Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, October 17, 2022, 7:00 PM

1) Mike Treinen called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. Attendees were Ashley, Ron, Mike, and eventually Matt H.

2) Welcome to attendees and introduction of guests

3a) Review previous meeting minutes Prior minutes were approved.

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

4) Reports:

· Cubmaster None.

· Secretary

· Review pack schedule for next 3 months Reviewed.

· Treasurer Reviewed.

· Pack financial report:  As of October 3, the pack’s accounts totaled $30,501.05, with sub accounts as follows:

Cash accounts:		Pack Accounts:
$8,033.67	checking	$14,492.98	general fund
$22,000.00	savings	$8,356.01	scout accounts
$0	cash	$4,084.81	campership fund
$467.38	council account	$3,099.87	recharter escrow
		$467.38	unit account at scout office

Since the last parents meeting, we had income of $768 in pop can receipts and $916 in new scout fees.  Expenses were $674 in registration fees to the council, $499 for cub scout handbooks, and $99 in reimbursements.

· Outdoor/activities

· October 1 - UNI Football Scout Night, report Ron and Mike both said much better than last year, was a nice event, Laura sent Mike a nice thank-you for help.

· October 2 - Sunday at the Quarry, 10am-4pm, report Ashley was able to attend and said that they had a number of geodes; she also commented on a big sand pile where the kids could dig for prizes.

· 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! Reviewed.

· October 30 - Pack Halloween party, update Discussed that there would be gaga ball, pumpkin bowling, and hopefully 1-2 other games. Thought we should request Chris Steies bring his battery light.

· Cabin campout, Ingawanis Adventure Base, Nov 11-13 – update Email has gone out. All cabins rented. Matt H plans to do whittling chip with knives for those boys who complete it. Other activities include rank requirements, gaga ball, hiking, and downtime. Meals are going to be as follows (Note: some of this was confirmed in the days that followed the parents’ meeting, so wouldn’t properly be considered “minutes.” These updates will be noted below):

· Friday Supper: Mike.

· Saturday Breakfast: Ron/Webelo 1s (this is an update; at the meeting this was for Phil/Bears).

· Saturday Lunch: John Nees/Webelo 2s (this is an update; at the meeting this was still open).

· Saturday Supper: Phil/Bears (this is an update; at the meeting this was for Ron/Webelo 1s).

· Sunday Breakfast: Ashley/Lions.

· Advancement – No Advancement concerns.

· Service Projects – Discussed possibly having a small service activity while cabin camping, depending on availability. Cleaning out cabins was mentioned.

· Chaplain – Religious awards, update. Mike needs to send some completed forms in; a couple of Arrow scouts need follow-up.

· 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 Ashley completed Baloo and had praise for the event; said she learned a number of activity ideas, and she would like to consider skits for the cabin campout. Skits are encouraged, but the group thought was that one would probably be enough since there are no den meetings between now and the campout.

· Equipment –

· At the time of planning the UNI tailgate, 2 long white folding tables were noted as missing. It was determined that Troop 29 had one they had used, and Steve Lathrop was inquiring of Aaron Becker and Toni Pint Burk to see if they knew of someone possibly using the other. Committee authorized Ron to purchase 2 similar folding tables with pack funds, as regardless of recovery, 1-2 of the existing tables were showing signs of falling into disrepair.

· Additionally, Ron spent some time on Sunday removing a trailer tire (that had been going flat quickly) and brought it to Lind for work (there was a valve stem leak). The group thanked Ron for taking care of that.

· Fundraising – Pop cans, update There was general consensus that can drives were going well and advertising should continue to be limited to the parish bulletin and possibly the sign on the fence, but that we should not renew social media advertising at this time.

· Fundraising – Pop cans, update

Date	#shares	$ total	$ bar pickup	$ shared	$ share avg	$ gen’l fund	Status
6/4/22	12	$1,191.80	0	$794.53	$66.21	$397.27	final
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
10/1/22	21	$879 est	0	$586 est	$28 est	$293 est	provisional
	Next can drive November 5, 2022

· Membership – Reviewed.

· Roster:  (includes new scouts): 35 youth active (+11), 8 inactive; 13 adults active, 1 inactive

· Recruiting – report:  (13) new scouts have joined the pack since the start of the school year:  (8) Lions, (2) Bears, and (3) Webelos

· Round Table Update – report from October

5) Old Business

· Canteens, update (Chris S) Chris Steies was not in attendance, but a discussion was held concerning the fact that a box of unused canteens (the prior version) was located in the scout shed, and there was a suggestion they could be given as prizes at campouts. The group liked that idea.

· Class B t-shirts (Matt) Matt H will check with his provider as to floating 3 or so new t-shirt designs. Matt will try to bring the unused stock of prior t-shirts to a future meeting to be distributed to scouts who don’t have t-shirts (depending on fit and limited to supply on hand).

· Sign for scout garage – no can & bottle drop off except during can drives:  what should the signs say? The group agreed that each of them would try to email ideas for a sign within a week. Some ideas were discussed; the concerns were (a) making it clear; (b) keeping it short; (c) trying to be appreciative; and (d) having a spot to note the date of the next can drive (in some manner other than dry-erase, which would not stand up to weather and would be susceptible to chicanery). The group agreed there should be 3 signs – one on the overhead door, one on the north side, and one on either the south side or the fence surrounding the dumpsters.

6) New Business

· Matt H requested that the pack recognize Alex Hennig, who simply needs to pass Board of Review in order to be honored with the rank of Eagle. This makes him the first Pack 25 scout, since the pack was re-started in 2015, to ascend to Eagle. It sounds like the Court of Honor will likely be in January.

* Mike suggested that we recognize Alex at an upcoming pack meeting and give him a chance to say a few words then, either in November or December, and invite the cub scouts to attend Alex’s Eagle Court of Honor. The group agreed on this.

* Then Matt asked if the pack could prepare something like a framed certificate for Alex. Ron suggested refurbishing one of the plaques that are in the garage with the pinewood derby trophies. Mike said that could be done, but rather than potentially getting bogged down with preparing a physical award to present – because that might delay and cause us to overlook the recognition at an already busy time of year – we should simply focus on recognizing Alex in person at a pack meeting, and if we want to follow it up with a certificate we can do so later on. The group agreed.

7) Announcements      

· Next parents meeting Monday, November 14, 2022 at 1850 Patio & Grill, meeting starts at 7:00 PM.

8) Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

Meeting notes in red font as provided by Michael Treinen.

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

October 27, 2022

Tabled/planned items for future consideration: Not discussed.

· Quarterly Journey to Excellence review – November

· Quarterly budget review – November