Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

Sunday, December 9, 2008

Meeting 6:00 pm

Blue Hills Country Club

 

Members Present

 

Doug Ball, Gary Flick, Jim Leeper, Tim Navickas, Elaine Navickas, John McCabe, Jeff Muchow, Gregg Spies, Chuck Gibson, Bill Haner, John Martin, Tracy Thomas, Mike Coffey, Ron Wood, Tom Baker, Steve Rohlader, Britton Heck

 

Meeting to order at 6:00pm

I.                         Introductions & Opening Comments – Jeff Muchow called the meeting to order @ 6:00PM - Blake Williams on the way back from Memphis – Jeff Muchow filled in as Committee Chair

II.                       Monday Troop Meeting and Merit Badge classes at Overland Trail Middle School

III.                    January 11, 2009 Committee meeting to be held at alternate, TBD location

IV.                    Scoutmaster Update – Greg Spies

A.                       Report

1.                        Great December overnight – lots of activity climbing

2.                        Mountain bike riding

3.                        Geo Cashing

4.                        Good attendance from Yellow & Red teams

a)                        No assistant ASPLs – substitute SPL didn’t have enough time to properly prepare for the weekend

b)                        Discussion regarding menu planning

5.                        SPL elections 3rd week in January 

V.                       Senior Patrol Leader – Briton Heck

A.                       Fire demo at Monday’s meeting

B.                       Cosmosphere campout will still occur as planned 1/23

C.                       Camping overnight 1/17 – for older scouts but all invited

D.                       Still working to resolve bulling issue from Feast campout and service project

1.                        Letter of apology will be written to Mr. Butaro
Discussion regarding scouts who will become adults prior to Bartle and wish to attend

2.                        Leader applications will be necessary for planning to attend

E.                        Suggestion to hold a knot tying session at a troop meeting without other formal agenda items

1.                        Break-up in small groups so instructors can focus on the scouts needing attention

2.                        Cooperation necessary from scouts

F.                        Merit Badge Fair also discussed to assist scouts with merit badge work

VI.                    Outdoor Activities – Tom Baker/Briton Heck

A.                       December 6-7, Landahl Park – well attended

1.                        24 Adults

2.                        57 kids

B.                       January 23-25 Cosmosphere

1.                        Friday night - Sleep at Salvation Army

2.                        Eat lunch at Community College

3.                        Saturday Breakfast – donuts & cidar

4.                        Return to KC Saturday PM

5.                        Class restrictions – 70 scouts

a)                        Space Exploration merit badge

b)                        Cost – $53 for scouts all inclusive (badge, lunch, etc.)

c)                        $24 adults

C.                       Fire & Ice will be similar format to last year –

D.                       February – Snow Creek skiing

E.                        Lessons are no longer free - $10 for 1st year scouts

VII.                  High  Adventure – 42 signed up for Philmont this summer

 

VIII.               Grubmaster Report – Tim Navickas

A.                       December campout – complete

B.                       January campout – will coordinate with Spies

C.                       No Grub needs for February campout

IX.                    Equipment Coordinator – Chuck Gibson

A.                       Report

1.                        Troop truck driving assignments/process

2.                        Coordinating patrol needs to do a better job

3.                        Still issues with wet tents and maintaining equipment

4.                        Discussion regarding this issue

5.                        Jeff Muchow asked Chuck Gibson, Steve Rholader & Britton Heck to form a committee to resolve

6.                        New stoves checked off truck weren’t put back clean

a)                        Per Gregg Spies - Many didn’t function properly because of challenges connecting regulators

7.                        Suggestion that troop develop a checklist for future webelos what type of equipment is recommended for scouts

X.                       Membership – Donna Wilson – Not present

A.                       Recruiting update – Donna called all parents who attended November night

1.                        Working with David Contag on cross-over team coordinations

2.                        January Webelo night last Monday of Jaunary

3.                        Muchow has submitted a new parent orientation program to Williams for consideration to reduce 1st year drop-out rate

XI.                    Crew 2010 Update – Jim Leaper

A.                       Venture crew really enjoyed flower bombs at the Feast campout

B.                       Planning some activitiy on 1/17 campout

C.                       Interested in wilderness 1st aide

D.                       Working on recruiting new members – much interested from meetings after troop meetings

E.                        Hunter’s safety is of interest to the crew

XII.                  Community Service Projects – Deb Dellinger

A.                       Salvation Army Bell Ringing, November and December – still need bell ringers for SA

XIII.               Leawood Lions – Gary Flick/Chick Atwell
1.    Signs for Leawood parade were well received

A.                       Need scouts for Salvation Army bell ringing

1.                        Lions agreed to donate $500 to various food pantries – would facilitate similar donation if Troop 10 interested

XIV.               Advancement

A.                       Scout thru Life – Brent Reynolds/Doug Ball - 8 advancements over the weekend and 1 BOR

B.                     Eagle Candidates – Tracy Thomas

1.                        17 Eagles crossed over at our last court

a)                        Lions has hosted 5 and will host 5 more in the near future

2.                        Potential for up to 24 scouts for April court

a)                        Sam Krantz BOR on 12/18 – recruitment for BOR

3.                        New Eagle paperwork process being implemented w/ future eagles

XV.                 Finance – John Martin

A.                       Treasurer’s report

1.                        AR is beginning to creep up

a)                        A fair number of delinquent scouts are no longer with the troop

b)                        24 former scouts have from $24 to $400 outstanding balances

2.                        Campout expenses have also been outstripping revenue

a)                        Martin to work more closely w/ Tom Baker to estimate future campout costs/budgets

B.                       Fundraising – Barbara Cusick

1.                        Greenery distribution

a)                        $2,300 behind last year’s greenery sales

b)                        Discussion around reducing this shortfall

c)                        Idea to contact former scout families and customers ea. year to purchase greenery

XVI.               Honor Programs

A.                       O/A  – David Contag

B.                       Mic-O-Say – Bob Tenny/Jim Wasko/Rusty Howell

1.                        Adornment at the campout was very light for Foxman and Braves

2.                        Spies held a Mic-O-Say meeting after the campfire for MOS members to review expectations

XVII.         Trailhead District Round Table Information – Scott Bower

A.                       Next month – Woodbadge & Philmont Adult Leader training

B.                       Discussion regarding new training program through council whereby boys can go out to various organizations and earn credit – Engineering companies, etc.

C.                       District is shy of December FOS goal for 25%

1.                       Muchow to review at COH in December

XVIII.          New Business/Open Discussion – All

A.                       New requirements for tour permits – hazardous weather training – a qualified adult must accompany ea. tour

B.                       Youth Protection needs to be updated ea. 2 years

C.                       Discussion regarding scouts becoming 18 – need to register as an adult and sleep/eat with adults

 

Blake Williams adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted by Secretary John McCabe

 

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