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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

Tony Barrett in ATC’s “Volunteer Spotlight”

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Please help us congratulate our very own Tony Barrett who is ATC’s featured volunteer for November! Currently Tony is on the MATC Executive Committee as well as a trail maintainer and chair of our Landscape Protection Committee. Please read the volunteer spotlight to learn about all of Tony’s contributions to the AT!

Our Volunteers Rock!

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Rocks aren’t placed by magic; it takes lots of hands and strong backs to make rock steps.

Volunteers build stone steps at Gulf Hagas using pry bars, shovels, grip hoist and pick axes.

White Brook Trail Work Trip

White Brook Trail Work Trip

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Volunteers Improve the White Brook Trail on the AT in Maine – 9-19-2020

The current White Brook trail is an official Appalachian Trail side-trail. It goes up the south side of White Cap Mountain. The trail itself is a remnant of the original AT when it went up the White Brook from the KI road. There is a steep, badly eroded section that is 3 feet deep in places. A relocation of this section has been approved for a couple of years. It will do a 900′ foot bypass to the West of the current section.