President’s Message – December 2019

Past Presidents Message

From the Top of the Rock Pile . . .

Our show next year is September 19 – 20, 2020. So please mark your calendars now so that you can not only attend our show but volunteer for a few hours. I am in the process of making up a list of the positions and their respective responsibilities. I hope to more evenly distribute the work of putting together the show. At the January meeting I will be looking for volunteers to fill the positions and 12 volunteers to help out during the show. We will not be able to proceed with a 2020 show without a commitment of everyone to pitch in and help. So please plan ahead to help.

Our Holiday Pot Luck Dinner, election of Officers and club auction will be on Sunday, December 15th. We have moved the dinner a little later to accommodate those that attend church. Look elsewhere in this issue of the Tumbler for more details. I hope to see everyone as it such a good time to enjoy a good meal and visit with one another.

Our club treasury is ending the year in good shape. This is so nice to see since we lowered our club dues in 2019. I am looking forward to another good year for our club.

Kat Koch, President

Updated: August 19, 2020 — 7:51 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  Thanks to everyone who came to the club camp out at Teanaway campground near Cle Elum last month. After a brief spell of rain the first night, we were blessed with sun, clear skies, and rockhounding the rest of the weekend. And a big thanks to Roger Danneman for doing all of the trip organizing, and keeping us all warm and well fed during the weekend. This month I’ll be giving a talk at our club meeting about how to use Gaia for rockhounding. If you have specific questions, please bring them along or feel free to email …

Meeting Announcements

  • Noelle Barnes will present Using Gaia for Rockhounding, an overview of the features and tricks associated with the app Gaia and how you can use it for GPS, saving waypoints, navigation, photo tagging, trail recording and more. Show and Tell: Bring the rock(s) that have the best “story” – and tell everyone how you found them and where!

  • Club board member Paul Ahnberg will talk to us about the impact of wildfires on our lives – from protecting your home to staying safe while out rockhounding – and what we can do today to help mitigate our risk. Paul will combine his knowledge gained from learning at both the WSU Green School (Master Gardener) and WSU Climate Steward programs. Show and Tell: Bring something you found, from a place that you know has since been impacted by floods or wildfires – or was impacted shortly before you arrived. Tell your story!

  • December’s date and time is coming soon. We will update this page as soon as we know more.

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