Meeting started at 8:00 p.m.

Treasurer’s Report: (See balance sheets.) Craig presented the monthly report. Total treasury is $14,866. Tree sales have earned $15,358.95 so far. Yard clean-up income has been posted to Scouts’ accounts. There are 54 trees and 5 wreaths left.

Summer 2003 - Philmont: The $294 debt has not yet been paid. Craig has a check ready to go.

PowWow (November 13, 2004): No new information. (MaryAnn is the Council coordinator.)

Jamie Boone Yard Rake: Completed. Money is posted.

Summer Camp: Nothing new. PLC selected Camp Lowden for next year. Ryan and Sandy will look at the calendar to determine dates for summer camp 2005.

Florida Sea Base (Aug. 7-14, 2005): Have 2 confirmed boys and 2 adults. We need at least 6 people, so it will be opened to the District after 12/31/04. It was brought up at Roundtable and there is 1 possible recruit.

Eagle Cave (April 4, 2005): Eagle Cave has been reserved – deposit check was received. The cost will be $42 each.

Boundary Waters: No new information. The sub-committee has been looking at various opportunities and needs to make a decision ASAP. Eric will check into Northern Tier. The cost may be $250-350 per person for a 7-day trip. Sandy’s trip was $175-$260, depending on group’s size. Subcommittee will pursue this. (Phil, Ed, Brian, Sandy, and Al). Looking at mid-late June.

Equipment: Steve has the axe and John has the hatchets. Motion to purchase a couple of fiberglass handles and sledge hammers. Motion passed. The PLC cannot use the troop computer, so a motion was made to donate it to a Scout. Motion passed.

New Meeting Location: The January 11^th meeting will be the first Scout meeting at the Methodist church. It will be important for the troop to keep the facilities clean after any meetings. John Paul will provide storage space. A letter for tax purposes should be composed and sent to him. The church has about 15’ worth of wall space for the file cabinets and the refrigerator. Dollies will be needed to move items from the fire station basement (Steve, Ed, & Ryan). We are still lacking storage for the long-term stuff. It can remain in the firehouse for the time being. The first night should include an orientation to the building. The men’s organization is interested in becoming our charter-partner with the fire station.

Wood Badge: No new information.

Midwest Regional Extrication Competition May 2005: No new information. Bill LeFevre said our troop would be asked to do this. A motion was made and passed to offer our services for this. Last year they had brats and hamburgers. The committee agreed to explore this further – as a service project. The Midwest Regional Extrication Competition needs a group to serve food to participants. It would be 7am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday in May of 2005. It means manning the kitchen at Station #3 and buying and serving the food for a couple hundred people. It would support the fire station, which is our charter

Venture crew: There is another Open House this Sunday from 2-4pm at Gander Mountain.

Popcorn: Jamie Beck is coordinating this.

District Dinner: Gretchen has gotten a flyer ready for Roundtable. Award applications need to be available, too, at Roundtable, and there has to be someone collecting them at the door. Fire Station 3 is reserved for April 3^rd. The theme is celebration – a party theme. It is Cub Scout’s anniversary. The food is decided. (Eric Schmidt, MaryAnn Bushaw, and Phil Reece)

Christmas Tree Lot: There are about 12 open slots available. Some Scouts have not signed up for any times. Phil will call these Scouts and will notify people they can sign up for extra shifts now. Money collection: Steve Fedor volunteered to take care of that. Tree lot campout: planning will be done next week. The troop has 3 heaters lined up. Motion made to allow Terry to order 2 boxes of netting and 2 boxes of bags. Motion passed. Phil will contact the newspaper about advertising and try to get publicity for the set-up of the tree lot. Bob will call a couple of radio stations.

Christmas Wreaths: The trailer is available. Bob will work with Steve to get wreaths. Eric will also offer his trailer. Pick up is about noon with the Scouts collecting them around 2 p.m. The troop promised to repair the trailer so that needs to be completed.

Merit Badges: Phil is working on posting information. Need volunteers for Patrol Coaches, and coaches for the all leadership positions. Ed is working on this, but this is on hold during December. There are some opportunities for merit badges through Council – these should be offered to the Scouts (Indian Lore, Astronomy, Geologists, etc.) The Merit Badge Midway needs to be put onto the Troop calendar, Marh 19 and April 2.

Next PLC is January 11^th.

First Aid/CPR: Eric will try to set something up for January.

Swim Nights: Marcus is willing to be our lifeguard again. He may be eligible for an award.

Den Chief cords: Nick still needs some.

Uniform Inspection: Ryan still needs to check into this. MaryAnn indicated that District is suggesting inviting special Scouter guests or military recruiters to help with the inspections about twice per year.

Court of Honor: The next one is scheduled for 1/28/05.

Adult Code of Conduct: Our main responsibility is to supervise Scouts at meetings and events. If several adults are present or participating in every scout activity from the beginning, scouts will conduct themselves appropriately and seldom need discipline.

Pizza Party: The estimate for attendance is 60-70 people. Eric will order 9 of the biggest pizzas. Kevin and Alex will do punch.

Ski Trip: Sandy Schwartz is setting this up.

A "thank you" needs to be sent to John Sutherland for his help with the pioneering camp-out. Nathaniel will do that.

National Volunteer Form: The boys will need to fill out a National volunteer form, particularly for members of OA. Ryan will talk to Andrew about it.

Council activities: The council would like the troops to balance troop activities with Council/District activities. A large Council camp-o-ree is planned for next year at Camp Grant and the airport.

Adjourned 9:40 PM