EVENTS
New England Summer Meeting and Social (ONLINE)
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Please join us Sunday June 8 ONLINE for our Summer Meeting and Social.
The Board of Directors and Committee Chairs will share updates on the past year and planning for the year ahead. After updates we will have an open forum for members to ask questions or share ideas. We welcome input as this is an opportunity for you to help shape the chapter that belongs to us all!
Then we will have time to socialize and chat freely (Feel free to bring a beverage!)
For this portion of the evening we will break out into chat rooms. Last year we broke out into areas of exploration interest. This year we will organize the groups by state so you can connect with members who may be in your area!
The Chapter Annual Meeting will be virtual with the goal of making it accessible to all members.
THIS EVENT IS MEMBERS ONLY
Sign up Here ***We will send a zoom link to the sign up list.
The zoom link will also be sent out by email a week in advance, so keep an eye out.
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PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Thank you to the Programming Committee who has been and continues to be hard at work planning these events and programs for the chapter. Committee members include:
Julianne Gauron – MA, Programming Chair
Anjanette DeCarlo - VT
John Henkelman - NH + ME
Dr. Elizabeth Weidner, Ph.D. - CT
Rory Hallowell - MA - Special Initiatives
we are looking for an RI planning member, please reach out if interested
If you have any questions, comments or an event idea which you want to pitch or help bring to fruition, please email us at newengland@explorers.org
Events and criteria
New England Chapter events take many forms to engage our membership, and unless otherwise stated events are open to members and non-members.
Our programming consist of;
Meet and Greets / Networking Socials
Speaker Series (in person and online)
Exploring our Backyard - out in the field
Meetings (in person and online)
We welcome ideas and participation. If you are proposing a talk or an event please consider the criteria below which the Programming Committee uses to create talks/events.
We prioritize members as speakers/hosts of events
Content should be new/timely (if not new, an anniversary, relevant to breaking news etc)
The speaker/host cannot have led an event in the last 3 years (to give other members a chance)
We strive to reach across all six New England States, so we especially encourage non Massachusetts proposals
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Explorers CLub Global events
For the Explorers Club Global Calendar of events, which are run out of the New York Clubhouse, please see link provided
The EYOS team have together completed over 1500 expeditions. Perhaps the most challenging was Victor Vescovo’s 'Five Deeps Expedition', described by the late Don Walsh as “the most ambitious exploration expedition of the Century”.