Volume 61, Number 7 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, Contacts Page 2… Ways & Means, Library Refreshments, Birthdays & Anniversaries Page 3 … Mineral News Page 4 … Business Meeting Minutes, Page 5 … Society Minutes, Jewelry Box-es Page 6 … Online les-son, About the Show Page 7 … Elected Officers, Directors & Chairpersons Page 8 … Meeting Program Information and Date, Cover

July 2020

Hello Fellow Rock Chippers,

I hope everyone is still safe, and healthy. As we all are getting used to a

new norm in our lives, it also trickles down to our beloved meetings. I’m

sure we will all meet face to face one day soon with many rocky quarantine

stories.

For the month of June we had our board and general meetings online, us-

ing Zoom. Im happy to say that we had over 22 members join us for our

online general meeting. Thank you Thalia for part two of a very informative

program.

I hope to see more of you on our next “gathering”. Our next board meeting

will take place on July 11th at 7pm and our next general meeting will take

place on July 18th at 7pm.

With blessing to everyone, have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Sagi Salomon

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Shirley, Juliette, Anita

Larry & Barbara

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

Ways and Means, Library, and Refreshments, have nothing to report for July. That will not be changing for now, or any time soon. Webmaster reports that Thalia and John are working together and have gotten to the point that we can keep the site updated by linking on Zoom. We want to encourage members to attend to Zoom meetings and keep current on what we are able to present at this time.

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

Shanna

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Officers: John & Shanna O'Brien, Barbara & Larry Bradbury, Lillian & Gene Berwager, Sagi Salomon, Debbie Herlinger in/left before mtg. started.

Guests: Thalia Goldsworthy, Gary & Maureen Levitt, Virginia Rotramel

Meeting called to order at 7:06pm by the President, Sagi.

Requested the following chairs for their reports and business:

Treasurer: Barbara responded the books were returned from audit, and all is in good order.

Old Business: none.

New Business: Barbara, Treasurer, had been in negotiation with the church on giving us a credit

towards 2021 rents for those meetings we have not been able to have due to the pandemic

covid19. It was discussed and agreed to continue those negotiations. At this time we have not been

able to have 4 meetings, March, April, May & June.

Publisher: Thalia responded for Melanie, and the June Bulletin was published and sent to the mem-

bership.

Classes & Workshops: There have been none due to covid19.

Hospitality: Lillian responded she has made out the cards, and is ready to take to the Post Office.

Outreach: Thalia responded that she has the Org. Display case at present, and no show(s) at this

time.

Corp. Administrator: Barbara responded for Debbie that the check for the Secy. of State is ready to

send.

Federation: Gary responded that most shows are being cancelled at this time except for the Rocky

Mountain society in Big Piny, WY.

FRA: Thalia said she is in contact with kids but may have no one due to summer school except for

Demelza who goes to a private school.

Historian: Gene said nothing going on to report.

Librarian: Shanna says the Library is not available, locked up in our meeting room at the church.

Publicity: Virginia responded we are on hold for the time being, and waiting to see if there is going

to be a show.

Show: Virginia reported there are 10 confirmed vendors ready if we do end having a show. Almost

all of the vendors would be outside, and three inside.

Webmaster: Thalia reported she and John have been working on getting a meeting onto Zoom, as

we have unlimited time.

Ways & Means: John reported there is no action until we can all gather together again.

Program: Thalia reported she will have a program on full screen for Part 2 of Channel work.

No further business, and we adjourned at 7:38pm.

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WHRC Society Meeting - via Zoom. June 20, 2020 Call to Order: 19:06 Flag Salute: Virginia Correction or approval of Minutes: No minutes available. Report of Treasurer: Books are in order. Old Business: Debbie will file necessary documents with The Secretary of State. New Business: Barbara is in negotiations with the church regarding the credits for not using the meeting room due to Covid-19 Stay at Home order. The credits will be applied in 2021. Auditor: Per Virginia books are in good order. Bulletin/Publisher - Melanie: Submit her articles to publish in the WHRC Newsletter. Classes/ Workshops: Thalia is working on a class via Zoom. Details to come soon. Courtesy and Hospitality: No new updates. Community Outreach: On hold due to Covid-19. Corporate Administration: Everything is up – to date. Federation Director: Gary suggested sending info to Pat at CFMS with new updates for the CFMS Newsletter. Field Trips: On hold due to Covid-19. FRA: Little Chipper Demelza is working on a project called “Rocks in Space”. Historian: Nothing to report. Membership: Virginia is keeping track of attendance via Zoom. Show Chairman: Virginia stated a vendor called regarding the Show Status. The Club is now work-ing on donations for The Gem Show prizes. Ways and Means: Nothing to report. WebMaster: Working on Zoom sessions with Virginia. Program: Thalia presented second half of the program on Channel Jewelry Making – Stone work. Meeting Adjourned: 19:56

Secretary,

Jewelry Boxes

I was wondering if you could help jog my memory. I was describing the gemstone Jew-elry Boxes the husband wife team used to display at your show. I thought the last name was Rosen but I can't find any web hits for the jewelry boxes with that. She was the Lapidary and he was the silversmith. They had one box that was Rutilated Quartz with etched Basenite or black Jade, another with a large Ammonite top center off the box lid on Turritella agate box. Was amazing work. I am sure with your immense knowledge you might remember them. Fred Ward

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Our First Virtual Online Program At the May and June meetings we had a slide show program It was a first attempt at using the zoom process for this type of event. We hope that we will find other programs for the future. Looks like this was a success. Here are some of the reactions to that event.

"It was a nice, simple, easily understood program. Maybe 45-60 minutes long with some pictures to show each step in making of Channel jewelry. A time consuming process because of all the small pieces and planning needed. But not quite as complicated as one might think unless your design contains really small pieces or small design elements. Some-thing to think about as a Covid-19 project for those who are looking for something to do right now."

"The May demo for creating channel silver work was extremely detailed and informative. We learned quite a bit from that. The June demo for the actual stone sizing for inlay was not as detailed, yet it put the theory of cutting the stones out there. The virtual program worked great.

Looking forward to the next one. Much thanks".

"Excellent teaching session - the right pace and level of details to make it sound attractive and just a bit challenging! "

ABOUT THE SHOW We have a confirmed date of October 17, 2020 with the First United Methodist Church in West Hills. Before the pandemic event of Covid19 we paid for our space and had started our plans. April is the month for contracts to go out and start the ball rolling to have a good show. So this year instead of sending out contracts we asked our vendors if they would do our show if the pandemic allowed. We had an immediate YES response from 10 vendors, all from past years of doing our show. They were advised about the possibility of the show being cancelled, and therefore contracts would be held up until the middle of September. In the meantime there is still the need for publicity and that has already started. Westways and CFMS have been notified and Mining Journal and Rock & Gen are next come in July. The flyers and raffle tickets will be available also. It is time for the membership to start getting their prizes done for the raffle. The prize needs to be super sagifrajilistic this year so we can get publicity out on what we have to raffle and get people to want to come to a show that will be safe and worthwhile. The publicity part will be getting pictures taken of the prizes to advertise with the show announcement. Prizes should be of a value of at least $20.00 and something you would want, making it desirable to someone to want to buy a raffle ticket. This is one of the ways the show is a money-maker for the organization. Sagi is the show chairman, I hope all will offer their assistance to him as it can be a daunting task for the first few times. Offer early so you can do the area of your expertise. Virginia

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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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