Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

June 10, 2001

Blue Hills Country Club

 

 

Members Present

 

Gary Bernhardt, Mike Coffey, Greg Spies, Tom Davis, Steve Ornduff, Rick Isham, Mike Towell, Bill Schutte, Ed O’Conner, Greg Kent, Bill Brady, Allen Schoof, Rusty Howell, Larry Lehman, Herb Strain, Larry Stocker.

 

 

Mike Coffey called the meeting to order at 6:00pm

 

Greg Spies – Mustang overnight – 19 scouts – they did well on food preparation – Environmental Science Merit Badge pre-work was done – the boys had fun,  6 older scouts came to help.

 

Bartle Committee update – continue to meet – things are coming together – part of our Ranger program request was denied – we got most of the water activities our scouts requested -–they are working on tent assignments and duty rosters – 84 scouts are registered – 35 full time dad slots combining full and part time dads – we have about 20 scouts less than usual at Bartle because of family July 4th holidays – daily Bartle schedules for scouts and Mic-o-say are posted on the website

 

Herb Strain– reported that we lost some equipment to wind damage at the American Cancer Society Event – we will be able to replace and improve on what we had

 

Tribal Feast – 4 adults and 2 scouts attended – beautiful ceremony – Cliff Illig was elected to presiding Chieftain

 

Greg Kent – expects 6-8 Eagles at the next Court of Honor – probably in late October – cutoff will probably be in late August – he is requesting people to grade Eagle projects – some training will be needed

 

Greg Kent – is needing volunteers on 6/21/01 for an Eagle Board of Review

 

Mike Towell – Treasury update – reviewed account balances – concern about scouts who owe money for activities they took part in but are not currently attending meetings or activities – these people will be approached and asked to pay what they owe

 

Ed O’Conner – reported that we need new tires on our troop truck – Allen Schoof will look into this – we will also get estimates to tighten up the suspension

 

Herb Strain – reported that people will meet next Saturday to work on the lockers, to wash and clean all equipment and the truck – we will take an inventory of what things we need – Greg Spies has already removed truck shelves – a group will go to Bartle on 6/30 to help set up tents and awnings – also the rental truck will be loaded then

 

Greg Spies – we have 50 tents – 15 need repair or replacement – a few more will need to be purchased – some tables will need to be replaced too – patrol boxes are still with the patrols – some patrols still have their propane stoves and some have been turned in – we discussed how to make scouts and patrols financially accountable for their equipment especially tents which are very expensive

 

Mike Coffey – reviewed adult leadership positions that still need to be filled for the next year

 

Herb Strain – discussed the concern some scouts had about dads sleeping in cars and campers, rather than tents on campouts – Mike Coffey will send a letter to dads to encourage them to sleep in tents

 

Rusty Howell – feels the annual canoe trip needs to be scheduled for two nights rather than one this next year

 

There was discussion about standardizing Boards of Review – Rick Isham has already been working on this – there will be discussion and training for dads on this by our troop at Bartle

 

Larry Stocker – signed our troop up for a community service project in October involving painting a house – 20 scouts and 10 dads will be needed

 

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

 

                                                               Respectfully submitted

 

 

                                                               Lawrence P. Lehman

 

 

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