Twin Cities Men's Center

TMC Administration Notes - October/November 2003

Letter from the Chair

Thanks to all who help out at the GLBT Pride booth and who have helped in other outreach efforts recently. The Men's Center had a booth at the Catholic Charities Separated and Divorced Conference and will be at the Logan Park Neighborhood Fair that is to happen October 4th.

Thank you Andy Mickel for heading up a membership renewal drive recently and to all those who helped out.

Thank you Norm Petrik and friends for coordinating our Fall Picnic held on September 14.

There is less than 4 months before we have our annual meeting(January) and time to elect new members to our board. Have you considered it? Do you have qualities/talents/ideas/ambitions that can make the Men's Center better? Please consider becoming a board member. If you have any questions about being a board member, please give me a call at 763-295-2446 (Warning: My answering machine greeting can be long and weird so bear with it).

Have a wonderful Fall season.

For Men, For All,

Tom Perrault
Board Chair

Library Corner

–– Ted Bradford, Librarian

Using the library is a membership privilege. To check out a book, all you have to do is write your name. phone number, and the date on a checkout card and leave it in the box. Or just come in and browse – you will be surprised at how stimulating it can be to expose yourself to the books in our collection. So come on in and take a look.

All sections of the library have been reorganized by Ted Bradford and alphabetized within sections by Langford Dudley. Archive materials are being relocated in an adjacent room

We also have many useful periodicals, such as:

Men's Health
Voice Male
Everyman
Lavender
Men's Journal
Transitions
Rainbow Families
Bi All Means
Wellness Journal
The Edge
and others

In recent weeks, some of the books on display have been removed without being checked out. Please be sure you use the library check-out system. And if you have overdue books, please return them so others can benefit from them.

Enjoy your library!

Pride Festival Report

Men's Center Popularity

Our Men's Center Booth was overwhelmed with visitor's at this year's Twin Cities Pride Festival 2003! Over 400 US Cities from Honolulu to New York and from Duluth to Miami were recorded by booth visitors on our colorful Hometown Ribbons. Over 23 International countries were also recorded by booth visitors on June 28 and 29 at the Festival. Additional Statistics: Minnesota 169 cities recorded, Wisconsin 55 cities, Iowa 53, South Dakota 28 and North Dakota had 16 cities recorded. around 200 other cities from across our nation were represented as well.

THANK YOU to the MEN'S CENTER EIGHT who assisted from all our groups at the Men's Center and made this year's Pride Festival Booth a success, beyond anyone's imagination. Our MEN'S CENTER EIGHT: Mike C., Mike M., Marty K., Ranslow Z., Bruce K., James Q., Harold K., and David S. THANKS GUYS!!!

Our Parade Unit again this year (The Super Truck) was operated by friends of the Men's Center, Richard M. and Mike H. from Faribault. Our photographer was Jim L. from Northfield, another friend of the Men's Center who took some beautiful photos.

THANKS to these great guys! The MEN'S CENTER EIGHT completed a Booth Survey 2003 which will help guide us next year. Results point to getting out more brochures to the festival goers. If I missed thanking someone who helped this year, I'm in BIG trouble (I think I'll go and dig a hole).

Jerry Olson,
Pride Festival Coordinator