ATTENDEES

PRELIMINARIES

1. October campout
• Date: Oct 27-29, 2000
• Planning report was presented at last meeting. Campout preparations are all proceeding as planned.
2. November campout (Matt Scott)
• Date: Nov 10-12, 2000
• Location: Lake Ray Roberts State Park
• Theme: mountain biking
• Cost: $14 (estimated) plus grub money
3. Winter Camp
• Dan Lassiter volunteered to coordinate, if no other volunteer steps forward.
• Any adults who are willing to attend camp should contact Dan. Camp will not happen without adult participation.
• Registration and fees are due December 1.
4. Summer Camp
• Troop will put down a $10 deposit for 50 scouts for summer camp 2001 at Camp Constantin. Pat Thompson volunteered to get this to Council before the Nov 10 due date.
• Any adults who are willing to attend camp should contact Mark Steger.
5. Philmont (Pat Kelly)
• Reservations for 2002 will be accepted October 28. Mark Steger will solicit volunteers to make calls, possibly in partnership with Troop 777.
6. Seabase (Ellen Steger)
• Three boats are reserved for summer 2001, with 50% deposits received from all crew.
7. PLC (CJ Carter)
• No PLC was scheduled since the last troop committee meeting.
8. Financial Report (Pat Thompson)
• September financial summary was distributed.
• 2-month income was $6,066. Expenses were $2,423. Variance from budget is a surplus of $436.
9. Eagle Scout Report (Lou Hocker)
• Aaron Whitaker completed his board of review.
• Jason Kizzia's project (bike rodeo) went off on schedule.
• Matt Lassiter and John Mowrey are actively planning projects.
10. Calendar (Bonnie Branch)
• No changes
11. Membership/Position changes
• Bill Scott succeeded George Kerr as adult Quartermaster. The troop thanks George for all his contributions in this position and thanks Bill for taking it over.
• A successor to Bill Scout as "funmaster" is needed. This adult will coordinate games and other patrol competitions at regular Monday troop meetings.
• Volunteers for Pack liaisons were received at May Court of Honor, as well as several other positions. Mark will begin to contact these volunteers to fill positions. Pat Thompson will contact a volunteer to succeed him as Treasurer.
• The Scoutmaster Selection Subcommittee chaired by Craig Cox reports no decisions have been made, but it plans another meeting this week.
• More participation from all parents is needed.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Oak Leaf Training
• Four Troop 81 scouts, all second year scouts from the Lightning Patrol, completed this leadership training.

FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS

1. Next Troop Committee meeting will be November 15 in Yale Elementary Library