Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, May 15, 2017

 

1) Meeting called to order by Chris Klaren at 7:33 pm.

2) Attending:  Chris Klaren; Chris Mayer; Jeff Patrick; Andy Wolter

3) Review of previous meeting minutes – April meeting minutes approved

4) Reports:

·         Cubmaster – no report

·         Secretary

·         Review pack schedule for next 3 months.  The schedule was reviewed with no changes.  It was recognized that the summer activities that are not currently defined may change some of the meeting dates.

·         Health forms needed for 3 cub scouts.

·         Treasurer – Pack financial report:  The pack’s bank accounts total $2338.63, comprised of $1302.72 in the general fund and $1035.91 in scout accounts.  These amounts do not reflect income or expenses for the Pikes Peak campout.  Since the April 17 parents meeting, the pack had income of $221 from the pop can drive, and expenses of $404 for the gaga ball pit and $34 to reserve a campsite.

·         Outdoor/activities

·         May 12-14 – Spring campout at Pikes Peak State Park, report.  It was an awesome campout!  Great weather, lots of food, gaga ball, ninja line, and hikes kept everyone going.  Litter control was an area noted for improvement, and possible solutions using personal water bottles filled out of a cooler was discussed.

·         May 23 (Tues) - Emergency Services Spring Recruitment, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Waterloo, 5:30-7:30, update.  We are registered for recruiting, and fliers have been provided to St. Eds School to include in express envelopes this week.  We are encouraging all of our cub scouts to attend there should be many activities and exhibits for them to visit.  A pack activity plan based on 2016-2017 will be prepared for our booth.

·         June activity – nothing defined yet, a number of possibilities were discussed (bike ride, gaga ball, hike, geocache)

·         July 22 - Scout night at the Waterloo Bucks.  Overnight campout on the outfield.  $12 gets a ticket, meal voucher for hot dog, bag of chips, and drink, campout and watch the Minions movie on the field after the game, fireworks, and breakfast in the morning.  Game-only reserved seat is $6.  Deadline to order tickets is July 15th.

·         August activity – same as June, perhaps look at campout before school starts.

·         Summer 2017 – Day camp, what do we want to target for pack group activities?  The aquatics day camp has been canceled due to low registration, and shooting sports and horse riding is expecting the same fate.  The other non-specific day and resident camps are expected to go on as scheduled.  The group did not have a lot of energy to pursue anything other than perhaps a twilight camp.  Further discussion perhaps at our next meeting.

·         Advancement – advancement activities

·         No awards earned in the last month, although many of the Tigers, Wolves and Bears are on track to earn their advancement in the next few months.

·         Service Projects

·         Trail Cleanup at Black Hawk Park April 23, report.  It went pretty well while working around the flooded park.  3 Scouts, 2 siblings, and 4 adults from the pack participated.

·         Pop can tabs for Ronald McDonald House, report.  The boys are still collecting the can tabs at the pop can drives, and have about 2-1/2 gallons on hand.

·         Chaplain – Religious awards, update.  No report.  Chris will contact Matt to get an update.

·         Training – BALOO training April 22, report.  Chris Mayer attended the training.  The training is good for those that may not otherwise have scouting experience.

·         Equipment – Gaga ball pit construction, report.  The construction is complete except for paint.  There are several thoughts on how to get this painted, and the boys will be involved in the design.  Thank you David Arntz for leading the charge on this.

·         Fundraising – May 6 pop can drive, report.  The can drive brought in 10 bags of cans, 9 bags of plastic bottles, and 15 boxes of glass bottles, with an expected income of $225.  The next can drive is June 3.

·         Membership – update

·         Round Table Update – Round table report from May 11

·         We can pick up a free booklet from the scout shop with the revised (for 2016-2017) Cub Scout advancement requirements.

·         Parade season is up coming.  Consider participating as a pack with other council units at My Waterloo, Day, Sturgis Falls, and other local community celebrations.

·         Cub Scout summer camp sessions were discussed as noted previously in these notes.

·         May is the annual dutch oven cooking demonstration, and it did not disappoint – YUMM.

5) Old Business

·         Class B shirts, update.  No progress.

·         Pack committees – progress update.  None

6) New Business

·         Summertime pack award – BSA offers this award to encourage packs to be active during the summer months.  3 levels of awards are offered:

·         Packs must offer at least one pack activity during each of the months of June, July and August to earn a flag streamer and certificate.

·         Dens can earn a participation ribbon with 50% attendance at each of the three activities

·         Scouts can earn a pin for their uniform pocket flap by participating in all 3 activities.

As our pack is likely to offer an activity each month, we will keep track of attendance to submit our award application in August.

·         Scout trailer – the pack needs to inventory the trailer to see what is available and what is needed for future campouts.  This could occur during a can drive, although it could be scheduled anytime that is convenient for the particpants.

7) Announcements

·         Next parents meeting Monday, June 12, 2017 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 at 8:56 pm.  Excellent meeting, the time went fast as we covered many topics with good discussion.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

May 17, 2017

 

Future Items:

·         Combined group campout with Pack 188 (Matt)