From: john_benavides Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:14 AM Subject: Minutes from January Troop Committee Meeting Meeting was held on January 20th at 7:00PM Participants: Jimmy McCarthy, Dennis McCarthy, Craig Christensen, Gale Marvin, Dave Knust, John Benavides, Mark Steger Bonnie Branch, Bob Centola, Pat Kelly | | Agenda | 0. Campout presentation for February campout by Shark patrol | Max Bathman presented the February campout. This is the pre-camporee campout -- Scouts will practice their scout skills and host visiting Webelos. Competitions will be around: Fire building, knot tying, 1st Aid, Physical fitness, orienteering, Lashing. (Use of an Axe on Sunday w/ Scouts only.) Common Dinner for all the campout participants, in that every patrol cooks the same dinner (common menu). Webelos will be divided up into the patrols. Webelos' parents will eat with the Adults. Items that Webelos should bring for day camp: Flash lights, sack lunch (troop provides dinner), Rain gear/Pancho, Water bottle, hat, Coats We will have coolers for Webelos lunches. Jesse is recruiting from Troop OA members to help staff this campout competition. Building a camp entrance for Troop 81 banner. Carry the Herrin created T81 signs to mark the trail to our campsite. Patrols need skits; Invite the Webelos patrols to do skits in information handout. Having a contest. | 1. Upcoming calendar events | | Jan 20th - January Troop Committee meeting | Jan 24th - Webelos Visit | Jan 28th - North Trail District Dinner - Speaker | is Ross Perot. Kathleen Davis is coordinating. | Feb 5th - Scouting for Food (bag drop off) | Feb 6th - Scout Sunday - Wear your scout uniform to | your worship service. | Feb 12th - Scouting for Food (bag pick up) | Feb 14th - Court of Honor (7:00PM) and PLC (6:00PM) Need PLC to review the Camporee planning Court of Honor is in Sanctuary | Feb 17th - Committee Meeting | Feb 25-27 - Pre-camporee Campout - Camp Wisdom | Feb 28th - Screen "A Time to Tell" video for Troop 7:00PM in Sanctuary | | 2. Treasurer - Kathy Dumanski Report passed out. | 3. PLC - Jimmy McCarthy Troop will staff an entire event at Camporee. Physical fitness event. Jesse Benavides is organizing this effort in coordination with the OA. | 4. Roundtable - Craig Christensen Camporee information passed out. Adult training starts Feb 2. Find information at "http://northtrail.org" All patrol councilors and their assistants are encouraged to take this training. The troop will reimburse for the class fee. OA election coming -- Feb 14th -- OA election introduction -- Ed Nichols will describe Court of Honor -- Recruit Lassiter or McCarthy Feb 21st -- OA Election We need to report to OA chapter that we know how to do the election. Scouting for food -- Asked us to take an area of town to deliver Jimmy is going to announce it. | 5. Camping - Dennis McCarthy | | o Feb 25-27 - Pre-camporee campout - Shark Patrol | At Camp Wisdom -- Inviting webelos for day activities | o Mar 18-20 - District Camporee - Adults | Camp James Ray | o Apr 15-17 - Family campout - Adults | Bonham State Park | o May 14-16 - Canoeing Campout - Badger | o May - Philmont preparatory backpacking campout | o June - Philmont preparatory backpacking campout | o July 5-18 - Philmont 2005 - John Benavides | | Next payments due to Philmont: | March 1, 2005 - $222.50 | | We have four spots open; we started | to recruit outside of our troop for | participants; any interested scouts | should contact John Benavides. | | o July 10-16th - Summer camp - Brian Moore | | Payments sent by April 1st is $175 per scout | Payments sent after April 1st is $195 per scout. | | 6. Meetings - Bob Centola 8th grade graduation from Apollo is May 20th. Freshman fair well (9th grade graduation) party from Apollo is May 20th. | 7. Leadership - Rick Montgomery No report Oak Leaf Training is Saturday, April 23-24th at Camp James Ray For information contact: Dr. David Downing 214-691-9288 Home or downing1@airmail.net Golden Acorn sign-up has started. See "circle10.org" web site. | 8. Advancement - Bonnie Branch Slew of board of reviews coming for Court of Honor. Do the TFC's during their normal TFC time. Cit in Community will visit City council on this Monday. | o Eagles - Pat Kelly => Eagles Those that finished: Jesse Benavides and Chris Davis Those working on summary: Casey Hodges and Scott Bonds. Those working on project presentation: Evan Knust -> Painting and repair of band hall room at Apollo; Mitchell Hampton | | 9. New Scouts - Brian Moore Lots of TFC's finished all their requirements for 2nd class except for the Board of Review at the last campout. In late spring, there will be a 1st Aid MB class for those first year scouts that completed 1st Class. | | 10. Misc | | Need Adult coordinator for SeaBase-2006 | Lottery sign up is Jan 15- Feb 16 Brian Moore might be interested Kathleen Fuentes might be a candidate | Need Adult coordinator for Northern Tier 2006 | Lottery sign up starts April 1. Still need coordinator. => We have been invited to Visit Pack 576 on Jan 21st (as Pine wood derby judges) - BigSprings Elem Adult - Craig Christensen Scout Candidates - Jesse & Jack Benavides, James Herd, Collin Rivera => We have also been invited to Visit Pack 516 on Jan 25th (to Recruit Webelos) - Yale Elem 5 minute pitch on joining Troop 81 and our Feb Campout. Candidates - Dave Knust, Bob Centola, John Benavides Looking for Scouts? => It is time to nominate adults to server in leadership positions for next year. The elections are at the February committee meeting. This is so the old leaders can mentor the new leaders during the final few months of the Scout year. If you are interested in being considered for the following elected leadership positions, please contact John Benavides: Committee Chair Person Treasurer Senior Scoutmasters: Scoutmaster of Meetings Scoutmaster of Leadership Scoutmaster of New Scouts Scoutmaster of Advancement Scoutmaster of Camping | | Regards, | John Benavides john_benavides@comcast.net | Troop 81 Committee Chairperson | | ------ | Troop 81 Web site: http://t81.freewebpage.org