Columbine Gem and Minerals Society
Membership Application Form


Name(s):
Address:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Phone: E-mail:
Name(s) & Age(s) if children are under 18:

$15.00 Individual
$30.00 Family

A strong society has the support of it's members.  We need your help: please mark any of the following activities that you
are interested in or can help organize.

Activities - Interests -
BBQs/Potlucks Mineralogy
Silent Auction Geology
Field Trips Fossils
Overnight Field Trips Lapidary and Jewelry
Meeting Programs Archaeology
Contin-Tail
Paleontology
County Fair Activities
   

Please note that application for membership indicates acceptance and adherance
to the attached AFMS Code of Ethics.

Please print and mail this form with a check to:

Columbine Gem & Mineral Society
 PO Box 122
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
Phone Dick Lackmond, President - (970) 351-8262

AFMS Code of Ethics

A large measure of the enjoyment of our hobby consists of collecting in the field.
For that reason, the members are proud to endorse the Code of Ethics below.
 It is suggested that field trip Chairs present a copy of this code to
landowners when asking permission to enter private property.

I will respect both private and public property and will do no collecting on privately owned land without
the owner's permission.

I will keep informed on all laws, regulations, or rules governing collecting on public lands and will
observe them.

I will, to the best of my ability, ascertain the boundary lines of property on which I plan to collect.

I will use no firearms or blasting material in collecting areas.

I will cause no willful damage to property of any kind -- fences, signs, buildings, etc.

I will leave all gates as found.

I will build fires in designated or safe places only and will be certain they are completely extinguished
before leaving the area.

I will discard no burning material -- matches, cigarettes, etc.

I will fill all excavation holes, which may be dangerous to livestock.

I will not contaminate wells, creeks, or other water supplies.

I will cause no willful damage to collecting material and will take home only what I can reasonably use.

I will support the rockhound project H.E.L.P. (Help Eliminate Litter Please) and will leave all collecting
areas devoid of litter, regardless of how found.

I will practice conservation and undertake to utilize fully and well the materials I have collected and will
recycle my surplus for the pleasure and benefit of others.

I will cooperate with field-trip leaders and those in designated authority in all collecting areas.

I will report to my club or federation officers, Bureau of Land Management or other authorities, any deposit
of petrified wood or other materials on public lands which should be protected for the enjoyment of future
generations for public educational and scientific purposes.

I will appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources.

I will observe the “Golden Rule,” will use “Good Outdoor Manners,” and will at all times conduct myself in
a manner which will add to the stature and public “image” of rockhounds everywhere.