Committee Meeting

Saturday, January 24, 2009

10pm, GDX

In attendance: Brian Moore, Gale Marvin, Jim Hopkins, Rick Montgomery, Tim Meeks, John Benavides, Andrea Roberts, Randy Hood, Jim McKnight, Craig Christiansen, Dennis McCarthy, Keith Dustin, Laura Jones

1.      February Camp (Family Camp) ~ Brian Moore

Bonham State Park on Feb. 7-8, 2009. We will have our winter COH at 7pm. Scouts will be working on skills for Camporee, and all MB counselors are asked to provide answers/questions on their MB for a Jeopardy game.

2.      Camporee ~ Jim Hopkins

March 6-8, 2009. Tim will pay for troop on line to help earn points. Our troop will host the First-Aid booth.

3.      Summer Camp ~ Jim McKnight

Scout cost for June 21-27, 2009 was agreed to be $240. Payment deadlines for Constantin are 3/31/09 and 5/22/09. Late fees will apply after 5/22 deadline..this cost will be passed on to the individual scout.

4.      Treasurer ~ Jeanie Lawson (not in attendance)

No report. Laura will ask Jeanie to send out an update of scout accounts for distribution for the troop.

5.      Meetings ~ Scott McCray (not in attendance)

No report. Committee okayed moving spring COH to May 4th. Softball game will be May 11.

6.      Leadership ~ Rick Montgomery

Due to the small number of new scouts, Rick will find a Saturday in February for all to meet for New Leader training. All scouts wishing to hold an ASPL or SPL position must have attended Oak Leaf training…training dates available at www.northtrail.org .

Committee discussed requiring National Youth Leader Training as another requirement for ASPL/SPL positions, but agreed that due to cost factor, it should not be “required” but “encouraged”.  Scholarships for scouts are discussed on page 78 of our gray notebook, and all scholarships are determined on an individual basis by the Executive Committee (Head SM, Committee Chair, and Treasurer).

Open adult leadership opportunities will be sent out to the troop. Responses will be added to the slate.

7.       Advancements ~ Lisa Wright (not in attendance)

All advancements are due by January 26, 2009 for recognition at the February COH.

8.      Merit Badges ~ Andrea Roberts

Current/former MB counselors will be asked to provide lists of scouts with partials.

New parents will be asked to step up and lead a MB class. Chris Webb has offered to teach Aviation and Dan Ferree has offered to teach Weather…dates TBD.

Scouts will be offered the opportunity to meet with Andrea to discuss their MBs – completions and partials- to see what they need to for Eagle. She will begin with older scouts and work her way down the grade levels.

9.      Camping  ~ Tim Meeks

After checking with Jeanie on our budget for camping, Tim will look into buying coolers for the troop.

10.  No PLC updates

11.  OA Update ~ Tim Meeks

Troop OA election will be Monday, Feb. 2. We need a minimum of 20 scouts in attendance for voting.