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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE:
Our first General Meeting-done. Our first field trip of the year- done. We’re moving on into 2012 full speed. Even our first and second
new members are on the books. I just asked Shep to take on the Program chair so all chair positions are full.

I think I heard Greg M. say we have fifty members and that may not include the two new members. Speaking of membership,  a few of
you haven’t paid dues yet and they are now late as of Tuesday’s  Business Meeting so let Greg hear from you please.

The field trip was a success in both attendance and collecting.  Visiting the Rio Tinto mine is always great and to collect right there in
the parking lot for Borites can’t be beat. The next field trip will be for soap stone a soft green material that can be carved. It’s at a
place called, for lack of a better name, Soap Stone Hill. Greg L. has more than the one spot planned with a possible lunch in between.

I’ve mentioned this before, but want to continue talking about it when I can. Some clubs and even the Federation that oversees the
clubs use Robert’s Rules with their meetings. I’m not interested in that but I think we need to set some procedures for our meetings
and stick by them.  I asked at the Business Meeting for help in deciding how we should conduct ourselves at meetings and hope for
feedback. I attended the Antelope Valley Treasure Hunter club and they do the new business and old business and approving
minutes thing and it looked good.

So, I’m asking for opinions from the members. Email me with what the other clubs you are members of do and tell me how the
meetings are run and if you like it or not. And please, if I try something new, have an open mind and let me know what you think after
the meeting.

Ron Lawrence
President
Sierra Pelona Rock Club (SPRC)






Ron Lawrence
President

FEBRUARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING:
  • All committees and committee chairpersons have been appointed
  • Members should inform Briggite Mazourek (new Sunshine chair) when there are illnesses, births, deaths, etc. so she can send cards to members and families.
  • Shep Koss was appointed Program Chairman, and will present a program on opals at the February general meeting.
  • Ron will give Akiko more donations for the donation rock table
  • The February field trip will take us to the Los Osos area to collect soapstone, and fossils near Lake Cachuma - plus a possible visit to the beach.  Shep warned that Santa
    Barbara beaches actively enforce a no collecting rule and you will be ticketed.  There is a possibility of going on to Solvang if time permits.
  • Ron said he'd like to get back to using Robert's Rules of Order, but not hard and fast as we're not that kind of organization; he asked that members read the rules and give
    some feedback.  Robert's Rules of Order are available everywhere in book stores and on the internet.
  • Janelle presented two new member applications and one renewal.  There were two different versions of the application- one from the Club, and the other from the Club's web
    site (This is typical since there have been more than a dozen different application forms over the years)
  • Shep felt there should be no membership application on the web site, but Janelle and DJ objected.  No decision was made.
  • Ron asked Heidi to include the actual birth day in the Pelonagram birthday section, if known.
  • Greg paid for another 6 months of storage. Greg said all but 12 members from last year have paid their dues - reminder notices will be mailed to them
  • It was noted there is an obsolete link to our web site that needs to be deleted.  (This link is the result of the old web site on a Verizon private line).
  • Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS:  BARBARA CAUDILL, BARBARA COTTAGE, BRIDGETTE MAZOUREK, RENEE REAL