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MATC Annual Meeting

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Please join us at the Annual Meeting, held in person for the first time since 2019.

Saturday, April 22, 2023, 9 am – 4 pm

Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College, Waterville, ME (Directions)

Schair-Swenson Alumni Center at Colby College
  • Free registration.
  • Lunch available at campus dining hall for $10.  CREDIT CARD ONLY. Or bring your own.
  • On-campus parking.
  • Registration opens at 8 am.

Hear what’s going on in the club. Get ready for a successful season. Highlights include: 

  • A conversation with keynote speaker Barry Dana, a former Penobscot chief and artist who runs the 100 Mile Wilderness. Bring your questions.
  • “Ask Me Anything” panel discussion with the ATC and the MATLT.
  • A Day in the Life of a Ridgerunner presentation
  • Annual club business
  • Ask Me Anything panel discussion with campsite, corridor monitoring, and trail maintenance managers
  • Raffle tickets – Cash only

Barry Dana

Barry Dana is a teacher, artist, and former chief of the Penobscot Nation. He grew up on Indian Island in the Penobscot River, where he learned traditional skills and values from tribal elders. Barry creates traditional styles of birchbark baskets, many etched with artwork or quill decoration. Credited with reviving the Katahdin 100, a Native spiritual run that combines a 100-mile trek by canoe, bike, and foot from Indian Island to Katahdin, Dana also runs the 100 Mile Wilderness to Katahdin. When he does he brings an energy drink he makes with a birch syrup from trees tapped in his backyard, trekking poles he carved from hophornbeam wood, a sheath knife, and an eagle feather, which connects him to his ancestors. “When I run,” he has said, “it’s not just for me. It’s for my people.”See the Annual Meeting webpage for details.

2022 Annual Business Meeting

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Save the date! The Maine Appalachian Trail Club’s 2022 annual meeting will be held on Saturday April 9th from 9-11am on…. you guessed it- Zoom! Again, we will miss seeing familiar faces and the stories of blow-downs, privies, and flat tires. And we’ll especially miss the coffee and doughnuts! But, with the latest news of COVID-19 this is the best we can do. We are planning on a 2-hour meeting to prevent screen fatigue and stick to the tasks at hand. Based on last year’s meeting we should be able to make it within the 2 hour time-frame. We’ll send out more information, including a Zoom invite, as the date approaches. In addition, we’ll be reaching out to those without the internet to make accommodations. Below is a sneak-peek of the agenda. “See” you all on April 9th! For more information, please contact: Tom Gorrill tgorrill@matc.org

Agenda
Maine Appalachian Trail Club Spring Meeting Via Zoom
Saturday, April 9, 2022

9:00 AM Annual Business Meeting of the Club

  • Welcome – Lester Kenway
  • Approval of the 2021 Annual Meeting minutes – Janice Clain
  • Treasurer’s Report – Jonathan Ellis
  • Adoption of Budget for FY 2022-2023 – Jonathan Ellis
  • Corresponding Secretary Report – Doug Dolan
  • President’s Report – Lester Kenway
  • Recognition and awards – Peter Roderick, Lester Kenway, Tom Gorrill
  • Election of Officers – Janice Clain

10:45 AM News from Appalachian Trail Conservancy – Paige MacGregor
11:00 AM Q&A
11:10 AM End of Day

April 17 Annual Meeting

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The Maine Appalachian Trail Club’s 2021 annual meeting will be held on Saturday April 17 on… you guessed it- Zoom! We will all miss seeing familiar faces and regaling stories of 28-inch blow-downs, shoveling out privies, and flat tires. And we’ll especially miss the coffee and doughnuts! But, this is the best we can do given the circumstances. There will be a bit of extra business to conduct this year because there was no annual meeting in 2020, but we are planning on a 2-hour meeting to prevent screen fatigue and stick to the tasks at hand. For More Information.

2021 Annual Meeting

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The Maine Appalachian Trail Club’s 2021 annual meeting will be held on Saturday April 17 from 9-11am on… you guessed it- Zoom! We will all miss seeing familiar faces and regaling stories of 28-inch blow-downs, shoveling out privies, and flat tires. And we’ll especially miss the coffee and doughnuts! But, this is the best we can do given the circumstances. There will be a bit of extra business to conduct this year because there was no annual meeting in 2020, but we are planning on a 2-hour meeting to prevent screen fatigue and stick to the tasks at hand. We’ll send out more information, including a Zoom invite, as the date approaches. In addition, we’ll be reaching out to those without the internet to make accommodations. Here’s a sneak-peek at the agenda. “See” you all on April 17th! For more information, please contact: Tom Gorrill.

Draft Agenda

  • 9:00 AM Annual Business Meeting of the Club 
    • Welcome – Lester Kenway 
    • Approval of the 2019 Annual Meeting minutes – Janice Clain  
    • Treasurer’s Report – Jonathan Ellis 
    • Adoption of Budget for FY 2021-2022 – Tom Lewis – Finance Chairperson 
    • Corresponding Secretary Report – Doug Dolan  
    • Election of Officers – Tom Gorrill 
    • Constitutional and Bylaw amendments- Tom Gorrill
    • President’s Report – Lester Kenway  
    • Recognition and awards – Peter Roderick, Lester Kenway, Tom Gorrill
    • Other business – Lester Kenway
  • 10:40 AM News from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy – Hawk Metheny (tentative)
  • 11:00 AM End of Day

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