{"id":3866,"date":"2025-09-30T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:49:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society is a proud club member of the British Columbia Lapidary Society. Learn more about the clubs in BC and all upcoming shows on the BC Lapidary Member Page.<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our History<\/h2><\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our Mission<\/h2><\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In 1957 a lapidary display attracted considerable attention. Shortly afterwards a group met to discuss the formation of a Lapidary club. The Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society was formed and incorporated in 1958. The first meetings were held in the Victoria City Hall Council Chambers. The President appointed was Bill Erichsen<\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The mission of the VLMS is to create. develop and encourage a general interest in the rock, gem and mineral hobby and appreciation for the earth sciences and related subjects and to provide a gathering place and workshop for those so interested.<\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2025 Board of Directors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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President<\/td>president@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Yvan Gagnon<\/td><\/tr>
Treasurer<\/td>treasurer@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>David Jackson<\/td><\/tr>
Vice President<\/td>vicepresident@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Debbie Frank<\/td><\/tr>
Secretary<\/td>secretary@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Vacant please apply!<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Membership\u00a0<\/td>membership@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Allison Gallant<\/td><\/tr>
Field Trips<\/td>fieldtrips@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Sean Maier<\/td><\/tr>
Laphound News Editor\u00a0<\/td>laphoundnews@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Lizy Gipson<\/td><\/tr>
Librarian<\/td>librarian@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Kathryn Hawkins<\/td><\/tr>
Show Chairman\u00a0<\/td>showcommittee@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Arlene Modderman<\/td><\/tr>
Workshop<\/td>lapidaryworkshop@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Barry Duncan<\/td><\/tr>
Webmaster<\/td>web@vlms.ca<\/a><\/td>Lizy Gipson<\/td><\/tr>
Member at Large<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>Erin Prachun<\/td><\/tr>
Member at Large<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>Clara Hudacin<\/td><\/tr>
Member at Large<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>Martin Duhamel<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society is a proud club member of the British Columbia Lapidary Society. Learn more about the clubs in BC and all upcoming shows on the BC Lapidary Member Page. Our History Our Mission In 1957 a lapidary display attracted considerable attention. Shortly afterwards a group met to discuss the formation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3869,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3866","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyecancreateyou.com\/vlms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}