September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

January 2012

NO FOSSIL MEETING IN JANUARY.

Friday 6 ASTRONOMY MEETING – 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM, RIT, Gosnell Hall, Room A-300

Saturday 14 HERBARIUM WORKSHOP – 10 AM to 2 PM Located in the basement of the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC).   No experience needed! Plan to come and help with this valuable collection - and learn about plants in the process.  Lunch is served in the RMSC Cafe until 2 pm. If you plan to attend the workshop, please send an RSVP to Elizabeth Pixley.  Then, at RMSC, go to the front desk and ask staff person there to call ext. 368, the phone in the Herbarium.  For more information, contact Elizabeth Pixley, Herbarium Curator (334-0977 or epixley@rochester.rr.com).

Sunday 15 MENDON PONDS WINTERFEST – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Mineral & Astronomy Sections will have tables located in the heated East Lodge where we'll have specimens on display & to give away, a telescope, and info about our clubs.  Fossil Section will be displaying in the Cobblestone House.  Numerous family indoor & outdoor activities are available at this event.  For activities list, schedule, map and more, go to www.mendonpondswinterfest.org  To volunteer to help at your Section table, contact your club coordinator.

Tuesday 17 MINERAL SECTION MONTHLY MEETING – 7:30 - 9:30 PM at Brighton Town Hall, Downstairs Meeting Room, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14618.  Rochester's Gem Lab jeweler, Paul Cassarino will talk about "Diamonds and Other Minerals, From Rough to Refined Jewelry and Related History."  Refreshments and door prizes. For more information, contact Stephen Busschaert at sbusschaert@msn.com or 585-288-5683, or go to the Mineral Section page for updates.

Wednesday 25 RAS BOD MEETING – 7:00 PM at the Brighton Town Hall, Upstairs Conference Room.

Saturday 28 LIFE SCIENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGY DINNER AND MEETING – 3:00 PM at Karen Wolf's home, 1397 Five Mile Line Road, Penfield.  Please come to a dish-to-pass dinner/meeting. Dinner begins about 4 pm with the sections furnishing sandwich fixings. Bring anything else to eat/drink or $3 towards the fixings. We will discuss the future of the sections including the Herbarium, our relationship with the AIA, several other events of RAS, etc. Contact Karen Wolf 585-6709709.

Saturday 29 MINERAL SECTION JUNIOR EVENT – 1:00 PM Open House at Member, Jim Synyard's home in Ontario, NY to see his Nature Collection. We'll start with his minerals, of course!  Jim has quite an extensive collection of everything related to the outdoor world, and has been a guest speaker at The Harley School.  This is a members-only event.  Children accompanied by an adult, as well as adult members without children, are welcome.  Please RSVP to mineralpres@rasny.org or 395-1713 for directions, carpooling info and so we can get a count of who is coming – if a large group signs up, arrival times may need to be staggered.

February 2012

Tuesday 07 FOSSIL MEETING 7:30 PM in the Downstairs Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall. 2300 Elmwood Ave. Jeff Over to speak on Conodonts. Visitors welcome. Refreshments. Contact Stan Spector at Stanspec@aol.com or 585-461-1272 for more information

Saturday, 4th – MINERLS SECTION @ Science Saturday at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. 1:00 pm - 4:00pm. We will have a display setup to talk minerals with the families that visit the museum this afternoon. This is a new public outreach event for us to participate in, so bring the kids and say "hello" as you enter the museum.

Tuesday, 21st – MINERAL SECTION MONTHLY MEETING - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Brighton Town Hall, Downstairs Meeting Room, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. Speaker will be a reschedule of Dr. Asish Basu of the University of Rochester on "Meteorites: Rocks from Space." Refreshments and door prizes. Visitors are welcome.  Please check here for updates.

March 2012

Tuesday 06 FOSSIL MEETING 7:30 PM Meeting place to be announced. Fossil Club President Dan Krisher will talk. Subject to be announced. Contact Stan Spector at Stanspec@aol.com or 585-461-1272 for more information

April 2012

Tuesday 03 FOSSIL MEETING 7:30 PM in the Downstairs Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall. 2300 Elmwood Ave. Paul Chiminici to speak about digging in the Rochester Shale for Silurian Trilobites, and other fossils, at Caleb’s Quarry. Contact Stan Spector at Stanspec@aol.com or 585-461-1272 for more information

May 2012

June 2012
Saturday 09 Adirondack Mountian Club (ADK) Outdoor Event -- all day at Mendron Ponds Park.  RAS sections will be have displays and demonstrations.

July 2012

August 2012