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Eastern Trail Alliance Committees - Task List

Many dedicated citizens are helping the Trustees and Advisory Trustees of the Eastern Trail Alliance to build this wonderful trail resource.  These volunteer efforts are applied for the most part within several key Committees. 

The list of committees and ongoing/current tasks appears below.  Contact the committee chair or any ETA officer if you want more information about how to get involved in these activities.

Executive Committee - John Andrews, Chair

  1. Maintain a strong and active board, recruiting new Trustees/Advisory Trustees as necessary
  2. Maintain working subcommittees, coordinating shared/overlapping activities
  3. Complete easement for trail use with Granite State Gas
  4. Seek additional trail easements and agreements as needed
  5. Plan budgets, oversee all financial operations of Alliance

Events - Bob Bowker, Chair

  1. Plan and put on the 8 lighthouse fundraising ride every fall
  2. Plan and carry out other fundraising, awareness building, and similar events throughout the year
  3. Plan and hold regular outings on the trail, including walks, bicycle rides, and similar.
  4. Advertise and promote each event on the web site, in the newsletter, on television and radion, and through other means

Membership and Fund Raising - Bob Hamblen, Chair

  1. Build membership; Conduct regular membership drives
  2. Develop and disseminate regular press releases
  3. Maintain updated slide presentation
  4. Maintain web page; Maintain organizational library on web site
  5. Publicize offered outings on the trail
  6. Produce newsletters
  7. Create outreach brochure
  8. Help to plan and promote outreach meetings for townspeople and adjacent landowners, working closely with Governmental Relations committee

Government Relations - John Andrews, Acting Chair

  1. Send a report to each town council and thanks for recent support annually
  2. Contact and orient all new town councilors, municipal staff and others on the Trail
  3. Return to each town council and report on progress annually
  4. Hold public meetings for townspeople, adjacent landowners
  5. Send regular press releases to media and people in towns affected by trail activities
  6. Plan celebrations for easement signings and trail openings
  7. Develop intermunicipal agreement (ongoing)
  8. Define appropriate roles and develop memorandum of understanding for ETA and Intermunicipal council (ongoing), working with Executive Committee

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