Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

October 10, 2004

Blue Hills Country Club

 

 

Members Present

 

Chip Buckner, Chris D’Adamo, William Easley, Roger Eaton, Chuck Gibson, Bill Haner, Rusty Howell, Rick Isham, Larry Lehman, Marc McCarty, Steve Ornduff, Brent Reynolds, Ken Roberson, Greg Spies, Alan Stetson, Herb Strain, Joe Vogliardo, Jim Wasko, Bryce Wells & Rob Wheeler

 

 

Bill Haner called the meeting to order at 6:00pm

 

Bill Haner – gave appreciation to Brent Reynolds for the great job he is doing

Scoutmaster update: we are getting our program set for the Camporee – Webelos were at the troop meeting last week – Col. Thorness meeting was a good one for our scouts – Troop 3385 has asked for our assistance at their family picnic and we have 3 scouts and one leader who will attend

 

Ken Roberson – we will schedule the new Eagles into a Rotary Club meeting when their status is official

 

Bill Haner – discussion of selecting a new scoutmaster – Terry Ellis wants the committee to be involved – a discussion followed and preferences were noted by ballot

Noted that there are 8 candidates for the next ECOH – 4 still have to complete their Eagle boards – adults are needed to be advocates and to sit on the boards both at 7 PM and 8 PM on 10/21 – one scout is getting close to age 18 and is needing to complete requirements for Eagle

 

Joe Vogliardo – had 1st meeting for parents for upcoming ECOH – it will be at BV North

 

Chris D’Adamo – Treasurer Report: $3000 of $5000 owed from scouts is from last year – these scouts are still mostly in the troop

 

Bill Haner – Fundraising: Alan Myers sent out greenery packets last week

 

Rob Wheeler – Section Conclave was very good – great experience for the 3 adults and 2 scouts who went – next year it will be in Wichita and in 2006 it will be hosted by Tamagonit – there were 48 people from HOAC there – there were a lot of programs that were optional, great food and it was a relaxing time – it counted as a campout – there were no work activities or ceremonies – the rules were very friendly and laid back – they got to see the patches and customs of the other troops – it was totally scout led – officers were elected for the section while there.

 

Rob Wheeler – has been looking into troop specific recognitions that might spark our scout’s interest in OA – consideration of awarding the Legends Strip for major participation in our Ceremony Team was discussed and how to promote this idea with the scouts

 

Greg Spies – MicOSay and OA meeting with scouts at the last campout went well – expectations were discussed – it will be done again at November campout

 

Rick Isham – Shooters Safety Campout – well received – changes from previous year were well received by the boys – Paul Bertrand was thanked for the planning he did

 

Herb Stain – Camporee – firm #’s from 5 of 7 Packs we have invited for a total of 72 Webelos and 64 adults – we are still waiting for #’s from the other packs – a menu has been put together to cook for 250-300 people – we will also have a cracker barrel for 400 people – the observatory will be open- $2 suggested donation – no Haunted Forest – we will have a time to talk with guests about Troop 10

 

Rick Isham – needs a volunteer to drive the troop truck to the camporee

-          Feast campout – Camp Ernst – we have possibility of having a climbing and rappelling event at Ironwoods Challenge Course for 18-20 scouts – cost is $30 – it will last 5 hours – this will count towards part of the climbing merit badge – sign up will be on the campout sign up - there will be other activities for scouts

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Herb Strain – Bartle 05 – we will be getting our dates for this at a meeting on 10/21 – there was a discussion of which sessions to request in which order

 

Bryce Wells- High Adventure – Cat Ppalu Cruise to the Northern Exuma Islands near Nassau – we have a boat for 2 weeks so we will go in 2 groups of 12 – cost is $1048 – 6/6 and 6/13 are current starting dates – a deposit for each week is needed soon – we will look into late July as a possible date

 

letter from Philmont – if we sent crews to Northern Tier this year we will be guaranteed Philmont crews in 2007 – space is reserved for 2 crews beginning 6/27  for a 7 day trip from Idecochen    discussed possibly signing up for Cavalcade

 

Herb Strain – discussed our current request for crews for Philmont which will happen in 2 weeks

 

Chip Buckner – 2005 Jamboree - $1600 – sign up at HOAC

100th Anniversary of Scouting in the World in 2007 in Essex, England

 

Greg Spies – equipment – we are going to buy 10 more white tables

- we still need a truck – an 8 bay beverage truck would be optimal – 2nd choice would be a taller delivery truck

- we have replaced a lot of pans and implements

- patrol box inspections to begin at this campout

- we may need to buy more tents

 

Chuck Gibson- needs a source for a turn signal light for the current truck if current one cannot be located

 

Bill Haner – Roundtable – no Klondike this year – on 1/14 – 1/16 is Rendezvous near Newton, Ks – it is well organized and a lot of fun – it is what old time trappers did – we will discuss this further next month

HOAC annual business meeting on 11/17- Silver Beaver awards given then- it is on 1/29 and costs $20

District Recognition Dinner  - 12/2 is deadline to turn in recommendations for awards – forms are on the website – it should go thru Terry Ellis

 

Bill Haner– we got $250 from Woerpel family to be used in an award for a scout – we will                                need further discussion about this

 

Herb Strain – Haunted House – Muchow family is coordinating this for 10/28

 

Roger Eaton- made a video of Medal of Honor presentation and has this available for viewing.   County and state fairs have a boy scout category and one of our scouts won it this year

 

Steve Ornduff – went to Venture Leader Training – doing this is more involved than we have done it in the past – for youth ages 14- 20  -  it could dilute older leadership in our troop – suggested we consider a venture patrol as a possible alternative – plans to meet with Marc Elkins to further discuss

 

 

The meeting was ended at 7:30 p.m.

 

                                                               Respectfully submitted

Larry Lehman

 

 

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