Troop 14 Scouts, Long Beach CA

Agenda

• Troop Calendar - No significant changes were made to the calendar.
• Finance Report - Our troop brought in almost 1500 for the rummage sale.  Some of our troop funds would be spent on some backpacking tents, stoves and water purifiers for the troop.  This equipment will come in handy for  backpacking month in June and for the Philmont trip in July.
• Advancement / Enrollment - Our current scout enrollment stands at 52 - However, Ted advised we review the roster to remove some of the eagles who have aged out
• Tahquitz - We are in need of parent volunteers - especially during the week to help with parent supervision.  With Ken going to Philmont and Ted travelling that month, we are extremely short on parent volunteers.  Following is our signup
  

  Tahquitz Volunteer signup

  Name	S	M	T	W	R	F	S
  Ken B.	Y	Y
  Ted					Y	Y	Y
  Doug
  Phil T			?	?	?

• Will J Reid
  Preparations are on the way - campout planning set for Monday
• Parent Meeting May 9
  Phil to create flyer for parents for May 9.
• Paul Dubvosky - May 16
  We reviewed plans for Paul's

Scout masters' Reports - Upcoming events.  We reviewed the program plan including Brian's report on the Ski Trip, Scout Sunday Service at the church, the Rummage sale was added to the calendar for April 4 and the Troop planning meeting was tentatively set for May 9.

Advancement Report - We announced the change of our advancement coordinator from Ron to Leslie.  Many thanks to Ron for his years of service and to Leslie for stepping up to the plate.

Finance Report - Jacklyn Schneider to be our new Treasurer.  Many thanks for Richard and to Jacklyn.  As of Monday, when Jacklyn was handed the bank accounts, we had approx $940 in the Citibank account and $1300 in the F&M bank account.  Richard was going to take care of closing the F&M account and transferring funds to the Citi account.  Jacklyn also received monies from the Recharter as well as $365 in donations collected from the Ribbon Project.

Miles Eagle COH review - Ted reviewed the plans for Miles' Eagle COH at Alamitos Bay Yatch club on Sun 2/15 @ 3:00 p.m.

Scout Leaderhsip Positions / Duties and Responsibilities.  Phil introduced some scout "leadership job descriptions" for use by Scoutmaster to document to our leadership scouts what their duties and responsibilitis are.  Ken received the descriptions and will modify / use at his discretion and report back to committee as required.

• Troop Calendar - Committee reviewed troop calendar through July and noted as follows:  - 
  Tahquitz was changed to July 5- 11 campsite 10.  
  Ted to call dave machenbach on arranging 911 call center visitation
  Dec 17 - Possible council board of review meetings for Paul / Robert/ Michael F - Ken to attend
  Jan 17 - FOS Kickoff breakfast - Richard Dieffenbach to attend
  Mar 7 - Troop Annual planning - Plan the scout program for year 2009-2010. - 9 to 11 a.m
  Feb 1 - Tentative - Miles Eagle COH 3:00 p.m.
• Finance Report- Richard reported troop still had two bank accounts and will facilitate closing F&M account.  Leslie to work with Claudia on getting authorized on signature card.
• Recharter - Leslie reported collecting only a few fees paid.  To start phone calls and will request fees at court of honor.
• David Booy's Eagle COH Planning
  for tomorrow - Lisa to bake a cake. 
  Ron to prepare coffee / lemonaid. ...
  Leslie / Russ to send email reminder to parents of David's COH and recharter.
  Volunteers to arrive at 6:00 to assist in setup -

Agenda

Scoutmaster's Report - Ken Brydon - Ken reviewed the calendar with the committe.  Of note included the sailing month details with Tina and Tom - Don B. - Merit badge counselor appearing on 8/22, Eagle Projects for Daryl and Paul, alternatives for the warner springs campout as well as the possibility of switching the rummage sale and the October 25 campout dates.

Finance Report - Richard reported on our current balance of $2910.33 including the startup funds of $500 in the citibank account as we transition from F&M to citi for our banking needs.  Also of note, we need to re-order hats, t-shirts and scarves for the troop - last order was approximately $1100 for approx 50 hats and various size ranges of t-shirts.

Sailing Month (September) review - Tom and Tina reported that we have 3 sabots available.  Brian will act as chase boat in his sea doo.   We are in need of life vests for the boys for the Sept 20 sailing outing.  Tom and Tina will help instruct the scout meeting on Sept 1 and Jim will assist on Sept 8 and 15.  Don B - merit badge counselor will discuss merit badge requirements on Sep 8 and review scouts' progress on Sept 22 scout meetings.   Sailing month adult resources include:  Jim T, Tom and Tina, Gail B.

Picnic Planning - Brian reviewed plans for the 2nd annual picnic. - I will help brian at 12 and the troop will plan on providing hot dogs, hamburgers, water jugs and lemonade

Following are my notes from the Troop 14 Committee Meeting...Please feel free to add/edit your notes as appropriate.

Eagle COH – Kye Cavanaugh

Ted reviewed planning for Kye’s COH as follows:

Will J Reed  Dec 9 2007 – 2:00 p.m.

For those not present, you were assigned tasked as follows:

Evette – Article for Press Telegram / Gazette

Ron – Lemonaid / Coffee

Ron – Cups / Plates / Tablecloths with Tim.

Soutmaster’s report

Ted reviewed the Program

Saturday Service Program – Need Jim Thompson to drive

Trips for Spring Suggestions were made

Activities Report

Outing permit permit for Dominator trip was filed (Thanks Brian!!)

Family picnic review – Many thank to all who attended the picnic – the objectives (and more) of the picnic were met – we need to make sure we invite alumni of scouts to future picnics

Treasurer’s Report

As of today, we have $3871.18 in the bank on reserve.

Our T-Shirt/Nekerchief/Hat supplier is opting out of T-shirts and we need to find another Tshirt supplier.  As we are in good supply of T-Shirts, the recommendation was made to go ahead and order Hats and Nekerchief’s

Training Update

Leadership Training – New Essentials. – Nancy was good enough to update us on dates of training and

Committee Position Training / Mentoring – As we look at the troop committee

Miscellaneous Items

Spare Keys for Church – Need to review who has keys to church and perhaps redistribute keys.

New meeting schedule set for 2^nd  WEDNESDAY of the month – See you next month Ron! – Same time.

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