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Mountain Pride Media:
Join Up, Join In!

The Board of Directors and Staff
of Mountain Pride Media wish to
extend our deep and heartfelt
sympathy to Euan Bear, editor of
Out In The Mountains, whose
stepfather recently passed away.

Each month, Mountain
Pride Media (MPM) acknowl-
edges the individuals who help
get Out In The Mountains (O/TM)
out into the community by attend-
ing the monthly “stuffing." Thanks
to Tania, Roland, Dustin, Judy,
Daryl, Elizabeth, Stina, Marsha,
Aldora, Dan, Bill, Stephen, David,
James, Michael, and Fran. The
October “stuffing" (November
lssue) will be on Thursday, the
31st (yes that's Halloween) start-
ing at 5:00 p.m. at our office,
above The Daily Bread, in
Richmond, Vermont. Please feel
free to stop by, say hello and help
out — in costume or not — before
you head off to those parties!

We are also looking for
new distribution volunteers. We
currently have routes open in
Bennington, Middlebury,
Brattleboro, and Springfield (VT)
as well as Keene in New
Hampshire. Distribution routes
take an hour or less per month to
complete. This is a great way to
help keep Out In The Mountains
out in the community. If you are
interested in becoming a distribu-
tion volunteer please contact us
at circu|ation@mountainprideme-
dia.org or call 802-434-6486.

Mountain Pride Media
would like to send special thanks
out to the following volunteers
who have been an amazing help
to our organization and wish them
the very best in their new pur-
suits: Vicky (Middlebury
Distribution volunteer), Moon
(Brattleboro Distribution
Volunteer), Beth (Keene, NH
Distribution Volunteer), Rich &
B.J. (White River Junction/
Lebanon Distribution Volunteer),
Heather (Bennington Distribution
Volunteer), Elizabeth (OITM
Online Archive Project Manager,
MPM Technology Committee
Member, and OITM stuffing regu-
lar), and Stina (stuffing regular).

Mountain Pride Media
also wishes Justin Barton—Cap|in
a fond farewell. Justin served on
the Board of Directors for a year,
as an officer of the Board as
Secretary, and as the chair of
MPM's Outreach Committee.
Thank you Justin, for all you've
done. Mountain Pride Media is
seeking Board and Committee
Members and Ad Sales represen-
tatives. if you have skills that
would be beneficial to Mountain
Pride Media and Out In The
Mountains, or if you just want to
get more involved, please contact
us at mpm@mountainprideme-
dia.org. We would love to meet
with you.

Outright Vermont:
Come Out, Come Out!

The Outright October calendar:
celebrating queer history, coming
out week, and Halloween candy!
All queer and questioning youth,
22 and under, are encouraged to
attend all of our free and confi-
dential groups and events.

Breaking it down for you:
Womyn's Group is now ONLY on
the FIRST Monday of every
month and Trans Group
meets ONLY on the last Monday.
6:30-8pm for both.

On 10/2 drop-in gets you
ready for National Coming Out
Week. We're going to create a
mural of your coming out stories
with the pictures you draw.

National Coming Out
Week: this week is huge! To cele-
brate and educate, we are show-
ing afternoon movies on Tuesday
10/8, (a movie to remember
Matthew Shepherd & all queer
victims of crimes) and Thursday
10/10 (a more |ight—hearted film
about a cheerleader and an
unlikely turn of events).

Check out Drop in on
Wednesday for an all ages Ice
“Scream" Social. Young and old
are invited to tell it like it was
when they came out and enjoy
free ice cream sundaes! The fol-
lowing Wednesday is HIV preven-
tion with Dan (you won't want to
miss this), the Haunted Forest on
10/23 (rsvp by 10/9), and Bowling
on 10/30. Youth Activist Meetings
meet Friday nights at 5:30, before
the fabulous Friday Night Groups
that start at 7 p.m. For Brattleboro
folks, the outpost meets the 1st
and 3rd Friday of the month at the
Boys and Girls Club (17 Flat
Street) at 6 p.m.

The event that you won't
want to miss: Masqueerade Ball
Halloween Dance on Oct. 26th.
Bring all your tricks and treats
and boo-gie on down. The freak-
ish-ness starts at 7 p.m. and goes
till 11 p.m. at 242 Main (the club
at Memorial Auditorium).

Theatre on a Shoestring:
come Make a Musical!

Theatre on a Shoestring" has
extended the deadline for its
search for a pianist/musical direc-
tor for the spring production of
Godspell to November 1.
Auditions will take place in
January with productions late
April/early May. Requirements are
proficiency in piano, available
two-three nights a week for up to
8 weeks, laid back, and have a
sense of humor. See our ad in
this issue of OITM for more infor-
mation. Anyone interested should
send a resume, headshot (if avail-
able), and references to Godspell,
clo TOAS, POB 1012, Burlington,
VT 05402-1012.

