Become A Member

Welcome to CCGMS Membership

You can try before you join!

You are invited to come to your first meeting as a visitor. Just raise your hand when the president asks for visitors and introduce yourself.

…AND PLEASE REMEMBER

Despite our Club name, there is no requirement to be a resident of Cobb County to join and enjoy the many benefits we offer.  Regardless of where you live, we welcome you! 

 

How much does it cost ?

  • Our annual membership fee is $30 per year. It is the same fee for a family and an individual.

  • Family memberships cover: The primary member, their spouse or significant other, and their legal dependents, and it includes one electronic copy of our monthly newsletter. (Which can be shared.)

  • Our Membership year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30th of the follow year. New members joining after July 1 will be considered paid up through September 30 of the following year.

What are the benefits?

  • Access to our monthly meetings
  • Access to our monthly newsletter, detailing events, classes, field trips, and much more
  • Access to our free 1st Tuesday Classes featuring classes from lapidary arts to beginner’s jewelry making*
  • Access to the CCGMS Workshop and Equipment
  • Access to additional classes offered by CCGMS*
  • Participation in our auctions of high quality material from acquired collections.  Included are mineral specimens, cutting material for lapidary work and other miscellaneous stuff.
*Please note that some classes require successful completion of prerequisite classes before participation is permitted.  There could be a small fee for these classes.

The CCGMS Privacy Policy 

Please Read the Privacy Policy at the Bottom of This Page.

Completion of the following membership application indicates your consent to the CCGMS privacy policy.

There’s no better way to experience the joys of rockhounding than to become active in your local Mineral Society.

Join now and enjoy !

Questions or Comments, email us at info@ccgms.org

A Word about payment of Membership dues. 

💳 How to Pay Your Membership Dues

At the end of the membership form, you’ll choose how to pay:

  • PayPal (recommended – membership is activated instantly)
  • Check (slower – membership will be delayed until funds are received and processed)

🛠 No PayPal Account? No Problem!

You can still use PayPal without signing up. Just use Guest Checkout to pay with a debit or credit card.  It’s just like shopping at your favorite online retailer.

✅ Steps to Pay Without a PayPal Account:

  1. Fill out the membership form and click the “Pay with PayPal” button.
  2. You’ll be redirected to PayPal’s site.
  3. Choose “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” instead of logging in.
  4. Enter your card details and billing info.
  5. Double-check that everything is correct.
  6. Click “Pay Now” or “Continue” to finish.
  7. You’ll receive an email confirmation once your payment is processed.

If you have any problems registering for membership, please send an email to:

info@ccgms.org

Now, Please click the “Membership Application” button to proceed.

Membership Application
The CCGMS Privacy Policy Explanation and Statement

Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society (CCGMS) values its users’ privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) will help members and potential new members understand how CCGMS collects and uses personal information collected from use of the website, and what we will and will not do with the information we collect. Our Policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with CCGMS of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet, but to exceed, existing privacy standards.

CCGMS reserves the right to make changes to this Policy at any given time.  If a member chooses to make sure that they are up to date with the latest changes, CCGMS advises the member to frequently visit this page. If at any point in time CCGMS decides to make use of any identifiable information on file in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether to permit the use of their information in this revised manner.  If permission is not granted, the member will no longer receive emails containing the newsletter or club events.

Policy Statement: CCGMS partners with outside web services to maintain the CCGMS website and send information emails to the membership. These agencies may share email addresses provided to them by CCGMS with their partners. Currently, MailChimp, is the means CCGMS uses for mass communication with our members, and BlueHost is the CCGMS site hosting platform.  These are the only outside sources that require acceptance of this policy.

In addition, some of our member’s information may be shared within the club.  In that case it is limited to Executive Board Members and certain Specific Chairs who’s performance of their duties may require the information.  Every effort is made to limit this distribution to the specific needed information, provided by members, and necessary for the operation of the club.

Completion of the membership application indicates your consent to the CCGMS privacy policy.

If you have any problems in registering for membership, please Email us through the CONTACT page.

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