TROOP 494 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
3. Scoutmaster Report Jim Letourneau - High Adventure: In a few more
weeks we should have a decision about campsite reservations for Isle Royale. SeaBase reservations have changed slightly
after lottery results received. We now
have 4 sailing crews and 1 Out Island crew reserved. Scuba was not available, but we are on a waiting
list for 3 dates in August. To try to
accommodate this, two more sailing crews were added which are now reserved for 8th-9th
x 2 crews and 8th-11th x 2 crews. The Out
Island is currently reserved for 1 week later (8/15), and our name was put on a
waiting list for the same week as sailing to try to get some overlap of crews. We will have to be patient to see if things
change. - Camping store - Jeff Abel -He will
get over to the Army Surplus and see what they have. He may have enough in stock currently for
cross over gifts. -Many Waters Merit Badge weekend is
April 5-6, offering 22 merit badges at Fred C. for its 30th
Anniversary. Marc will put out a sign-up sheet to see how
many Scouts are interested.
It was decided to not try to get an
opportunity to do a fundraiser in May at the compost yard; we’ll wait for fall
instead. He has not had success yet in
reaching the coordinator to finalize dates. - Flowers Michele Willard: Ryan reported
that Michele was not going to offer the gift cards this year. - Electronic orders process – Roger reported Tim is working on the new online order process and reviewed the new process.
7. Community Service Committee John
Mercier - Scouting for Food is 5/4. - Insurance on troop trailers – Ken
now has a name at the Rotary to talk to about the insurance. - Troop capital campaign update: Roger reports that we are at 61% of our goal at $5,500. The go-ahead was given to start looking for a new trailer. We are waiting to hear from 5 more civic organizations. We may have to think about the next phase for raising the amounts that may be remaining. We have brainstormed other possibilities that would not take away from the boys. - Fleece jacket idea- Deb Clarke: She got a sample from Hisdahls with a quote for ¼ zip jacket for $22.50 with logo, $3-5 for name additional, plus an overall $50 digitizing fee. Committee members liked the color orange with black piping. Discussed pros and cons of making it optional vs. part of our mandatory uniform. Decided to make it optional, but strongly encouraged. Will try to start to get sizes at next weeks meeting.
- Question if there were any ways to better the sound dynamics in the church for meetings. The committee gave ideas how to improve it including changing layout, using chairs only, standing more, using a half circle format. Feedback will be given to the SPLC to take these things into consideration.
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