calendar:

To announce an event in our monthly calendar,
e-mail it to calendar@mountainpridemedia.org,
or write us at: POB 1078, Richmond, VT 05477.

For more detailed, up-to-the-minute listings, check out our web calendar at :

www.mountainpridemedia.orglcaIendar_index.htm

Mountain Pride Media
Mountain Pride Media gratefully

thanks The Barony of All Vermont for

the hard work that made the
Barony's 2003 Adomment such a
huge success, raising over $1600 to
be donated in equal shares to the
R.U.1.2? Community Center and to
Mountain Pride Media. We encour-
age you to check out the Barony's
next big event on November 1, 2003
at the Quality Inn in Brattleboro,
Vermont benefiting the AIDS Project
of Southern Vermont.

About 40 of our volunteers
and supporters had a wonderful
sunny day for our. Founders’ Day vol-

 

unteer appreciation picnic at Lake
Dunmore — thank you all for coming.
The food was great, the company
terrific, and the location beautiful. We
especially want to thank Roland
Palmer, who, although he has com-
pleted his term on the MPM Board as
president, remains with us as chair of
the fundraising committee. Special
thanks also go to Richard Slappey, _
who recently stepped down as board
vice president at the completion of
his term.

Warm thanks also to Tina
Giangrande for her service as our
listserve manager, having recently
turned the reins over to Dustin

compass

Trotter; to Sandy Reeks for her
sometimes stressful duty as ‘
Calendar and Classifieds editor; and
to Tania Kupczak, our inaugural
Operations Manager who may be on
another coast, but has volunteered to
maintain our web edition from afar.
We are pleased and proud
of OITM editor Euan Bear, who
earned a 2003 NLGJA (National
Lesbian and Gay Journalists
Association) Excellence in
Journalism award in the “Excellence
in writing for Opinion/Editorial" cate-
gory for her two pieces "Passing On”
(October 02) and “Making a
Difference" (November 02). You can

read these award-winning editorials
in our onlin_e archive at www.moun-
tainpridemedia.org/backiss.htm.

We are also excited to wel- A

come our newest staff member,
Michel DuBois, the new Mountain
Pride Media Operations Manager.
Michel is a native Vermonter, an
entrepreneur, and a facilitator with
R.U.1.2? in addition to his work with
Mountain Pride Media. Please join us
in welcoming him. .

Finally, we are excited to
introduce three new affiliates to our
web site: BuyGay.com,
GiveAnything.com, and A Different
Light Bookstore. A percentage of

. every sale comes directly back to

support Mountain Pride Media. We
encourage you to check out our
Affiliates page at www.mountain-
pridemedia.org/mpm/affillates_mpm/a
ffiliates_mpm.htm. We also have
2004 Vermont Entertainment Books
on sale for just $30. Full of discount . ‘
coupons, they make a great gift for
friends. family, or yourself. If you
would like to purchase a Vermont
Entertainment book please contact
Roland Palmer at rfpvt@together.net
or 802-383-7679 (weekdays).

Our volunteers are our
most important resource — we need
you to help us serve the community.

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