April 2024
Hope everyone is safe and healthy.
1. Spring is here…time to dust off those gold pans folks because it’s time for gold fever!
2. March’s outing at North Beach , Pt Townsend glass hunt and potluck was great fun and a success. We had about a dozen people show on the best month of the year so far for weather. Warm into the 60s and sunny. Glass was found easily and hopefully some future mosaics.
3. The April meeting will include the first of our semi-annual bake sale!…Bring your dollars and your auction voice to take home some delicious treats.
4. Board meeting at 12 Noon Saturday Apr 13th. All are welcome to attend before the regular meeting Following immediately after.
5. April 20th at 10am(ish) will be our outing at Freedom/Redbird Claims. Come join us and help clean our claims, and stay for a tailgate potluck and gold mining fun afterwards. We will see you there. 💯👏👍
4. The March outing will be March 16th. We will be meeting at the Pt Townsend “North Beach County Park” at 12 Noon. We will be having a potluck first to start and a wonderful lunch. During that time the tide will turn and begin to go out with low tide approximately 3pm. Come gather your sea glass and your shoreside treasures.
5. Check your dates and start planning for the May outing at Blue Bucket. For GPAA members, you can sign up for the LDMA outing set for May 18th to June 2nd. You can reserve your spot for even part or all of the time. Check it out here: https://myldma.com/#reserve.
6. Our new schedule of 2024 events is out. Posted on our FB page as well as here.
7. Please see our Membership Coordinator to update your 2024 waiver and receive your 2024 dashboard pass.
8. The new version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150 .
9. Reminder to all the claims are still open and turn your claims work forms into our claims manager Paul Onstott. Happy diggings.
As always we are small scale miners.
Stay healthy
Eric
Membership
You don’t have to be a member of GPAA to be a member of our chapter. You are welcome to mine on the claims that the chapter owns, provided you adhere to mining policies, rules and procedures. No dues are collected. Chapter funds are raised through bake sales, raffles and various other activities. Meeting minutes and By-Laws available for review at chapter meetings.
Please note: Only GPAA members can become chapter officers. Also, non-GPAA members must be with a GPAA member to use GPAA claims.
Claim Passes & Chapter Emergency Contact Info
Miguel and Rebecca have the 2024 year claims passes available and will have them at meeting upon review of your emergency contact information.
If you no longer want to receive email notifications or to be a member of WWGPAA please notify Miguel and Rebecca at the meeting. Thanks.
The new version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150 . All the claims are still open and turn your claims work forms into our claims manager Paul Onstott. Happy diggings.
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