TROOP 433

TROOP COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

December 6, 2004

Note: action items are underlined

Present:  ,  Dennis Lindeke, , Jim Greene, Paul Hoff, Scott Betlach, Kelvin Vartti, Linda Christensen, Mike Checky, Steve Lindlof, John Yarusso, Bob Libel

 

                  PLC Report:  Nick Lindeke reported on the upcoming meetings::

            12/17 – Bullmoose flags.  – Communication merit badge (Paul Hoff),  Family Life (Mary Hoff), Personal Management (Dick Bartlett).  Game – Four Corners (by Kyle Wiberg).   Paul Hoff will do an announcement for FOS.

            12/20 – Court of Honor (planning is complete)

            1/24/05 – Presentation on High Adventure opportunities.  Guest speaker is Richard Shank.

 

n        Roundtable Report:   (Dennis)

o         Combined the Klondike derby / Manitou Ice fishing together on Feb 5.

o         Re-charter is online this year (subcommittee will meet to re-charter).

o         March there will be leadership training.

o         Breakout talked about the high adventure outing.  We’d need to get the kids fired up about these opportunities.

o         IMAX scout special – Troop or Den can go watch a movie for $8.

o         District Dinner is April 28.  – Troop will acknowledge 2004 / 2005 eagle scouts so we have a number of Eagles.

 

Newsletter

o         Next newsletter will be in December.

 

December / January Good Turn

o         Linda called City hall but there was no return call yet.

 

Calendar

 

Minutes:  Approved

 

Scoutmaster Report: 

 

Outings / Trip Reports:

n        Astronomy merit badge - Was canceled again due to cloudy weather.  Councilor is tied up, so boys would have to finish this out on their own if they want to finish this before the COH.

n        Orienteering Outing – Two outings were made.

n        Fred C. Anderson – Dec 11-12, Shelter 3 – Cost $50 to reserve the shelter - plus $1.50 per person to cover taxes / insurance. 

·         Fred C. Anderson roster is in.  (Jim needs to know who will be the leader for this weekend).  – Will be working on Second Class and First Class.  Leave at 6:30 Friday, Return Sunday at 11.  – Webelo’s would need to have a time to arrive and a time to leave.  (Sat. 10 am to 3pm). 

n        Future Outings – Possible a Cope outing at camp Philips in WI (~10 miles from Tomahawk) for the older scouts in place of Tomahawk.  Other possible outings include - High adventure outing out of Lake Superior, Isle Royal, Sea Base, Porcupine Mountains, Boundary Waters, Canadian Trip, Medicine Mountain (SD).  Dennis contacted Philps for more information.

n        Okpik  -- Feb 19-21.  Leave Friday morning – Check in on Friday Night.  Cost ~$90 per scout.  – Jim reserved for 12 people, 6 cabin stay, 6 on the tundra.  Jim will hand out Okpik information at an upcoming meeting.  (Two crews, one crew per six people).

n        January Outing:  There was some discussion about having a camping outing in January.  We could also use this outing as a merit badge outing.  Possibly could camp at Sterns camp at the Viking council, Pilipino is booked already.  Possible merit badges are communications, citizenship or personal management.

n        March Outing:  Junior Leader training outing.  (Scouts in leadership positions).

n        Ski Outing:  Trollhaugen for the ski merit badge and possible Sprit Mountain.

n        Jan / Feb:  Paul Evenson is planning a shooting weekend.

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Pancake Breakfast:

n        ~257 served, ~$800 profit for the church.  Good helpers.  Good planning by the boys that participated.  (Mary complained that the kitchen had dirty pots – but they must have been left by the soup because the kitchen was clean when we left.  For the next Pancake Breakfast we need to take a picture of the kitchen when were done.).  An acknowledgement will be given to the boys that helped with the planning.  (Isak, Ben, Dan, Kyle)

-- $40 for eggs / $35 for toast – Dennis may be able to get French toast.

 

 

Treasurer’s Report:

$2617 in account last month.  Re-charting will be coming up, but most of that will be coming back with re-charter fees.

 

FOS:  Goal this year is $3400->$3600.  Paul will be picking up the packet this week.  He will check with the District FOS to determine is it is a good idea to combine the newsletter with the FOS letter. 

 

Advancement:

n        Next week there will be Boards of Review next Monday.  (12/13).

 

Eagle Projects: 

n        Mike S. is planning an eagle project for boot storage at St. Judes Ark.

 

Troop Court of Honor: 

n        Dec 20 will be the next Troop Court of Honor.

 

Eagle Court of Honor:

 

Additional Merit Badge Dates:

District Merit Badge Days ??

 

Equipment:

 

Training:  Silver Pathfinder training leadership will be $199 for participants and $99 for trainers.  The lions club may be able to provide a scholarship for the training.  Dennis will draft a letter to present to the Lions club.  The legion may also be able to help.

 

 

New Business:  

 

Fundraiser  (More discussion next meeting):

Discussion was made for different fundraising activities.  The cub scouts have been fundraising to help cover their camping costs.  There are different fund raisers, like delivering phone books, popcorn sales, stuffing flyers into papers, bagging at Festival.