Present:
Terry
& Judi Nichols, Ed Blondin, Sandy Schwartz, Andy Shadrick, Al Fredrickson,
MaryAnn Bushaw, Phil Reece, Eric Schmidt, Dan Murphy, Cheryl McDowall, Bill
LeFevre, Bob Fuller, Jon Paul, Robert Voll, Marion Elvin
The meeting was called to order by Phil
Reece at 6:30 p.m.
Thanks
to
Cheryl for accepting the job of Advancement Chairman!!
Treasurer’s
Report: Jon Paul presented the financial report.
Jon reviewed income and expenses from 2001 compared to the same of
2000. Jon also presented a
final report from the wreath/tree sales with a profit of $11,342.50.
Lice:
One of the Scouts developed head lice this past week.
Is there a policy or do we need some type of policy?
Phil will send an email to everyone that went to Lake Ripley to alert
them.
Lockwood: 16 Webelos Scouts from Packs 429, 141, and 600 (6 of them are
first year Webelos). Pack 181 may
be sending more, but we have not received any responses. Eleven scouts and 3 adults are going for the entire trip.
Two more scouts will be invited to go.
Phil and Sandy will be there off and on.
Ed will bring the troop trailer. Webelos
Scouts from 429 will be joining the Troop.
Terry needs to bring applications for them to complete.
First Class
Swimming & Swimming Merit Badge: Requirements have changed as of 1/1/02, deleting the
1st Class requirement to swim while wearing their clothes, and moving
it to the merit badge
Calendar changes:
ü
Swimming
is actually on April 8, rather than April 1, due to Spring break.
ü
OA
elections and Fast Start are scheduled for April 9, which needs to be changed.
ü
First Aid
Meet – a night for preparation has not fit into our schedule in the past
years. The patrols win a few events
but not the entire meet.
ü
Two
Family Nights are scheduled less than two months apart.
This is sooner than we usually have them
(the February date was in January in the past).
Need to monitor more closely in the future.
ü
Please
let Terry know about any changes as soon as possible; and continuously.
Russell Woods:
26 Scouts are eligible to go on this camp-out – deadline is next Tuesday. Need adults; we
only have Eric Schmidt. Bill and
Bob are possible adults.
Philmont: 26 scouts and adults are signed up at this time.
This does not include the other troop.
The new scout professional, Mickey Grable, agreed to be the female
advisor for the Venture crew.
Camping Costs:
Eric would like the troop to extrapolate expected expenses for camp fees and
equipment. We need to figure out
how much the troop is going to cover for each Scout.
The deposit has been sent to Philmont.
Next payment is due in October. Troop
657 will be the fourth crew.
Isle Royale:
Limited to a crew of 10 people. Currently,
we have 5 scouts and 3 adults. We
will need 5 backpacking tents and a lightweight tarp.
Eric and Jon are looking into different tents and prices.
Al: Next week there will be (4) Boards of Review.
The following week will be Eagle Boards of Review for Adam LeFevre (6:15
p.m.) and Eric Paul (7:00). Adults
need to be available to handle all of these.
Show & Do:
It is on March 23rd. It
is a good thing to attend, and several committee members are already signed up
to go. Registration deadline is
March 8th. The troop is paying the $10 fee (no late fees).
Climbing &
Repelling: Al
has signed up for instructor training in climbing and repelling on May 17-19 at
Camp Lowden. Phil and Bill will try
to attend as alternates. Motion was
made and passed for the troop to pay for the fees.
Railroading Merit
Badge:
Reservations are scheduled for May 18th. Marion will be one of the instructors. Ed suggested doing a camp-out in that area for that weekend.
Marion will check to see what is available and costs.
Thank You card
from the VFW for participating in the Veterans’ Day parade.
Annual Tour
Permit/Rechartering:
Dan will assume there are no changes unless someone notifies him immediately. Rechartering needs to be done prior to the end of this month.
First Aid/CPR:
Bill knows a member of the Fire Department who is certified to teach.
Bill would like to approach him as to how much he would do it for at
Cherry Valley. Perhaps he could do
it in small groups.
Eagle Scout
Project: St.
Anthony’s is looking for a Scout to take a project of building special boards
to help with Alzheimer patients. Bill
will call the four Scouts who are eligible to do Eagle projects.
Summer Camp:
Costs are $55 per adult, $165 per Scout, and High Adventure is $315 per person.
Jon will present a proposal of how much the troop will pay and how much
scouts/adults will pay.
Popcorn: Sandy would coordinate it except for picking it up at Council
office. There are lots of expenses
coming up, so Scouts can elect to do this to earn more money.
Approved by committee.
If you have
receipts,
please turn them into Jon so you can be reimbursed. Or, they are tax-deductible.
Campouts: We now have a reservation on March 15-17 at Rotary Forest
Preserve for a campout. It has no
facilities in the cabin, but there is a new outhouse and close water.
The Geology Merit Badge event is that weekend – Scouts can attend both.
Motion to approve this was made and passed.
Summer Camp:
The BMX cleanup is while our troop is at summer camp.
Recommendation that we sublet the project for this year only to another
troop. 10 to 15 people are enough.
Terry will approach another troop, Morty Escew, to do it with us.
MaryAnn will
be attending Wood Badge training. You
go girl!
Adjourned at 8:53 p.m.