Newsletter
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
November 2024
Hope everyone is safe and healthy.
1. The weather is turning. Get your last pans in and cons ready for winter gold is $2660/oz
2. Our new meeting time is 10am at Elim Lutheran Churd on 2nd Saturdays of the month. Board meetings will be at 9am when required.
3. The October breakfast was fantastic. We were able to complete the 2025 inputs for the new activities calendar coming out. Check it out on our Schedule Page linked above.
4. The November meeting we will be focused on a discussion of HPAs including the one needed for beach mining at Cape Disappointment. We will be discussing the transition from the APPS program to SAW (Secure Access Washington) which will be the new website for submission.
5. For those rock hounders, coming up is the Kitsap County Annual Fall Festival of Gems Nov 23rd-24th 10am-5pm at the Kitsap Fairgrounds. Happy Hunting.
6. It’s not too early to start thinking about the Christmas party coming up and thinking of your 2025 calendar of events of places you would like to go and mining / rock hounding activities you might enjoy. Bring your inputs to our new officer group.
7. Our new schedule of 2025 events is out. Posted on our FB page as well as here.
8. Please see our Membership Coordinator to update your 2024/2025 waiver and receive your 2024/2025 dashboard pass.
9. The new version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150 .
10. 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
WE ARE SMALL SCALE MINERS
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.