Mr.
Dillon called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.,
Saturday, 01 December 2001.
Mr. Smith
said he went to Round Table and gave a brief update.
“Fall Roundup” is taking place now. Mr. Smith passed the
information packet along to Dr. Lacey.
Have not yet secured permanent replacement for Mr. Davis
as Scoutmaster. Have talked to several individuals and
haven’t been turned down yet but no one has agreed
either. Will approach Circle Ten Council to see if they
have any folks that want to take the position.
SPL (and no representative for him) was present at the
meeting.
Scoutmaster Report: Mr. Smith said the Astronomy campout
was not as successful as they would have liked due to
overcast skies, but a lot of advancement was worked on.
Fishing, camping, hiking, rode horses, fed cattle.
Several tents were swamped with rainwater due to
improperly placed ground cloths and some due to pranksters
removing ground cloths. Propane tanks need to be
refilled, mantles need to be replaced, globes need to be
replaced, and fire extinguishers need to be replaced.
Trying to
address problem of stuff sacks being left outside of tents
and blowing away over night; zippers becoming
dysfunctional with fairly new tents. Perhaps a little
tighter supervision of the scouts during camp outs and
some discussion with the scouts informing them of their
responsibility to act responsibly and not to abuse
equipment, not to be careless with troop gear.
Eagles
Roost camp out leaving from here (church) at 7:00 a.m. on
Saturday, 15 December 2001. Next two weeks meetings should include skills training for younger
scouts to make sure they have some of the skills necessary
to prepare themselves for the hiking camp out.
Mr.
Dillon suggested that we have a debriefing meeting after
each camp out to see what went right, what went wrong and
what can we do to improve the event for the scouts. Soft
drinks were brought to the camp out and some of the scouts
only had sodas to drink for breakfast and/or lunch.
Suggestion was made that Troop adult leadership needs to
make sure the menus are turned in for review by the
Scoutmaster or some other appointed adult to ensure
adequate planning has taken place for the camp out.
Patrol
leaders should have an agenda for their patrol meetings on
Tuesday evenings. It should be written on a board so they
know what the expectations are for each patrol.
Equipment: Mr. Kim asked about the availability of the
storage unit. Mr. Dillon said he still had both keys for
the lock that is on the storage unit. He will keep one
and the other will be given to Mr. Kim. Mr. Kim plans to
work with the Quartermasters to clean out the trailer at
the next meeting (or to plan the clean out?).
Transportation: Haven’t gotten a volunteer for
Transportation yet. It was suggested that Mr. Dillon
contact Mr. Powers to see if he is interested in the
position.
Treasurer’s report: Mr. Piper provided handout of
“Treasurer Report – November 2001” dated 12/1/2001.
Revenue is about what is expected and report was approved
as presented. Wyoming insurance claim is complete and
equipment loss claims have been resolved. “Short Trek” has
been put in for by Mr. Piper and Troop 840 is now on the
“wait list” for a short trek. Mr. Piper has informed
the Troop that there will be a need for a new Treasurer in
one year. That is plenty of notice for the Troop. Mr.
Dillon will ask for people to consider accepting that
position.
Membership. We had one new scout join the Troop on
Tuesday.
Advancement: Mark Senior became the 32nd Eagle
Scout from this Troop. He passed the Board of Review on
Tuesday evening. Dr. Lacey plans on starting Family Life
merit badge starting in January. This will only be done
once every two years (not every year). We are still
waiting for feedback on the
Merit
Badge
College
in Coppell (held in September). We may need to have the
names of the counselors so we can get the information back
to the Troop and the boys.
Court of
Honor will be held in January, 27nd, 2:00 p.m.
at the church. Cut off date is 15-January-2002 for boys
to turn in advancement items. Have three scouts signed up
for Golden Acorn at this time.
Venture:
We don’t have a Venture Crew Chief now because our last
one became an adult. We will have to re-start a Venture
Crew in the Spring (March) time frame. Fall groups are
hard to get people to attend because of football and band
responsibilities. We need to get an Assistant Scout
Master (ASM) to work with the boys to get this started.
Boys need to be 14 or older and be at a rank of Life Scout
to be part of the Venture Crew.
OA has
their annual banquet in January 2002. Winter camp starts
up after Christmas. Will rename the
Indian
Village at Cherokee after Scout James Sweat, Jr., at that
time.
High
Adventure 2002: Nothing new to report from Mr. Hohnholt
at this time. Scouts need to be 13 to be able to
participate in High Adventure and only have a rank of
First Class. That is why they can’t combine High
Adventure group with Venture group.
District
Dinner is on 18-January-2002 with fellowship at 6:00 p.m.,
dinner at 6:45 p.m. at the
Harvey Hotel in Las
Colinas. Have twenty (20) tickets (two tables)
available. Cost is $15.00 each. Mr. Smith has the
tickets. Scouts that have earned the Eagle Rank in the
last year are eligible to go for free.
Meeting was adjourned at
9:15 p.m. by Mr. Dillon.
Notes
for these minutes taken by Mr. Matt Bohn...Thank You !
Margaret Kressmann, Secretary
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