Treasurer’s Report: Craig read the financial report.

First Aid/CPR Certifications: Whoever needs it should get their name(s) to Eric Schmidt, or nothing will be arranged.

Wreath Sales (Sept. 27): Only a few scouts still need to pay. Total sales on paper: 5,472.90. The church's and Toby Hauck's wreath were delivered at no charge. $1900 still needs to be turned-in. We paid 5-cents per wreath surcharge. One center piece candle was damaged; Eric took it home. The troop will make approximately $1110 profit; also $800 will go in scout accounts. Several people came to the lot and wanted larger wreaths. We ran out the first weekend. Sold: 2 – 36", 1 cane, 17-26", 20–20", 1–48", 3 roping, 1 swag and 2 easels. We want to buy 2-60", 5-48", 5-36", 25-26", 25-20" and 2 ropings for next year, 2006. Still $100.00 outstanding. Everybody has paid now (2/28/05): scout accounts have been posted.

Webelos overnighter: Sandy is having a problem making a reservation for next year at MacQueen FP. Justine does not return her calls. We will try to talk to Bill Prain at Russell Woods about the procedure – contact Terry Hannan, 895-7191. Sandy has not made contact with anyone yet.

Continuous Fire (February 4-11, 2006): Eric, Terry, Belinda, MaryAnn, Phil, Kevin Bushaw, Alex Reece tended the Fire on Feb. 8. May want to sign-up for a shift that scouts can work at next year. Scouts who attended will not receive points, since it was not offered at a time when the majority could attend.

Nuclear Science Merit Badge (Feb. 4, 2006): Phil and Ed are organizing it. It will be at Fire Station #2, from 8:30 am to 4:00 PM. Scouts must have prerequisites done. Can we serve lunch, about $30 for pizza and pop? Announcement will be handed-out next Wednesday at swimming. Also, it will be on the website.

12 scouts attended; all, but two, finished it.

Russell Woods (Feb. 10-12, 2006): Four scouts and two adults attended. There was not enough snow for snow sledding; the mud sledding was a big hit. There were two good hikes. Russell Woods has presentations available at the nature center for a cost. We need to look at the costs for next year.

Scout Sunday (Feb. 12, 2006): Show up at the church. Pastor Steve Mindrup has a scouting background. Let’s show him our support! The church service is at 10:00 a.m. We’re coming back from Russell Woods early to make the service. Terry has been conversing with Pastor Steve through e-mails, and everything is set up. (February 5^th is Scout Sunday for other non-Methodist churches.)

We added 37 people to the service at Cherry Valley United Methodist Church, including 2 girl scouts, one cub scout, and one Venture adult.

Ski Trip (Feb. 18, 2006): Terry cannot go; Eric will organize it. Three places: Cascade Mountain is 1-½ hours away, Chestnut Mountain is 1:45-hours $40, Dubuque is 2-hours away at $32. Smaller areas are cheaper and can offer a group rate. Eric Schmidt presented the information. Lift ticket is stand-alone. To rent gear is another $25. Turn out was small last year due to the cost. On Fridays it’s only $35 total. We’ll be checking to see if we can get a group to commit.

Troop went to Wilmont, WI. One scout broke his arm and a thumb. 12 people went. Not getting a very good turn out. Scouts need to put it into our troop or crew schedule next year, if they want it. (The price was $28 for a complete ski package, 3-11pm, Sunday, plus costs; 80-miles one way; 1.5 hour drive.)

F.o.S. (Feb 21): Mark Rauschenberger talked about Friends of Scouting – the District is already at 10% of goal. $1935 is troop’s goal for 2006. Terry mentioned that we have Court of Honor in February and asked Mark if he would speak at it. Craig Louthain did our FoS presentation. We pledged over $2400; badges of rank will be free next year as a result. Good job Craig!!!

Scouting for Food (Feb. 25 & Mar. 4, 2006): Craig is the District Coordinator. Only 7 units have committed. MaryAnn suggested that those here talk to their Packs to see if they would help. Sandy is checking to see if we could use a pantry that would be more convenient. She’s checking-in with Ken Rock. We suggested bringing food to Family Night. Terry Nichols brought up that it is suppose to be a community project. Go out on a Saturday and drop off bags and come back next week to pick them up. Mark suggested that you could put a troop info card in there, talking about our troop. Knocking on doors produces more food than just drive-by picking-up. Scouts will be in uniform. Need a flyer made out to offer our troop information. Estimate 1-hour the first Saturday and 3-hours the next Saturday is approximate time frames. Good activity for a transition for incoming new WEBLOS to go with a seasoned scout. Staple or tape info-sheet to bag. Phil asked Terry to email pastor to see if he has a food pantry preference. He does not. More adults are needed to drive/pick-up food on March 4.

