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FEATHER RIVER LAPIDARY & MINERAL CLUB
Oroville, CA E-mail: president@orovillerocks.com Member of California Federation of Mineralogical Societies and American Federation of Mineralogical Societies |
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Meeting of 5/20/2008
Opening:
- The first meeting of the Feather River Lapidary and Mineral Club was called to order at 6:45pm on 5/20/08 in Oroville, Municipal Auditorium by John Hees who welcomed all attendees as charter members in the newly formed Feather River Lapidary and Mineral Club.
- He gave a brief history of how the club came to be formed after the interest generated by the community once John and Sue Hees were asked to teach a rockhounding class at Oroville Adult Education.
- He introduced the rest of the steering committee who have been meeting to form the club’s Board of Directors and create the Bylaws; Gerry and Jennifer Hill along with Steve and Sharon Hart.
- He thanked several people for the generous donation of equipment and material including Steve Hart who has donated lapidary tools for the club’s use. John also thanked the Feather River Parks and Recreation Department for their generous response to his board presentation. FRP&R agreed to provide a place to meet and a shop to work on lapidary projects with liability insurance coverage. The shop, located downstairs for now, should be moved to the maintenance building on Mitchell Ave. in a couple of weeks. A new shop will be built by the river and plans are in place to include a stamp machine.
- Questions and lively discussion commenced including the observation that handicap access must be considered in the creation of the new shop. Tom Stevens of Tom’s Lapidary on Mt. Ida Rd. offered to help instruct members. He would like to be contacted before a visit at 589-2192.
- Another purpose of the meeting was to select the Board of Directors and the following nominations will be voted upon at the next meeting.
President: Steve Hart
First Vice President: Davis Cossey
Second Vice President: Gina Peters
Secretary: Lisa Ekdahl, first alternate Joanne Thomson
Treasurer: Gerry Hill
Show Committee: John Hees, Chairperson; committee member Pam Ishmael
MembershipCommittee: Sue Hees, Chairperson; committee members Becky Rogers, August Lincoln
Shop Foreperson: Ken Hisock - Tom Stevens
Field Trip Committee: Ben Halpin, Chairperson; committee members Connie Rossetto, Manuel Garcia, Carl Osborne
Steve Hart spoke about the purpose of the club being about people, not rocks. Dual membership with the Paradise Club is fine. For insurance purposes, field trips must be for members only.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:40pm. The next general meeting will be at 6:30 on June 17th in the same location.
Minutes submitted by: Lisa Ekdahl