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💬 Get in Touch
Whether you'd like to sign up for an upcoming dig, ask a question about a specimen you found in your garden, request a copy of our New Digger Orientation Packet, or just say hello — we'd love to hear from you. We are a small all-volunteer club, so please give us a little time to write back. The fastest way to reach us is by electronic mail.
To whomever has been sending us a large volume of penis enlargement & Viagra discount e-mails: Every member of the WCRA is very well endowed and has no problem getting ROCK hard. Please refrain from clogging up our inbox with your advertisements. Thank you!
📧 By Electronic Mail
Our shared club mailbox is wcra.diggers@gmail.com. Both webmasters (Ed and Amy) read it, and we try to respond within 3-5 business days during the digging season (March through November). Off-season responses can take 2-3 weeks — Ed is also a dairy farmer and gets busy during calving.
To help us route your message faster, please use one of these subject lines if it applies:
- "Dig Signup — [Date]" — to RSVP for a scheduled outing
- "First Timer Signup" — to receive the New Digger Orientation Packet
- "Specimen ID Question" — if you'd like help identifying a rock
- "Guestbook Entry" — Amy posts these on Sundays
- "Sponsor Inquiry" — ad space on the home page is $25/year
- "Member Photo Submission" — hi-res JPEGs welcome
☔ Weather and Dig-Day Cancellations
If a scheduled dig is cancelled or delayed due to weather, we will post an update on this website by 12:00 noon on dig day — check the home page or the Dig Schedule page before heading out. We will also send an e-mail to everyone who has signed up in advance, so make sure your address is on the list with our secretary.
✉ By U.S. Postal Service
For anything you'd prefer to send on paper — mineral society newsletter exchanges, dues payments by check, hand-drawn maps from old-timers who don't trust e-mail — we keep a P.O. Box at the Hope post office:
W.C.R.A. — c/o Edward Vanderlan, Secretary
P.O. Box 118
Hope, NJ 07844
Ed checks the box once a week, usually Friday afternoons on his way home from the feed store.
👤 Who's Who
If you know who you'd like to reach, drop the name in the subject line and we'll get the message to the right person:
| Name | Role | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Vanderlan | Secretary, Webmaster, Founder | Dig logistics, permits, club history, weather calls |
| Amy Veligrosi | Co-Webmaster | Website issues, guestbook entries, photo submissions, sponsorship |
| Hank Pulaski | Vice President & Field Guide | Gear questions, specimen prep, field-guide rotation |
| Marge O'Donnell | Field Guide & Historian | Area geology, area history, specimen ID |
| Chef Irene Schartleberg | Hospitality Chair | Luncheon menus, dietary accommodations, Grange Hall bookings |
📍 Want to Visit a Meeting?
Our regular business meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM at the Independence Township Grange Hall #237 in Great Meadows. Visitors are welcome — you don't need to be a member to come listen, ask questions, or look at whatever specimens members have brought to share that month. Coffee and Marge's thermos cookies are usually on offer.
If you plan to come for the first time, drop us a quick e-mail so we can watch for you — the Grange Hall is on a back road and it's easier if someone is keeping an eye out by the door.
We have been talking about adding a web-based contact form here for about six years. Amy says she'll get to it. We have learned not to set a date. For now, please use e-mail. Thank you for your patience.