Troop 10 Committee Meeting
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Meeting 6:00 pm
Blue Hills Country Club
In attendance: John McCabe, Rob Baker, Nick Cook, Jim Cook,
Garrett Shropshire, Jim Wasko, Charlie Loudon, Ted Fuehr, Greg Spies, Bob
Rohlf, Jeff Muchow, Jeromy Rutledge, Jim Shetlar, Chris Pfeffer, Todd Martz,
Chuck Gibson, James Duncan, Elaine Navickas, Julia Day, Scott Bower, Ken
Henricksen, Scott Brown, Tracy Thomas, Tom Baker, Chris Wright
Introductions & Opening Comments – John
McCabe
Welcome and introductions – Meeting was
called to order at 6:00PM
Looking for the following adult
volunteers: Secretary, Board of Review/ Scout Master Conference Coordinator,
Adult Recognition Coordinator, Prairie Star Elementary Unit Commissioner
Virgil Villarreal has volunteered to take
over as Community Chairperson
Leawood Lions – Chris Wright
Starting LEO club –
Co-Ed youth service organization
Looking for 14 to
18 year old adults to participate
Call Chris Wright
if interested – 913-488-0575
Scoutmaster/SPL Update – Jim Cook / Nick Cook
· Jim Cook
Monday night
meetings have been going well
Jim very pleased
with responsiveness of PLC to planning and consistency
· Nick Cook
Scouts enjoyed
wilderness survival presentation last weekend
Adult noise in
hallway continues to be an issue during meetings
Monday night’s
activities
OA Elections
Tent/Campbox inventories
Outdoor Activities (Camping/Grubmaster) –
Scott Brown/Chris Pfeffer
·
March Campout
Trailer for bikes secured
Need to do better job keeping scouts/parents
separate in camping areas
Check-in / check-out process will be put in
place to ensure knowledge of who is on/off KATY trail
Scouts need to be reminded tomorrow night
that they’re responsible for arranging their own rides to and from campouts
·
OA Tap-out
Jeff
Muchow – FOS Reunion – Jeff to work with Herb to obtain invitation list
·
Canoe Campout – will revisit the Niangua
river this year
·
Mustang Campout – Spies Farm
Bartle Update
Otis to attend
leaders meeting this week
Ted Fuehr working
on t-shirts for canoe and Bartle
Equipment Coordinator –
Chuck Gibson – no new information
Membership – Renee Andrews
Recruiting update
To date have 41 Mustangs on the Troop 10 Roster
39 of the Mustangs are officially
registered
Needing applications for the
following Mustang Scouts:
Colby Blasen
Andrew Gomen
Alex Moffet
Our recruiting base has started
to expand by including some more southerly schools:
Our largest feeder school continues to be Mission Trail, followed by OTE, Prairie Star and
We received one scout from
Harmony, Leawood and
Our biggest competition is Troop
92 from COR & Troop 459 from Colonial Presbyterian which moved to a new
location at
Harmony has largely shifted from
Troop 10 to Troop 459, with the exception of 2 scouts.
Thanks to Rob Baker and the OA -
C Team for all of the performances at numerous Blue and Golds
Thanks to Garrett Shropshire for
attending the Leawood B&G at a moment's notice.
New Parent
Orientation – Jeff Muchow
Assigning 2nd year
parents to new Mustang parents to onboard them into the troop.
Advancement – Julia Day
Almost
all of last year’s Mustangs have advanced to 1st class
All new
Mustangs have been signed off on “scout” rank
Scouts
need to advocate for themselves – not parents
Eagle Candidates –
Tracy Thomas
5 life scouts have passed their
Eagle BOR
Riley, Boone,
3 scouts passed their 2nd
trip through district Roundtable
Rutledge, Helmsteter,
Ramsey
Scout Leadership – Bob Rohlf –
Leadership cards are being submitted
Finance – Treasurer’s Report –
John Martin
Cash
has diminished from the last report due to some significant expenditures,
but still remains solid. Blue Valley
Bank balance is approximately $12,100 and the PayPal account is $24,900.
Accounts
receivable remains relatively high at $25,000. While we had several of
the large balances paid down, we do have a particular account of an active
scout that is now over $1,700. I plan to contact the parent.
Kudos
to the Campmaster
Good
management on the December campout which was at a small profit.
Ditto
with
Ditto
with Ski Campout.
Might
suggest a late payment penalty for High Adventure in the future.
We currently bill High Adventure through the Troop. This year, we
have had too many lag on their payments. Right now, we are still floating
11 folks for Philmont despite Quintin's efforts to
get them to pay.
Campership
request update – to date – one parent has requested financial assistance for
summer camp
Honor Programs
O/A – Rob Baker
O/A team completed 8 cross-over
ceremonies
O/A elections Monday night
36 scouts on ballot
District election team will
validate elections
Tap-out – April – coming together
Induction weekend @
Mic-O-Say – Jim
Wasko/Greg Spies
Many star scouts w/ rank problems won’t be Brave candidates
Community Service Projects – no
report
Adult Training – Scott Bower
Training chair for
district – Troop’s own Doug Ball
Charlie Loudon assisting
All adults must be fully trained
before Bartle
New Business/Open Discussion –
All
Venture
Crew – Tom Baker –
April
2/3
Philmont
packing at next district roundtable
Meeting adjourned at 7:20PM
Minutes compiled and submitted by John McCabe
O/A Adult Elections took place
after the meeting