Minutes

Troop 10 Committee Meeting

September 09, 2007

Blue Hills Country Club

Members Present

Ahart Thomas, Baker Tom, Ball Doug, Bower Scott, Caffrey Rich, Cokingtin Quintin, Contag David, Easley William, Flanagan Michael, Flanagan Susan, Fuehr Ted, Gibson Chuck, Haner Bill, Holmes Roger, Holt Denise, Key, BobKimminau Leroy, Koziol Barbara, Luchen Chuck, Martin John, McCabe John, Muchow Jeff, Navickas Jim, O'Farrell Kevin, Reynolds Brent, Rohleder Steve, Rose Brian, Shetlar Jim, Spies Greg, Wasko Jim, Weaver Scott, Wheeler Rob, Williams Blake, Wilson Donna, Wood Ron

Jeff Muchow called the meeting to order at 6:00pm

Meeting Chair Jeff Muchow

Jeff talked about several adult leadership position that are still open. The two most critical right now are the Eagle Advisor, with Clarence Krantz ready to step down, but needing someone to train for the position, and Mic-O-Say advisor now that both Greg Spies and Blake Williams have new positions that will take their time.

Scoutmaster Update Greg Spies

We have a new SPL, Thomas Ahart, who was in attendance at the committee meeting. Greg’s comment was that Thomas will be taking a much more active role in running the troop meetings and campouts, with the assistance of the ASPLs, including such issues as determining color team campsite locations ahead of time so early arrivers know where to set up tents, planning troop meetings, and providing feedback to the adult leaders

Advancement Brent Reynolds

Attendance records are also set up on TroopMaster for Mustangs in the correct patrols. For the locker cleanout we were very weak in attendance by QMs. There was some confusion about which QMs should have attended since this was before the new QMs really took their position, but many had already transitioned the equipment. Need to consider that next year with locker cleanout to better fit the leadership transition.

Clarence Krantz

2 boys are due this month for Eagle Boards. That will make around 12 boys at the next Eagle Court. Eagle Court is Nov. 18^th, and cutoff is Sep. 26^th.

Treasurer Report Kevin O’farrell\

Kevin has put together a recap of the year’s income and spending, along with percentages on where income was created and where money was spent. The numbers for the year were a bit skewed due to the purchase of the new troop truck, but the year analysis is available for anyone interested in looking. There is a surplus in the troop account, and a question was asked about whether we should forego charging for camping this year. Also questions on setting up a scholarship account for Bartle or Philmont. As for the costs for Philmont, there may be a small refund for those participants.

Outdoor Activities Tom Baker

flyers are on the website for Sep. and Oct. Registration for Camporee is the 20^th, just for raw numbers. Campouts are only 2 weeks apart, which may be an issue for some. The bicycle campout will be a bit different in that we’ll need to load bikes on Friday night. Just for awareness, there are several camping merit badge requirements that can be earned on this campout, including a conservation project later Saturday afternoon.

Question – what is the policy on guests on campouts? BSA says you can visit for 1 overnight campout before you join the troop. Must either have a parent present or a class 1 form. For the bicycle campout they still need trail volunteers

Grub Master Tammy Key and John McCabe

Picnic was excellent thanks to David Corley’s effort. The upcoming Camporee menu for the troop to prepare will be something from Brazil. Tammy Key and John McCabe will be working on something for that, perhaps something that can be done on a grill. If anyone has any ideas they can send them to John. They continue to work on finding and recruiting additional grubmaster team members.

Greenery Fundraising Alan Myers

Equipment Coordinator Chuck Gibson

Membership Greg Spies

Webelos Night will be held on November 27. We need volunteers and another slide show for the event. We need to contact Packs that are not coming to Camporee and encourage them to attend. Greg wants to get more Webelos to crossover early because of the re-charter changes. Rules are strict when they can come enter the troop however.

Friends of scouting status - Greg requested that we increase donations because we are low. The Troop 10 target is $13,000 and we are currently at $2,900.

Honor Camping O/A Dave Contag - O/A

Recruiting for C-team. They will do a demonstration crossover at the Dec. Roundtable. Mic-O-Say, lots of advancements this year at Bartle. There will be a Mic-O-Say rep at roundtable in Dec. also.

Greg Spies/Blake Williams - Mic-O-Say

Need to check attendance to be sure they meet Mic-O-Say

Adult Training

lots of training available on websites. For job specific training use several sites as options, including Northern Tier as well as Trailhead. November Roundtable will have several required training opportunities, including Fast Start, Youth Protection. If you haven’t done YP in a while it might be a good opportunity to update it. Scott Bower is working on updating and putting together a matrix on leader training profiles and what each person has done. Nov. 3 is scouting university with courses in multiple areas..

Community Service Deb Dellinger

Lions Club has a service project as a Pancake Breakfast on Oct. 19-20^th. Boys can sell tickets for service hours. Also the Lions do elderly lawn work, including trimming, mowing, cleanup that scouts could do for service hours also. We will look for bell-ringers for Salvation Army this year also.

District Round Table Scott Bowers

Scott Bowers is now the new district roundtable chair. October Roundtable will be Dutch oven cooking. Also planning right now for new year’s Roundtables so anyone with ideas needs to let Scott know. One example would be for best practice sharing on campouts. Outstanding leadership award nominations are out.

Leadership

For Camporee, working on membership and OA ceremony. Need assistance on organization someone to greet them. Plan to have a scout assigned to each Cub Pack, along with an adult, or possibly 2 for each pack. Denise will coordinate volunteers. New recruiting effort will be announce on bringing a friend to a scout meeting. If the friend joins scouts, there will be free tickets to a Wizards game.

New Business:

Rotary sponsorship – Leawood Rotary is declining to continue their sponsorship of Troop 10. Lions are very interested. Blake Williams and Jeff Muchow will be working with the Lions to determine if we have a good fit there. The philosophies of the two groups are probably a better fit than the Rotary right now. We would need a Charter Org. Rep, and Ken Roberson would be willing to join Lions to do that for the troop.

Thomas Ahart – SPL moment – the Coleman stoves are causing a lot of concern from the scouts and need to be addressed. Would be willing to work with the adult group and his ASPLs to come up with recommendations. The concern with the Pratt and Whitney is that they are way too dangerous to cook on. Too many failure/leakage opportunities. There was a motion to allow Chuck Gibson to work with the team to go ahead and purchase some equipment for evaluation. Last Camporee the Apple Cider Press was a hit. Do we want to do it again? Also, perhaps the Philmont slide shows.

Equipment – we still have 19 tent numbers missing from last year.

The district is up 15% in cub scouts, much thanks to the Troop 10 speakers at the schools and cub packs.

Jeff Muchow adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Robert J. Key, Secretary

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