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	Committee Minutes - 2006
	Committee Minutes 2010 Committee Minutes 2009 - Committee Minutes 2008 Committee Minutes 2007 - Committee Minutes 2006 Committee Minutes 2005 - Committee Minutes 2004 Committee Minutes 2003 - Committee Minutes 2002 Committee Minutes 2001 - Committee Minutes 2000 Committee Minutes 1999 - Committee Minutes 1998 (printable view) Minutes from Troop Committee meeting held January 19, 2006. Participants: Brian Moore, Charlie Rachuig, Bob Centola, Charles McCray, Gail Marvin, Dan Lassiter, John Benavides, Craig Christensen, Randy Hood, Steve Weaver 1. There will be Troop led Junior Leader Training on Saturday, January 28th from 10AM to 1:30PM at RBF. This training is recommended for all scouts who haven't had it before (rank is not important). Mr. Montgomery will be teaching it. There is a $5 fee for participation to cover lunch. 2. The District Camporee is coming up in March. (Camporee is on last weekend of spring break.) It is the last weekend of RISD Spring Break. North Trail District is planning it and information is on the web at "northrail.org". Randy Hood is working on the handout: All participants will bring a foil pack for Saturday dinner. Troop will provide Sat Breakfast, Sat Lunch and Sun Breakfast. Planning for 20-30 scouts, and about 8 Webelos. Randy will work up: * Menu * Duty chart * Tour permit - Camp Master is Craig Christensen * Estimate cost 2. Monday January 23rd is a regular Troop meeting night. We will have Webelos visiting. Good time to sign up from family campout which is February Also, there will be a presentation on coming OA elections. Do the Webelos demo - Gale, Craig, Dan, Brian. Bob and John take care of the adults. 3. Adult leader training is starting February 8th. Information can be found at: http://www.northtrail-info.org/data/training_spring_2006.htm 4. Anyone interested in being an Adult leader should talk to John Benavides. 5. Family camp update Cooks are: Dave Knust Craig Christensen Cesar Aragon Kathleen Leff Rope bridge will be built. Saturday night is a Court of Honor. Bring Camporee Trophies to family campout 6. Philmont recruiting Voted unanimously by committee present to pay deposits for both treks (14 x $50 = $700). Rick has gotten enough scouts to sign up to fill one trek. 7. Mitchell's campout -- Scoutmaster of recruiting ASPL of troop guides - Day activities Present plan, make flyer, March 4th. Announce Monday and put in Webelos handout. Saturday March 4th - Day camp, bring sack lunch, uniform, water Location - Church property 8. Camp master for Summer Camp - were elected (Weaver/Marvin) 9. May Campout (Pyre) - Canoeing Dennis is thinking about going to Lake Texoma Special request - go to camp worth High adventure Plan to pair it up for speed. 10. Suggestion to get a projector Subcommittee formed to investigate: Goal is to make recommendation: (get recommendations and quotes) Members: Brian Moore Gail Marvin Bob Centola Report in March 11. Charlie will see if we can sell the old scouting books in our lockers. 12. Pop corn - Steve Weaver reported: Five boxes of micro-wave pop corn left -- $10 each. 13. Move Troop Committee meeting to March 9th. No meeting on March 13th due to spring break. Camporee planning Troop meeting on March 6th Other information: Yale Pack, Pack 516, may be moving to RBF. (back to top) (printable view) Minutes from Troop Committee meeting held February 23rd, 2006. Participants: Jeanie Lawson, David Leff, Barron Fuentes, Gale Marvin, Laura Jones, Kathleen Leff, John Benavides Camping: Marksmanship campout plan presented by Barron Fuentes. Looks like we are short three people on the Seabase trip. Need 16. Looks like we lost $1100 on the Lexington trip; time to organize a fund raiser. April campout will be presented at March Troop Committee meeting. May campout on May 5-7th Webelos: We have our Webelos membership joining date on March 20th Need John, Gale, Craig, and Brian to work the event. Other adults are welcomed to help as well. Misc: Just a reminder that people are responsible for reporting travel reimbursements over the legal limit. We need to get driving insurance information updated. John to talk to Dan. Laura Jones will take care of the driver/duty roster for Camporee at the March 6th troop meeting. Voted to move Troop Committee Meeting to March 23rd. Summer Camp: Troop is due to make next payments for summer camp on April 7th. Summer camp fees from Council will be: $175 Early bird $195 Late fee We will be adding travel and other costs on top of that. We will have a summer camp sign up on April 8th Sending out Summer camp information in April. Scout Show: Scout show is coming up -- May 13th. We will be selling tickets soon. This is a great chance for scouts to pay for part of their summer camp. 35% of the $5.00 fee will be credited to the scout's scout account. (back to top) (printable view) Here are the minutes from the March 22nd Committee Meeting: Participants: Gale Marvin, Dennis McCarthy, Neal Tarlton, Steve Weaver, Brian Moore, Charlie Rachuig, John Benavides, Craig Christensen, Hunter Christensen 0. Campout presentation for May campout - Pyros (Councilor - Dennis McCarthy) Initial list of adult participants: Shore: Marvin, Neal, Craig, Canoe: Dennis, John, Hunter OA Ordeal that weekend -- planning to participate: Mr. Moore and Mr. Weaver Dennis is going to provide John with the handout file for the web page. 1. Scout show - May 13th at Market Hall Scout show ticket sales time (35% Profit goes into your scout account for each ticket sold = $1.75 for $5.00 each). Tickets being handed out on March 26th 2. Discussion on starting to provide free kerchiefs for new scouts: Craig pointed out that other troops are now handing out troop kerchiefs to joining Webelos at crossovers. There was an estimate that kerchief cost $2.50. There was a motion we have a fund raiser to start providing this benefit in the coming year. Perhaps a dinner at the church. 