- An
announcement was made that Richard Shyne’s Eagle project
will be going on today (3/23/02) and next Saturday,
(3/30/02), from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. It is at the
Coppell Community Garden. Please bring a shovel and
work gloves and please come out and help.
- Mr.
Shyne has agreed to handle the Chili Dinner in the fall,
2002. Thank you, Mr. Shyne!
- The
Buck Auction will be held on May 13. The Church has
been reserved. Viewing of auction items will be from
6-7 PM, with the auction starting at 7:00 PM. Shopping
for auction items will be on a Saturday in late April
(exact date to be announced). Dr. Lacy was still taking
names for any “wanna be” shoppers. Shoppers will meet
at Dr. Lacy’s house at 10:00 AM and all shopping should
be done by 4:00. It is a fun day and ALL volunteers are
welcome. Please contact Dr. Lacy.
Scout Master’s Report
- After
the monthly committee meeting, the Scout Master will
meet with the Assistant Scout Masters.
- After
the monthly ASM meeting, the Scout Master will meet with
the PLC’s for planning purposes.
-
Decisions Made:
Assistant Scout Master will mentor a
patrol and at least one leadership position. The ASM will
sit in on the patrol meetings as a mentor to help the
patrol stay on task and ensure proper respect and
behavior, but not as leader. The ASM will provide
position specific training to the individual leadership
positions. The other role for the ASM’s is to keep track
of the advancement of the boys in their patrol. We will
periodically review each boy’s progress and see what we
can do to help him advance to the next level.
We agreed that we need more activities
each week for the older boys. It was decided that we
could support the program better by offering merit badges,
especially the required ones, in conjunction with our
monthly themes and outings. We want to get parents to
teach the merit badges. We will also be focusing on
completing all of our 6th graders to First
Class, preferably before the next Court of Honor, but no
later than Summer Camp. In order to accomplish that, we
will need one more swimming skill meeting. We also need
to complete the water safety requirements prior to
canoeing.
Merit Badge
Month
Swimming April
Canoeing May
Cooking May (as part of
Scout Show)
Communications June
Will try to incorporate 2 – 3 different
levels of activities for the scouts at the meetings.
Senior Patrol Leader’s
Report
-
Meeting last Tuesday was really good with the
participation of Judge Molly Francis. She met with
multiple groups of boys and reviewed what being a judge
really all is about. This enabled some of the boys to
complete a requirement for the Citizen in the Community
merit badge.
-
ACTION ITEM: Billy Dillon will write a thank
you note to Judge Molly Francis.
- It was
agreed that having people come in and share their work
or hobby experience in future meetings is a very good
idea. If anyone knows someone with this experience,
please let us know so we can schedule him or her.
- Billy
Dillon made a comment that there was a little trouble
with the leadership on the last campout as there were no
senior patrol leaders! We have learned from our mistake
and continue to improve our process.
Outdoor Activities’ Report
-
Camporee will be held April
5-7th in Ennis, TX. So far, there are 17
scouts signed up and 5 adults. There is no running
water and no open fires allowed at the park. Map to
park is currently on the web site but will be updated
shortly. Campers need to report to Sandy Lake
Road Baptist Church parking lot at 5 PM on April 5th to
prepare for departure to the Camporee. Mrs.
Schreibfeder will find out how many CMS North 7th
graders are involved in returning late that day from a
school field trip. Campers will return at 12:30 on the
7th.
- A
motion was made that we charge the boys who were signed
up for Oak Leaf (no longer being done on April 6-7) only
$7.00 versus the late sign up fee of $10.00. It was
passed. If scout leadership does not assume the
additional cost, the troop will make up the additional
$3.00 difference per scout.
- May 17th-19th
will be a canoeing trip. The place is still to be
determined. Mrs. Schreibfeder will check out Fort
Parker. Mr. Kim will arrange for the 12 canoes.
- There
will be a one-day water sport day on June 8th
on a local lake. Currently we are searching for boats
to help accommodate a fun day.
-
Mrs. Kressmann will print out a list of parents who have
a hitch on their vehicle. This data was collected
sometime in the past. This should make it easier for
Mr. Rabbit to know ahead of time if he has enough adults
going who can pull a trailer.
Equipment
Report
·
The troop potentially needs two
additional chuck boxes but there is an issue how to fit
all the chuck boxes in the two trailers when a large
number of scouts attend an outing.
·
ACTION ITEM:
Mr. Applegate has agreed to build one chuck box now, which
will go the new scout patrol.
·
Mr. Kim noted that on the agenda
for the parent’s meeting, it shows our storage unit as
number 1621. The correct number is 1261.
