Volume 61, Number 4 The Bulletin of the Woodland

Hills Rock Chippers, Inc.

Regular club meetings are held at 7:00PM on the 3rd Saturday of each month at: First United Methodist Church, 22700 Sherman Way, West Hills, CA 91303

Visit our website: whrc@rockchippers.org WHRC Editor: P.O. Box 205 Woodland Hills, CA 91365

Membership Information

For any questions regarding membership in the Woodland Hills Rock Chippers please email Virginia Rotramel at

info@rockchippers.org

Future Rockhounds of America

For any questions regarding membership in the FRA please email Thalia Goldsworthy atin-

fo@rockchippers.org

Bulletin Index

Page 1 … President’s Message, Contact info. Page 2… Ways & Means, Library Refreshments, Birthdays & Anniversaries Page 3 … Federation Report, FRA, Special Note Page 4 … Business Meeting Minutes, Class News Page 5 … Elected Officers, Directors & Chairpersons Page 6 … Meeting Program Information and Date, Cover

April 2020

Hello everyone,

In this testing time, I hope everyone is safe and healthy.

Although I do not believe it is safe enough to have a physical

WHRC meeting yet. I invite everyone to contribute an article or

story to our newsletter. Although we can’t meet in person we

can still add to our knowledge by sharing each other’s geologi-

cal knowledge.

I would like to wish all our members a beautiful Passover

and Easter weekend. And as you celebrate the holidays don’t

forget that on April, Uncle Sam extended our tax due date.

May you all have a safe and healthy month.

Sagi Salomon

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-Barton, Bradbury,

O’Brien

Maglicmot-

If anyone is missed, please let us know!

Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to bring refreshments to our meetings. We will make adjustments as necessary if and when it is safe to schedule our meetings. We hope everyone stays safe and happy meanwhile.

The Refreshment Chairman is Shanna O’Brien

Hi, everyone, this is John reporting in for Ways and Means. As you know, things are going to be shut down for a while, and we won't be having any meetings. Now might be a good time to go through old stuff and look for possible donations for the raffles or silent auctions, when we resume activities. Anyway, it's something to do. Take care and stay safe, eve-ryone - and we hope to see you soon.

Library Library is closed while the Covid-19 crisis continues. We will reopen when we can have meetings again.

Shanna

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March 7, 2020 Call to Order: 19:01 Correction or approval of Minutes: No corrections. Report of Treasurer: Per Ms. Barbara we are in the black. Old Business: The Silent Auction increased in profit by $10. New Business: Ms. Debbie is requesting the location and date for the Rock Chippers Picnic at the March meeting. Committee forming for Re-Organization of Archives. Auditor: Books are with Virginia. Bulletin/Publisher: Nothing to report. Classes/ Workshops: March 14th Polymer Clay Fee $ 0 and April 11th Wire Wrapping Pendant class, see Ms. Thalia for sign-ups and details. Pending for May 11th Tony Fender Small Space Silver Soldering Class, early sign-ups are requested. Please check with Ms. Thalia for class fees and materials list. Courtesy and Hospitality: Up to date. Community Outreach: Ms. Thalia the showcase is schedule for the Ventura Fair Grounds set-up. Corporate Administration: Annual Report filed. Everything is up to date. Display and Education: Ms. Thalia is scheduled. Field Trips: Ms. Thalia sent out an email with field trips to members. FRA: One member and one guest attended. Badges are being ordered for completed work. Membership: Nothing to report. Historian: Ms. Thalia is sending Gene pictures for archives. Publicity: Printing Gem Show Flyers. Ms. Shanna and Ms. Debbie will email magazines to list the Gem Show. Also sending publicity to Westways. Refreshments : March Ms. Thalia Show Chairman: Sagi: March Roundtable meeting Ways and Means: Nothing to report. WebMaster: Ms. Thalia Archiving website is in progress. Program: The Webers are presenting the DeGrussa Copper/Gold mine in Australia, scheduled for March 21, 2020. Meeting Adjourned: 19:50

All classes that were scheduled for April and May have been cancelled. Tony and Sandee Fender will be back to teach beginning silver soldering when we can have small groups meet again. The April class was to be on the standard wire wrapped pendant. If you planned to attend, let me know. There may be a way to do this via email with my printed directions, and consultations over the phone. Let's use this time at home to catch up with projects that we were too busy to do before. If you need advise or help with something related to previous classes, or my expertise, let me know. Be positive that we all will come through this crisis safe and healthy.

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Gary Levitt garytherockhound@sbcglobal.net April 2020

I have heard that Zzyzx will be canceled due to the pandemic. Formal updates with

respect to this info will be out shortly. Be aware that we will hear more about this

soon.

Our monthly meetings are on hold until kids are back in school.

Any youth who would like to work on their badges can do so via email or phone to

me. More news when we get it.

Special Note To all members and friends of the Rock Chippers Because of the virulence of the Corona virus, government scientists have suggested the public cur-tail its spread by cancelling non-essential social gatherings of 25 or more people. To assure the safety of our members, our President has cancelled the March 21st general meeting. We hope to reschedule our guest speakers Dick and Mary Patt Weber for a future date when possi-ble. The class for this Saturday on Polymer Clay is still scheduled for the very small group who signed up. We will keep in touch via our emails and web site pages for the time when we can resume normal meetings. We urge all to follow the safety suggestions offered by government leaders, especially frequent washing of hands with soap and water. Thank you for your understanding.

Thalia for Sagi, President

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Woodland Hills Rock Chippers, Incorporated

Our organization, a non-profit corporation, was formed for educational and instructive purposes: to foster collection and study of minerals, to disseminate knowledge about them, to sponsor field trips to find them, to encourage the use of them in lapidary and faceting studies, etc. And to have one whale of a good time doing those things with all of our friends. Regular meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Re-freshments are at 6:30 p.m. Field trips are at various times throughout the month. Guests are always welcome to attend. Membership is open to interested applicants after they have attended at least two meetings. Annual dues are due in November for the following year.

Elected Officers/Directors

President Sagi Salomon Director At Large Gene Berwager

Treasurer Barbara Bradbury Director At Large Lillian Berwager

Secretary Paty Mejorado. Director At Large Larry Bradbury

Corp. Adm. Deborah Hirlinger Director At Large John & Shanna O’Brien

Chairpersons and Appointed Positions

Auditor…………………....Virginia Rotramel

Bulletin Editor ……….……Melanie Demont

Classes/Workshop……......................Open

Courtesy/Hospitality…..…. Lillian Berwager

Custodian ……………………Sagi Salomon

Display/Education.……......................Open

Federation Director…………......Gary Levitt

Alternate Fed Director……..Maureen Levitt

Field Trips……………………………...Open

FRA…………………......Thalia Goldsworthy

Historian………….…….......Gene Berwager

Librarian…………………………...Shanna O’Brien

Library Displays…………….................Committee

Membership ………………. .…..Virginia Rotramel

Parliamentarian………...………...……….….Open

Programs …………………...………………...Open

Publicity………………………........................Open

Refreshments…….……...............Shanna O’Brien

Shop …………………………….….….. Committee

Show Chair………….……....…..Virginia Rotramel

Ways and Means…………….……...John O’Brien

Webmaster…………...............Thalia Goldsworthy

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