SWRTPG (South West Ross Twp Property Group)

Our Main Goal: To educate our neighboring property owners so they may obtain the safest, most prudent gas lease possible.


Schedule (Calendar)

 

  • July 15  - Columbia County Landowners Coalition Group Meeting

    Our next group meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the Benton High School Auditorium. We will be holding one meeting the night of July 15th. The following meeting time is 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.


  • June 29, 2010 - SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ

 


   PLEASE NOTE !!! the meeting for Tuesday, May 25th has been canceled. There will be no meeting at the Benton High School. The meeting will be rescheduled in June.

  • May 25, 2010 - The next Columbia County Land Owners Coalition meeting at the Benton High School will be Tuesday, May 25, 2010

    The coalition will hold two meetings.

The first from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm for Luzerne County except Ross Township and Columbia County below Routes 254 and 239.
The second from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm for Ross Township and Columbia County above Routes 254 and 239.

  • May 18, 2010 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ

 

  • May 13, 2010 - Penn State will be giving a seminar on Natural Gas Wells and Drinking Water on Thursday May 13, 2101 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Lake Lehman High School.   Reservations would be appreciated and can be made by calling 570-825-1701

     

 

 

 

 

 

  • April 6, 2010 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ 

 

  • March 23, 2010 CCLOC meeting at Benton High School

  • February 16, 2010 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ     THIS IS SCHEDULED AS A CLOSED MEETING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN ROSS TOWNSHIP.  ONLY SWRTPG MEMBERS WITH SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH SWRTPG AND THE COLUMBIA COALITION WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING.  FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
  • January 28, 2010 at Benton High School
    State Representatives Karen Boback, Garth Everett, and David Millard will participate in these meetings and address issues regarding drilling the Marcellus shale.                                                      The meeting times will be broken up by region as follows:
      6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. – Fairmount/Luzerne.
      7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Ross and Columbia above Routes 254 and 239.
      8:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. – Columbia below Routes 254 and 239.

  • Unless something big happens and we need an emergency meeting the next SWRTPG meeting at Sweet Valley will probably be sometime after the January CCLOC meetings.

So please plan on attending the next CCLOC meeting at the Benton High School which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12th. It will be two sessions. The Columbia County meeting is from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. And the Luzerne County meeting time is 7:45pm to 8:30 pm. If snow is predicted we will fall back to another meeting date in January. So please check the phone update before you go to the meeting to see if it has been canceled.

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  • November 24, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ     THIS IS SCHEDULED AS A CLOSED MEETING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS IN ROSS TOWNSHIP.  ONLY SWRTPG MEMBERS WITH SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH SWRTPG AND THE COLUMBIA COALITION WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING.  FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

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  • October 15, 2009

    The next Columbia County Land Owners Coalition meeting will be on:     
     Thursday, October 15, 2009

     Meeting Times are as follows:

  1. 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm -- Fairmount Twp (Union, Huntington, Etc in Luzerne County)
  2. 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm -- Ross Twp & Columbia above Rt 254 and 239
  3. 8:30 pm to 9:15 pm -- Columbia County below Rt 254 and 239

Please help us by following these times for where you live.

  • October 27, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ     THIS IS SCHEDULED AS A CLOSED MEETING.  ONLY SWRTPG MEMBERS WITH SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH SWRTPG AND THE COLUMBIA COALITION WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING.  FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

    • September 24, 2009:

     

     

     

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The Columbia County Land Owners Coalition is having an important, members only up-date meeting on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Benton high School. This will be a split meeting with no exceptions to the time slot for county you belong to;

Columbia County  6:30-7:45 pm

Luzerne County 8:15-9:30 pm

For people that live outside the area or those that cannot make the meeting, notes will be placed on our web site a day or two after the meeting. E-mailings will also go out.

 This will be a meeting for members only who have signed a commitment letter with the coalition. If you have not turned in a commitment letter you can download a copy at www.columbiacoalition.org  or fill one out at the meeting (you will need parcel numbers with you). Any questions about the commitment letter only, please e-mail me: bruce@columbiacoalition.org.  If you need to fill out a commitment letter at the high school please come a little early.

I will only be responding for questions at my address at bruce@columbiacoalition.org  as time permits.

I will also, in the future only be giving out the password or any information to members that have signed a commitment letter.

Understand  this is a closed meeting...no commitment letter, no access, and Luzerne at Luzerne time only!

We are in early discussions with a large gas company for leasing with our group.

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  • September 15, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ     THIS IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AS A CLOSED MEETING.  ONLY SWRTPG MEMBERS WITH SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH SWRTPG AND THE COLUMBIA COALITION WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEETING.  FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

  • August 26, 2009 

    The next CCLOC meeting is at the Benton High School on Tuesday June 23rd at 7:00 PM.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • July 7, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ     Attorney Dale Tice will be the feature speaker.

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  • June 23, 2009 

    The next CCLOC meeting is at the Benton High School on Tuesday June 23rd at 7:00 PM.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • June 2, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ

 

 

 

 

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  • May 5, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ
  • Items on the agenda include:

    1. Information on ways to protect any gas lease profits you may someday be getting through devices like Limited Family Partnerships and LLC’s.

    2. Reviewing the highlights from Thursdays CCLOC meeting.

    3. The importance of Commitment letters

    4. An update on local leasing activities.

    5. Update on the groups nonprofit application.

    6. Statements from Executive Committee members

     

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  • April 30, 2009  The Columbia County Landowners Coalition will be holding their next meeting at the Benton High School at 7:00 pm. We will be going over the importance of a vertical Pugh clause in a lease and updates on our talks with gas companies.

 

 

 

 

 

  • April 14, 2009 SWRTPG Executive Committee Meeting
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  • April 7, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00pm @ Sweet Valley Church of Christ.     Items on the agenda include: 

                    Updates on:

                    The Ross township data base status

                    Our non-profit application

                    Gas company contacts

                    Local leasing interest

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  • March 26, 2009 - National Association of Royalty Owners announces free educational meeting for mineral and royalty interest owners to be held in Susquehanna CountyThe meeting will be held at the Mountain View High School Auditorium on Route 106 in Kingsley, on Thursday, March 26th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m  -  See “News” for details

  • March 4, 2009 - Penn State extension is having a Natural Gas Exploration - Infrastructure & Development program at the Penn State Lehman Technology Center Wednesday, March 4, 2009 7:00pm-9:30pm

    Pre register at 825-1701. 

        For more information access www.natural gas.psu.edu - Cost is $10

 

  •  March 3, 2009 SWRT Group Meeting 7:00 at Sweet Valley Church of Christ

 

  •  February 24, 2009 SWRTPG Executive Committee Meeting

         

  • February 3, 2009  SWRT Group Meeting 7:00 at Sweet Valley Church of Christ 7:00 PM                     Following the meeting we plan on demonstrating some features and aspects of the new website and facilitating a program on Natural Gas basics which should be both educational and informative. It is designed for the novice and those who just want to learn more.

 

  • January 27, 2009 Columbia Coalition Group Meeting in Benton - Postponed

 

  • January 20, 2009 - Columbia Coalition Leadership Meeting with Ross and Fairmont Townships

 

  • January 7, 2009 - SWRTPG Executive Committee Meeting

 

  • December 15, 2008 -SWRTPG Executive Committee Meeting     
  • See News for Meeting Notes

 

  • December 9, 2008  - Columbia Coalition Leadership Meeting with Ross and Fairmont Townships