Troop
10 Committee Meeting
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Meeting 6:00 pm
Blue Hills Country Club
In Attendance: Doug Cochran, Gary
Flick, Jeff Muchow, Charlie Loudon, Tracy Thomas, Julia Day, Greg Spies, Chris
Pfeffer, John McCabe, Bill Gurney, Rob Baker, Ted Fuehr, Scott Brown, John
Martin, Karrin Berkowitz, Jim Cook, Blake Williams, Jim Shetlar, Renee Andrews,
Walt Andrews, Tom Baker, Mike Riley, Ron Wood, Bob Rohlf, Patti Cokingtin,
Garrett Shropshire, Hinrich Staecker, Paul Bertrand,\
1.
Introductions
& Opening Comments - Blake Williams called the meeting to order at 6:00PM
a.
Welcome
and introductions
b.
New
Adult Leadership:
i.
Grubmaster,
Chris Pfeffer
ii.
Chaplains/Religious
Awards - Jeff Muchow
iii.
Eagle
Court assistant, Chuck Luchen
c.
Looking
for the following adult volunteers
i.
Community
Service,
ii.
Recording
Secretary,
iii.
BOR/SMC
Coordinator,
iv.
Quartermaster
Assistant
2.
FOS
– Jeff Muchow
a.
Commitment
Cards distributed
b.
T10
sets the pace for the Trailhead district
c.
Goal
$24,000
3.
Jeff
Muchow recognized William Easley as District School Night for Scouting Chair
for Trailhead District
4.
Leawood
Lions - Gary Flick/Chick Atwell – Report
a.
Pancake
breakfast ticket sales – decided not to compete w/ greenery sales
b.
If
there are scouts who don’t go to campout, they can assist w/ Pancake days.
c.
Parents
are invited to attend while scouts are at campout
d.
Lions
would be willing to hold a separate pancake fundraiser if troop needs
5.
Calendar
and Facilities - Elaine Navickas - No Report
6.
Scoutmaster/PLC
Update - Jim Cook/ Bill Gurney
a.
Bill
Gurney – attempting to make meetings more exciting
i.
Next
meeting – game show format – all the information you need to pass a Scoutmaster
Conference
b.
Jim
Cook
i.
Ted
Fuehr – has taken over attendance at Monday meetings
1.
Challenge
is that scouts are all over the place
2.
After
opening, Bill Gurney will announce it is time for attendance
3.
Shut
down all tables during Flag ceremony and attendance
7.
Outdoor
Activities (Camping/Grubmaster) - Scott Brown/Bill Gurney/Chris Pfeffer
a.
Sept 24-26, Centennial Campout
i.
+11,000 Scouts expected
ii.
T10
1.
92 scouts
2.
48 adults
3.
Total of 140
iii.
Location
is not at Naish – new location north of Naish near Sandstone
iv.
Only
have 48 parking passes – will need to carpool
v.
No
access by personal vehicles – only by shuttle
vi.
Our
campsite is called “Johnson”
vii.
No
room for equipment except backpacks –
tents will taken out early
viii.
Troop
Truck will not be going
ix.
No
Room for dinning fly
x.
Tents
will be transferred out to site ahead of time
xi.
We’re
not cooking – but will have cracker barrel Friday Night
b.
Oct 15-17,
Venture Crew Recruiting/Webelos/Shooter Safety, Illig Farm
i.
Need
to set budget for campout
ii.
Scott
recommended one fee for all adults and it was approved
iii.
Cub
Scouts and 1st year Boy Scouts will join venture crew Saturday
c.
Nov 12-14,
Feast
i.
Location
set at camp Ernst
ii.
Need
to procure a couple of picnic tables
d.
Dec 3-5,
Campout – Landau Park – Blue Springs
8.
Equipment
Coordinator - Chuck Gibson
a.
Locker
cleanout / tent inventory / truck loading occurred yesterday
b.
Lane
Christiansen has volunteered to manage the tents
c.
Tents
will be picked up after the centennial campout and distributed to patrols prior
to October campout
d.
58
tents
e.
21
tents possibly missing w/ no trace
9.
Membership
- Renee Andrews - Recruiting update
a.
Webelos
meet the Troop Nights
i.
Sept 16, Atonement Lutheran Church (9948
Metcalf), 7 pm
ii.
Sept 21,
COR, Room 220, 7 pm
iii.
Rob
Baker and Jim Thomas to assist w/ displays
iv.
We
have a big group coming in from Mission Trails
b.
Discussion
about Troop Ambassadors – scouts willing to get in with the Webelos and recruit
10.
Advancement
- Julia Day
a.
Activity
Credit
b.
Scout
thru Life - Julia Day
i.
Update
on transition - complete
ii.
Court
of Honor, Monday 9/13
iii.
Merit Badge
Sign offs
iv.
Partial
MB completions
v.
Missing
merit badge / special award Signoffs
vi.
Verbal
sign-offs are a problem
1.
Julia
created a new form to substantiate that a merit badge or special award has been
completed
c.
Eagle
Candidates - Tracy Thomas
i.
November
Court cut-off – 9/22
ii.
Fall
Court – November - Tracy Thomas/Bob Rohlf
1.
3
scouts confirmed
2.
9
additional potential candidates
iii.
Potentially
3 scouts bumping up against 18 birthday
11.
Scout
Leadership - Bob Rohlf
a.
All
patrol leadership positions are filled
b.
Troop
leadership positions are open
i.
2
troop quartermasters
ii.
2
buglers are being recruited
iii.
3
den chiefs
iv.
4
religious instructors
v.
13
instructors
vi.
2
librarians
vii.
12
scouts without positions
1.
7
need a job for rank advancement
12.
Finance
- John Martin
a.
Treasurer's
report
i.
$12K
cash
ii.
$3K
accounts receivables
iii.
Largest
Past Due receivable has contacted us for $700
iv.
1st
installment for Philmont due in Sept.
b.
Pancake breakfast ticket sales a fund raising opportunity-
Karrin Berkowitz
13.
Honor
Programs
a.
O/A
- Rob Baker
i.
OATR
– Max Rolf
ii.
Assistants:
1.
Day
2.
Parkins
3.
Marks
iii.
Sign
up for C-Team will be at upcoming meeting
b.
Mic-O-Say
- Jim Wasko/Greg Spies – no report
14.
Community Service
Projects
a.
Highway
clean-up, October 2 - Jim Leeper
b.
Eagle
Core – Jim Shetlar
i.
Looking
for Adult volunteer to act as advisors to program
15.
Adult
Training
a.
Report
- Scott Bower - Troop in good position – 76% trained but
still room for improvement
16.
Greenery
Sales – Karrin Berkowitz
a.
LY –
$8,733 4.3% inc.
b.
4
scouts did total buyout of $50 LY
c.
99
scouts did some sale w/ some buyout
d.
Move
to leave buyout as same as last year
e.
Voice
vote approved leaving buyout at @ $60 for no sales and $50 for those who sell
17.
New
Business/Open Discussion – All
a.
Discussion
regarding definition of “Troop Activity”
i.
There
have been inquiries about what counts as an activity
ii.
Only
time activities count is for 2nd and 1st class
advancement
1.
Community
service didn’t count as an activity
iii.
Blake
Williams passed out a definition of an “activity” that is currently on the
website
iv.
Blake
to propose additional language on definition of “Activity Credit” for future
Committee consideration
b.
Mark
Boresow Award Fund – letter went out to troop
c.
Chuck
Gibson – Junior Achievement League of KC – need a color guard at Downtown
Marriott – stay for dinner – Thursday 18th of November before Fall
Feast
Blake
Williams adjourned meeting at 8:13PM