Committee Chair Report

Mrs. Ghaly proposed that we have a “Scout Equipment Yard Sale”. This idea has been referred to the PLC and Richard Shyne will bring it to that group.

Website / Newsletter

Mr. Warrick said we had a normal month on the web. Got some new pictures that can be posted on the web.
We now have a “secure access” database. One for Scouts and the other is for adults. The entry point is tucked away in a remote location. Log in instructions were distributed at the meeting. Contact Webmaster for further information on this.

Scoutmaster Report

· Update to Officers for 2003 Spring Term:

We still need to find an OA rep

Mr. Wilt has assigned Nick Fernandez as the Songleader. He is expected to teach the troop five (5) songs this term.

· Adult Support:

Mr. Wilt said that Mike Santy has agreed to be a new Assistant Scoutmaster.

· Scout Opportunities:

Scout Show is May 10^th.

Buck Auction will be held next month, Monday, May 12^th at Rejoice Lutheran. 6:00 PM viewing with 7:00 PM start.

· Camping:

April 11 to 13 to Cisco at Mr. Webb’s. Possibilities include:

· Cutting a side of beef demo after breakfast on Saturday; Animal Science Merit Badge Saturday morning while the beef demo is being done.

· Firing Range – Rifle and Shotgun Shooting available. The Troop will need to buy clay targets and shells. Determine cost per Scout. Mr. Dunn believes this could be around $200.

· Mr. Webb has offered to cook hamburgers Saturday night with the Troop/Patrols to supply buns, condiments, etc.

May 16 to 18 will be canoeing on the Brazos. Lots of planning to be done yet. We will need a night for swim check.

CAMPING RULES:

· No food in tents!

· No sodas

There are camping rules that need to be instituted. No food in the tents. Want to have scouts learn not to do that. Food attracts animals, animals have a great sense of smell, and they detect that food was at one time in the tent. Recommend you wash out your tents before going to Philmont. Also, try to re-institute the “no sodas” policy. Particularly important for backpacking and canoeing events.

· Venture Opportunities:

· No report.

· Adult Opportunities:

· Mr. Wilt wants to encourage all adults to consider taking Wood Badge.

· New Scouts:

· We have a meeting at Mockingbird Elementary for 5^th and 6^th Graders wishing to join Scouts on Monday evening at 7:00 p.m., 06-April-2003.

· We need photos taken of all new Scouts. Matt Bohn will coordinate and take the photos and pass along to Mrs. Kressmann or to Mrs. Green for inclusion in the Troop Guide software.

· Training:

· Mr. Wilt will encourage all eligible Scouts to take Golden Acorn.

· PLC:

· Meeting will be held on Sunday following Landon Applegate’s Eagle ceremony.

· Eagle Activity:

· John Lang’s project is today (Saturday, 04-April-2003). His 18^th birthday is 24-April-2003.

· Lots of other projects in the works. It will be a busy Spring.

Outdoor Activities

· Mrs. Schreibfeder said Mr. Wilt will be the leader of the next camp out (April) and Mr. Dunn will be the assistant leader. We must arrive by 5:00 p.m. on Friday because we need to leave by 5:30 p.m. It is around a 3:00 hour drive to the camp grounds. The campout will be at Jim Bob’s in Cisco.

· In order to do rifle or shotgun we need to have safety glasses and hearing protection. We need to provide ammo and clay pigeons. The PLC will discuss whether we offer both or one of the two or neither at the campout. There was a motion by Gary Warrick and a second by Mrs. Schreibfeder that the Troop will advance up to $200 to purchase ammo and clay pigeons with the understanding that the Scouts will reimburse the troop through user fees that participate in the event. The motion carried. This is depending on what is decided by the PLC.

