September
7, 2003
Members Present
Glenn Alexander, Paul Bertrand, Chip Buckner, Chris D’Adamo, William Easley, Terry Ellis, Chuck Gibson, Bill Haner, Dave Holt, Rick Isham, Joe Johnson, Greg Kent, Bob Lehleitner, Marc McCarty, Alan Myers, Brent Reynolds, Ken Roberson, Allan Schoof, Greg Spies, Herb Strain, Bryce Wells & Tom Wineland
Terry Ellis – Called the meeting to order.
Scoutmaster
Update – Bill Haner
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We had a great
picnic in August despite the heat.
·
Bill thanked those
who helped set up and bring food.
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Mike & Chris D’Adamo were inducted into OA.
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We need 1 adult
volunteer to head up Knot master program.
Advancement
– Greg Kent & Joe Johnson
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There are 7 new
Eagles for the next Court of Honor.
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The next Eagle Court
of Honor is scheduled for 11/16 at 2:00 PM.
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We don’t have a
school location yet.
Order of
the Arrow Update – Glenn Alexander
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There are 2 new
Arrowmen.
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Glenn will build new
Arrowmen tribal attire at his house.
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Glenn asked Greg
Spies to make ugly Arrowmen coup for those boys to wear who forget theirs.
Mic-O-Say
Update – Greg Spies
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Greg announced the
number of new Foxmen, Braves, etc from this year’s Camp Bartle.
·
Herb Strain
announced that the 75th Tribal Feast is 6/12/04. The cost is $40 for
adults, $20 for youth until 10/1/03, after which the cost increases.
Outdoor
Activities – Paul Bertrand / Rick Isham
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The Shooting Safety
Campout will be 9/19 to 9/21. Copies of the safety rules that will be presented
to the Scouts at this year’s Shooting Safety Campout were handed out at the
Committee meeting. This year we will be placing even more emphasis on the safety
rules to the Scouts. We’re eliminating
some of the bigger guns. We discussed
what types of targets to use – i.e. animal vs. human silhouettes. The consensus
was to use animals, not human silhouettes. They presented their plan of the
number and type of shooting stations, weapons at each stations, adults needed
at each station, etc. The Committee approved their plan. We will need a lot of
parents to help supervise and man the shooting stations. It was suggested that
we pre-identify the expert volunteers for each shooting station, who could help
train the other volunteer parents.
·
Bryce announced that
the next 2 Troop meetings will be on firearm safety. At the 9/9 Troop meeting,
a Kansas Highway Patrol officer will give a presentation on gun safety, which
will be mechanical in nature. (i.e. gun stances, etc.) The following week on
9/15, the Lake City director of a shooting range, who is also an NRA
instructor, will give a firearm safety presentation at the Troop meeting.
·
Bryce announced that
the James A Reed Wildlife on 9/27 in Lee’s Summit. Bill Haner will ask the
Troop if they want to participate.
Outdoor
Activities – General Update – Herb Strain
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The Trailhead
District Camporee will be on 10/17 to 10/19. The deadline for signing up is
9/29. The theme is 100 years of aviation. Troop 10 has to do a presentation for
the Webelos (i.e. frying donuts, etc.)
Greg Spies and Herb have started recruiting Webelos to attend the
Camporee.
·
The District January
Klondike overnight will be held 1/16 at Snow Creek. There was a discussion on
whether Troop 10 should change their January overnight from the scheduled 1/23
date to 1/16 to be able to go with the District. The Committee voted to keep
our date 1/23 as scheduled and see if the District can change their date to
1/23.
·
The Cosmosphere
overnight will be held 2/21.
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We’re trying to line
up the 12/5 to 12/7 overnight to be at a military base.
Treasurer’s
Report – Chris D’Adamo
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The Troop is in good
shape on the budget. We have a balance of $11,141 in checking.
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The Committee
approved the following plan for the Greenery Sales: The $40 profit from the
first $80 of greenery sales by each Scout goes to the Troop. The profit from
sales over $80 is split between the Troop and the Scout as follows: 75% of the
profit goes to the Scout’s account, 25% of the profit goes to the Troop. Scouts
who don’t participate owe the Troop $40. Scouts who sell less than $80 of
greenery sales owe the Troop the difference between the profit they made and $40.
·
Alan Myers presented
information on the grocery store fundraisers with Price Chopper and Hen House.
Alan asked the Committee if the Troop should hold a contest for the Scout that
signed up the most people. The consensus was that that boys are selling enough
things already for school, etc. and we shouldn’t hold a contest. Alan will plan
for an announcement to be made at the upcoming Court of Honor to promote the
fundraiser and attach the grocery store registration sheets to the Court of
Honor program. He’ll also check to see if Dillons and HyVee offer these
programs.
Bartle
Treasurer Report – Herb Strain
·
There’s $3,587 in
the account, which will be rolled into next year. The cost will be the same for
next year. The lottery will be held 10/15 for the Troops to get slotted for
next year’s Camp Bartle.
Committee
Position Update – Terry Ellis
·
The Troop is looking
for replacements for the following roles: Grub Master, Chaplain, Board of
Review coordinator.
·
Ken Roberson is the
new Charter Organization rep.
Charter
Organization – Stu was not at the meeting to give a report.
Outside
Merit Badge Update – Herb Strain gave the report for Chuck Luchen
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11/30 – Music merit
badge.
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11/15 - KC KS
Community College Merit Badge Conference
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9/27 – Truman
Library. (It’s full.)
Uniform
Exchange – Herb Strain read Mary Brooker’s report.
·
The Committee
approved Mary’s proposal to form a committee to make uniforms available 2 to 3
times a year. Mary will head the committee.
Troop 10
Web Site Email Address Protection –
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There was concern
expressed that the adult leader’s email shown as a hyperlink on the Troop 10
Web site can lead to spam. It was decided that those adults who don’t want
their email to be listed as a hyperlink on the Troop 10 Web site can contact
Herb Strain and request it be changed.
Trailhead
District Roundtable Information – Greg Spies
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We’ll try to get the
Web address for the BSA knots of recognition on the Troop 10 Web site.
Open
Discussion:
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Any Scout who recruits
a new Scout to Troop 10 will get a patch.
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Adult Leader
Training – Herb Strain sent an email listed those adults who needed training.
·
Den Chief training
is 11/1
The
meeting was ended at 8:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Alan
Myers
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