Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

February 8, 2004

Blue Hills Country Club

 

 

Members Present

 

John Ahart, Chip Buckner, Chris D’Adamo, William Easley, Terry Ellis, Chuck Gibson, Bill Haner, Rick Isham, Joe Johnson, Greg Kent, Larry Lehman, Marc McCarty, Brent Reynolds, Ken Roberson, Allan Schoof, Greg Spies, Herb Strain

 

 

Terry Ellis called the meeting to order at 6:00pm

 

Bill Haner – successful Snow Creek campout

·         has conducted 4 Eagle Scoutmaster Conferences

·         3 candidates ran for SPL – the winner new SPL will choose his ASPL’s  

·         4 new scouts in the troop since 12/03

 

Chris D’Adamo - Treasurer’s Report – balance is OK – working on collecting outstanding balances

 

Greg Kent – needs 12 leaders for the next Eagle Board of Review on 2/19

 

Joe Johnson – parents meeting for next Eagle Court of Honor will begin 3/8 – so far, there are 7 possible candidates – location not established yet

 

Rick Isham – Feb campout is Cosmosphere – 36 scouts and 18 adults are signed up so far – we will be sleeping at the Salvation Army – another troop will be there too – there will be a continental breakfast and lunch will be at the Jr. College – Class A uniforms are required

 

Rick Isham – March campout will be a bike trek – location to be announced

·         April – Tap Out campout

·         May – Canoe campout

·         June – campout at Spies farm

 

Greg Spies – we will buy new tents when it is determined how many new scouts there will be

 

Chuck Gibson – Glenn Alexander may have a source who would donate a truck

 

Herb Strain – membership – we continue to invite packs to our meetings and to strengthen our contacts with the packs – we will participate in Blue and Gold dinners when we can – we will provide neckerchiefs and slides for cub scouts crossing over to our troop

 

Herb Strain – we have had some scouts not sign up again in the troop

 

Terry Ellis – announced adult leadership training sessions coming up – they are listed on the website

 

Larry Lehman – brought up idea from other troops who pay dues for their Eagle Scouts – from the discussion it was felt that payment of dues would not influence retention of older scouts – we will consider instead whether we will allow SPLs and previous SPLs to eat with the Old Goats at campouts – same with any JASMs if we have any scouts in this role

 

Mark McCarty – Habitat for Humanity requires teens to be 16+ to participate

 

Herb Strain – Scouting for Food Day will be in the Council Service Project

·         2/28 Merit Badge Forum at 8:30 AM at Shawnee Mission South

·         2/28 – Super Saturday – for different types of leadership training

 

Will Easley – thanked Greg S for help with an issue with scouts at the last meeting

 

The committee decided that there will be no food or drinks at the troop meetings – coats and sweat shirts must be taken off prior to the flag ceremony

 

Brent Reynolds – suggested that patrol leaders be responsible for making sure the scouts are dressed properly and recorded on the attendance sheets

 

Bill Haner – thanked Herb and Terry for the work they did at the district dinner and the recognitions that were given:

Jim Wasko – District Award of Merit

Herb Strain – Outstanding Webmaster

Steve Ornduff – Outstanding Leadership Coordinator

Stu Sharp – Outstanding COR

 

Herb Strain – JLT is scheduled for 2/23 along with PLC

 

 

The meeting was ended at 8:00 p.m.

 

                                                               Respectfully submitted

Larry Lehman

 

 

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