District Nominations (due Mar. 13, 2006): Need to elect District Award of Merit, Unit Spirit Award, and Outstanding Scouter Awards. Mark talked about what the requirements were. The District Dinner will be at the Belvidere UAW on April 2^nd for the awards ceremony.

A secret ballot was done. Phil Reece was elected for Unit Spirit Award. Terry, MaryAnn and Phil will work on the nominations for the remaining awards.

Wood Badge: Craig completed the academics and is working on his Ticket. Scouting for Food is his major one. Adult training, fast start training and youth protection are others. Ed is still working on his ticket too -- Finding a Chaplain's Aide has been a problem.

Leader Specific: Ken’s done. Steve Horan is still working on his. Greg Sparks has finished his Leader Specific. New course starting April 26^th -- Greg Poulisse needs it. Dannette still needs the camp out.

Fast Start: Do it on-line; or set a date.

Troopmaster – We can spend the $130 to get new Troopmaster and dot com. Need to get FTP site before purchase. Will use the 90-day trial. The new version coming up may allow multiple level passwords. We will not be able to start on it until August. We’re leaving this item for Phil to discuss. He is talking with John Vermie to let us test the web capabilities. Phil will try it out. Phil is still working on it. Still working on it (2/28).

Announcements Needed: First Aid Meet, Show and Do, Troop Planning, Lincoln Pilgrimage.

Service Project for the Church: They have two projects that could be used for Eagle projects. One is to make a sign for the church. The second is to dig out the playground so it can be made deeper and enlarged. If the playground is not picked up as an Eagle project the troop will look at doing it as a service project in the spring.

One Scout asked about it, but changed his mind. Playground in rear of church needs improvement to meet new DCFS guidelines. Bill Ziemke furnished a sheet with the proposal for the project.

Jefferson is not available; Belvidere High School is using it and there are problems with the custodial pool staff. Marcus Tryggestad is checking Rockford College and Rockford YMCA. Mr. Schmidt will still check with Guilford. We’re waiting for an answer from RESA. Millennium Center is $45 per hour 7:30 to 9:00 on Tuesday. Belvidere YMCA - $2.00 per person on Wednesday, is available as an open swim night. Dolphin Swim Club is Friday only. Marcus and Eric will let Phil know what the results are, so a decision can be made by the end of November and our swim nights chosen. Two choices remain: Millennium Center or Belvidere YMCA. Millennium Center (former YWCA) is Tuesday night, there’s no guest seating and a small locker room. Lois suggested rotating scouts through locker room by patrol. Eric will see if it is still available. The Belvidere YMCA is $2.00 per person on Wednesday but it’s an open swim. Paul says it tends to have problems with maintenance and closes unpredictably. Phil will check with Jim Fry regarding Flinn’s pool. A sub-committee will make a decision next week. Also, Eric is working on Rockford College for next year. Maybe we will do one swim night at Rockford College for this year as a trial. One, maybe two, swim nights there. Terry & Phil are going to go Friday to Rockford College to check it out. Possibly go back to Tuesdays. Flat fee of $20.00. BJ says it is slightly smaller than an Olympic pool. It does have two diving boards. We have to furnish our own lifeguard. They have bleachers. Belinda provided a contract from Jefferson for next year. Eric is working on Rockford College for next year also. Need to check and see if our lifeguard will be available. We will make a decision at next meeting. Had some problems with the swim team getting out of the Belvidere Y pool on time on January 11. Rockford College is still interested in us going there. We will be talking with BJ Robertson (394-3727) to set up a tour. Belinda has a contract form for Jefferson for 2007.

As of tonight, we’re still working on Rockford College. They have not returned calls. Belvidere Y is still looking for updated liability insurance from Council; Eric will follow up. Marcus has confirmed he will be there. According to "Aquatic Safety," two capable swimmers can be used instead of a lifeguard.

CVUM Men's Club Dinner: Three showed up in February. Several have been volunteering; they like the free food. Bill needs to keep Ed and Terry informed of who volunteers, and works.

Popcorn (April 1, 2006): Ken is not available until after Christmas. He is Santa Claus at Cherry Vale Mall. Paul has volunteered to collect the order forms and will contact Ken regarding it. Ken should bring leftover popcorn to the Pizza Party on Dec. 20. One sheet was lost, need to work out how to deliver and pay for the popcorn.

Ken says still missing about $200.00. All money has been collected now. Spring sales begin April 1. Scouts can make $7-9 per hour on consignment sales. Ken will decide next month if we’ll do consignment, ‘cause it is extra work for Ken.

