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Hi Everyone,

Nancy DeFalco from the GPAA contacted Ken Hannan, our Chapter President, today looking for some help over at the GPAA office in Temecula. We have helped them in the past and they are looking for our support again.

They are looking for help this Friday, February 26th, at 8:00 am. Any volunteers from our Chapter that show up to help will earn Chapter Credits for TVP and lunch will be provided by the GPAA.

If you think you will be able to help out, please email Ken Hannan at president@gpaatvp.com so he can get a count to Nancy.

Here is the location information for those that can make it:

Gold Prospectors Association of America
43445 Business Park Drive, # 113
Temecula CA 92590
951-699-4749

Hi Everyone,

Nancy DeFalco from the GPAA contacted Ken Hannan, our Chapter President, today looking for some help over at the GPAA office in Temecula. We helped them back in November with different assembly projects, but I’m not sure what we will be helping with this time.

They are looking for help this Thursday, January 7th, at 8:30 am. Any volunteers from our Chapter that show up to help will earn Chapter Credits for TVP and lunch will be provided by the GPAA.

If you think you will be able to help out, please email Ken Hannan at president@gpaatvp.com so he can get a count to Nancy.

Here is the location information for those that can make it:

Gold Prospectors Association of America
43445 Business Park Drive, # 113
Temecula CA 92590
951-699-4749

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the great response to our activation emails! We discussed this at the meeting last month and I just got things rolling last Friday, but the response has been terrific. We’ve had 34 new email subscriptions and 28 forum activations since I sent out the emails.  This will definitely help keep everyone up to date with what is going on with the group.

Just a quick reminder… Our December Club Meeting & Christmas Party is this Saturday, December 12th at 9:00 am. Hope to see you there!

Hi Everyone,

Nancy DeFalco from the GPAA contacted Ken Hannan, our Chapter President, today looking for some help over at the GPAA office in Temecula. They need help putting some things together like DVDs, snuffer bottles, etc. and are looking for volunteers from the Chapters to help get their project finished.

They are looking for help this Friday, November 13th, at 9:00 am. Any volunteers from our Chapter that show up to help will earn Chapter Credits for TVP and lunch will be provided by the GPAA.

If you think you will be able to help out, please email Ken Hannan at president@gpaatvp.com so he can get a count to Nancy.

Here is the location information for those that can make it:

Gold Prospectors Association of America
43445 Business Park Drive, # 113
Temecula CA 92590
951-699-4749

With Governor Schwarzenegger’s signature at the bottom of California Senate bill SB-670 on August 5th, 2009, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has issued an immediate moratorium on “Instream Suction Dredge Mining.”

Here is an excerpt from the DFG notice:

“The new law, SB 670 (Wiggins), prohibits the use of vacuum or other suction dredging equipment for instream mining in any California river, stream or lake… A violation of the ban on instream suction dredge mining is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to $1,000 in fines and six months in jail.”

This new law impacts current permit holders by making their permits null and void (with no refunds by the way) and prevents any new permits from being issued until the environmental review by the California Environmental Quality Act is complete which could take until Summer 2011 according to the public notice issued by the DFG.

If you would like to read the public notice issued by the California Department of Fish and Game, click here for the pdf version.

If you would like to read the bill as signed into law on August 5, 2009, click here for the pdf version.

If you are mad about this action, as many of us are, let yourself be heard. Here are some ways to make some noise:

1. Contact the Governor’s office directly and let him know how unhappy you are.
2. Contact the folks at Public Lands for the People to find out what you can do to help with their efforts to over turn this law.
3. Leave a post here.

Just make sure you do something, or you may never be able to use your dredge again in California.

Please do what you can to help support the PLP. If you can make a donation that is great. But don’t forget to tell your friends about this and get the word out that this will hurt the prospecting community and California.

United we stand. Divided we fall.

We have still had no luck finding a new place to hold our meetings. We will not be able to meet at the old building. Please ask around and keep an eye out for me.

As a non-profit organization, one of the ways we earn money is through the donation of plastic bottles and aluminum cans that we can recycle.

I received an email from Judy & Danny who handle TVP’s recycling effort. They said that we are doing good and appreciate all of the donations.  However, after seeing a man at the recycling center cut very badly on a glass bottle, they think we should avoid the glass.

We really don’t get that much from the glass and to risk one of our members getting injured isn’t really worth it. So for now, keep bringing the plastic bottles and aluminum cans, but leave the glass at home.

Thanks for supporting TVP through recycling!

We will be having a booth at the Primm Gold Show on the 25th and 26th. We will be setting up at 9am both days. We could use a  hand from the members for running the booth.

For more info on the Prim Gold show go to www.goldprospectors.org/events/goldshows/

I should be ariving Friday night. Due to my wife working that day, I am not sure what time we will make it there.

If you have not been to a gold show before, this is the one to go to. It is a good time that can’t be missed.

The long awaited TVP Forum is now live and ready for your questions, stories, or what ever might be on your mind. It is a lightly structured area where you can discuss prospecting & treasure hunting at your leisure. To get to the Forum, I have added a new menu button on the main site called “Forum” or you can go there directly by using http://gpaatvp.com/forum.

The forum is separated into two main sections and eight minor sections to help keep the discussions categorized. Here is what you will find:

• Prospecting & Treasure Hunting
  • Gold Prospecting
  • Treasure Hunting
  • Tools & Equipment
  • DIY Territory
  • Outings & Claims
• General
  • Club News
  • TVP Classifieds
  • TVP Saloon

The first six sections are pretty straight forward, but I thought I would take a moment to talk about the last two.

The TVP Classified section is a place that you can post items you have for sale or items that you may be looking for. Although we think this section will be a good resource for everyone, we just want to caution you to know who you are dealing with and what you are buying. This is not eBay and doesn’t have any of the security in place to secure your transactions, so I would encourage you to meet in person to make your exchange. Think of it as if you were buying something from the PennySaver

The TVP Saloon is there for those of you who just want to talk. The topics are wide open, but we do ask you to abide by the basic forum rules (i.e. no discussions involving race, hate, adult content, etc.). Remember that TVP is a family oriented group and any content posted should be appropriate for our varied audience.

I would encourage you to head on over and check it out. There is a registration process that you have to go through before you can post anything, but anyone can browse through the site.

I’ll see you there!

Tracy