Ok, I tried to save the GPAA...And the leaders did nothing to save it. They have no plan to save it...I'm done paying Brandon & Kevin's salary.

                                        And I do have a clue, and I know Tom is NOT in charge...But he should be...

Posted By WILLIAM HALL on 08 Nov 2016 04:25 PM
OK the door is open....

I for one Have heard enough PISSIN, MOANING AND WHINING out of you Adam
Adam, sell or in some fashion dump your GPAA membership, please, I would consider buying it from you
As Tim said "you have no clue" how business operates
You bad mouth Brandon, you don't know him or what he does or anything about his life
All you know is, he wont answer your sniveling questions
Brandon, Kevin and the 16 others are not here to hold your hand or wipe your butt, they wont show you where gold is, thats your job
You can "demand" all you want, do you really think that will accomplish any thing ? NO it wont
I will fill out a report a problem it will have your name to be removed on it, I fact I will "demand" it
All you have done since day one is complain and whine about how Kevin will not answer your simple question, GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON
Your the one that needs to "grow up" and act like an adult instead of a 7 year old throwing a tantrum laying on the floor kicking his feet
My 6 year old grandson doesn't act like that
The only thing that matters to you is post counts
I tried to clue in a few weeks ago but you didn't take the hint
The GPAA does far more behind the scenes for the mining communities, yes communities, than you will ever do or know
The GPAA has thousands of members that do far more behind the scenes than you ever will or ever know

Go on an keep complaining, just go somewhere else and do it
I/we are tired of it, in the immortal words of the Hag....TAKE THIS MEMBERSHIP AND SHOVE IT
MOVE ON

This will be the last time I will address you Adam
GO FORTH AND COMPLAIN ELSE WHERE

Bill
Gotta let my key board cool down

Pissing and moaning does not get things done .As i give many hours to help the people out with no rewards other than my own satisfaction.Step up and put something forward .I do as I am volunteering my time now to help out in camp .I only have one thing to say ADAM .Put up or shut up.

  I have put up. Many times over. I've helped the newbees, I've helped out on the claims while the leaders do & say nothing. And I've never said anything bad about any of you. So William can trash me all he wants & I could care less. I always take the high road... If only the GPAA leadership had a plan and the means to take action to save the GPAA...They should learn from our new Pres. with... 'Make the GPAA great again'.  

                                                But unfortunately the GPAA leadership stands by and does nothing.

    The plan forward?

   #1 Contact your new Pres. Trump...Ask him to force the USFS & BLM to be more Gold Prospector/Miner friendly... 

   #2 "The GPAA is not a resort"...Make it a resort, you might get the wives & kids to go. The GPAA will make money. I just got back from Yosemite. While at the old Grand Majestic hotel I thought, "Why can't the GPAA make money like this?"...$380 a night or camping $30

   #3 George Massie inspired people about the hopes and the future of the GPAA...Now the leadership says and does nothing...You figure out the rest.

  #4 It's the 21st Century, will the on-line guide be working before I turn 100? You figure out the rest.

   I actually have shared my honey holes, because others did it for me. All they asked was "don't run the dirt we're drying out for the dry washer". That kind of friendly prospector is an asset to the GPAA

    "pick a problem near and dear to your heart"

    The San Gabriel Mountains east fork river is mine. We battled the 'Monument' status to no avail. Watch Shannon Poe's east fork you tube video with the FS...He reasoned with and educated the Ranger. I tried to rally everyone during the public comment period about the future use of the east fork with a comment about how it's on the map because of Gold, so the history is primarily Gold panning, and it should be allowed to continue...But they are threatening to arrest Gold panners soon.

       Sooooooo, that's why I'm saying for the 10th time...Why can't the GPAA leadership be more like Shannon Poe???

Who is actually giving them the approval to cut the tree's? That i think needs to be found out. This is something that needs to be taken directly to Washington DC. DT Junior is an outdoorsman and willing to listen to these issues. That is where it needs to go. BLM management has had 8 years of infiltration by the operative of these activists. I dont see much happening like that in Nevada, but then again they don't have as many tree's. A lobbying office is needed in DC or at least a group organized to start contact with the right personnel.

Here is a morsal of food for thought.......since these "National Monuments" are generally created with a stroke of the President's pen, I see no reason they can't be disolved by the same......  While I have no objection tto the creating of one that is truly deserving, and at the minimal area required for protection, most have been done to just flat out lock it up, and should be returned to multiple use.  I have to wonderif it would be worth the effort and work to push that adgenda................

I don't think you will see many created in the next four ears.  I also see the Keystone XL getting "greenlighted in the first 100 days.

How did the Rogue river, one of the richest rivers in Oregon, end up banned from mineral entry?

Buy a lifetime membership like I did.

Put your money where your mouth (or keyboard) is. Lobbying costs money. Leadership can do nothing without membership support.