BSA Troop 81
Troop Committee Meeting Minutes
February 17, 1999
ATTENDEES
Adults: Craig Cox, Bonnie Branch, Pat Thompson, Mark Steger, Lou Hocker,
John Floyd, Greg Etheridge, Bill Scott
Scouts: None
Meeting conducted by: Craig Cox
Minutes recorded by: Mark Steger
PRELIMINARIES
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Eagle Scout Report (Lou Hocker)
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Brent Johnston passed his Eagle board of review.
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Matt Myres completed his Eagle project on Feb 13. Report is being written.
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James Hocker has his Eagle board of review scheduled for Feb 26.
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Daniel Pippenger will be scheduling his Scoutmaster conference to be held
in a couple weeks.
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Matt Smith is completing his paperwork.
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Lou is working on guides to content and style for project plans and reports
to help scouts.
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Financial Report (Pat Thompson)
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January Financial Summary distributed.
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Through six months, the troop is over budget by $1244, but the troop has
about $1100 of collections outstanding, so overall troop financials are
still in good shape.
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Motion: Accept financial report. Motion passed.
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Family Camp (Craig Cox)
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38 Scouts, 66 others will attend. 44 adults, 60 children.
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Additional adult leadership and involvement in the troop is needed. Family
Camp is an opportunity for new leadership to volunteer.
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Adult Leadership (John Floyd)
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John is assembling the list of merit badge counselors for submission to
Council.
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Scoutmasters' Fundamentals class is underway. Whether troop has anyone
enrolled is unknown.
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Need to prepare for new adult orientation on Apr 5.
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Need to solicit an adult coordinator for Sea Base 2000.
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January Roundtable (Greg Etheridge)
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Camporee pre-registration closes March 16.
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Camporee will be at Camp Grayson, March 26-28.
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Six Troop 81 OA members will be staffing Camporee.
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Theme is "Be Prepared - Spirit of George Washington".
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Webelos invitations will be distributed to Pack contacts. Webelos will
be asked to pay for campout ($8).
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American Red Cross is offering a CPR class Feb 27 at Eastfield Community
College in Mesquite.
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Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels is planning a scout activity in May/June
timeframe (to be referred to PLC)
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Two Wood Badge Clinics are planned: Philmont (June 12-19), and Camp Grayson
(October)
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Merit Badge Program (Bonnie Branch) - no report
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Input for Newsletter (Greg Etheridge) - no report
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Input for Web Page (Mark Steger) - no report
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Membership/Position changes (Craig Cox) - no report
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Ideas to suggest to PLC for calendar planning
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Plan for 3 day campout over Presidents Day in February (or other 3 day
weekend)
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Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas)
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Fishing Derby
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Beavers Bend (southeast Oklahoma)
OLD BUSINESS
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Troop Trailer Painting (George Kerr) - no report
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Fund Raiser for Richland Bible Fellowship - no report
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Medication policy for campouts (Larry Herrin) - no report
NEW BUSINESS
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Nothing to report
FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS
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Nothing to report