Pack 3025 Parents Meeting
Monday, April 15, 2019
1) Meeting called to order by
John Henry at 7:32 pm.
2) Attending:
John Henry; Chris Klaren; Chris Mayer; Jeff Patrick; Michael Smith; Mike
Treinen; Ron Wing
3) Review of
previous meeting minutes –
March meeting minutes approved
4) Reports:
·
Cubmaster
·
Brian
has informed the pack that he will be stepping down as Cubmaster. We are looking at options for filling that
role.
·
Secretary
·
Review
pack schedule for next 3 months – the May campout date was corrected to show
the actual May 3-5 date, instead of the previous incorrect May 4-5 date.
·
Health
forms, update. Health forms for 2 cub
scouts have not been received. They must
be received before those scouts can attend the pack campouts.
·
Treasurer
–
·
Pack
financial report: The pack’s bank
accounts total $6008.85, with sub accounts as follows:
$2540.50
general fund
$10.00
savings
$3175.11
scout accounts
$283.24
campership fund
Recent deposit is $472.80 for March can
drive. Recent expense is $75.54 for reimbursement
for materials for the crossover bridge, and 341.02 for various awards and
program materials.
·
Reimbursement
of Blue/Gold expenditures, any input from families? No input was received, but we will keep on
the agenda for future discussion.
·
Outdoor/activities
·
April 28
– Arrow Of Light Scouts crossover from Cub Scouts to
Boy Scouts, 6:00 pm, St. Eds gym.
·
May 4-5
– pack campout at Pine Lake State Park, Eldora, update. Mike sent emails to pack families to get
attendance counts for meals.
·
Sheriff’s
office visit, update. This has been set
up for Wednesday, May 29, 4:00 pm.
Additional information has been emailed to pack families.
·
Summer
activities, ideas. The group identified
26-28 August for a pack campout.
·
Cub
Scout Day Camps – June 15 and July 6, 9:00 am- 5:00 pm, siblings welcome. $15 each adults and children. Register by June 7 and 28 respectively. Parents may register scouts individually
online.
·
Webelos
Resident Camp – July 25-28, $150 per scout, $50/adult, 1 free adult for 1-8
registered youth, 2 free adults for 9-16 registered youth, etc. $25 discount for registration before May 15,
½ of fees due by June 7, balance by July 1.
Registration must be done by the pack, not individuals.
·
Advancement
– advancement activities
·
Webelos
Crossover to Boy Scouts, update. The Arrow Of Light
Scouts completed their arrows at the last meeting, and Dave is working on
display cases for their arrows and pins.
Crossover is planned for April 28, 6:00 pm, in the St. Eds gym. All scouts
and families are encouraged to attend as the pack transitions its first den
from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.
·
Service Projects
·
Pop can
tabs for Ronald McDonald House, on-hold.
·
Chaplain
– Religious awards,
update. Two more applications are
awaiting Father Scott’s signature. All
other medals have been awarded to the scouts that earned them.
·
Training
– BALOO
training (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) will be held May 10-11 at Ingawanis Adventure Base.
Need at least 2 trained leaders at each pack outdoor event. Must register by May 3.
·
Equipment
– crossover bridge, update.
The bridge is complete, other than some minor final fitting that is
needed to ease assembly and disassembly.
Total costs did not exceed $75.
·
Fundraising
·
Pop can
drives, report.
o Mar 2: $340.90 check received 3/27/19, deposited 3/29/19; 11 Scouts participating, $31.52 share per scout. Best March ever.
o Apr 6: Estimated check $770, estimated $34.22/scout; 15 scouts participating. Estimate is best guess as we did not have a split between bags of bottles and cans. Potentially the best monthly can drive ever since the pack started can drives in Oct 2015, with the previous best of $658 in Nov 2018.
·
Elks
parking for My Waterloo Days parade, update.
The pack will be managing the parking for this event. Last year the pack netted $490 for several
hours work, with a portion of that directed to the scout accounts of the
participating parents.
·
Membership – We are
anticipating a transfer a Bear Scout from Troop 128 in Nevada, Iowa.
·
Round
Table Update – from Apr 11 round table
·
Presentation
on dragon boat racing (for boy scouts) at Lakeland District fall camporee Sep
13-15 at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge.
·
History
of Scouting presentation by Ed Narrigan–
very informative and interesting.
·
Cub
Scout and Webelos resident camp reminders
·
Campfire
program planning – lots of good ideas to take a humdrum campfire and spice it
up with skits, songs, stories and stunts by scouts and adults. It takes planning, practice, preparation, and
“roll with the punches”.
·
Cub Scout
Spring Fling at Ingawanis Adventure Base, Apr
27-28. $20 per person. Activities could include but not limited to:
archery, bb guns, Gaga ball, conservation activities, kick ball, pedal cars,
craft, and many other possibilities.
Must supply your own tents, cabins can be rented (limited
availability). Register online.
·
May
Round Table will feature dutch
oven cooking at Camp Ingawanis. No update will be made as no program is
planned for the meeting.
5) Old
Business
·
No old business was discussed.
6) New
Business
·
No new business was brought up.
7)
Announcements
·
Next
parents meeting Monday, May 13, 2019 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 approximately
8:35 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Chris Klaren
April 18, 2019
Tabled items for future consideration:
·
Recruiting for fall 2019 (Chris, bring back to June
2019 parents meeting agenda)