1.
Minutes approved from prior committee meeting.
- Johnny
DeMay presented his Eagle project. The
project will be the construction of a walking bridge in the nature area
behind Century College’s West Campus in White Bear Lake.
The site is 100 feet from paved path.
Century has a vehicle to haul the materials to the site. The project
will commence in Spring 2008. 100% of the funding will be provided by
Century College.
The project was approved by the
Committee with two revisions:
- add sawhorses
to the Equipment needed
- identify or
remove the 2’ dimension on page B-1.
- Tom
and Joe Markham provided an update on Tomahawk meds.
A waiver cannot be used to circumvent Wisconsin state law.
Becky motioned to form a sub-committee to address this issue. Joe Markham will chair the sub-committee.
- The
St. Mary’s music room is an interim location until we find a permanent
one. Tom is going to talk with Christ the King about meeting at the
location. Becky indicated
Eaglebrook does charge for their meeting rooms. Podvin Park was suggested as a location.
Tom provided a copy of the letter
he will send to St. John the Wilderness with final payment.
Troop 494 will continue to clean up the cemetery.
- Camping
Report from Tom.
- Thank
you to all the adults who helped out with the lock-in.
- Philmont
is August 2009. A
presentation will be available in early January. Sixteen Scouts and eight
adults can go. Scouts and
adults will need to train for the trip. A $50 deposit per participant is
due in January 2008. Scout
must have completed the eighth grade and be 13 years old to attend.
Estimated cost per person is $1100-$1300.
Please talk with Tom if you have any questions.
- Discussed
potential High Adventure ideas for 2008.
Sea Base or Isle Royal. If
Sea Base then alternative fund-raising will be needed to help offset the
cost. The first and second
years cannot attend high adventure camps in 2008. The Triple Crown can be
earned by attending SeaBase, Philmont and Northern Tier.
- January
is the Eagle Cave campout.
- February
camping will be dog sledding or winter survival camping.
More information to come.
- March
is unit planning.
- Basic
skills will be held at Fred C in April.
- Tomahawk
is July 19-26.
- Sara
Solberg mentioned the possibility of DuNord camping in the spring.
She will check on the details and provide information to Tom.
- Advancement Update.
- Christy
provided details of current Scout ranks:
i.
Three Scout
ii.
Eight Tenderfoot
iii.
Five Second Class
iv.
Eight First Class
v.
Eight Star
vi.
Nine Life
vii.
Three Eagle
- Next
Court of Honor is January 22. It
will be pot luck so please sign up at the next Troop meeting for something
to bring.
- Becky
and Christy are working on offering Eagle merit badges. Currently offering
Communications, Personal Management will begin in January and then
Personal Fitness will be offered in April. Looking for ideas on additional merit badge the Scouts
would like to earn.
- Becky
will be contacting the District to find a trainer for merit badge
counselors.
- A
parent requested dates for rank advancement training for the Scouts.
Information will be provided at a Troop Meeting.
- Rick
provided a Quartermaster update. He
recommends getting graduation dates on the calendar soon if you need Troop
equipment.
- Ken
will provide an update to Scout bucks and a 2008 budget in the next few
weeks. If we charge $25 dues then will be $2000 short for the
year but with reserves should be ok.
Bill Johnson recommended checking
with employers for matching contributions and funding.
- Fundraisers:
- Scout
firewood is terminated for lack of facility to assemble product.
Before continuing with this fundraiser it was recommended we find
possible sale locations/opportunities.
Wood is still available if a location is found.
- Chuck
will supply wreath sale totals soon.
- Popcorn
sales totaled $3,011 this year and boys earned 40%.
Sales were better than last year.
- Fundraising
ideas?
i.
Bagging groceries – need to schedule in advance.
ii.
Herberger’s community day sale books.
$5 per book.
iii.
Culver’s – wait tables for a night. Scouts take home 10% of profit for the night.
iv.
Set up and take down Scout canopies for a donation.
v.
Outback Steak House $10 coupon book sale – Mr. Sanville
vi.
Car wash at the fire station – Mrs. Rausch
- Community
Service:
- Discussed
going to Feed My Starving Children on a Tuesday evening in place of a
Troop meeting.
- Serve
at St. John’s out to lunch program, once per month.
- Mrs.
Rausch suggested contacting the Rotary for ideas in the community.
She recommends a large percentage of our service should be in the
community and a smaller portion outside our area.
- Joe
Markham spoke about Friends of Scouting and will be presenting more
information at the January Court of Honor. Troop will continue to receive free rank advancement if
achieve our goals. Please check
employers for matching contributions.
- Insurance
on Troop trailers would covers theft or damage of the trailer and its
contents. If the trailer is
hooked up to a vehicle, then individual car insurance would cover the
damage. All in favor of trailer
insurance for $100 per year.
Bill Johnson mentioned potential issues when they tried to insure the
trailers six years ago. Tom
will talk with the Rotary and get more details.
- The
revision to the troop guidelines on personal gear loaned to the Troop needs
to be a little more generic. It
was suggested the word ‘camping’ be removed from the first sentence of
the revised paragraph.
- Troop
Committee Chair job description revision was approved.
- Troop
Treasurer job description revision was questioned.
Suggested wording:
‘Audits and approves the
purchase of goods sold for a fundraiser before contacting the vendor’.
Do petty cash items need to be
approved? If so, what value?
The dinner was a success…let’s do it again next
year!!!!! |