Membership & Meetings

General Membership

General Membership ("members") is open to all full and part-time Massachusetts residents, including students. Members will receive information about the organization and its activities, and are encouraged to attend meetings, provide input to proposals, participate in activities, and donate to the organization. To become a member, please fill out a brief, confidential membership form.

Voting Membership

Voting members are members who attend two out of every three general membership meetings, or participate in an equivalent manner. Voting members elect the Steering Committee in an election held each June during the General Membership meeting.

If a voting member's participation lapses, voting status remains for three months following the last activity/participation. After three months have passed without participation, voting status ends and participation in two out of three future contiguous months is required to return to voting status.

For people unable to attend meetings, the participation requirement can be met by phone or email conversations about the meeting, attending subcommittee meetings, volunteering at an event specifically on the behalf of the MTPC, working on a grant, distributing fliers, working on a current MTPC project, or by otherwise demonstrating commitment and investment to the organization. All participation other than meeting attendance should be documented through email, phone call, or other contact with the steering committee member in charge of tracking membership.

Dues

Dues are on a sliding scale of $1 to $35 dollars annually. Payment of dues does NOT grant voting status, but those who pay dues are looked upon with special kindness by other MTPC members.

Boston

You do not have to be a member to come to a general membership meeting. General Membership Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month at 7:00pm at 14 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108, 1st floor conference room. Call 617-778-0519 for directions. Non-members may speak at meetings, but only members may vote.

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Worcester

Meets the first Sunday of every month from 2-4 pm at AIDS Project Worcester at 85 Green Street. For more information please visit our Worcester Chapter page.

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Western Massachusetts

MTPC is seeking a new chapter liaison for Western MA. Please email info@masstpc.org if you're interested.

North Shore Trans Alliance (NSTA)

NSTA (pronounced "en stah") is currently not holding meetings, but maintains a group email list. For everyone living north of Boston, east of Acton in Massachusetts. For more information, click here.

Town Hall Meetings

Open community "Town Hall" meetings are held at least annually in Boston. In November of 2005 and 2006, MTPC held town hall meetings in the afternoon, before the evening's TG Day of Remembrance observance. The events were well attended and judged a success by MTPC members.