· The May event (May 16^th) overnight at Worth Ranch. We leave from there to go to Rochelle’s to start the canoe trip. 10:00 AM Reservation time to get trucked up 16-miles to the launch point. Total cost will be about $25.00 per scout. 20 Canoes are reserved. We will probably not be back to the church before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday (later than normal). Everything you take with you for camping has to go into the canoes. We need to make sure we have Safety Afloat people on the trip. We need to have instructions from the PLC about what to pack, what to cook, etc. New scouts will be in the bow and the more experienced scout in the stern. Swim check will be conducted in May. We cannot offer the canoeing merit badge because we need to swamp canoes for this badge and with all of our gear this isn’t practical.

· June event set to leave the 14^th of June to go to Austin for Caving. Cost has not been determined yet. PLC will confirm dates and activities.

· There was a motion to renew annual camp state camp permit. The motion was seconded and passed by Committee without objection.

· On April 22^nd the final payment of $117 for all Bartle participants must be paid. Please pass the payment to Mrs. Schreibfeder.

· For those Scouts attending Camp Hale in July, the remaining $70 balance due must be paid by April 22^nd. Merit Badge information for Hale has been given to Mr. Green. Mrs. Schreibfeder will find out when the Merit Badge selections have to be turned in. All Scouts that will attend Camp Hale will need to have a Class 1 Medical Form turned in this year. A Class 3 medical form needs to be completed for all over 40-participants. We have eight leaders signed up to go to Hale. Two leaders are free. There is a charge of $100 for each adult over the two free. The motion made by Matt Bohn and seconded by Mr. Shyne was for the total amount of funds that need to be paid to Camp Hale for adult participation be split evenly among all of the adults that will be attending the camp. Currently, since we have eight adults registered to attend Camp Hale, the total cost is going to be $600. The motion carried. Each Adult going to Hale will pay $75 each (unless more adults sign up to go).

· Camp Hale has a lot of Adult training available, too. Mr. Green has all of the details for those that will go to the Camp as an adult leader.

Transportation Report

· No report.

Scout Show

· Mr. Bill Lee is leading the Scout Show activities for the Troop. The Scout Show will be held on 10-May-2003. We will need a stamp pad and stamp. Cameron Broussard is in charge of the Scout Show. The tickets cost $5.00 each. The Troop earns $2.00 per ticket for the general fund. We have distributed 190 tickets to the Scouts. The Scout earns 300 Scout Bucks per ticket sold. April 30^th is the cut off date for turn in of money from Scout Show ticket sales in order to count for Scout Bucks. Please remember that the money or the tickets have to be turned in to the Troop by the end of April. Any unsold tickets not returned to the Troop must be paid for by the Scout.

· The tickets now are $5.00 for a family versus $2.00 per person.

· For money turned into the Troop by April 15^th, they get double Scout Bucks (600 Scout Bucks per ticket) for the ticket sales. Mr. Dunn has volunteered to work with Scouts on the Salesmanship Merit Badge.

Buck Auction

· Will be held in May. Report is under Scoutmaster’s Report.

· Buck Auction shopping will take place immediately following the next Committee Meeting on May 3^rd. All those interested in participating please contact Dr. Lacey.

Treasurer’s Report

· Mr. Langworthy presented the Treasurer’s Report. The Troop is still solvent. We discussed whether the Troop can absorb the cost to pay for the adult leaders going on the Summer Camp at Camp Hale. The expense is not currently budgeted.

· There is a cash balance account for some Scouts. There is a motion to send a letter to the Scout’s Parent giving them two options (Cash Refund, Donation to the Troop) or leave the money in the account which can be applied to a camp or future event. Seconded by Mr. Rabbitt. Motion carried.

Equipment Report

· No report.

OA Report

· Conclave is coming up for OA participants. We have no representative at this point.

