February 18, 2008 Committee Meeting Minutes Present: Jim Hopkins, Scott McCray, Tim Meeks, Miko Sprunck, Rick Montgomery, Gale Marvin, John Benavides, Brian Moore, Jim McKnight, Kevin Batey, Steve Weaver, Pat Kelly, Laura Jones, Winston Duncan, Derek Centola, Ethan Moore 1) March Campout (Mitchell’s Campout) SPL’s Campout at Camp Wisdom, March 7-9, 2008. Cost will be $15 per scout with an additional $5 for grub. Adults in charge of Saturday dinner. Webelos from our feeder schools have been invited to attend. Activities have been planned and assigned to patrols so that scouts can practice these skills prior to Camporee. Specific Troop Class B shirts can be worn on particular days. These may be purchased for $5 from the troop. If scouts do not have and/or do not wish to purchase, they may wear Class A’s. This will also be in force during Camporee. 2) OA Elections Troop OA elections will be March 3, 2008. Paperwork needs to be turned in prior to Camporee. Mr. Moore will get with Mr. Nichols on scouts that are currently eligible for election. 3) April Campout (Camporee) Jim Hopkins Campout at Camp Cherokee, April 4-6, 2008. Cost is approximately $45 per scout which includes grub money. Adults will do cooking at this campout. Troop will pay for Webelos that camp with our troop along with their grub fee. 4) Summer Camp Jim McKnight Summer camp is at Camp Hale in Oklahoma, July 13-19, 2008. Deposit of $3450 due to Camp Hale by March 14, 2008. Per scout cost will be $250. Flyers will be emailed and handed out at February 25th meeting. Non-refundable deposits of $125 due per scout by March 24, 2008. Final payment due April 28, 2008. All medical forms due by May 12, 2008. Jim will check on Oklahoma’s requirements for scouts’ medical forms and on adult requirements. 5) Sea Base Steve Weaver Crews have been set. 1st Crew ~ July 1-7, 2008 with McKnight and Bathman 2nd Crew ~ July 20-30, 2008 with Weaver and Althaus Flights to be booked, hotels already booked. There is one spot available for the first crew if anyone is still interested. 6) God and Country Jim McKnight Jim will teach a class on God and Country to those scouts that are interested as a part of his Wood Badge. He will decide timing, and we’ll look for a place to hold it. Plans are for a Sunday afternoon this Spring. 7) Treasurer ~ Jeanie Lawson No deposits have been made since last Committee Meeting. 8) Roundtable ~ Gale Marvin Most of roundtable dedicated to Geocaching. May suggest as a campout next year. Merit Badge College will be held at UTD on March 22, 2008. Cost is $15 for all day. Information and registration online at www.apo-aez.org/service/scouting_univ/index.php Info. will be announced at Feb. 25th meeting. Troop 1191 has two slots available for Philmont, June 26 - July 6, 2008. Contact Jeff Sneed at jsneed1191@sbcglobal.net or 817-909-7524. www.troop1191.com 9) Leadership ~ Rick Montgomery Oak Leaf Training is a junior leader training course for Scouts. Next training is March 29-30, 2008 at Camp James Ray. Information and registration online at www.northtrail.org Troop approved motion that all scouts must have Oak Leaf Training to be considered eligible for election to any ASPL or SPL position. Seven scouts attend Junior Leader training on Feb. 9th. 10) Eagles ~ Pat Kelly One scout, Nathan Chase, has completed his project and is working toward his Scoutmaster conference. Two more scouts, Brent Green and Nick Montgomery, have had their projects approved and are planned for the next two weekends. There are five others that are in various stages of planning. 11) Recruiting ~ Miko Sprunck Mr. Moore and Mr. Marvin will meet with Pack 871 on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 6:30. Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 Troop OA team to conduct and Arrow of Light ceremony for the Big Springs Pack. 12) Camping ~ Tim Meeks Older scouts will go over cleaning of mess kits at next campout. Scouts will not be allowed in line to eat any campout without mess kits. Troop committee approved a motion to try to have PLC at campouts and try "thorns and roses" at end of each campout. "Thorns and roses" is an opportunity to voice pros and cons of the current campout in a boy-led forum. Troop committee will reevaluate after the next three campouts and decide whether or not to continue with it next year. 13) Church update ~ Laura Jones RBFC will not be moving out until June, but New Life will begin occupying the same space on April 6th. RBFC needs volunteers to help relocate offices. Dates are March 15th weekend and March 29th. Mr. Benavides will help supervise scouts that volunteer on March 15. Information will be announced to scouts at the Feb. 25th meeting. 14) 2008-09 Leadership ~ Laura Jones Subcommittee to prepare slate for next year’s leadership: Laura Jones, John Benavides and Rick Montgomery. Slate will be prepared by next Committee Meeting. Respectfully submitted, Laura Jones - Troop 81 Committee Chairman