TOAS is also searching
for volunteers to help behind the

scenes as board members, proj-
ect members, and more. To see
the positions to be filled, go to
wvvw.theatreshoe.com.

R.U.1.2? Notes on second
Queer Summit

' On Saturday August 24, the sec-

ond Queer Community Summit
was held in the Community Room
at the Fletcher Free Library.
Groups represented included:
VCLGR, Samara Foundation,
Vermont Freedom To Marry Task
Force, Vermonters For Civil
Unions, VCU Legal Defense
Fund, Mountain Pride Media,
Free To Explore, Pride VT, Barony
of All VT, SafeSpace, Aplomb
Consulting, First Unitarian
Universalist Society, VT Diversity
Health Project, R.U.1.2?
Community Center, Both Sides
Now, Faerie Camp Destiny, Green
Mountain Freedom Band, VT HIV
Community Planning Group,
Chronic Conditions Information
Network, VT People With Aids
Network, HlV/AIDS Services
Advisory Council, H|V+ Public
Policy Project, Christ Church
Presbyterian, and Huntington
Open Women's Land. It was
exciting to see so many new
faces and such a diverse crowd!

We began the morning
discussing upcoming elections.
Primarily we focused on the
importance of educating our
peers and all of our constituents
about the basics of the election
and how to get out the vote. This
encompassed not only letting
people know there IS an election
this year, but also, for those
groups which can be politically
active, educating people about
the candidates and who to vote
for.

In the afternoon, we
shifted gears and continued some
discussion topics taken from our
last Summit meeting. The four
topics were: 1) Board and
Volunteer Recruitment/Retention;
2) Anti-Oppression/Working to
end oppression in our own
groups; 3) Fundraising Efforts;
and 4) Outreach for Rural
Organizing. Although there is far
too much to report here in this
article, it is important to note that
almost every topic brought up
three key ingredients to success:
communication, collaboration and
education. Everything we do as a
community would greatly benefit if
we paid heed to these three gold-
en rules. From educating our con-
stituents about an election, to
communicating among organiza-
tions about major fundraising
efforts, to collaborating on
BoardNolunteer recruitment and
training — everything would be
made easier if we worked togeth-
er. On that note, we hope to see
YOU at the next Queer
Community Summit! For more
information on the Summits,

please contact R.U.1.2?
Community Center at 802-860-
RU12 or.thecenter@ru12.org.

VGSA New Year’s Preview

Since the ringing in of 1994, for
all but one year Vermont Gay
Social Alternatives (VGSA) has
hosted a gala New Year's Eve
party. We started out at the
Sheraton where almost 300 peo-
ple gathered for an evening of
great food. good fellowship, enter-
tainment, and a fantastic night of
dancing. In later years we cele-
brated at the Inn at Essex, then
back to the Sheraton, and for the
past few years have made the
Radisson our New Year's hang-
out.

Always wanting and will-
ing to try something new, this
year VGSA, along with The
House of LeMay, will be ringing in
2003 at the St. John's Club in
Burlington. Details are being
finalized but look for the evening
to start around 7pm with cocktails,
followed by dinner at 8, a short
show around 9 and then dancing
the night away and watching the
fireworks at midnight.

The number of tickets
available will be limited to 90.
Tickets will go on sale next month
with VGSA members getting first
crack at them for the ear|y—bird
price of only $25 per person.
You'll want to get them ASAP, as
the price will go up in December.
Ticket order forms and more infor-
mation will be included in the
November newsletter or can be
obtained on-line at
wvvw.vgsa.com.

House of LeMay Peeps Leaf

The House of LeMay will be pre-
senting “The Leaf Peeping, Cider
Sipping Revue" - a celebration of
surviving another tourist season -
on Friday, October 25 and
Sunday, October 27 at the St.
John's Club in Burlington.

The show will include a
tribute to Howard Dean (how can
we miss him if he won't go
away?), the political situation in
Beaver Pond, Vermont, as well as
a Halloween scene - “Nightmare
on Beaver Pond" (or, the Hair
Bitch Project).

On Friday, October 25, the
doors open at 8pm for a social
hour with the show starting at
9pm. There will be post-show
party following. Tickets are $10.
On Sunday, October 27, doors
open at 5pm. a buffet dinner will
be served at 6pm and the show at
7pm. Tickets for the Sunday show
are $20 and advance reservations
are requested (sislemay@togeth-
er.net). ,

“Another Beaver Pond
Christmas" will be presented on
Saturday & Sunday, November 30
and December 1, also at the St.
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one of its Committees.

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