time is needed please contact one of the librarians for an extension.

The library holdings include hard back, paperback and loose leaf books. VCR tapes, CD's, a juniors section, periodicals, vertical files and maps. For on site research there is even a reference section.  Happy Reading!

AGMS LIbrary Holdings List 2008