Sunday’s Town Meeting will be a round-table discussion of where AKT has come from and what the future might hold. As a “brain storming” activity please feel free to share any and all ideas, thoughts, or impressions.

The following outline is a continuum of possible directions that AKT could take, from discontinuing through creating a broader community. This list is generated off of the original mission and objectives created by the founding board of directors: Kieran McGrath, Steve Blum, Mike Hickey, Michael Bleich, and Mike Vecchiarlli.

Dissolve and disband: Is AKT not functional or well supported enough to continue? If so it must have a process to hand over its assets and fold its incorporation.

Scholarship: AKT has had one successful venture in this arena, subsidizing a camp scholarship for one individual this past summer. Should this be the extent of AKT; to collect donations and have annual board or member meetings to disperse camper scholarships? If so, how will grants, giving, and collection be handled.

Alumni Association: Our charter says, “to improve and preserve the networks of communication.” To some extent we have done so and may continue the same by improving our web site; our postings to other web based camp groups; improving our data base and mailing list; and other means of communications. We could continue to host reunions and other events, help folk share resources, and make connections.

Conservation and Education: Again, our charter says, “to foster environmentalism and stewardship,” “discover and promote best practices in Outdoor Education, camping, social justice, environmentalism and to preserve land…” Our current relationship with our fiscal sponsor, The George D. Aiken R.C.&D. Counsel is already a step in that direction, but when and if we get ourselves more established they will “kick us out of the nest.” How and in what ways would we perform on this level?

Children’s Summer Camp: So many have felt that their summer camp experiences were some of the most formative of their lives. Some wish the same for their children and other young people. Is there enough support to create and manage another children’s camp? What kind of camp would it be regarding both its management style as well as its program philosophy?

Multicultural Village: Could this spawn a year-round community? Could the children’s summer camp begin and end each season with a family camp, could there be large gardens/crops, a move toward getting off the grid and toward a level of sustainability with fall, winter, and spring programs as well as a key number of year round families/ staff?

What do you think, feel, divine, smell, taste, see, hear, in all this?