TROOP 433

TROOP COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

August 30, 2004

Note: action items are underlined

Present:  Steve Wiberg, Dave Puskala, Bob Leibel, Steve Lindlof, Scott Betlach, John Yarusso, Kelvin Vartti, Jim Greene, Rich Logan, Paul Hoff, Dennis Lindeke, Linda Christensen

 

PLC Report:

n              Nick Lindeke reported that the PLC planned the next troop meeting.  The meeting will have multiple breakouts to work on advancement requirements followed by a short patrol meeting.  After the troop meeting there will be a short PLC to plan the Troop Court of Honor for Sept. 20.

n              Nick indicated that he would like each Patrol leader have a three-ring binder that will include general notepaper and a copy of the rank advancement for each scout in the patrol.  Rich Logan will supply the three-ring binders.  Bob Libel will supply the current advancements after the next COH.  It was noted that the current advancements are recorded in each Boy Scout book and that they should bring their book to each troop meeting.  Steve Wiberg will get the advancement board out of the troop trailer and Bob Libel will update the advancement board.

 

Roundtable Report: 

Attended by Dave P., Steve W., Rich L. Wyeth Lewis.  Overall it was poorly attended.  Rich noted that there was some discussion about merging the Viking / Indianhead council.    The roundtable is also going electronic.  Site http://roundtable.indianhead.org/ the next roundtable is this Thursday 9/2.

 

Minutes:  Approved

 

Scoutmaster Report: 

 

Outings:

·               Tomahawk

o         Tomahawk went well with the number of scouts and the weather.

o         The mixed patrols worked well, helping the younger scouts to work and learn from the older scouts.

o         The cooking arrangements that were set up due to the weather worked well.  All of the stoves and propane were set up in one covered area.  Next year we should arrange the same setup.

o         An additional table was needed for food prep for Tomahawk and for all campouts.  Steve Lindloff will purchase a white folding table from Sams.

o         There was some extra food at the end of the week because the food plan had three additional scouts that couldn’t make it to camp.

o         Paul Hoff has the partial merit badges that will be given back to the scouts at the COH.  Paul will keep the partial Astronomy merit badges and Kevin Donovan will set up a merit badge date with a counselor from Vadnais Heights.

o         Paul Hoff needs to set up the Tomahawk segments.

·         Brule River

o         Sept 24-26 is late in the season and it may be cold again this year.  We may need to rent wet suits because of the weather - $10 per wetsuit.  $30 per canoe.  If you have ten or more canoes and haul them ourselves we get  $22.50 per day. 

o         Plan on charging $40 per person to cover expenses.

o         Dave P. will get a float pan with some of the camping merit badge scouts.

o         Only two cars per site are allowed at the Bois Brule Campground (Ranger Road south of US 2 in Brule).  Two –> Three tents per site

o         Looking into camping at a different campground, Copper Range Campground (4 miles north of Brule off of CTH H) and change the range of the river to canoe on.

 

Treasurer’s Report: 

·         Tomahawk is the biggest expense of the year and costs ~$8000 this year.

·         Include in this cost is the camping, food, silver pathfinder training and some new equipment.  The equipment included  – 3 double burning stoves $270, Griddle $70, knifes / utensils $140

·         We undercharged ~$10 per scout for food.  Next year we’ll need to account for this in the camping cost.

·         We also had to pay $50 for 5 scouts who signed up late for camp.  Rich Logan mentioned that Webelos scouts should not have to pay late fees.  Next year the Tomahawk signup should have a date that will increase the cost of the camp if the scout signs up late.

·         Meeting our FOS goal allowed us to save $75 in Tomahawk Merit Badges.  Thanks to all for their FOS support.

 

Advancement:

 

Eagle Projects: 

·         Peter Hejny presented his eagle project, which is phase one of many stages to re-open a park in Grant.  He will be putting in a path and benches in this park.   The Committee asked questions about parking, lot lines and maintenance of trails.  It was suggested that the City of Grant spray any chemicals (Round Up) needed for this project.  Scouts would be needed to work on benches, digging holes and moving wood chips to the trails.  Peter is presenting to Grant Planning commission on 8/30/04.  If approved he would like to complete this fall and may present his project to the district at this Thursdays Round Table.

·         Carl Betlach – 9/11-12 Saturday / Sunday – 12:00 – 3:00 both days at Carls House to make benches at the Marsh.  47 Grove Street.  Carl could use saws / tools for building / assembling the bench at his house on Saturday and installing the benches on Sunday.

 

Eagle Board of Reviews: 

 The following Eagle Board of Reviews is at 7:00 pm at the Mahtomedi city hall. 

·         Sept 9 - Chris Kuehn –                   Paul, Scott, Dennis

·         Sept 16 - Alex Bryan –                    Dave, Jim, Dennis

·         Sept 23 - James Lindloff  –           Paul, Scott, Dennis

·         Sept 30 - Henry Puskala (pending paper work approval) –    Paul, Dennis

 

Trip Reports: 

·         The hiking merit badges outing over the summer went well.

·         Silver Path Finder outings at Tomahawk went well.  There were good reports on the boys and staff members. 

 

Troop Court of Honor: 

·         The next troop COH will be 9/20.  The pending eagles should be at the COH to assist.

·         There will be a December COH on 12/20.  Scouts should use this date as a goal for their next rank advancement / merit badges.

 

Equipment:

The dishes in the troop trailer need to get washed thru the dishwasher after the next troop meeting.

 

Training: 

Sept 9 – Wyeth will arrange training for the Troop Committee Challenge.  Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat training will also be scheduled.

 

Newsletter:  

Will be mailed when the fall calendar is finalized.  Tomahawk bill will be included in the newsletter mailings.  Bob Leibel needs to supply more mailing labels for the newsletter.