Pack 3025 Parents Meeting
Monday, September17, 2018
1) Meeting called to order by
John Henry at 7:34 pm.
2) Attending:
David Arntz; John Henry; Chris Klaren; Chris Mayer; Michael Treinen; Ron
Wing; Andy Wolter
3) Review of
previous meeting minutes –
August meeting minutes approved
4) Reports:
·
Cubmaster
·
This
monthly meeting and its purpose needs to be communicated to the new den
leaders.
·
Secretary
·
Review
pack schedule for next 3 months: The
schedule was reviewed and no changes were made
·
Treasurer
–
·
Pack financial
report: The pack’s bank accounts total
$4552.49, with $2132.01 in the general fund, $906.48 in scout accounts, and
$1514.00 in a pack recharter escrow account.
The recharter account identifies funds from new member registrations and
current member dues that are allocated for rechartering later this calendar
year. Recent deposits include new member
registrations, $360 for August can drive, and $500 for Elks parking at Irish
Fest. Recent expenditures include $140
for cabin reservations for the November campout, $525 for cub scout handbooks,
and $164 for new member registrations.
Outstanding amounts to be deposited include an expected pop can check of
$454 for September. 9 scout accounts are
negative as member dues were debited from the accounts in early September, and
we are working with families to bring them back to non-negative balances. Scout account balances can be found at http://troop1waterloo.org/1/pack25/ScoutAccounts.pdf. Contact Chris Klaren for other details.
·
As discussed and approved at the August parents
meeting, we will begin splitting the pop can revenues 2/3 to the participating
scouts and 1/3 to the pack general fund beginning with the September can collection.
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Outdoor/activities
· Sep 8 - Young Eagles Flights – at least 4 boys from the pack were able to fly during the morning.
· Sep 9 - trail ride – no report
· Sep 16 – the Arrow Of Light Webelos traveled to Effigy Mounds for a hike to fulfill some of their advancement requirements.
· Sep 23 – Family Fun Day at George Wyth State Park, 1-5 PM. This event was canceled due to flooding in George Wyth.
· UNI Football – the pack can obtain $10 tickets to any UNI home football game with a 10 ticket minimum order. John Henry will send an email to pack families to gauge interest.
· Oct 7 - Sunday at the Quarry, 11 AM – 4 PM, at BMC’s Raymond Quarry (east of Raymond, Iowa, 6900 Dubuque Rd). Free to the public. Click here for the flier.
· Oct 27 - Spooktacular Day Camp, Ingawanis Adventure Base. Join the Winnebago Council in celebrating the Fall Season with pumpkin decorating, horse arena rides, hay rides, nature hikes, face painting, apple bobbing, archery, BB guns, games and more! Tent camp overnight and enjoy s'mores around the fire. Overnight camping and breakfast is optional and no extra cost. Cost is $10 per person, registration ends Oct 20. Contact Chris Klaren to register. Click here for the flier.
· Nov 2-4 - Pack cabin campout, Ingawanis Adventure Base. Last year’s cost was $20 per person, and the group decided to use that for this year as well. 4 cabins have been reserved for Friday and Saturday nights. Andy Wolter will investigate the availability of horseback riding during the campout weekend.
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Advancement
– advancement activities –
none yet
·
Service Projects
·
Pop can
tabs for Ronald McDonald House – tabs not collected at the September can drive.
·
Chaplain
– Religious awards, update –
We received 7 medals to award, 5 to Bears and 2 to Webelos 2’s. Mike will check to see if Father Bullock is
available to award them at the next pack meeting (Oct 7). Chris will purchase 9 Parvuli Dei workbooks
from the scout shop.
·
Training
– New
Youth Protection Training – group training session will be held at Mike
Treinen’s home on Sep 20. Please sign up
on SignUpGenius.com to RSVP. If unable
to attend the training can be completed at my.scouting.org. The training must be completed by Oct 1 for
all registered adults.
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Equipment
–
Summer usage of scout garage; what follow-up, if any, is needed? Due to several instances of at least one of
the 2 door locks found to not be engaged, and not being sure who at this time
has a key, Dave will rekey the lock and have a dozen keys made for us to
control the distribution to pack adults who have a need for it. Anyone outside the pack that believe they
need access will need to make their case before getting a new key.
·
Fundraising
– Last pop can drive, Sep 8, report. 11 scouts participated. We estimate that the pack will receive a
check for $454. Next can drive is
planned for October 1
·
Popcorn
sales are available to families that want to raise funds for scouting. All popcorn profits will be credited to scout
accounts, the pack will not receive any of the proceeds. Typical profits are 27% of sales (profit will
vary based on the mix of product sold).
Popcorn sales start on or after Sep 15, and end Oct 25. Contact Chris Klaren for more information.
·
Membership – Recruiting
report:
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Recruiting
fliers were provided to St. Edwards School to be sent home with all boys the
week of Aug 24.
·
Council
office representative met in school assembly for “kid talk” at St. Eds Monday,
Aug 27.
·
The pack
held a recruiting meeting with interested parents on Tuesday, Aug 28. 14 interested families were in attendance.
·
11 youth
members have joined the pack. 6 Lions, 3
Tigers, 1 Wolf, and 1 Webelos 1, as well as 1 adult leader. We expect 3 more Lions and 1 more adult
leader to join in the near future.
·
Currently
we have 6 Lions, 3 Tigers, 5 Wolves, 8 Bears, 8 Webelos 1’s, 4 Webelos 2’s, and
11 registered adults.
·
Round
Table Update – from Sep 13 round table
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Family
Fun Day, Sep 23 (as described above)
·
Merit
Badge College and Belt Loop College at Hawkeye Community College, Nov 3. Also, leader position-specific training same
time.
·
Presentation
and discussion on volunteer stress and burnout
5) Old
Business
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6) New
Business
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Scoutmaster/Cubmaster fund proposal – the group
learned details of a “Scoutmaster fund” that was used by Troop 1 to provide
financial help to scouts in need. It was
funded with scout accounts of scouts that left scouting with non-refundable
balances, as well as an occasional fundraiser.
We discussed possibly setting up a similar fund for the pack, and will
continue discussion at future parents meetings.
7) Announcements
·
Next
parents meeting Monday, October 15, 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 8:50 pm.
Tabled items for future consideration:
·
Class B
shirts, bring to agenda when information is available (Brian)
Respectfully Submitted,
Chris Klaren
September 23, 2018