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Troop 1 Parents Meeting Monday June 7, 2004 PRESENT: Steve Davis, Mary Euritt, Dana Jenson, Chris Klaren, Steve Murphy, John Musgrave OLD BUSINESS: 1) Review/approve previous
meeting minutes. The minutes were
approved. 2) Treasurer's report. The bank balance is very close to last month’s. 3) Review activities for
last month: 3.a) Rank Advancements. Congratulations to Zach Benson who earned
his Second Class rank last month. 3.b) Blessed Sacrament Cub
Scout Carnival, May 10. Several of
our older Scouts helped run the games at the carnival with the intent to
generate Scouting interest at the school. 3.c) St. Ed’s Spring
Carnival, May 12. Steve Murphy reported
that the water balloon launcher was once again a hit, even in the rain. 350 balloons were loaded and shot, and
there is talk of building a second launcher for water fights. 3.d) Shooting Sports, May
22. The gun safety training was
conducted at a May Scout meeting.
However, the shooting sports activity was rained out and has been
tentatively rescheduled for August 14. 3.e) Pope Pius XII Religious Award
presentation, May 23. The presentation
of the medals went well, and we had a good turnout of other Scouts in the
Troop at mass. 3.f) Hiking Merit badge,
various days. (5) 10 mile hikes were
conducted by June 6, and several other parents in the Troop are scheduling
more 10 mile hikes in advance of the 20 mile hike scheduled for June 27. We have had good participation from within
the Troop, many of them outside of the Philmont group. Way to go! 3.g) Pop can fundraiser,
June 2. The Scouts organized a pop
can fundraiser for the Memorial Day weekend, delivering fliers the Friday
before, and picking up the cans the Wednesday after. Approximately 550 fliers were delivered,
and a large number of cans were picked up, the largest amount of the 3
fundraisers to-date. While it is
believed that over $300 will be received, the actual total for the redeemed
cans was not available and will be reported next month. 4) Review scheduled
activities for current month: 4.a)
Summer Camp
Jun 20-26 update. Details for summer
camp will be discussed at the next Troop meeting on June 13. 4.b) Personal Fitness
merit badge. The first classroom session
was held June 6 with 11 Scouts attending.
The next session will be at 6:00 PM before the scheduled Scout
meeting. Please be on time and bring
your worksheets if you took them home to work on them. 4.c) Paintball Games at
Evansdale, June 12. The group will
leave St. Ed's parking lot at 1:00 PM.
All scouts must have parent's written permission to attend. Typical costs are $15 to $25 per person
for equipment rental and ammunition.
Contact your Senior Patrol leader for more information if needed. Please note that paintballing will result
in some significant welts and bruises.
Make sure proper clothing (something that will probably be ruined) is
used to provide padding for the games. 4.d) Hiking Merit badge. As mentioned above, various parents are planning 10 mile hikes in preparation for the 20 mile hike on June 27. 5) Ad Altare Dei update. 2 Scouts have expressed interest and will soon begin the study process. 6) Summer Troop camping/activities
schedule. Dates for camping and Troop
activities have been established by the Scouts and are shown on the current
schedule. 7)
Troop tent inventory update. Ken
purchased a new 4-man tent as discussed last month. Also, John Musgrave will donate a large self-erecting tent to
the Troop. 8)
Philmont planning. The physical
preparation is underway with the Hiking merit badge activity. An informational meeting with Philmont participants
from last year will be held at Vinton this Friday evening. The group expects to have one or two shakedown
campouts in July. 9) Backpacking merit badge. This merit badge will be offered to anyone in the Troop that is interested, although Scouts not attending Philmont will need to make their own arrangements for at least one of the 2-night backpacking trips and the 5-night trip needed for the requirements. Requirements are available through the Troop web site. 10) Scoutmaster Fund fundraiser. The group discussed several uses for and methods of raising funds for a Scoutmaster fund. The fund’s primary purpose would be to provide seed money for camperships for Scouts in need, as well as provide money for Christmas gifts from the Scoutmaster to the Scouts. We decided the $300 from the Sturgis falls fundraiser could be used to seed the account that would be tracked by the Troop Treasurer. We also discussed using 5% or some other percentage of the Troop’s portion of fundraisers to provide funds. Discussion will continue at the next parents meting. NEW BUSINESS: 1) Adult Leader Position Training. The group discussed creating folders or fact sheets for each adult position in the Troop so that someone new in a position (such as treasurer, committee chair, fundraiser chair, etc.) would have an idea of what to do and who to contact. We will bring this up again next month. 2) Boundary Waters 2005 –
Steve Murphy discussed minimum requirements needed to attend the Boundary
Waters trip next year. All Scouts
must have the Swimming merit badge, and it can be earned at summer camp or
the district swim program next February.
Each group of canoes must have at least one adult that has completed
the BSA Lifesaving course. We need to
know by December the number of people that will be participating and the
dates for the trip. 3) Sturgis Falls
fundraiser June 26. The Troop was
asked if we would be interested in providing 16 people to serve beer at the
Sturgis Falls festival Saturday night from 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM for $300. After some discussion, the group felt that
16 parents could be found to volunteer for this and agreed to pursue the
fundraiser. An email will be
broadcast soliciting volunteers. 4) Construction material
fundraiser. Dana was asked if the Troop
would be interested in helping move 500 landscaping bricks for $200. Dana will set a date for this activity. ADJOURNMENT: There was no further new business and the
meeting was adjourned. NEXT PARENTS MEETING: Monday, July 5, 2004, 7:00
PM, St. Ed’s cafeteria TABLED FOR FUTURE
MEETINGS: * Troop trailer insurance (Al,
indefinite) * Boundary Waters 2005
(Steve, when appropriate) * Jul 25-Aug 3, 2005
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