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Volunteer with the Crew

May 8, 2024

Trail Crew Association Volunteer with the current crew Date: July 14 – July 16, 2024 Locations: Camp Dodge and various trails Sunday night (July 14): Lodging at Camp Dodge (provided by the AMC) Monday: Breakfast at Dodge and volunteer day with the crew. The Monday level-one-maintenance will consist of various groups of current year paid…

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OBP Volunteering (Saturday)

May 6, 2024

Trail Crew Association Old Bridle Path Volunteer Day Date: July 13, 2024 Location: Old Bridle Path For Saturday July 13 at the Old Bridal Path:  Jon Szalawicz is our AMC volunteer coordinator for the Saturday OBP work days.  Here is the sign up page and Jon’s email:  https://www.cognitoforms.com/AppalachianMountainClub1/FranconiaWorkDays2024 [email protected] Here’s a summary of logistics:  Each…

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Axe Training (Friday)

May 6, 2024

Trail Crew Association Axe Training Day Date: July 12, 2024 Location: Saco River District Forest Service Office, Conway, NH Instructor: Cristin Bailey ([email protected]) Greetings, anyone interested in Ax Day, please read the message below.  ALL attendees need to see the required equipment list below so please forward if necessary. 2024 Ax Day 8:30am start: Friday,…

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Reunion 2024 Schedule

May 6, 2024

Trail Crew Association Reunion weekend schedule REGISTER HERE Date: July 12 – July 16, 2024 Locations:  Saco River District Forest Service Office, Conway, NH Old Bridle Path Dolly Copp Campground Dolly Copp Picnic Area Camp Dodge Save the Date: Reunion weekend July 12-16 The TCA is having its Annual Reunion the weekend of July 13th.…

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Reunion 2023 Meeting minutes

August 23, 2023

Trail Crew Association​​​​​​ TCA reunion board and members meeting (August) Date: Saturday 8/12 at 1 PM Current Board Members President – Marshall Pontrelli (term ending ‘24)​ Board Member – John Lamanna (‘25) Vice President – Sam Hartwell (’24) ​​​Board Member – Alex Milde (‘24) Treasurer – Peter Jensen (‘25) ​​​​Board Member – Bob Biddle (‘24)…

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Who Is TFC, LLC? A Brief Introduction

February 3, 2022

Annie “Zeta” Dumais [email protected] Since serious conversations began this summer about what it would take to form an independent crew of TFC-folk in the White Mountains, the path forward has been a circuitous one, and it hardly came as a surprise that a handful of unkempt trail workers had a lot to learn about business–…

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Rogue Patrol

January 24, 2022

Sam “Bananas” Norton 2018 – 2020                                                                                                   …

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Hello and some information

January 24, 2022

Marshall Pontrelli President 175 Beacon St. Apt 409, Somerville, MA, 02143 [email protected] (781) 879-0258   Hello All, Happy New Year and I hope your 2021 was a good one! My name is Marshall Pontrelli (woods name Smathers) and I served on crew in two stints, from 2014-2015 and from 2017-2018, and I was the TM…

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Annual Meeting 2021 follow-up

November 21, 2021

Hi All, Attached are the PowerPoints presented in the meeting and the meeting agenda. Included in the powerpoints of relevance are the budget, Shelburne projects, the state of our physical archives, board elections and Acknowledgements to some members who made important contributions this year. Best, Marshall 11/21/2021 Minutes_from_reunion_2020_Secretary Treasurer’s report 2021 Board meeting 2021 slides…

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Annual Meeting 2021

October 31, 2021

Annual Meeting November 13, 2021 Hi All! The TCA Reunion/Annual Meeting will be held the second Saturday in November. The Board Meeting will take place 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom (Zoom info below) with Annual Meeting starting at 4:00, elections starting at 5:00 and happy hour to follow. Schedule 1:00-3:00 Board Meeting (open to all) 3:00-4:00 Break …

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