ATTENDEES

PRELIMINARIES

1. Summer Camp (Craig Cox)
• Signup is Monday, May 24 at 7 pm at RBFC. Money is due at signup.
• Summer camp schedule will make it hard this year for first year scouts to get either first aid or swimming merit badges at camp. Dan Lassiter will plan for the troop to offer swimming merit badge either before summer camp or as a separate troop program at swimming.
2. Eagle Scout Report (Lou Hocker)
• James Hocker and Matthew Smith will have a joint Eagle ceremony on June 13 at 2 pm.
3. Financial Report (Pat Thompson)
• April financial summary was distributed.
• We are currently a little within budget. But forecast is still for a deficit of ~$500-1000 for the year.
4. Roundtable - no report
5. PLC (Jirah Cox)
• PLC is investigating going out of state, to Arkansas, for summer camp 2000. A decision is needed before summer camp this year, when next year's reservations for Constantin are due.
6. Merit Badge Program (Pat Thompson)
• National BSA has changed the requirements for Personal Fitness. New requirement is to show improvement rather than attain an absolute level. Impact on scouts who are in the middle of this merit badge is not clear at this time.
7. SeaBase
• Three boats for this summer are full. Direct questions to Dan Lassiter.
• Troop is on the waiting list for 2000. There is enough interest for one boat, possibly two. Direct questions to Ellen Steger.
8. Input for Newsletter - no report
9. Input for Web Page (Mark Steger) - no report
10. Membership/Position changes (Craig Cox)
• Craig Cox proposed reorganization of the scout leadership positions. There are two ASPLs, one for camping, one for meetings. Half of the scout leadership positions will report to one ASPL; the other half to the other ASPL. A suggestion was made to have another ASPL (or name a senior Troop Guide), to whom all the troop guides will report. An adult mentor will be named for each scout leadership position, who will sign off on time and quality of service. Dan suggested beefing up the librarian position. Craig expressed concern that the newsletter scribe position is currently inactive. All agreed that the troop quartermaster position is very demanding, and more adult mentoring may be needed to address the growing problem of tents getting mixed up and equipment lost.
• Craig asked Richard Carter (representing Pat Kelly)  to form a subcommittee to consider this proposal, address the concerns raised, and make a recommendation to the troop committee at the June meeting.
• Troop Committee needs to fill adult mentoring positions and to train the mentors. Lou suggested the troop schedule a workshop this summer.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Troop Trailer Painting - no report
2. Golf Tournament Fund Raising - no report

NEW BUSINESS

1. Nothing to report

FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS

1. Next Troop Committee meeting will be June 30 at RBFC.
2. The weekend of Oct 2, Circle Ten will offer certification in many areas in one place. Reserve that time.
3. How to handle scout account balances when Scouts leave the troop.