board of directors

The Board of Directors are volunteers who devote a great deal of their time and energy to the organization. This includes finance, organizing activities/social events, trail maintenance, membership growth, communications/social media, maintaining/improving website, strategic planning/setting policies and promotions/advertising.

We are always interested in having more Sustaining Members either join one of our committees or our Board of Directors. If you are a Sustaining Member, would like to ensure the continued success of our group and give back in some way, then consider joining one of our Committee or Board of Directors. We periodically have Zoom meetings along with regular email correspondence. If interested, Contact Us.

Below is a list of our Committees for you to join:

• Budget & Finance Committee: responsible for reviewing monthly bank statements, write checks, make deposits/transfers, prepare financial reports to the Board and prepare taxes.
• Programs-Trips Committee: responsible for creating/running a variety of programs/trips to increase trip leadership and member participation, promote the programs/trips for maximum participation and increase the number of trip leaders.
• Trail Maintenance Committee: responsible for maintaining our adopted trail in the White Mountains, Mt. Osceola, promote the events for maximum participation and help members get involved with adopting trails on behalf of GayOutdoors to promote our group in the greater hiking community.
• Membership Committee: responsible for growing our guest and sustaining memberships; soliciting donations. Joining other groups to leverage advertising and promoting GO. Partner with other organizations for growth opportunities, leverage advertising/promoting GO, and provide overall support the greater LGBTQ+ community. Respond to inquiries on our email account and trouble shoot issues such as logins.
• Social Media Committee: responsible to communicate to our members via our social media platforms: Facebook and Instagram; and adopting other social media platforms as needed. Content to include club matters, articles of interest, promoting events, etc.
• Newsletter Committee: responsible to communicate with our members via our newsletter. Content to include club matters, articles of interest, promoting events, etc.
• Website Committee: responsible with maintaining and regularly updating the club’s website, be the liaison with our website host provider to resolve web issues. Involved with making further improvements to our website.
• Strategic Planning Committee: responsible to develop and maintain strategic plan.
• Promotions/Advertising: responsible to assemble and maintain Discounts with other business partners to increase sustaining memberships. Maintain Google Business Page that appears on searches. Purchase sponsored ads for Google searches, social media and print publications. Brochures. Outreach with planning and hosting quarterly social events; hosting booths at Gay Pride events, outdoor expositions, etc.

If interested, Contact Us.

Below are our Our Board of Directors/Officers:

Carl Baker: President, Membership Committee Chair, Newsletter Editor; member of Budget, Website, Strategic Planning, Programs Committees.

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Mike Boisvert: Founder, Vice-President, Chair of the Website, Strategic Planning, and Promotions/Advertising Committees; member Budget and Trails Committees.

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Jon Normand: Secretary and Chair of Trail Maintenance Committee.

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Thad DeFaux: Treasurer, Chair of the Budget Committee; member of Strategic Planning Committee.

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Bob Groth: Social Media Committee Chair

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Jon Tanguay: Programs/Trips Committee Chair; member of Social Media and Promotions/Advertising Committees.

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Steve Lewis: Member of Website Committee.

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Nikos Valance: Member of Membership, Strategic Planning and Promotions/Advertising Committees.

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