IOCCNYSAA newsletter excerpts from Vol .6, May 18, 2012

THE ARCHAEOLOGIST-

THE INCORPORATED ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER

OF THE NEW YORK STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Vol. 6, May 18, 2012

 Chapter Web Site - http://ioccnysaa.blogspot.com/

Chapter email - ioccnysaa@gmail.com

 Chapter meetings are held on the third Friday of each month except July and August.

 ** REMEMBER NEW LOCATION FOR MONTHLY MEETINGS **

The May meeting will be held on Friday, the 18th, at 7:30 P.M a

Mulberry House (Middletown) Senior Center.

The address is 62-70 West Main Street in Middletown. The location is handicapped accessible. If it works for us, we will continue to hold our meetings there and then move to the new location with them. The following maps show its location.

May Program – Doc Bayne will be presenting on Iona Island.

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 President’s Message

          I am very pleased to say the conference was very successful. We had presenters from throughout country and over 140 people attended from throughout the state. Several attendees commented our conferences are the best. Before, during and after the state business meeting several chapters asked me for advice regarding attracting new members and revitalizing their chapters. At the state business meeting I told them our chapter is willing to assist them in various ways, which I will explain further at our meeting. At this point in time we are the largest and most active chapter in the state. I also want to thank all the chapter members who helped make this conference a success.
 Dave

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Wampum Museum Field Trip

             The fieldtrip to the Wampum Museum will be held on Sunday, June 3rd. We will meet at the museum at 10 AM. If you wish to attend please sign up at the meeting or call Dave Johnson as soon as possible so we can develop a car pool if necessary.Doc Bayne will discuss the details at this month’s meeting.
 Here is the web for the museum- www.pascackhistoricalsociety.org

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           Since our last meeting we learned that former President Chuck Thomas’ wife, Alice, passed away. We extended our condolences to Chuck and family on behalf of the chapter.

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 Schedule

           Due to the conference we are still working on the schedule through July. I will be sending an email up date within the next week and announcing the final schedule at the upcoming meeting.
 *** PLEASE NOTE - If you receive the newsletter through the US mail and not email PLEASE PHONE Dave Johnson at if you are interested in going on the Wampum field trip or to the picnic.
 June 3rd – Fieldtrip to the Wampum Museum in northern New Jersey
 June 15th – Monthly chapter meeting - speaker to be announced
 July – date to be announced – Annual picnic
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 Dues

 Dues are due for 2012. Please contact our treasurer, Jon Leonard, to send in your payment. Or you can pay your dues at the monthly meeting.