Troop 433 Committee Meeting – June 25, 2007

This committee meeting was primarily focused around ideas for strengthening the troop – taking us from good to better. Some of the comments/questions:

- Need to improve scout participation and attendance

- Need to improve the link of the troop with the pack

- How do we strengthen our community service?

- Need to improve retention

- How do we document and communicate troop history and heritage?

We had a good discussion of ideas for improvement. Some of the key areas of focus that we decided to pursue:

1) Troop/ Pack Relationship

a. Assign an adult committee member to be the pack liaison

b. Strengthen our den chief program. Have a den chief assigned to each webelos den.

2) Improve scout participation, attendance, and retention

a. Focus on improving patrol participation by assigning 1 or 2 adult “mentors” to each patrol. Scouts will run the patrol but mentors will monitor patrol activity and keep them on track. Mentors will also track progress of scouts within the patrol and also provide a patrol update at the committee meeting

b. Update the rank advancement board

c. Update the merit badge counselor list for the troop

d. Hold a parent meeting at the beginning of each scout year for parents to meet each other, learn about the troop’s plan for the year, and understand how our troop works and the importance of participation.

e. Provide and encourage training for adult leaders – set up a strong adult training program as part of the annual plan. Get an update from Wyeth on training status for all adult leaders.

3) Troop History

a. Will strongly encourage the troop to fill the Historian position and assign an ASM to mentor this position

4) Community Service

a. Assign an ASM to monitor and plan service

b. Make community service part of the annual plan

A subcommittee will be formed to implement these changes and will meet in August after Tomahawk. The following people have volunteered so far to be part of the committee:

Linda C.

Paul H.

Scott B.

Steve W.

Mike C.

Fred K.

Others are encouraged to volunteer. We want to make sure that we also have participation on this subcommittee from at least one of the newer adult leaders.

Fred will schedule the first subcommittee meeting.

Steve Wiberg will talk to Isaac and schedule the annual planning meeting for August after Tomahawk.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Koerschner