Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, September 12, 2022, 7:00 PM

 

1) Meeting called to order by Mike Treinen at 7:00 PM

2) Attending:  Ashley Bridenburg; Matt Bries; Amber Gilles; Matt Hennig, Chris Klaren, Chris Steies, Mike Treinen, Ron Wing

3a) Review previous meeting minutes – no concerns

3b) Approve/revise this meeting’s agenda – approved

4) Reports:

·         Cubmaster – thought recruiting went very well, seemed to have a good turnout

·         Secretary

·         Review pack schedule for next 3 months.  No changes were made to the published schedule.

·         Treasurer

·         Pack financial report:  As of September 10, the pack’s accounts totaled $30,070.33, with sub accounts as follows:

             Cash accounts:

         Pack Accounts:

$7,602.95

checking

$15,445.19

general fund

$22,000.00

savings

$7,462.08

scout accounts

$0

cash

$4,429.81

campership fund

$467.38

council account

$2,265.87

recharter escrow

 

 

$467.38

unit account at scout office

 

Since the last parents meeting, we had income of $788 in pop can receipts.  Expenses were $75 in reimbursements, and $180 to reserve cabins for the November campout

Dues for the 2023 calendar year have been deducted from current active scout accounts and were assigned to the recharter escrow account.

·         Financial results for 12 months ending Aug 31.  We finished the cub scout year ending Aug 31 in very good condition.

·         Outdoor/activities

·         August 27 - Young Eagles flights, 8:00 am to noon, Waterloo Airport, ages 8-17, free!  Report:  (5) scouts attended and experienced flight in a small plane.  A big thank you to the volunteers of the Experimental Aircraft Association!

·         October 1 - UNI Football Scout Night, 4:00pm.  $15 per person, register at https://mycouncil.winnebagobsa.org/Event/5215/Register.  Be sure to register as individuals.  Sign up before the Sep 19th deadline. Costs can be reimbursed from your scout accounts!

·         October 2 - Sunday at the Quarry, 10am-4pm.  BMC's Raymond Quarry, 6900 Dubuque Rd.  Free to all.

·         October 22 - Spooktacular, register online at https://mycouncil.winnebagobsa.org/Event/5099.  Be sure to register as individuals.  $15 per person until Oct 14, $22.50 per person after Oct 14, registration ends Oct 21.  Costs can be reimbursed from your scout accounts!

·         October 30 - Pack Halloween party!

·         Cabin campout, Ingawanis Adventure Base, Nov 11-13 – update.  All 5 cabins at camp have been reserved for the weekend.  More details to be developed.

·         Advancement – All of the active Webelos 1’s completed their requirements and will start on their Arrow of Light requirements for this year.  All dens, except Lions, should work to get their new scouts through Bobcat rank at these early meetings.

·         Service Projects –

·         Chaplain – Religious awards, update

·         Training –

·         October 15-16 - BALOO training, Camp Tanglefoot, Clear Lake.  Leaders, registration closes Sep 29, the pack will pay the registration fee.  Register at https://mycouncil.winnebagobsa.org/Event/5212/Register.  It is expected that BALOO will be offered at Ingawanis this coming spring.

·         Many of our leaders 2-year Youth Protection Training certificates are expiring this fall (Oct/Nov).  Please renew your training online so that we can recharter our pack in December.  We will not be allowed to recharter unless all leaders are current with their Youth Protection Training.

·         Equipment – The ceiling vent on the trailer needs to be permanently fastened down.

·         Fundraising – Pop cans, update

Date

#shares

$ total

$ bar pickup

$ shared

$ share avg

$ gen’l fund

Status

6/4/22

12

$1,191 est

0

$794 est

$66 est

$397 est

provisional

8/6/22

20

$1,284 est

0

$856 est

$42 est

$428 est

provisional

9/10/22

19

$541 est

0

$361 est

$20 est

$180 est

provisional

 

                                     Next can drive October 1, 2022

·         Membership –

·         Roster:  (change from August, before recruiting): 24 youth active (+1), 8 inactive; 11 adults active, 1 inactive

·         Recruiting – report:  (some numbers changed slightly after this meeting)

o   School assembly held Friday Sep 2, information and wrist bands handed out.

o   14 families signed the attendance roster Sunday evening

o   7 registered Sunday night: (4) Lions, (3) Web 2’s

o   3 others submitted apps and will pay at next meeting: (1) Lion, (1) Tiger, and (1) Bear

o   6 others signed the attendance sheet, and some took apps home to fill out:  (3) Lions, (1) Wolf,
(1) Web 1, and (1) Web 2

o   Continue with “passive” recruiting at the next meeting, Sep 18.

·         Round Table Update – report from September.  No report.

5) Old Business

·         Canteens, update  - Chris Steies is working to get a sample for us to look at.

·         Class B t-shirts – Matt will check to see if we have enough of the current t-shirts for our new scouts.  We will still be pursuing new shirts for scouts and leaders this year.

6) New Business

·         Sign for scout garage – People dropping off cans and bottles during week days and weekend days are creating problems with the messes they leave.  We will have signs made to mount on the scout garage asking people to drop off cans and bottles only during our fundraisers.  We should have some verbiage approved at the next parents meeting.

·         Handbooks – cub scout handbooks will be purchased to hand out at the Sep 18 pack meeting.

7) Announcements      

·         Next parents meeting Monday, October 17, 2022 at 1850 Patio & Grill, meeting starts at 7:00 PM.

8) Adjournment – Upon having completed the evening’s business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:05 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

September 14, 2022

 

Tabled/planned items for future consideration:

·         Quarterly Journey to Excellence review – November

·         Quarterly budget review – December