The meeting was held in the all purpose room of the Salvation Army Building on Clinton Street in Concord, New Hampshire.

The meeting was called to order by president, Bill Brown at 7:30 PM. There were 26 members and one guest present, Charles Forsberg.

The secretary's report was accepted as printed in the newsletter. There was no treasurer's report.

Old Business: Robin Edgewood-Reece had a boating accident - flowers and a card were sent from the club. Kathy Dallaire lost her mother and the club sent a sympathy card. The Pearl Lake field trip had ten members (5 new members) attending. Dave Sheldon met the new land owner. He said he would like to keep people off his house lot when going to the collecting site.

Bill Brown thanked the club for doing an outstanding job with this years Sunapee show.  John McCrory did an excellent job. John also said "Good show" and "Thank you." Thank you also goes to Jon Herndon, Martin Kippley and Scott Higgins for the great barbecue.                      Last meeting's silent auction went well. The club made $137 - we'll do it again next year.

New Business: Gordon Jackson announced that there will be a show meeting at 6 PM on October 17th at his house. The club was also reminded about the Field Collecting Contest coming up for the Xmas party.                                                                                                   Bill Brown gave info on other area shows. Steffen Hermanns asked members for emails and any info people would like to submit for the newsletter. New members voted in were Alan Chandler, Susan Fellows and Larry Heath.

Bill Brown supplied this month’s refreshments.

There were three door prizes due to one donation from Bill Brown. The other two were supplied by the club. The winners were Jim Young, Howard Ewing and Gordon Graham.

Jim Young was this month's speaker. Jim has given many great talks for the club. This one was on his Alaskan prospecting adventure. Along with a slide presentation, Jim talked about his time prospecting for metals for one of two mining companies in the area. Another enjoyable talk. Thanks Jim.

Respectfully submitted,

Pam Jackson

Acting Secretary