Minutes
Troop
10 Committee Meeting
Sunday,
October 4th, 2009
Meeting
6:00 pm
Blue
Hills Country Club
Members
Present
1. Introductions & Opening Comments – Blake Williams
a.
Welcome and introductions - Blake called the meeting to order @
6:02PM.
b.
Looking for the following adult volunteers: Adult Recognition
Coordinator, Internal Merit Badge
Coordinator,
c.
Incoming Chairs
i.
JLT Coordinator – Julia Day
ii.
Fundraising Coordinator – Karrin
Berkowitz
2.
Leawood Lions – Gary
Flick/Chick Atwell – Report
a.
Pancake tickets for Pancake Days available through the Lions
i.
Event to occur on October 16, 17 & 18 @
ii.
Adults $6.00; Children under 10 - $3.00
iii.
Friday night, Saturday & Sunday
iv.
Love to have scouts sell greenery at Pancake Days
v.
Ken Hamacher to attend next 2 Monday
meetings to inform troop of Pancake Days
3.
Scoutmaster Update – Greg Spies - Report
a.
Senior Patrol Leader – Brian Leeper
i.
tomorrow meeting – meal planning for camporee
ii.
scouts to plan activities for camporee
iii.
Practice folding “giant” flag
4.
Outdoor Activities (Camping/Grubmaster)
– Scott Brown/Brian Leeper/David Corley
a.
October 23, Halloween Outing – Still looking for an adult leader to
coordinate
b.
November 13-15, Feast,
i.
Alumni will be welcome
ii.
All set w/ reservations at Ernst
iii.
Discussion on proper decorum with troop & respect of out
buildings and fields
iv.
Invite some adults who camped at Ernst 70 years ago.
v.
Invite Troop 6 to attend
vi.
Lions club may be willing to sponsor Troop 6 to attend
vii.
Leadership training will occur this weekend too
1.
Next year, every assistant scout master will have to be trained
per HOAC
a.
Youth Protection
b.
This is Scouting
c.
Assistant Scout Master Training
2.
Outdoor leadership Training – this is what will be happening @
Ernst Friday PM & Saturday all day
3.
HOAC position - there will be no adult interfacing with scouts who
hasn’t been trained
c.
December 4-6,
i.
Zoo closed to camping in December when
trip planned
ii.
Alternative – camp at Squaw Creek
preserve
iii.
PLC will determine direction and change
of venue if necessary
5.
2009 District Camporee
a.
2009 District Camporee, Oct 9-11,
former Southview Golf Club – Blake Williams/Greg
Spies
i.
Last week has been spent preparing
grounds
ii.
Activity areas have been staked off
iii.
Camping areas will be next
iv.
Camporee committee will meet following
Committee Meeting
1.
Activities
a.
T10 – Log Carry
b.
T10 – Cannon Ball Golf
c.
Still need water balloon sling shot
2.
Campfire – in good shape – fire detail complete
3.
Friday PM – Movie
4.
Sunday AM – Chapel service
5.
Facilities – everything to be delivered Friday AM
6.
Still need pick-up trucks
7.
Need Hay Bailer
8.
Any and all help could be used bright and early Friday afternoon
9.
Thursday night – Grubmaster committee @
7PM to assist w/ food prep
6.
Equipment Coordinator –
a.
Tent inventory – short – haven’t received inventory for Liberty
Bells, Raptors, Frontiersmen, Antelope since campout
i.
Will need to purchase additional tables for Camporee
ii.
Request for updated patrols – on line under Leadership
7.
Membership – Todd Martz - Recruiting update
a.
Camporee – 120 guests expected
i.
ii.
3002
iii.
Mission Trail
iv.
Prairie Star
v.
vi.
Leawood 3010
b.
A couple of Packs have Sr. Webloes that
want to join before February
8.
Advancement –
a.
Scout thru Life –
b.
Eagle Candidates – Tracy Thomas
i.
Eagle Court 11/22
1.
6 scouts already qualified
2.
10/15 – Eagle BOR – up to 9 candidates
a.
6:30 PM
b.
3 shifts
9. Scout Leadership – Doug
Ball
a.
Finished JLT
b.
Julia Day ready to step in to backfill
Patty Cokingtin
c.
Typical challenge – many boys who don’t
need leadership have signed up for
roles
d.
Jim Cook to refine so we know who is in positions and who needs to
be in a position
10.
Finance – John Martin
a. Treasurer’s report
i.
Typically – after shooter safety we’re in the black, however,
we’re in the red
1.
Don’t know why but working to understand
2.
Still have to donate to Landua’s group
for their help
a.
Typically donation to Clay County Sheriffs Dept.
b.
Bias to donate same amount as last year
i.
Motion moved & seconded to keep donation the same as last year
ii.
Motion passed unanimously
ii.
With Bartle payment due – finances are
always tight this time of year
iii.
Need to re-assess camping fees to cover actual costs going forward
11.
Fundraising – Barbara Cusick
a.
Scout targets and buy-out amount
b.
Slight increase of commitment
i.
$100 sales (50/50 split troop/scout)
ii.
buyout @ $60
1.
Motion to move sale amount to $100 and buyout to $60 and seconded
2.
No additional comments
3.
Motion carried
12.
Honor Programs
a.
O/A – Rob Baker
i.
Sign up for C team
1.
15 scouts have expressed interest
2.
6 of those scouts will participate in camporee
ii.
Julia Day & David Contag will review
costumes with eye towards tap-out
iii.
Bobby Goheen will be OA TR
b.
Mic-O-Say – Bob Tenny/Jim
Wasko
i.
Meeting at last campout
ii.
There shouldn’t be any confusion for those who attended on
needs for Mic –O–Say advancement
13. Community
Service Projects – John Ahart
a.
Pioneer trails – Troop 6 – boy led –
Troop 10 scouts are doing a great job working with the scouts in T6 – Eagle
Core
b.
Crew 2011 –
c.
Abby’s Run coming up on Sunday, October
11 – same time as Camporee
14.
Trailhead District Meeting – Scott
Bower
a.
Roundtable – One troop gave presentation on biking
b.
November meeting – Business theme – perhaps have a speaker on the stock
market
15. New Business/Open Discussion – All
a.
High adventure – Black Beards trip out there taking registration
b.
Some inquired about
i.
Per Quentin Cokingtin - Cut-off in
January for Blackbeards
ii.
Quentin will pull together info for a summer
c.
d.
Highway Clean-up Report – Per Jim Leeper
– activity went well – no injuries – 60 scouts in attendance
16. Blake Williams closed the meeting at 7:42PM.
Minutes respectfully transcribed and submitted
by John McCabe
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