Hello Fall 2025 men! Below you’ll find materials we told you we’d share with you after the gathering. First, a little video taken at camp as the last few of us were saying goodbyes to the camp for this event:
Before you read further, know that what you are reading is called a “stand alone page,” meaning it is not connected to our home page. Therefore, neither the roster nor the slide show are reachable by web crawlers; you have to know this exact link to this exact page to get here (and Google doesn’t know that). Your face and information should be safe here.
1] THE ATTENDEE ROSTER
The roster is complete and should have the photo of everyone who agreed to taking/submitting one and agreeing to be included. If there are errors, please let us know and we might be able to update this. Please download it once, as this page will be used for future gatherings with different rosters.
Reach out to the men you enjoyed meeting and TELL THEM. Build your CMG community outside Pathfinder! Remember that the roster is only for social connection. It is not to market anything.
The roster can be viewed and then downloaded by clicking here and then downloaded. If that link doesn’t give you access, try this one instead. If neither work for you, notify us.
Likely, depending on your device, you will see something like the image below, which will allow you to download it for your future reference. If you cannot download it, save the link URL. That should work even after this page changes in the future.
2] THE PHOTO SLIDESHOW
Thanks to photographer Joe W, the photos are available for you to view for a while at the link below. Again, this page will change over time, so download it once and then enjoy it on your computer indefinitely.
The video is at: https://tinyurl.com/cmg2025-10-slideshow
3] THE SURVEY – WHICH ALL OF YOU SHOULD FILL OUT (EVEN COMMITTEE!)
This is your opportunity to help the committee know what worked and didn’t both logistically and in terms of making the gathering a positive experience.
The form allows you to submit it anonymously, but even if you have critiques, we highly encourage you to sign your name. Sometimes, attendees make suggestions or critiques without knowing the reason why we had to do something the way we did. Sometimes it’s legal, camp rules, CMG policy, cost, etc. It’s nice, sometimes, to be able to reply why some things aren’t or can’t be done. Conversely, we sometimes are left questioning what a comment meant and we want clarification or support and don’t know who to go back to for that. So we really encourage signing your form.
We also ask that you keep in mind that CMG is an all-volunteer organization and that the men who dedicated themselves to trying to create this weekend are neither professional event planners nor career workshop leaders. We do want you to be honest, but remember to do so with kindness; we’re not Verizon or Google…it’s the hard-working volunteers whom you were with this weekend who will be reading what you say. 🙂
SO…….CLICK NOW TO DO THE SURVEY AT https://bit.ly/CMGfeedback . It will be open through Nov 9, 2025, but please don’t delay. It’s best to answer while the weekend is still fresh in your mind.
4] THE NEXT FALL GATHERING COMMITTEE WANTS YOU!
At the closing ceremony, we invited people to join the next Fall Gathering committee. More are welcome! You don’t even have to know exactly what that event looks like to come to the first Zoom meeting where that will be discussed to check out involvement. If you’d like to come to that meeting, drop a note to Ben-Andy .
5] DEALING WITH POST-GATHERING FEELINGS
Sometimes going back to the “unreal world” after a gathering can be challenging. One of our beloved (now east-coast, unfortunately) members wrote a great essay on how he handles going back out there after such a supportive, loving, and celebratory weekend: https://thecmg.org/feelings-after-a-gathering/
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That’s it! We love you and value your involvement in CMG! Can’t wait to see you again! The sweet shot below was taken at the closing circle of two men, then unknowingly by the two men, but they have since happily granted permission for us to share it.
