Troop 81 Committee Meeting Minutes - June 27, 2001 Attendees: Pat Thompson, Bonnie Branch, Dan Lassiter, Ed Nichols, George Kerr, Tom Schob, Bill Merriman, Richard Carter, Bill Scott, Dennis McCarthy, Mark Steger Scouts: None Chair: Mark Steger Minutes: Mark Steger 1. Treasurer (Pat Thompson) o May 10-month YTD financials were presented. Income: $25,022. Expenses: $25,232. Variance from budget: deficit of $765. o Budget for 2001-2002 is being developed. The only new, significant items submitted are a storage shed ($1300) and a CPR dummy ($175). Approval will be sought when the entire budget is assembled in August. The goal for the budget is to keep dues at $60/year. 2. PLC (Matt Teplow) o No report 3. Roundtable - Ed Nichols o There was no Roundtable meeting this month. 4. Camping - Richard Carter o Review of Summer Camp (Camp Constantin) Summer Camp was successful. 50 Scouts attended. Eight adults camped the entire week and several more camped at least a few days. The Camp accomodated all Merit Badge class requests. Food was good. Activities were popular. Scout leadership was good. Troop won Baden-Powell award and 2nd Place East Side Campsite inspection award. o Review of Seabase 2001 One of three Troop 81 boats completed its sail in June. Two more boats are scheduled for July. o Consideration of Northern Tier 2002 Rita Bonds has investigated Northern Tier and learned that this High Adventure canoeing camp in Minnesota will have enough open treks to accomodate us. We anticipate that there will be enough interest in the troop to warrant reserving a trek. Next step is to ask for Scouts to sign up to show their interest. o Consideration of Philmont 2003 For Troop 81 to get a trek in 2003, it will require a phone bank of as many adults as we can muster on the day in Spring when reservations are accepted. o Camping program for 2001-2002 PLC plans eleven campouts, including Summer Camp, Winter Camp, and Camporee. First two campouts need to be presented to Troop Committee at its August 15 meeting. Sep 7-9 Waterskiing Sep 28-30 Swimming Oct 19-21 Mountain biking Nov 9-11 or 16-18 Marksmanship or Backpacking Jan 19-21 USS Lexington Feb 23-25 Family Camp Mar 23 Patrol Competition (one day, not overnight) Apr 5-7 Camporee Apr 26-28 Canoeing Jun 16-22 Summer Camp o Patrol leaders should plan to check out their patrol's chuckbox this summer to clean, restock, and repair and paint, if necessary. o Tents will be assigned to Scouts next year, with a price list published for replacement of missing or damaged parts. 5. Meetings - Bill Merriman o Bill and Dave Knust met with ASPL Steven Schob at Summer Camp to plan the meetings in the fall. Boys will continue to use a phone tree to communicate news and add a email mailing list as well. 6. Leadership - Tom Schob o Scout leadership positions for the fall are set. More adult volunteers to mentor these Scouts are still needed. o Tom wants to beef up the Troop librarian position. The Librarian should serve as backup for the scribe and historian. In future, we may want to consider merging the Librarian and Travel Librarian positions. 7. Advancement - Bonnie Branch o Eagles - Lou Hocker/Pat Kelly - Matt Scott completed his Scoutmaster Conference and needs to schedule a Board of Review. - Scott Steger completed his Eagle project. o CPR Dummy - Dan Lassiter Dan proposed that the troop purchase a CPR dummy to address a lack of adequate training in this skill, which is required for several Merit Badges. Money for this will be considered as part of next year's budget, to be reviewed and approved at the August Troop Committee meeting. 8. Committee - Mark Steger o Bylaws - Mark Steger An update to the proposed troop bylaws was distributed by Mark Steger. Adoption of these bylaws will be voted on at the August troop committee meeting. --- The next Troop Committee meeting will be August 15 at RBF. Troop web site: http://www.bsa.net/tx/t81