Advancements

Mrs. Kressmann said that tomorrow afternoon, Landon Applegate will be awarded his Eagle badge at Riverside Church (at Belt Line at Belt Line). This is her last meeting as a Committee Member. The moving van will load on the 28^th of May and she will be moving to Missouri. We will miss you dearly, Mrs. Kressmann! Thank you for all of your contributions to the Troop!
Signatures for the Scoutfitter’s Account need to be updated. Mrs. Lacey, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Ghaly and Mrs. Green will be the signatories on the Scoutfitter’s Account.
Mrs. Green will take over the computer work that has been done by Mrs. Kressmann. Thank you, Mrs. Green, for stepping up to take this responsibility!
We have four (4) Scouts going to Golden Acorn. Matt Bohn, Bryce Webb, Elliott Ghaly and Greg Langworthy.

Membership

Mrs. Lacey said we have re-chartered and we are still a Quality Unit. We re-chartered 46 adults and 54 scouts. We have added eight (8) new scouts for a current total of 62 scouts. We lost 14 adults mainly due to inactivity. We lost 11 scouts for a variety of reasons such as moved, lack of interest, etc.
We have a healthy spread of ages and will have thirteen (13) boys age out before next re-charter, six (6) of these boys already have their Eagle.
Mrs. Lacey has prepared a brown folder that will contain the manila folders containing information for new potential scouts. She will order new T-Shirts.
Mr. Dillon needs to have an Assistant Committee Chair due to the need to move to night shift at work. This could go on until November because he may have the opportunity to come back to days. He cannot come to meetings on Tuesday evenings. Any volunteers would be welcome.

Senior Patrol Leader

Master Richard Shyne said that we got most of the new scouts up to Scout at the last campout at Rush Creek.
Tomorrow is Landon Applegate’s Eagle Ceremony. Afterwards will be the monthly Planning Committee Conference at Mr. Wilt’s House for Greenbars.
Next weekend campout at Jim Bob’s land in Cisco. We can do several things there like watching butchering, rifle, shotgun, animal science merit badge and we can have a hamburger cookout.

High Adventure / Venture

· No report.

Additional Announcements

· Mr. Smith said we have Philmont Cavalcade last horse riding lesson coming up next week. Everything is on plan. Still trying to determine travel plans to Philmont. No vacancies. Buying some common gear for the campers.

· April 26^th Committee Member training will be offered at Rejoice Lutheran Church. Cost is $5.00 and must be registered by Monday, 21-April-2003. The full text of the handout is included as an attachment to these minutes.

· Wood Badge training is also available to any adult that has also completed Leader Specific Training and Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills training. Chris Wilt can provide information about the upcoming classes being offered if any adults are interested or you can go to www.circle10.org and go to the “Training Opportunities” tab and click on Wood Badge.

Boy Scouts of America

Circle Ten Council

Western Star District

Basic Leader Training

What? Scout Committee Training

Where? Rejoice Lutheran Church,

Sandy Lake Road, Coppell

When? Saturday, 26-April-2003

Cost? $5.00 (includes lunch)

SCHEDULE

8:30 am	Check-in desk opens
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am – 9:50 am	“Scout Leader Fast Start”
10:00 am – 11:30 am	“New Leader Essentials”
11:30 am – 12:00 Noon	Lunch break
Noon – 3:00 pm	“The Committee Challenge”
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Closing / Graduation
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm	“BSA Youth Protection”

This series of classes is put together to allow a new Troop Committee member to become “TRAINED” in one day. Any Scout Leader interested in the workings of the Troop Committee is welcome to attend these sessions.

When attending training, it is recommended that you wear your “Class A” uniform. If this is unavailable, wear a Scout T-Shirt. Bring pen, paper, and Scout spirit.

Please register in advance to allow for materials preparation. Register by calling or E-Mailing either the Course Director or the Training Chair. Please arrive thirty (30) minutes before your class time to check-in.

Lyn Zastrow

Committee Challenge Course Director

lzastrow@flash.net

972-393-0532

Frank Valentinetti, Jr.

Western Star District Training Chair

Frank@valweb.net

972-462-1422

Through BSA training, you help assure that the best program possible is delivered in your units. Thank you.

This page last revised on 4/4/2003.

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