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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
President's Message:December 2025
The weather has changed, time to organize cons in the garage.
1. The season is colder. Grab your concentrators and let’s go because gold is $4222/oz
2. Our November meeting went well with Jacob Carleson leading the charge while Eric was gone. The most important factor resolved was of deciding yes, steals will be granted for the Christmas exchange party.
3. Our December meeting and potluck will be on December 13th at 1000am begin setup and potluck dinner near 1100-ish. Please bring a gift for the gift exchange maximum recommended of $20…steals allowed. We also will be having club raffle giveaways. See you there.
4. The January 18th outing will be a get together potluck party at Karla and Rodger Benson’s home. We will be focusing on preparing your HPA for Cape Disappointment beach mining.
5. Our 2026 Calendar is out. Please review it and make plans for a fun year.
6. Please see our Membership Coordinator to update your 2026 waiver and receive your 2025 dashboard pass.
7. The newest version of the Gold and Fish book is on WDFW’s web site for download here: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02150
8. Reminder to all the claims are still open and turn your claims work forms into our claims manager. 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. Rodger and Karla Benson have the 2026 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 Rodger or Karla 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. Happy diggings.