ATTENDEES

PRELIMINARIES

1. Eagle Scouts (Lou Hocker)
   • Travis Thompson plans an Eagle ceremony Jan 7.  Aaron Whitaker completed his paperwork and is ready to plan an Eagle ceremony. Jason Kizzia and Matt Lassiter completed their projects.
   • Lou has begun preparing to pass the position of Eagle Scout coordinator to Pat Kelly.
2. Winter Camp (Dan Lassiter)
   • Camp is Dec 27-31. Dennis McCarthy will be campmaster. Troop will join with a contingency troop so that we have two-deep leadership. Other adults are welcome and encouraged to spend even a day, a night, or more.
   • Six scouts will be in main camp. One in horseback camp.
3. January Camp (Dan Lassiter)
   • January campout (Feb 2-4) will be at Ft Sill, Oklahoma. Bunking will be in barracks and meals will be supplied by the camp. Recreation opportunities include military museum, indoor swimming, gymnasium, and movie theatre. Cost is $43 per Scout, including meals.
4. PLC (CJ Carter)
   • No PLC meeting was held.
5. Financial Report (Pat Thompson)
   • November financial summary was distributed.
   • 4-month income was $14,631. Expenses were $12,039. Variance from budget is a deficit of $784.
6. Membership/Position changes
   • The Scoutmaster Selection Subcommittee chaired by Craig Cox presented a slate of candidates for adult leadership positions for the 2001-2002 troop year. Troop Committee approved the slate unanimously.
     • Senior Scoutmaster: Ed Nichols
     • Assistant Senior Scoutmaster: Dan Lassiter
     • Scoutmaster - Camping: Richard Carter
     • Scoutmaster - Meetings: Bill Merriman
     • Scoutmaster - Leadership: Tom Schob
     • Scoutmaster - Advancement: Bonnie Branch
     • Committee Chair: Mark Steger
     • Treasurer: TBD
   • Dates for beginning the terms for these positions are still to be determined, but will be sometime between the February and May Courts of Honor.
7. Integrated Patrols (Mark Steger)
   • A subcommittee met to plan implementation of the committee's decision to integrate patrols for the 2001-2002 troop year. The subcommittee selected a model that integrates patrols from top to bottom, with some younger scouts, some older scouts, and some in between. The Troop Committee approved the recommendation of the subcommittee by 12-3.
   • Working out how many patrols we should have and how to make individual assignments to patrols will be left to the Scouts. The Troop Committee assigned  the SPL and an integrated set of Scouts chosen by him, mentored by Ed and Mark, to work up 2-3 different methods for doing this and present them to the troop at the Jan 29 meeting for the troop to select one for execution. The SPL should present the alternatives to the Troop Committee at the January meeting. The Troop Committee unanimously approved this motion, with one abstention.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Troop Trailers (Bob Rielly)
   • The troop has a problem in that we are not getting enough adults to tow trailers to campouts.  A subcommittee recommends that we increase the reimbursement to the sum of the reimbursement for carrying Scouts (currently $0.25 per mile) plus the federal tax benefit (currently $0.32 per mile) for towing one of the two troop trailers. The Troop Committee unanimously approved this recommendation.
   • The subcommittee also recommends that we lighten the load in the trailers to reduce the wear on cars. The subcommittee is in search of a place to store extra equipment. The subcommittee also recommends that personal gear be transported in personal cars rather than the troop trailer, where practical.

FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS

1. Next Troop Committee meeting will be January 17 in Yale Elementary Library.