Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

March 10, 2002

Blue Hills Country Club

 

 

Members Present

 

Glenn Alexander, Bob Ball, Mike Beasley, Gary Bernhardt, Paul Bertrand, Mike Coffey, Chris D’Adamo, Cary Dikeman, Marc Elkins, Terry Ellis, Ted Fuehr, Denny Hamilton, Bill Haner, Rick Isham, Greg Kent, Les Landau, Larry Lehman, Terry McGinnis, Steve Ornduff, Joe Paris, Allan Schoof, Stu Sharp, Greg Spies, Larry Stocker, Herb Strain, Mike Ulm, Jim Wasko, Frank Weidling, Greg Williams & Tom Wineland

 

 

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

 

 

Marc Elkins - stressed the need for two deep leadership on campouts – a concern over two wayward older scouts on the last campout was handled well by the adults – the issue was discussed with the parents of the scouts.

 

Mike Coffey – will send a note to reinforce the policy about scouts not driving their cars during a scout outing other than to and from an event, and to drive no other scouts other than a sibling – this does not apply to meetings

 

Mike Coffey – congratulated adults for putting together a great campout – there was a 6-7 mile hike

 

Marc Elkins – noted some scouts who worked very well with younger and newer scouts

 

Rick Isham – indicated that this campout was so successful they may try another one involving hiking – he thanked Terry Ellis for his help and invited feedback about positives and negatives of the campout

 

Rick Isham – next campout will be at Illig’s farm – 2nd year and up scouts will camp for two nights and Mustangs for one night – there will be an OA Tapout ceremony and catapult activity

 

Rick Isham – the late April campout will be one night – railroading campout

 

Greg Spies – Bartle – there will be some new merit badge classes – lakefront badges will be by lottery as are climbing and shooting – the price goes up if not registered by 4/15

 

Herb Strain – Merit Badge Sign up on 4/8/02 – this is especially important if scouts are interested in the Ranger Program

 

Greg Spies – all scouts will ride bus to and from Bartle

 

Herb Strain – we will divide Mustangs into patrols before April 27th campout

 

Terry McGinnis – 61 scouts and 23 dads have paid for Bartle

 

Greg Williams – to help Rusty with Grubmaster duties

 

Marc Elkins – OA elections at next scout meeting – there will be OA Induction weekends in May

 

Gary Bernhardt – 35-40 new scouts are expected from our recruiting efforts

 

Gary Bernhardt – is working on rechartering the Troop

 

Greg Kent – Eagle Boards of Review for 2 scouts coming up – 8 adults are needed for 3/21 to help

 

Greg Kent - 3 scouts are now approved for projects – 6 will be at next Eagle Court of Honor – the Eagle mentor program has 5 scouts participating – most are responding well

 

Herb Strain – there is a new software patch to the TroopMaster software

 

Larry Lehman – asked that 12 adults attend the Junior Leadership Training to help with the program

 

Mike Coffey – discussed advancement to scout rank for new scouts

 

Larry Stocker – looking at community service project opportunities – Habitat For Humanity is being planned – Community Service Day on 4/20 – we would need 50 fathers and scouts to do this – there are 3 other weekends in May we could do this also

 

Mike Beasley – suggested that Keys Home for Youth could use scouts to do community service projects

 

Larry Stocker – would like scouts and dads to respond to him about their availability for a work weekend on 5/18

 

Chris D’Adamo - discussed treasurer’s report

 

Mike Coffey - discussed issue of scouts who are no longer with the troop who still owe money but we have been unsuccessful in collecting – we will write a final letter to these families to request they pay their debt

 

Mike Coffey – suggested we get the truck in for suspension and steering work – Larry Stocker and Allan Schoof will look into options

 

Larry Stocker – discussed whether we will continue to use Blue Hills Country Club for committee meetings – we currently pay $50 for the room and set up – the club like a minimum out of our use of the room – probably $75 in addition to the room fee – it was decided he will continue to reserve the Club for the next year

 

Stu Sharp – 5 Venture Scouts went skiing with him and Cary Dikeman.

 

Greg Spies - Scuba High Adventure 7/26-8/1, 2003 – space is filling up quickly

 

Terry McGinnis – asked if camp masters will have Bartle paid for them by the troop – it was decided to do this

 

Jim Wasko - would like 1st year scouts to be involved with food prep at next campout

 

Larry Stocker - discussed new shirts for adult leaders – at next meeting they will be offered for sale – red shirts for committee members will be ordered too

 

 

The meeting was ended at 7:45 p.m.

 

                                                               Respectfully submitted

 

                                                               Lawrence P. Lehman

 

 

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