·
At this time, the troop has
plenty of tents. A few still need repairs but these
issues are being addressed.
·
It was decided that it would be
a good idea if Mr. Rabbit had a list of all vehicles that
have a trailer hitch, which could be used to pull the
trailers. Ms. Kressman said she had some information on
that and will provide that to Mr. Rabbit but a more
comprehensive list should be developed.
Treasurer’s Report
·
Mr. Langworthy has agreed to
“try to learn” the responsibilities of the treasurer to
assume his role when Mr. Piper steps down. A big thank
you to Mr. Langworthy!
·
Ms. Kressman believes she has
the raw data sheets from popcorn sales and will give these
to Mr. Piper. This should help determine the proper
dispersal of popcorn funds to be used for camp outings for
individual scouts.
·
Re-charter money is not included
in this month’s treasurer’s report but will be in next
months.
·
The Scout Bucks account will go
down after next month’s shopping spree for the auction.
·
The troop has not submitted
information to the IRS about our tax-exempt status but a
package is currently being worked on to rectify this
situation.
Membership Report
- Mrs.
Lacey still needs information regarding re-charter from
about seven families.
- This
past year we “lost” 21 scouts due to “aging out”,
relocation, transfer to another troop, lack of interest,
and too many other obligations.
- Mrs.
Lacey has had several constructive conversations with
boys who are not re-chartering with the troop. Most of
the reasons given were due to too many other
obligations. However, a few mentioned that while they
liked the idea of a “boy lead” troop, they sometimes
found it too confusing and did not think the Tuesday
night meetings were productive. The Scout Master and
ASM’s are addressing this issue.
- Last
year we had 15 sixth graders join the troop. We “lost”
five of them with one moving away, one transferred to
another troop and three quit. This was the best we have
ever done.
- The
troop will re-charter with approximately 55 boys, which
is normal for the last three years.
- This
year’s 5th graders have about 100 boys in cub
scouts, with only about 50 crossing over. Mrs. Lacey
thinks we will get 10 boys to join Troop 840 but no more
than 15-20 boys. The majority of the boys are going to
the troop at the First United Methodist Church.
- Our
retention rate is better than other troops.
- We
also added one new scout per month throughout the year
from all grades, sixth, seventh and eighth.
- The
troop’s health is very good at this time but it is a
good time to re-evaluate where we are and what we are
doing.
- Mr.
Wilt reminded us that there is a Recruiter Patch the
boys can earn by bringing in fellow scouts. We should
promote this and encourage the boys to earn the patch.
Advancement’s Report
- Randy
Webb, the new pastor for Sandy Lake Baptist Church will
be at the meeting on Tuesday night. He would prefer to
be called “Brother Randy” He is pleased that the troop
is a part of his church.
- The
new laptop is working well and Mrs. Kressman has retired
the old one to a distant closet!
- The
conversion to the new software is going well. The new
software will generate many good reports. It also has a
financial section and popcorn section, which should be
very helpful. The software is on CD and disk. It is
licensed to the troop so any member of the troop is
entitled to use it.
- The
troop will have a sign up session for merit badges they
can earn at summer camp, prior to summer. This was done
last year and seemed to work very well.
-
ACTION ITEM: Mr. Wilt would like to have all the
sixth graders earn their First Class rank before summer
camp. Everyone needs to be aware of where they are with
their requirements and help them to earn this rank.
High Adventure Report
- There
will be a sailing trip on April 28th for all
participating in the High Adventure.
-
ACTION ITEM: The required swim test required
for the canoe trip, rank and high adventure needs to be
scheduled. More than one date will probably be
necessary due to the high number of scouts that will
need to take the test.
Miscellaneous Items
- Mr.
Piper and Mrs. Lacey will go on April 19th to
try to get Philmont treks for the troop and for the
Venture Patrol. It begins at 8:30 and should only last
one hour.
-
Special Announcement! Jason Piper received his letter
from Dick Army confirming that he will be part of the
class of 2006 at the Air Force Academy. Congratulations
Jason!
- Our
troop’s website continues to get accolades for how
wonderful it is. It is also being “shamelessly stolen”
and adapted by other troops! Thank you to Mr. Warrick.
- On
April 13, 2002, there will be a Safety Afloat and Safe
Swim course offered. It will be held at Loos Pool, 3900
Spring Valley in Dallas from 9:30 Am until 3:00 PM. The
cost is $5.00.
- On May
18, 2002 and June 1, 2002, there will be a First Aid and
CPR course offered by the American Red Cross. It will
be held at 4800 Harry Hines Blvd from 8:00 AM until 6:00
PM. The cost is $20.00.
Mr. Matt Bohn,
Secretary
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