Minutes – Troop 105 Committee Meeting – 9/13/07

ROUND TABLE

David read a letter of thanks for the conservation work at Spring Camporee.

Handout regarding scouting on the Lehigh River.

Review of the upcoming training calendar.

• 10/11 – NLT & YPT
• 10/27 – OLS

The Friends of Scouting Auction is on Sunday 12/2.

Den Chief Training – Seven Rivers on 10/27 – 8:30 AM until 1:00 PM.

100^th anniversary Logo Contest

• Everyone submitting a logo will receive a patch
• A possible Troop 105 meeting activity for those interested

YLT – NEEDS TO BE RENEWED EVERY 3 YEARS!!!

Fall Camporee – 10/19 Windblown in New Ipswich, NH

• $12 for the weekend / $8 for a night

Scoutmaster 1, 2, & 3 Training – North River Church - 10/18, 11/1, and 11/15 – 7:00 PM

SCOUTMASTER

SPL Council Meeting with Matt, Jacob, and Brad

• Planned the troop meetings for 9/18 and 9/25
• Troop meeting schedules are posted on the Website

Discussion regarding Troop Meeting schedule to best accommodate everyone.

• Alternative months, i.e., Mon. for Oct., Tues. for Nov, Mon. for Dec., etc.
• Janet to contact the school for availability and flexibility
• Present options to parents at Open House

Patrols were formed at the last Troop Meeting.

• SPL / ASPL Patrol

• Venture Patrol – Teddy C. as PL
• Pheasants – Andrew A. as PL
• Dragons – Chris M. as PL

TREASURER

Ellen presented the budget with limited money available to the troop. Some bottle money is yet to be turned in. Fundraising will need to be a priority.

ADVANCEMENT

Free Badge Program – Rank advancement is free when reregistered through Council.

QUARTERMASTER

Need to identify a Troop Quartermaster and one from each Patrol as well.

EAGLE ADVISOR

Ricky’s ceremony went well and will have an article in the paper.

Janet to sit with the boys to keep them all moving in their projects/paperwork.

Brad has completed his project at St. Theclas and working on his paperwork. Brad will schedule an open house at some point.

Discussed some potential places to ask about future eagle projects.

BOTTLE BIN

Lisa Z. will continue for now.

Boys should be signing up for 3 weeks each year.

Committee discussed how to address families that may not be participating in the bottle bin fundraising. The troop will not be responsible for contributing money to the scout for events if they are not signing up for the bottle bin. Discussed charging families $93 / week if they do not sign up. This is the average money brought in per week for the bottle bin this past year. That money will go to the troop and none of the money will go into the scout account. Another family will need to complete that week for the family that doesn’t.

POPCORN

Laurie to place order ASAP.

Discussed the troop participating in booth sales and regular sales.

David to coordinate the locations and dates of booth sales.

NEW BUSINESS

The troop would like to update all training records. This will help towards the Centennial Award in October.

Janet will check on the proposed Troop meeting schedule with the North Pembroke Elementary School office. The Grange will be an alternative site, if needed.

Open House @ 7:00 PM. We need greeters; need to set up a sign-up table for scouts and adults; will be showing video clips of past events; and scouts will be demonstrating  axe yard and fire building stations during the open house to work on their skills for Weeblos Weekend.

Flyers will be made regarding the Grange Auction on 9/29. Donations of good working items can be made.

Discussed purchasing EZ-Ups for the Troop. Jeff will continue to price in coming weeks.

There is an End of Summer article in the Mariner.

Discussed Officer Morgan possibly running a Drug Awareness Program for the Troop.

Stephanie will create a Group Room on the Clark website for displaying troop pictures. This is available for organizations to put our website on their network and have an approved list of people put photos on this secured site.

MUMS for sale at Ken Breen’s house – 1 for $6; 4 for $20. Unsold plants will be available the day of the auction.

Troop 105 may work at the Grange on 9/19.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul Allen