Troop 10 Committee Meeting
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Meeting 6:00 pm
Blue Hills
Country Club - UPSTAIRS
In Attendance: Jeff Muchow, John McCabe, Greg Spies, Jim Wasko, Rob Baker, Jim Cook, Scott
Brown, Elaine Navickas, Tim Navickas, Julia Day, Bob Rohlf, Renee Andrews,
Chuck Gibson, Matt Boresow, Bill Gurney, John Martin, John Ahart, Rob Day, Walt
Andrews, Britton Heck, Hinrich Staecker, John Schenken, Garrett Shorpshire,
Mike Riley , Jim Leeper, Scott Bower, Tom Baker
Introductions
& Opening Comments - Jeff Muchow presiding (Blake Williams not available)
1.
Welcome and introductions
2.
New Adult Leadership
a.
Thanks to new Advancement, Julia Day (Rob
Day, Assistant; Doug Ball and Bob Key backups)
b.
Leadership, Bob Rohlf (Doug Ball backup)
c.
Thank you to new Recruitment/Membership,
Renee Andrews (Todd Martz, Assistant)
d.
Looking for the following adult volunteers:
Grubmaster, Religious
Awards Coordinator
Den Chief Coordinator
Secretary
3.
Leawood Lions - Gary Flick/Chick Atwell
a.
No Report
4.
Calendar and Facilities - Elaine Navickas
a.
Report
i.
12/9 & one meeting in May will have to be
at OTMS
ii.
Eagle Courts have been finalized –
Spring Eagle Court is April 10, 2011
iii.
BV has cracked down use of rooms – turning
off A/C
1.
Some complaints about use of rooms we weren’t
supposed to be in
2.
Boys playing with the curtain
iv.
Calendar for rooms is available for merit
badge classes – see Elaine
5.
Scoutmaster Update
- Greg Spies/Jim Cook
a.
Report – Cook
i.
Leadership recruiting has been going on to
get at least 2 deep for Color Team Leaders
ii.
Goal is to strengthen leadership at
the Color Team leader level
iii.
Will Fuehr is back this Fall and will assist
Jim Cook directly
iv.
Monday night meeting agenda planning has
begun
v.
Mustangs will be assigned to patrols before
school/meetings start
b.
Senior Patrol Leader - Matt Boresow/Bill
Gurney
i.
Boresow has turned the reigns over to Gurney
ii.
Gurney & Cook have already met to begin
planning for the Fall
a.
ASPL’s :Shetlar, Shropshire, Schorgl, Herman
6.
Outdoor Activities (Camping/Grubmaster) -
Scott Brown/Matt Boresow/Bill Gurney/David Corley
a.
Aug 15, Troop Picnic, Sharp's farm – 5:30PM
i.
Corley
to coordinate Food
ii.
6
adults needed Friday Night – 7PM – Muchow took names
iii.
Ribs,
Brisket & Bacon Explosion
iv.
Scouts set-up Sunday – Strain to send note w/
time
b.
Sept
24-26, Centennial Campout – near Camp Naish
i.
Sign-up
is low
ii.
Deadline
for on-line sign-up is 8/15 online
iii.
Troop
10 will be in Johnson camping area
iv.
No
vehicle “in” and “out” – trekking in with tents & equipment necessary
equipment only
v.
Johnson
County adults will be responsible for staffing event because commissioners will
be busy with attendance
1.
Contact
Jenna Murphy @ 816-569-4948 @ Trailhead District or Scott Bower if you wish to
assist
c. Oct 15-17, Venture Crew Recruiting/Webelos/Shooter Safety, Illig Farm
i.
Service project will be undertaken at
the request of Cliff Illig
ii.
Goal is to make sure this year’s
campout comes in under budget
d.
Nov 12-14, Feast
i.
Need to
build/donate a picnic table or two @ camp Ernst
ii.
Ahart
to invite inner city scouts to join us for the weekend
e.
Dec 3-5, Campout – still TBD
7.
Equipment Coordinator - Chuck Gibson
a.
Truck is in for maintenance - $1,200 est.
b.
9/11 – Locker clean-out
8.
Membership - Renee Andrews/Todd Martz
a.
Recruiting update
i.
Not a great deal to report at this time
ii.
