About Millennium Diggers Club

2011 CLUB OFFICERS
President - Delmon Ray
Vice President - Claudia Wise
Secretary - Marlea Sheridan and Penny Esplin
Treasurer - Joe Greene
Membership Chairman - Joe Greene

CLUB CHARTER

The main purpose of this club is to bring families and individuals together to learn and share. We promote the hobbies of metal detecting, small scale mining, rock and gem collecting, bottle and relic collecting, fossil collecting, artifact collecting, treasure hunting, and any other activity that involves looking for objects of value that are buried, hidden, sunken, or occur naturally. This club will remain a fun, not-for-profit club. Meetings should be kept as informal as possible, yet maintain some order.

CLUB OFFICERS

Officers shall be elected at the November meeting by show of hands.

President

The President is responsible for the welfare of the club. The President shall be in charge of conducting and organizing meetings. The President shall approve any club spending over $100.00. The President and Vice President are responsible for the financial stability of the club.

Vice President

The Vice President shall fulfill the responsibilities of the President in the event the President cannot perform them. If the President is unavailable, the Vice President shall approve any club spending over $100.00. The President and Vice President are responsible for the financial stability of the club. The Vice President is responsible for overseeing and developing fundraising activities (raffles, drawings, etc.)

Secretary

The Secretary is responsible for taking notes at club meetings and creating meeting minutes. The Secretary is responsible for developing and publishing a monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be published on the website and an email notification will be sent to those who have email. The newsletter will be mailed to those without an email address. The Secretary shall perform the duties of the Treasurer in the event the Treasurer cannot perform them.

Treasurer

The Treasurer is responsible for maintaining the club's financial account(s). This includes opening and balancing accounts. The Treasurer will provide a financial report to members at each meeting.

Membership Chairman

The Membership Chairman is responsible for finding speakers for meetings, keeping the membership list up-to-date, collecting membership fees and turn over to the Treasurer, getting applications displayed at the GPAA Gold Show, passing out renewal applications in January, and mailing renewal applications to those who aren’t in attendance at the January meeting.

MEETING TIMES

The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

RULES

1. Be kind to the environment. Leave a site the same as or better than it was when you arrived.
2. Leave our meeting place clean.
3. No disruptive behavior. Club officers may at anytime suspend anyone that is causing problems with no refund of annual membership fees.
4. Ask for any new business or suggestions at every meeting. When necessary put it up for a club vote.
5. The club's fiscal year is February 1st through January 31st. Membership will be due each February 1st.
6. Membership includes a spouse and any family members 17 years of age and under.
7. On club owned claims, guests may assist members. Guests must be invited by a member who is present. Guests may tend (panning, shoveling, rock tossing) and operate the member’s equipment with the member. Guests may not bring their own equipment.
8. When outings are not on club owned claims, guests may participate fully and bring their own equipment.