Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, March 19, 2018

 

(Find your Pack 25 information at http://www.winnebagobsa.org/Pack-3025-Waterloo-IA/)

 

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

2) Attending:  John Henry; Brian Klaren; Chris Klaren; Chris Mayer; Jeff Patrick; Michael Smith; Michael Treinen; Andy Wolter

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

4) Reports:

·         Cubmaster

·         Comments included in following agenda items

·         Secretary

·         Review pack schedule for next 3 months – schedule was reviewed with no changes at this time

·         Health forms, status – completed forms are still needed for 3 scouts

·         Treasurer – Pack financial report:  The pack’s bank accounts total $1,973.47, with $928.68 in the general fund and $1044.79 in scout accounts.  Amounts do not include checks from the last 2 pop can drives as they have not been received yet (approximate combined total amount of $520).  Scout account balances can be found at http://troop1waterloo.org/1/pack25/ScoutAccounts.pdf.  Contact Chris Klaren for other details.

·         Outdoor/activities

·         Pinewood Derby car cut-out days, report.  John Henry had one scout show up to work on his car.  Other than a low turnout it went well.

·         March 4 - Pinewood Derby & Blue/Gold banquet, and Friends of Scouting presentation, report.  107 scouts and family members showed up for the event.  Overall everything went pretty well, all of the racers had a great time.  Some things we might change for next year include repositioning the scouts during awards to facilitate pictures, and conducting awards and the Friends of Scouting presentation after everyone has been served in the food line.

·         March 8 – KWWL visit, report.  Scouts and adults were treated to a very interesting tour, and the scouts and siblings enjoyed the green screen.  Thank you John Henry for making the arrangements.

·         April 28 1:00 PM – River Valley District Pinewood Derby, College Square mall (west end), $5 per car.  Click here for the event flier and rules.

·         May 11-13 – Pack campout at Backbone State Park, near Lamont, Iowa.  Plans are being made for our spring campout and information will be shared as it becomes available.

·         Advancement – advancement activities

·         Scoutbook “sync” – Scoutbook is now synced with B.S.A. for advancement records.  Official records at the scout office will be updated as leaders keep track of rank advancement on our Scoutbook application.

·         Service Projects

·         Pop can tabs for Ronald McDonald House, report.  Pop can tabs have not been collected during the winter months, and we expect to resume this activity as it warms up.

·         Chaplain – Religious awards, update.  Religious awards earned last year were presented by Father Scott at the Blue Gold banquet.  The boys working on the awards this year are on track to finish in the next month or so.  Mike is coordinating with the other den leaders to submit award applications when the requirements have been completed.

·         Training – Openings for Wood Badge training are still available.  Contact Chris Klaren for more information.

·         Equipment  – no report

·         Fundraising – Last pop can drive, Mar 3, report.  Next planned April 7

·         Membership – The group discussed a spring recruitment at St. Eds Spring Carnival, but decided that the venue at the SportsPlex would not be conducive to this effort.

·         Round Table Update – update from March 8 round table (items not mentioned otherwise in these notes)

·         Wilderness First Aid is being offered Apr 21-22 at Hawkeye, register online

5) Old Business

·         Webelos to Scouts transition, followup from November parents meeting.  No report.

·         Fall Recruiting – are we going to start a Lions den (kindergarten) next year?  After some discussion, the group decided to include this age group for a new den in the pack next fall.

·         Girls in Cub Scouting – what are the pack’s future plans?  John will set up discussions with Father Scott and Mr. Becker for input from our chartering organization.  We need to know by early July whether or not to make this change for our pack.

·         Insulated water canteens to replace disposable water bottles at campouts.  Andy made a proposal to the pack to move this forward, and will email details to the pack leadership for feedback before sending out to the rest of the pack.  Thank you Andy for your leadership and perseverance with this environmental improvement for our campouts.

·         Class B shirts – Brian discussed various shirt options with the group and will send proposals for several variations to the troop leadership for final selection.

6) New Business

·         Cub Scout residence camp, June 21-24, June 28-July 1 – The council is offering three different 3 night campouts in June and early July.  Costs range from $125 to $175 per scout depending on early or late registration.  While we would like to offer this to our Scouts, it requires leaders to take at least one day of vacation in order to attend.  Thus we are electing to not attend this year, although we may consider day camps if they are offered.

7) Announcements

·         Next parents meeting Monday, April 16, 2018 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 9:00 pm.

 

Tabled items for future consideration:

·         n/a

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

March 20, 2018