Hello Fellow Prospectors:
 
IMPORTANT:  THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD JUNE 8th
(instead of the 3rd Saturday)  at 10:00 AM at 
Small Country Campground.
 
DIRECTIONS:

From Richmond Area: Interstate 64 to exit 143 
(Rt.208-North)...go 2.5 miles and turn LEFT at
small sign onto 640 and go 150 yards and turn
RIGHT at small sign on 649. Go 2 miles (bearing
left on 649) into Small Country Campground.
Campground entrance will be on the right. As
you drive up the dirt road, pavillion is on right.

From Harrisonburg Area: Route 33 East- go through
Ruckersville, Barboursville and Gordonsville to
Trevillians-at intersection of Routes 33 and 22
turn left onto Route 22 then take immediate RIGHT
onto Rote 613 - go to Route 649 and turn LEFT - go
2 miles (bearing left on 649) into Small Country
Campground. 

From Manassas Area: South on Route 29 to Route 15
South. Take 15 South through Orange to 
Gordonsville - turn LEFT onto Route 33 - take 33 to
Travillians - turn LEFT onto Route 22 and
immediately turn RIGHT onto Route 613 - go to
Route 649 and turn LEFT. Go 2 miles (bearing left
on 649) into Small Country Campground.

The Minutes from the May 18, 2002 meeting are:


CENTRAL VIRGINIA GOLD PROSPECTORS

Minutes of May 18, 2002 Meeting


 

The meeting began at 10:45AM with a moment of
silence being observed. There were approximately
20 members present.

ANNOUNCEMENT: THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON JUNE 8
(second Saturday of the month, instead of the
usual 3rd Saturday) at 10:00 AM.

The first item on the agenda was a discussion of
whether to become a non-profit corporation. A
prospective new member, who is also an attorney,
spoke about the legalities of whether this was
necessary or not. It was concluded that for now
the club was small enough that it would retain
its present status. 

Next the subject of membership fees was brought up.
It was agreed by vote that a $10 yearly contribution
by each member would be instituted. The membership
year would run from February through January. A
notice regarding this will be sent to everyone on
the mailing list. Also, this will also be an
opportunity to update our mailing list. Membership
cards will be issued when the $10 is received.

On August 10 the Small Country Campground is having
a fair--we have been invited to put on a panning
demonstration. This might be an opportunity to
encourage prospective new members and also any
ideas on things we could do to generate some funds
for the club would be welcome. It was decided that
Ned Skinner would check on getting a banner made
for the club to display at such functions.

The CVGP's non-affiliation with the GPAA was
discussed, in particular, whether we needed to
rethink the decision to withdraw. Ned Skinner is
going to contact the GPAA and get some specifics
regarding re-establishing association with them.

Dredging in the State of Virginia was brought up,
and President Rod Ingalls advised us on his
interpretation of the laws. Also, the need to
find new sites for prospecting was brought up.
We still need to find new areas for members
to prospect--ANY IDEAS????? 

It was voted on and passed that all voting on
issues would be done only by those present at
a meeting--not by snail mail nor email.

Robert Stowe, Treasurer gave his report,
which showed a balance in the bank of $2,225.85.

The club had received an announcement of a
new club forming in NC and it was agreed that
a $25 donation would be sent to help them with
start-up expenses.

The raffle for 2 gold nuggets was held.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:30.

Sandy Stowe, Secretary

I was reviewing the attendance list for the past
meetings and see that many of you have not been
to a meeting in a long time.  There are some things
happening that will have an  impact on the future
of the CVGP club and the input of everyone would
be welcome.  REMEMBER! It is your organization
and your participation is important.

You may notice that your incoming email looks a
little different this time.  I don't profess to be
competent at using a computer but one of our members
graciously gave me a short lesson.  
The following is a quote from him:

"some email clients (whether it's Outlook Express
or Netscape, or some stand alone email app) can be
set to automatically add all the addresses visible
in incoming email to their Address Book! This would
make us all susceptible to the type of email virus
that grabs all the names in a person's Address Book,
and sends itself to all those people! Being on a Mac,
I'm "immune" to those, but I'm thinking of everyone
else. Second, having all our addresses visible makes
it VERY EASY for someone, with either good intentions
or bad, to give all our addresses to places that
would send us spam email. Imagine a "disguntled"
member giving everbody's address to a bunch of
porn sites..."

I agree with what he has said and have adopted
his suggestion.

Hope to see you at the upcoming meeting.

Sandy and Bob Stowe/Secretary and Treasurer