PA Prospectors A Chapter of EGPA

 Minutes of May 16, 2009

The meeting was opened by Vice President Don Schmidt.

Announcements: (1) The June meeting will be held at the Montour Delong Fairgrounds. (2) The July and August meetings will be at the Frank Gray property in Clarkstown. There will be panning tubs set up for today and the club is giving each person who signed in a free $5.00 bag of panning dirt. (3) Shirts and hats with the new logo are available in the club store. (4) Ben Vaughn from EGPA gave an update about the DEP permit and also announced that the Association now has a new property in Knoxville, PA. This is close to the New York border. He and Kathy are going up to see it this weekend.

The Secretaries and Treasurer’s reports were read and approved. The agenda for the July outing was also read.

OLD Business:  (1) our non-profit status-nothing new to report. (2) July outing committees-Committee members are reminded that they need to be planning their activities. Linda has the list of the people who volunteered for the various committees. (3) July outing agenda-Committees should review the draft agenda and provide comments.  The agenda will be finalized at the June meeting. (4f) EGPA outings-one will be held the last weekend in June in Virginia and the second one will be the last weekend in July in York.

NEW Business: None.

The Raffle drawings were held. The meeting was adjourned. Gold panning will be done after the Potluck.

Respectfully Submitted,

Linda Houseknecht-Secretary