Hello Fellow Prospectors:
 
Hope everyone had a great and safe 4th of July.
If you went prospecting, hope you found lots of
gold and if not that you at least had a good time!
 
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SATURDAY, JULY 20TH AT
10:00 am--SMALL COUNTRY CAMPGROUND--LOUISA, VA.
 
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 Route 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.

Below is the transcript of the Minutes of our
last meeting:


MINUTES OF JUNE 8, 2002 MEETING


Meeting started at 10:35AM

Approximately 20 members present

Meeting was called to order by the Vice President,
Ned Skinner, in the absence of Rod Ingalls, the
club president.

A moment of silence was observed.

Treasurer's Report - Bank account balance $2,030.64.
It was decided that using 2 people to sign checks
would be changed to only requiring one signature.
This was necessitated by the fact that usually the
2 people only see each other once a month at the
meeting.

Ned showed the new club banner he had ordered and
it is VERY NICE. We also acquired a small canopy
to use at any demos we might set-up, such as at
the Small Country Campground fair in August.
A disbursement was approved to cover the cost of
these two items.

We are in need of volunteers to help at the fair.
Hopefully we can sell some things to help buildup
our cash reserve in case we find a place to go
panning and need to pay a fee. We discussed a
possible site for the club to pan.

Ned then discussed rejoining GPAA and read
communications between him and Perry Massie as follows:

Dear Mr. Perry Massie,
>
> In regard to our phone conversation on Thursday, May
> 23, 2002.
>
> My name is Ned Skinner, I am the Vice President of the
> Central Virgina Gold Propectors Club. I relayed to
> you several reasons why our club withdrew from the
> GPAA last year.
>
> 1. We in Virginia felt that GPAA was more interested
> in Alaska, California, and Arizona then anywhere else,
> totally ignoring the State of Virginia. As a club we
> haven't even seen our State Rep. George Litzenberger.
>
> 2. We were told that if we got a good claim, the GPAA
> would take it over and our club would have to contend
> with GPAA non club memebers, and out of state GPAA
> members.
>
> 3. The majority of our club memebers are also members
> of GPAA, some are lifetime memebers and some belong to
> LDMA.
>
> 4. We have new people come to our meetings every month
> and join. I am advocating that every member of our
> club be a member of GPAA, and have had no major
> arguments about this position.
>
> 5. I called you because of your prestige, knowledge,
> and also because you're the President of LDMA.
>
> 6. If you could come to one of our meetings and get us
> back on the right track, with correct answers to these
> questions, I think it would help solidify our club.
>
> 7. Maybe if you have any specials on LDMA membership
> at that time you would probably get several new
> memebers.
>
> 8. We also have a place to go panning and dredging not
> far from our meeting place.
>
> 9. Our meeting dates are: June 8, July 20, August 17,
> September 21, October 26. All meetings start at 10
> a.m. and are held at Small Country Camp Grounds. A
> short distance from the town of Louisa, VA.
>
> 10. Everyone has questions and no one seems to have
> answers.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ned Skinner
> Vice President


PERRY MASSIE'S REPLY

Ned,

I have been juggling my schedule to try and accomodate
one of your meetings, but I have not been able to fit
one in unless you could change the date of your September
meeting to Friday Sepember 6th at 10:00 am. Maybe you could
also set up an outing at the place you mention that is
nearby for prospecting the following day (Saturday). I
would bring my film crew and we could do a show on
prospecting in Virginia. Let me know asap.

Thanks,

Perry Massie


This subject is still under discussion and your thoughts
would be welcome.

Membership contributions (dues) were discussed and
approved--they will be $10 for each adult and $5 for
each child under the age of 15. This can be sent to:

Central Virginia Gold Prospectors

HC 5, Box 132

Aroda, VA 22709.

The $10 payment made now will cover through October of
2003. Membership cards will be issued.

The raffle for two gold nuggets was then held.

The meeting was closed.

Sandy Stowe, Secretary of Central Virginia Gold Prospectors

(If you have already paid, please disregard the above.)

Since the last meeting, the following is the current
status of our re-association with GPAA:

Perry Massie will be coming to Louisa to talk to us and also
do some filming of the club "in action" for possible use on
a future GPAA TV program. He will be here Friday, September
6 and Saturday, September 7. The filming will be done on
Friday the 6th. The exact location for the panning exhibition
and filming has not been finalized. We will keep you posted.
On Saturday the 7th, Perry will explain to us what belonging
to the GPAA entails. This will be at 10AM at the Small Country
Campground in Louisa, VA. 

ITEM FOR SALE OR TRADE:  Joe Coyle  has  a Dredge with new
motor all set up with air valued at $2,000--will trade for
a good fishing boat .  Contact  for Joe: 

jhcoyle@ns.gemlink.com

telephone (540) 672-9113 

Look forward to seeing all of you at our July 20th meeting
and also the 6th and 7th of September.

Officers: Rod Ingalls, President (434) 978-1936

Ned Skinner, Vice President (540) 548-3802

Bob & Sandy Stowe, Secretary/Treasurer (540) 948-6689

Email: Bob&Sandy@crosslink.net

 

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information so we can make sure our  records are current:

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