Philmont '07: Bill wants to know how many people would be interested. Ed did an informal survey, 6 scouts and 5 adults are interested at this time. The registration will be a lottery that is entered from the computer. Bill will put in dates to see what we can get. He will look at two treks. (Terry suggested not having the older scouts all on one trek and the younger scouts on the other. A crew of predominately smaller, inexperienced backpackers caused some equipment problems last time.) We are on the waiting list (#628). So is Crew 181(#714).

Next sign up for 2008. We may be able to set up a council contingent, per Eric. Ed will talk with Phil McCrery. Ed will look at Double-H and others for high adventure, which is for 14 and older only.

Rechartering: Terry said roundtable was cancelled last Thursday, 12/8. Internet rechartering training will be conducted this Thursday night at the rescheduled Roundtable. Rechartering is in process. Terry is verifying everyone's information. To be done by end of February. After downloading all data and checking through all of it; 2 Scouts are not registered -- talked to their parents tonight. 36 boys and 36 adults – 9 adults are ‘multiple.’ 2 more scouts submitted applications tonight and 2 more will complete applications. 4 adults and 8 scouts were dropped, most with permission. Recharter $974; add other 4 scouts over $1,000. Well in to progress. No ranks on the recharter forms; could cause problems with Quality Unit.

Recharter turned in to Andy Murray 2/27 AM, registration $1028, 39 scouts and 38 adults. 7 adults are multiple. Just added 11 new scouts, 9 were WEBELOS; total scouts will be 50.

Semi-Bi-Annual First Aid Meet (Mar. 11, 2006): This year’s will be held at the center court of Machesney Park Mall Registration starts at 9:00 AM and contest start at 10:00 AM; should end about 2:00 PM. Cost is $3.00 per scout. Bring your own lunch. Each patrol needs one adult. Contact Chuck Jansen at canoe23@tds.net or 815-282-1255 with other questions

Show and Do (Mar ?, 2006): Not setup yet. It was cancelled last year. MaryAnn said she thought it was at Lowden, outdoors; but doesn’t know the dates. As of 2/28, still not set up yet; we will not attend.

USS Cobia (April 1-2, 2006): Troop is picking up $30 for adults and $20 for scouts, including food. All attendees must fill-out the supplied forms.

District Dinner (April 2, 2006): Looks like 5 people are planning on attending.

Leader Specific Training (April 26, May 3, 10, 17, plus overnight): We need to encourage our new adults to attend; also, some of our experienced scouters. This is part of our Quality Unit recognition.

Lincoln Pilgrimage (April 29 - 30, 2006): Terry will look at campsites, will try for Illinek, Panther Creek will be back-up site. Go Saturday morning, come back Sunday late. All camps are first come, first serve basis. We are short of tents; people need to bring their own.

OA Election (by May 1, 2006): Youth elections for our troop will be March 21^st. Adult election will need to be done at next committee meeting. We discussed the requirements. Ken, Sandy and MaryAnn are eligible. Ed, Lois, Dannette may also be eligible, also Paul. Mark said the Lodge needs adults who are willing to commit, if not, please do not elect them.

MaryAnn Bushaw and Ken Hoxie agreed to be active, if elected. A secret ballot elected Ken. Congratulations!

Laid-Back Campout (May 12 - 14, 2006): Still looking for site. Sandy suggested White Pines and Terry suggested Anderson Woods as an alternative. Sandy will make reservations.

CVFPD Midwest Regional Extrication Competition (May 20 - 21, 2006): We have been invited to hold the food fund raiser again this year. We made about $1400 last year. We need to keep the refreshments open later for the awards ceremony. Phil Reece will put together a sub-committee.

Wanchanagi District Camp-O-Ree (May ??, 2006): No news yet.

Summer Camp (July 2-8, 2006): Cost is $180 per Scout (early-bird price) and $17 per day for adults, which the troop will pay. The deposit will be $30 for the each scout, with a $25 fee for additional scouts in the same family; due by March 3^rd; the balance is due May 5^th. There is a $10 late fee if someone signs up after March 3^rd. New scouts joining from WEBLOS den can sign-up later. We will do sign-up for two less scouts, to make sure we do not lose the whole deposit for any cancellations. Sandy would like to use the January 17^th troop meeting to inform parents about this camp experience. Sandy sent out emails checking to see who would like to go to Radnor summer camp. 9 Scouts and 4 adults replied that they would like to go.

25 youth signed up, still working on others. Six adults have confirmed; two more are thinking about it. New scouts and parents have not been talked too.

Fiesta Italiana (Aug. 2006): needs a chairman. Steve Horan will be doing it – no conflicts this year.

Gregg Sparks has garden plots available in his yard for scouts working on the gardening merit badge.

Menards has some plastic tables on sale; voted to purchase one. Ed will handle it.

Nobody is planning on attending Council dinner on 3/5, or Eagle dinner on 3/26.

Adjourned 8:15 PM