Troop 1 Parents Meeting
Monday, August 17, 2009
1) Meeting called to order by
2) Attending: Van
Blair;
3) Approval of previous meeting minutes
– June minutes approved.
4) Reports:
·
Scoutmaster
– At
the last troop meeting, Al announced that he will be stepping down as
Scoutmaster after 16 years leading Troop 1.
Al will continue with the troop as a committee member. Jim Koch has agreed to server as our new
Scoutmaster, with the transition occurring in August and September.
·
Secretary – no report
·
Treasurer
·
Treasury balance – $6,071.95 (General Fund
$1,063.58, Scoutmaster Fund $1,719.16, Scout Accounts $3,289.21). Balances do not include remaining Boundary
Waters transactions, latest popcorn drive, or various hat transactions. It was not known at the meeting if this
balance included payment to the troop for the
·
Outdoor/activities
coordinator
·
Troop 1 Court of Honor and family cookout, August 9
– Good turnout, lots of awards, good food.
A good time was had by all.
·
Troop campout, Backbone State Park, July 25-26 –
Good campout, lots of fun, 5 mile hike for advancement, patrols cooked own
meals.
·
Troop campout, August 28-30 – details to be
determined at the next troop meeting.
·
Advancement
coordinator
·
Advancement
activities – Since the June parents meeting, our Scouts earned 6 rank
advancements ( 3-Tenderoot, 2-Second Class, and 1-Star) and 2 merit badges.
·
·
Chaplain
·
Training
coordinator
·
Upcoming
adult leader training (contact Scout office to register):
o
September
26th, Boy Scout Leader Specific Training
- Time and Location to be announced.
o
October
16-18th, Outdoor Skills Instruction (OSI) - WSR, Marble Rock, 5:00 p.m.,
registration on Friday night.
·
Youth
Protection Training – all registered adults with the troop should plan to
complete this BSA required training. It
is available on-line and further information will be communicated in the near
future.
·
CPR
training – there was some discussion about scheduling CPR training during an
upcoming weekend for Scouts and adults that would be interested in attending.
·
Equipment
coordinator
·
Equipment
needs: Some of the poles did not match
one of the tents at the Backbone campout, even though all tents had been set up
and checked out a few weeks earlier.
·
Fundraising
coordinator
·
Pop can
collection fundraiser, July 11 report, next scheduled Sep 12 (Steve D), payment
status for past collections (Michelle)
·
Council
fall popcorn sales – information is available at popcorn meetings this week. We will need to determine in the next few
weeks who will be selling popcorn that is not attending Jamboree.
·
Membership
coordinator
·
No
update
·
Round
Table Update
·
5) Old
Business
·
Boundary
Waters, summer 2009, no report
·
Campout
logistics – No one at this meeting knew the status of the campout adult sign-up
sheet and whether upcoming campouts had sufficient adult leadership. This will be resolved at the next troop
meeting.
·
National
Jamboree, July 2010 – no update
6) New Business
·
St. Ed’s
Fall Festival will be held Oct 4, and we anticipate that the troop will be
involved with parking and various phases of set-up.
·
Sea Base
– Tim commented that the troop should begin the planning process if the younger
Scouts intend to go to Sea Base in 2 years.
The 2 year planning horizon is similar to other BSA high adventure camps
such as Philmont.
·
The
TroopMaster 2005 record-keeping software expired August 18 was upgraded to a 3
year license of TroopMaster 2009.
7) Announcements
·
Next
parents meeting Monday, September 14, 2009 at AJ’s Eatery & Spirits (by
Target), meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
8) Adjournment – Upon having
completed the evening’s business, the meeting was adjourned.
Tabled Items:
·
“Iron
Man” patch (Chris/Francis)
Respectfully Submitted,
August
19, 2009