Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, August 14, 2017

 

1) Meeting called to order by John Henry at 7:30 pm.

2) Attending:  David Arntz; John Henry; Chris Klaren; Chris Mayer, Michael Smith; Mike Treinen; Andy Wolter

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

4) Reports:

·         Cubmaster

·         No report

·         Secretary

·         Review pack schedule for next 3 months:

·         The date of the August campout was corrected (26-27)

·         Recruiting on Aug 29 was added

·         Young Eagles flight for ages 8+ was added for Sep 16

·         Sunday at the Quarry was added for Oct 8 as an optional activity

·         Treasurer – Pack financial report:  The pack’s bank accounts total $2803.31, with $1868.27 in the general fund and $935.04 in scout accounts.  Scout account balances can be found at http://troop1waterloo.org/1/pack25/ScoutAccounts.pdf.  Contact Chris Klaren for other details.

·         Outdoor/activities

·         July 22 - Scout night at the Waterloo Bucks, report.  Fun, but hot and humid through the game and part of the early morning.

·         August 21 – Solar Eclipse party, noon to 2:00.  Eclipse viewing and gaga ball will be featured.

·         August 26-27 – Maquoketa Caves State Park campout.  The group will meet t the scout garage at 8:30 AM Saturday, and carpool/caravan from there.  Optionally, some members may choose to leave earlier or later and meet at the campgrounds (please inform Brian Klaren if you plan to do so).  2 meals have been assigned, still need someone for Saturday supper.  Cost is $15 per person payable by scout account or cash/check.  Please bring sufficient payment to the campout if your son’s scout account will not cover the cost for your family.

·         September pack activity – some discussion of attending a UNI football game.  Options are being looked at.

·         October pack activity – the pack will participate in the Spooktacular day camp at Camp Ingawanis on Oct 28.

·         November pack activity – tentatively planning for a cabin campout at Camp Ingawanis

·         Advancement – advancement activities

·         One Tiger advancement was awarded in the last month.

·         Service Projects

·         Pop can tabs for Ronald McDonald House, report.  Pop can tabs were not collected due to the number of scouts attending and the amount of bottles and cans that needed to be processed.

·         A service project for the Food Bank was discussed, with the intent to schedule it sometime this winter.

·         Service projects of cleanup yardwork were discussed, possibly at the church grounds.  More discussion to follow.

·         Chaplain – Religious awards, update.  Mike is working with Matt to determine what is needed to process the applications.

·         Training – Cub Scout leader training is on the council calendar for Oct 14.  Details will be shared when they become available.

·         Equipment – a brief discussion was held concerning the need to inventory the equipment in the garage and in the trailer, preferably not during a can drive.

·         Fundraising – August 5 pop can drive, report.  5 Cub Scouts attended the August can drive which is expecting to yield a $311 check.  Next drive planned for September 9.

·         Membership – update

·         Fall recruiting – Boy Talk assembly planned for grades 1-5 Monday August 28, with recruiting night on August 29.  Recruiting fliers will be prepared to include in the prior week’s express envelopes.

·         Round Table Update – update from Aug 10 round table:

·         Scout Days with Iowa Hawkeye Football.  Home games versus Wyoming on Sep 2 11AM, North Texas Sep 9 2:30PM, and Purdue Nov 18 kickoff TBD.  All tickets $35 each, savings of $10-$20 per ticket.  Tickets can be purchased online at https:bravosportsmarketing.com/product/winnebagocouncil/.  Click here for the flier.

·         Love horses and the great outdoors?  Ingawanis horse program open house!  September 16, 11AM - 3PM, Ingawanis Adventure Base.  Free games and barn tours, arena rides $5, trail rides ages 10 and up $10.  Click here for more information.

·         Oct 7 - Cub Scout Fishing Derby, All NEW Cub Scouts welcome.  Time and location TBD, more information to come.

·         Sunday at the Quarry, Oct 8, 11AM - 4PM, BMC's Morgan quarry.  Click here for more information.

·         Youth Protection Training (YPT) required for all registered volunteers and leaders.  YPT must be updated every 2 years.  Registration applications without a current YPT date will not be processed.  Contact the Scout Office for your YPT status.

·         Recruiting - Fall recruiting was one of the main discussions.  Our pack will have recruiting night on Tuesday, Aug 29 (time TBD, last year was 5PM).  Recruiting fliers (our choice of this or this) will be sent out in backpacks the previous week (we need a count of what is needed), and Whitney Jensen will give a boy talk to grades 1-5 on Monday, Aug 27.  Our Cub Scouts can be encouraged to fill out invitations and give them to their friends to invite them to the next pack meeting.  Popcorn fliers will be provided in the parents packets if they choose to sell popcorn.  More pack recruiting information TBD.  Amanda from Pack 3017 brought a banner and poster boards (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that they use to help provide information to parents during recruiting night.

·         Scoutbook - A presentation for have units not currently using Scoutbook to consider it for overall unit management.  We use it for tracking advancement, although it also has email, calendar, and other capabilities.

5) Old Business

·         Revisit $20 charge for neckerchiefs and handbooks.  Handbook, neckerchief, and slide costs make it impractical for the pack to supply all 3 items.  After discussion, the group decided to use pack funds for handbooks for active scouts.  Parents will still be responsible to purchase neckerchiefs and slides.  We will include handbook costs in the fees required for new members to join the pack.

·         Class B shirts, update.  No update, but we will want to get some resolution this fall.

·         Insulated cups to replace disposable water bottles at campouts.  Andy will work with the suppliers to determine costs for our choices.

·         Centralized and dynamic communications.  No update.

·         Summertime pack award, update.  Activity participation is being tracked for the 3 summer months, and our application will be submitted after the August campout.

6) New Business

·         No new business

7) Announcements

·         Next parents meeting Monday, September 18, 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 8:55 pm.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

August 15, 2017