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Maine Appalachian Trail Club – Two for One!
Maintainer's Gathering – 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Lunch will be provided
Winter Social – 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Skowhegan Community Center
39 Poulin Drive, Skowhegan Maine 04976

The Skowhegan Community Center is where we held the MATC 75th anniversary in June of 2010.  It is located on Route 2, 0.8 miles west of the Skowhegan island bridges and 4.3 miles east of the Cumberland Farms store in Norridgewock.

To all Maintainers:  Come join us for a day dedicated to MATC trail maintainers.
Maintainers are the core of the MATC.  Meet your fellow trail workers and Overseers.  We will review best trail maintenance practices and updates of trail issues.

10:00 AM Coffee and Donuts

Appalachian Trail Standards and Best Practices

  • Trail Standards
  • Signs
  • Waterbars
  • Bog Bridges
  • Lean-to Maintenance
  • Privy Maintenance
  • Trail Tools – selection and maintenance.

12:00 lunch – donations welcome

  • Questions and Answers
  • ATC – NPS 5 year planning
  • Maine Trail Crew in 2012
  • Trail Crew Center update
  • The Corridor Monitoring program

 

2:30 PM - Wrap up

Join us for a snowshoe tour of the future Trail Crew Center or relax with your friends at the Community Center.  Ski touring trails are available at Lake George Park, 6 miles north of Skowhegan.

5:00  PM  Pot luck Supper

6:00  PM Jeff Romano, 100 Classic New England Hikes

Maine Appalachian Trail Club Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Lincoln Auditorium at the University of Maine Farmington

8:00 AM Registration, Coffee, and socializing

9:00 AM Annual Business Meeting of the Club

Welcome – Lester Kenway – President  
Approval of the 2010 Annual Meeting minutes – Janice Clain
Treasurer’s Report – Elsa Sanborn
Adoption of Budget for FY 2012-2013 – Tom Lewis, Finance Committee
Corresponding Secretary Report – Dick Doucette

10:00 Reports:
President’s Report on the past year – Lester Kenway
Care Committee Report – TBA
Campsite Committee Report – Laura Flight
Trail Crew Center Project – Lester Kenway
2012 Trail Crew Season Preview
Recognition and Awards

11:30 AM Salute to Trail Volunteers

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM
Current Wind Power issues update – Tom Lewis
Corridor Monitoring – David Field
Open Forum on current issues before the Club
2:30 PM
Concurrent Meetings with Trail Overseers and Maintainers
New member and guest welcome session – Lester Kenway
4:00 PM End of Day

 

 

  

 

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