Renee to tell Packs about Centennial Campout
and Shooter Safety Campout
iii.
Renee to conference with Garrett Shropshire
and Jim Wasko to develop a plan for Webelos who cross over early
9.
Advancement - Julia Day/Brent Reynolds
a.
Scout thru Life - Julia Day
i.
In the process of transitioning
ii.
Jeff Muchow has donated a laptop to troop
iii.
Rob Day to back-up Julia
iv.
Looking for ways to streamline process for
paperwork and sign-offs
b.
Eagle Candidates - Tracy Thomas
i.
5 boys attended Roundtable on Thursday
ii.
3 BOR for August 19
1.
Shanklin
2.
McCarthy
3.
Chaplin
c.
Fall Court - Tracy
Thomas/Bob Rohlf
i.
11/21
ii. Tentatively – 9 Eagles planned
10.
Scout Leadership - Bob Rohlf
a.
Looking at ways to improve the leadership
experience
i.
Position Coordinators
ii.
More “black/white” objectives for ea.
leadership job
iii.
Goal is to be able to intervene with scouts
b/4 leadership period is over to change behavior
iv.
Bob & Jim Cook are working on defining
what leadership positions will be available
11.
Finance - John Martin
a. Treasurer's report
i.
Income $4,000 positive at year-end
ii.
Balance Sheet
1.
$17,000 in cash
2.
$5,200 in receivables
a.
$2,400 has aged significantly
b.
Proposal is to write off this amount
c.
Result will be a “real” receivable
balance of $2,800
3.
Motion to write off $2,800 seconded,
discussed, voted and approved
12.
Honor Programs
a.
O/A - Rob Baker
i.
5 adults have agreed to assist in O/A
leadership
1.
Contag, Duncan, Day, Riley, Roenig
ii.
O/A TR position for scouts is open – Rob
looking for candidate – 1 Yr. position
iii.
O/A C team will continue as Troop ambassadors
iv.
Fall induction weekend coming up 8/21 @ Naish
– eligible:
1.
5 scouts
2.
2 adults
b.
Mic-O-Say - Jim Wasko/Greg Spies
i.
Many Mic-O-Say advancements at Bartle
ii.
Discussion planned at 1st meeting
and/or campout regarding the fact that the slate has been wiped clean at the
start of the year
1.
Some scouts were disappointed that they
weren’t elevated because of meeting attendance
2.
Great summer camp with many older scouts
helping out
3.
3 yellow paints earned this summer
13.
Community
Service Projects
a. Urban Outreach, Delano School and Pioneer Trails District – John Ahart
i.
Great day-camp at Delano
1.
Best agenda
2.
Visit from the fire dept. hosed everyone off
3.
Great campfire
a.
Skits / Songs
b.
Acrobats
4.
Disabilities awareness merit badge will be offered
b/4 1st Troop meeting
ii.
Pioneer Trails activity was very quiet
this summer
b.
Highway clean-up, October 2 - Jim Leeper
i.
Do we want to sign up for 2 more years?
1.
Motion made and seconded. Discussion.
2.
Committee voted and approved without
objections
3.
New vests will be required and provided by
county but Troop will need to assume financial responsibility
Approx. $1,000 –
approved – Leeper to inventory and hold for semi-annual cleanup duty.
14.
New Business/Open Discussion – All
a.
Walt Andrews – Scout Cooking follow-up from
last meeting
i.
Effort to improve scout’s cooking efforts
ii.
Development of new planning form to assist in
process
iii.
Standardized menus
iv.
Patrols to cook by color group
v.
Future plans call for “themed” menus
vi.
Possible cooking competitions / rewards
b.
Tom Baker
i.
Venture Crew – Will Fuehr to assist
ii.
Crew recently went sailing on Lake
Clinton
iii.
7 to 8 scouts active
c.
District Round Table – Scott Bower
i.
Training – committee members needed
ii.
Youth Protection Training still needed
by many
d.
Historical merit badges are available
this year only
i.
Carpentry
ii.
Signaling
iii.
Stalking
iv.
Pathfinding
Jeff Muchow adjourned the
meeting at 7:54
Meeting minutes respectfully submitted
to Blake Williams and Jeff Muchow for review and adoption by John McCabe