Area Watch.org is now organizing our efforts to negotiate a fair and profitable lease agreement with interested drilling companies or their representatives for the lease of our mineral rights. An organizational meeting held on January 5, 2008 drew 125 property owners interested in negotiating for a lease offer comparable to others in our immediate area.

Area Watch.org members approved the formation of a lease-negotiating committee to begin the process of seeking bids for our mineral rights leases. This committee, composed of your neighbors, will work to seek out the best bid for our area and will present this information to the property owners involved. Area Watch.org will develop and maintain a database of contact information for interested parties and will keep them informed of the progress of the lease negotiating committee.

If you want to add your property to the group, thus growing our negotiating power, please write the group coordinator, Doug Arnold, at doug@AreaWatch.org and let’s see if we can work together to secure a better deal for all persons involved.

If you are the leader of a near-by group seeking to cooperate with other groups in order to increase your negotiating power, feel free to contact the Area Watch.org leadership to see if we can work together. Write us at info@AreaWatch.org.