3. Summer Camp signup time is upon us. Council summer camp fee is $175 (early bird) and $195 late. John and Gale will be creating and sending out the information 4. Calendar updates: Calendar is missing: * Summer camp signup - May 8th (Same as Baseball game - 6PM) * Court of Honor - May 12th Bob is in charge of this. * SPL election process (Make nominations for SPL on March 27th -- pass out handouts for leadership positions) -- John to ask Rick to get this ready for Monday. And copy Bob on email too. Speeches and Election are on April 10th * Last meeting - Baseball - May 8th - 6PM 5. PLC update (Camporee feedback) - Hunter Christensen Went over Camporee and May campout. 6. Treasurer report - Jeanie Lawson Approved. John to ask Jeanie to take the stale scouts off the accounts. 7. Roundtable - Craig Christensen Oak leaf leadership training coming up - April 1st. Golden Acorn training signup available on Council web page. Golden Acorn is a week scout leadership training offered 5 times starting at end of June into July. Orientation for Golden Acorn is at scout show. John to ask Rick to send out info on both Oak leaf and Golden Acorn. 8. Door prizes were handed out. Campout calendar Month - Activity - Planning patrol ----- -------- ---------------- Apr 21-23 - Marksmanship - Spartans May 5-7 - Spring/Canoeing - Pyros (Dennis McCarthy) June 12-18 - Sea Base - Mr. Moore is coordinating Still have openings for youth and adults (on our two boats) June 3-16 - Northern Tier - Mr. McCarthy is coordinating July 9-15 - Camp Constantin - Mr. Marvin is Camp master Philmont 2007 - Rick Montgomery is coordinating (back to top) (printable view) Participants: Craig Christensen, Dennis McCarthy, Tim Meeks, Cesar Aragon, Laura Jones, Scott McCray, Dan Lassiter, John Benavides, Josie Olivarez, Jeanie Lawson Here are the minutes from our April Troop committee meeting (Apr 20th) 1. PLC update (Camporee feedback) - Hunter Christensen No report. 2. Roundtable - Craig Christensen REI did a demo on camping equipment at the roundtable -- they have lots of information on camping, canoeing, etc at their store and on the web. There is a comedy show being presented at Saint Marks as a Eagle scout project -- Admission is gently used or new book which will be donated to be given to Victory Meadow Learning center. See "northtrail.org" for more details. REI is also sponsoring a service projects to help the Herd Museum this next weekend -- conflicts with our campout. 3. Treasurer - Jeanie Lawson Report accepted. 4. Camping - Dennis McCarthy Status of upcoming activates: Month - Activity - Planning patrol ----- -------- ---------------- Apr 21-23 - Marksmanship - Spartans All set to go for this. May 5-7 - Canoeing - Pyro owns (Dennis McCarthy) Tour permit being turned in soon. June 12-18 - Sea Base - Mr. Moore is coordinating Still have openings for youth and adults (on our two boats) WE ARE IN CRISES MODE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ADULTS AND WILL HAVE TO CANCEL ONE BOAT IF WE DON'T GET AN ADULT. There was a suggestion to try to recruit with George Kerr's venturing crew. June 3-16 - Northern Tier - Mr. McCarthy is coordinating On track -- full crew July 9-15 - Camp Constantin Information sent out. Return forms on May 8th Philmont 2007 - Rick Montgomery is coordinating 5. Scout show - Dennis and Cindy McCarthy Collecting money for scout show on May 1st. Show is on May 13th. 6. Leadership - Rick Montgomery Results of SPL election -- Jack Benavides was elected SPL for next scouting year. Had April 1st, Oak leaf training - Drew Johnson-Scott participated Leadership job applications are due (First class and above are due by Baseball game.) Craig would like to schedule a discussion in future for extending leadership duration of some leadership positions. For the patrol scribe job, we may need roll books that the scribes turn pickup and turn in at every meeting. Should have an orientation meeting for new scouts with leadership positions in the early fall. New scouts take over their leadership jobs at Summer camp. 7. New Scouts - Gale Marvin o Recruiting - Charlie Rachuig There was a rumor shared that 777 is having trouble staying together. There was a suggestion that we see if the 777 troop want's to join us for Sea Base. 8. Advancement - Bonnie Branch o Eagles - Pat Kelly No report -- about three scouts are actively working on eagle. Scouts are running out of time for Scoutmaster Conferences (this campout, Apr 24th Troop meeting) and last chance for board of reviews is May 1st. Need extra adults at that meeting to staff last minute board of reviews. 9. Meetings - Bob Centola Next Court of Honor is on Friday, May 12th. Bob owns planning it and sending out a list of patrol responsibilities. 10. Other: Craig Christensen will be organizing an adult leadership orientation class for Thursday May 18th. We will have a short (30 minute) troop committee meeting and then the leadership orientation -- refreshments/snacks will be provided. Craig reported that the T-shirt order is in flight. Craig checking with David on its progress. And a new batch of hats has been ordered. 11. 25th anniversary Dinner plans Sub-committee working: Janet Centola is organizing, Josie Olivarez was present and is assisting. Others are welcomed to assist as well. Here are a list of suggestions that were voiced: Invite current and old troop 81 participants (Old scout master, eagles, SPL's) Also, send invitations to all the congressman and representatives in area. Have swimming and dinner. Looking at early August timeframe. There was a suggestion of budgeting $5 per head -- make donation cup available. Send out paper invitations. Maybe post cards. Print on color printer. Dinner, swimming, slides shows, identify adults as scouts. For the May Committee meeting, the subcommittee will present their plan including: date/time, menu, actives, and proposed cost. (back to top)

Boy Scout Troop 81

Richardson, Texas