Pack 3025 Parents Meeting
Monday, July 11, 2016
(Find your Pack 25 information at http://www.winnebagobsa.org/Pack-3025-Waterloo-IA/)
1) Meeting called to order by
John Henry
2) Attending: Brian
Klaren, Whitney Jackley, Jeff Patrick, John Henry
3) Approval of previous
meeting minutes – June minutes reviewed and approved
4) Reports:
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Cubmaster
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Secretary
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Treasurer
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Troop financial report – the pack has $1518.25
in the general fund, and $157.83 in the scout accounts through the expected
deposit of the June can drive check tomorrow.
·
Future overnight campouts to be assessed at a
flat fee per night/per participant. Fees TBD.
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Outdoor/activities
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Rodgers Park activities, July 9/10 report – The
day’s activities went well with hiking, swimming, meals, and lots of fun
time. Thanks to the Arntz and Wolter families
for making this campout happen.
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Food Bank service project July 9, report – kids
had a good time. Worked for two hours. Assembled enough food for
1000 meals. Would like to do this again in the future
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Pack summer activities ideas – the Wolf Den is
planning a police station visit. August 1 @3:30. Other dens are
invited to attend.
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John Henry will be planning the August 14th
pack meeting to train the boys on knife safety.
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Summer pack activity at Ingawanis
day camp. The Pack will travel to Ingawanis
Adventure Base on Aug 6 after the pop can drive and Food Bank service
project. Schedule deadline for this event is 29July. They will take
part in the day’s activities and Twilight Camp. The Cubmaster
and Den Leaders are working together to develop a meal plan. Cost is $25
per cub scout and $5 per parent and sibling. All
family members are invited to attend. Required paperwork includes:
Camp registration and payment; health forms for ALL campers (including adult
leaders); and copy of health insurance card (front and back).
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Advancement
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Advancement activities – no new advancements
since last month
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The council has a
advancements tool available for the pack to use at no cost. Whitney will
be sharing a link and username/password details. This tool can also
be used for Journey of excellence – service projects/service hours tracking
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Chaplain
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Training
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New to scouting training is scheduled for Oct 8
at Ingawanis Adventure Base. This training is
for all new scouts.
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Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation training
is tentatively scheduled for Oct 15. More details to come on this
event.
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Equipment
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Fundraising
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Next planned can drive is Aug 6th
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Membership
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Fall recruiting, need to start the planning process
– Whitney discussed options for a recruit. She is willing to come to the
school and present information to the boys about what scouting is how they can
get involved. Brian to work with the St. Ed’s principle in setting up a
time early in the school year for this recruiting even. School at St.
Ed’s begins August 25.
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Does the pack want to recruit Lion Cub Scouts
(Kindergarten age) next fall? There is an application process if the pack
is interested. Concerns about recruiting enough boys along with the
additional time commitment as a sponsor were some of the talking points.
We will need to discuss more at the next parents meeting.
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Round Table Update
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Some items discussed above
·
Round table begins in August again
5) Old
Business
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Annual pack planning process – Chris has pulled
together a proposal for the upcoming year events/budgets. Due to time
constrains this proposal was not reviewed during the meeting. The group
will need to review at an upcoming parents meeting.
6) New
Business
·
Due to Twilight campout, pack meeting will be
moved to 14Aug.
·
Sharing a cabin with the boys is acceptable, but
two deep leadership must be maintained.
7)
Announcements
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Next parents meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 at
The O.P. (on Ridgeway Ave across from West High), meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
8)
Adjournment – Upon having completed the evening’s business, the meeting was
adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
John Henry
July 17, 2016