Portland Gold Prospectors, Inc.

Secretary's Report August 15th, 2025  -  Board Meeting Minutes                                                                                                             The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. at Prospector's Treasure Trove by President DanRouse.                                                                                                                                                                         
Roll Call  -  In attendance was Dan Rouse, Jerry Johns, Carol Johns, Ted Robinson, Carol Robinson, Steve Kragerud, Yolande Kragerud, Ken Didier, Rocky Tester, Jim Erwin, Lorilee Cronn, Jeff Cronn and Mark Kirk.
Website Dues  -  Ted brought it to our attention that the yearly website dues are due this month.  The cost is $60 and he will pay it and then get reimbursed from Jeff.
Lawson Bar Outing  -  The recent Lawson Bar outing was a success.  Quite a few people showed up for the event.  Everyone had a good time and hopefully found some color.  Jessyca provided a bunch of different food and made sure that everyone got fed.
Guest Speakers  -  There will be a couple different speakers at our August meeting.  A guy from Willamette Valley Miners will talk about filing mining claims.  Jim Erwin will talk about a Veteran's Group and James (Shrek) will be talking about Drywashers.
Club Raffles  -  Dan is looking for someone to be in charge of the Raffles.  He is going to bring this topic up at our August meeting.  The raffles are really important because this generates money for our club.  We will be doing some more raffles with silver quarters and morgan dollars.
New Claims  -  Dan has people checking out different areas for us to possibly get some new claims.  There was no gold found in the Quartsville area so they are looking farther down south in the bohemian district.
TyRoy Cleanup  -  Jerry discussed that in the fall of 2026 we need to do a clean out of the ponds up at TyRoy.  They will have to be drained of water and then dug out.
New Calendars  -  Dan brought up having some new calendars made up for 2026.  They could be given to club members.  We could possibly have pictures of people mining on them.  Ken Didier is going to check into this for us.
End of Summer BBQ  -  We are planning on having an end of summer BBQ on September 27th.  We are not sure of the location at this time.  There will be discussion about this at our next regular club meeting.
Fundraising  -  Jim Erwin brought it up again about we need to do some fundraising for our club. He has been researching this idea.  He gave us all a handout about different fundraising strategies.  If anyone has any ideas contact Jim.  He is looking for some people to help him with this project.
2026 Sportsmen's Show  -  It was decided that we will not be participating in the 2026 Sportsmen's show in February 2026.  It's too hard to get enough people to cover the shifts.
Quarterly Raffle  -  Dan wants Mark Kirk to order some more stuff from the GPAA catalog with our club points and then we can have a quarterly drawing with tickets to start being sold in October and then have the drawing in December.
Gold Nugget Bingo  -  We are thinking about having another gold nugget bingo in the upcoming months.  It was pretty profitable last time we did it and it was fun.  We are allowing Ken Didier to buy $500 worth of gold for the club.
World Record Breaking  -  On September 13th there will be a free panning event in Cottage Grove Oregon.  They are looking to break the world record for the number of people simultaneously gold panning unofficially. They are hoping to get 300 people to participate in the event.  There will be prizes and it will be a fun event.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 P.M.
Submitted by Yolande Kragerud, Secretary.