Pack 3025 Parents Meeting

Monday, February 13, 2023, 7:00 PM

1850 Patio & Grill, 1850 W Ridgeway Ave #5, Waterloo

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

2) Attending:  Ashley Bridenburg; Matt Hennig; Chris Klaren; Mike Treinen; and Ron Wing

3a) Review previous meeting minutes – no concerns

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

4) Reports:

·         Cubmaster – Many of Mike’s comments are noted in the agenda items below.
Mike announced that he will be stepping down as cubmaster at the end of this school year, and plans leading through the May and July campouts.  He will continue to be active on the pack committee.

·         Secretary

·         Review pack schedule for next 3 months – As previously communicated by Ron, the March 4 can drive has been canceled.  Due to administrative concerns with the availability of an insurance certificate from BSA to address St. Edward needs for the pack to use their facilities, the pinewood derby has been moved to March 26, and a pack meeting has been scheduled for March 5.  The March parents meeting has been rescheduled to March 6, as the 13th fell during spring break.

·         Health forms, youth & adults:  36 on-hand complete, 7 forms and/or insurance cards needed.  Reminders prior to upcoming meetings will continue to be emailed.

·         Treasurer

·         Pack financial report:  As of February 11, the pack’s accounts totaled $29,782.48, with sub accounts as follows:

             Cash accounts:

         Pack Accounts:

$7,503.16

checking

$16,320.19

general fund

$22,000.00

savings

$9,452.63

scout accounts

0.00

cash & checks

$3,730.34

campership fund

$279.32

council account

$279.32

unit account at scout office

 

Since Jan 14, we had income of $895 in pop can checks, and $20 deposited into scout accounts.  Expenses were $535 for the pack bowling party, $184 for reimbursements from scout accounts, $116 for awards, and $24 for additional donuts for Scout Sunday after mass.  Our can redemption center owes the pack $2282 for 5 truckloads of returnables from Nov 28 through Jan 19.  Average time for the last 6 pop can checks from pickup to check received is 81.7 days.

·         Outdoor/activities

·         February 1 – Several pack leaders with the assistance of several of our cub scouts, led a 15-20 minute school flag assembly at St. Edward School. 

·         February 5 – Scout Sunday report.  Excellent turnout of scouts and leaders with everyone in their Class A uniforms.  Scouts assisted with greeting arriving mass attendees, carrying gifts for communion, and coffee and donuts after mass.

·         February 5 – Pack bowling report.  Very good turnout and lots of fun.  Pizza and pop was a hit as well.  Thank you Sara Schaefer for organizing!

·         February 10 – Pack Waterloo firehouse visit, report.  A small group attended the visit.  They toured the living areas of the fireman, and detailed tours of the shop and firefighting equipment.

·         March 29 – Pinewood Derby, update.  The date was moved from March 5 to the 26th as discussed previously.  Track setup and test and tune is scheduled the day before at 9:00am.

·         May campout, discussion.  Mike is considering Rock Creek State Park, near Kellog, IA as the destination as it has lots of fishing and hiking potential.  He will look to see if campsites are available the first weekend in May.

·         Advancement – Ashely reported that the Lions have completed their requirements for advancement.  Other dens are reportedly on track to complete their advancement requirements by the end of the school year.

·         Service Projects – Our first service project of the year was our Scout Sunday activities as described previously.

·         Chaplain – Religious awards, update.  One Webelo 2 is ready for approval of their Parvuli Dei award.  We are waiting for booklets for the other Webelos scouts.

·         Training – We will need some more leaders to complete BALOO (Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation) training.  Leaders should also take the Safe Swim Defense if there certification has expired or if they have not taken it before.

·         Equipment – Other than repairing the trailer vent, we are in good shape.

·         Fundraising – Pop cans, update

Date

#shares

$ total

$ bar pickup

$ shared

$ share avg

$ gen’l fund

Status

11/5/22

13

$852 est

0

$568 est

$43 est

$284 est

provisional

12/3/22

17

$580 est

0

$387 est

$22 est

$193 est

provisional

1/7/23

16

$798 est

0

$532 est

$33 est

$266 est

provisional

2/4/23

6

$823 est

0

$549 est

$91 est

$274 est

provisional

 

                                     Next can drive April 1, 2023

·         Membership –

·         Roster:  32 youth, 11 adults (no change)

·         Applications for Kingsley pack restart.  We received several applications from a recruiting event to restart a pack at Kinglsey.  Matt will contact the families to see if they are interested in joining our pack.

·         Round Table Update – no report

5) Old Business

·         Insurance certificate for use of St. Edward facilities, update.  We are waiting to receive an insurance certificate from BSA that St. Edwards needs for us to use their facilities.  We delayed the pinewood derby by 3 weeks as we are not confident that we will have the certificate by early March.

·         Canteens, update – no report

·         Class B t-shirts – update.  Matt will contact the provider to get an updated price list.

6) New Business

·         none

7) Announcements

·         Next parents meeting Monday, March 6, 2023 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 8:03 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Chris Klaren

February 15, 2023

 

 

Tabled/planned items for future consideration:

·         Quarterly Journey to Excellence review – March

·         Quarterly budget review – March