Fall Plans

Troop 50 Leadership Meeting Oct 5, 2009

Present: Alan, Edward, Jerry, Jim, Jeff, LuAnn, Marshall, Marybeth, Marcus & Shawn Swartz

Jeff and Jay are the Assistant Scout Masters. Please contact them with suggestions and questions about the troop if you can’t reach Edward.

David, Jerry and Marcus held a successful campout Oct. 2 & 3 at Legacy Camp. It was enjoyed by all who attended.

Oct. 5: Tonight Lee Kruse taught part of the Citizenship and Community merit badge.

Oct. 24-25 – Backpack trip with Marcus and Jay. Scouts will have orange vests to wear as this is hunting season (bow only) if trip goes to Shining Rock

Nov. 6 & 7: We will complete the community service in Brevard with the Transylvania County Sheriff‘s office and camp that Friday night. Officer Kruse’ training tonight is in preparation for this.

Nov. 1: 2 pm at Legacy Camp Jim and Shawn will assist those scouts who did not complete their merit badge at camp for Environmental Science with the two remaining requirements. This meeting will be for the plot transect, will take about 2 hours.

Need to plan for a winter campout at Legacy (take this up at next meeting).

Beaver patrol Curriculum: (For Tenderfoot, 2nd Class and 1st Class requirements)

Oct. 12 & 19 First Aid Requirements

Oct. 19: Fitness & remaining First Aid

Oct. 19th: Board of Review for those boys ready to advance rank only

Nov. 2nd: Poisonous Plants and animals

Nov. 2nd: Begin work merit badges for those who have advanced to 1st Class

Other important dates for entire troop:

Oct. 19th: Bring you packed bag for inspection for campout weekend

Nov. 2nd: Leadership meeting at 7 pm Location will be somewhere in Gaither Chapel area.

December 5th Black Mountain Christmas Parade

Dec. 7th Christmas Caroling with MPC

Dec. 14th Court of Honor with Board of Review Nov. 30th

Voted: Wear Class A uniform to meetings and Class B on campouts and other outings

Needed: a Crossover Ceremony for David Teo and Zander Shores. When, Where, How?

This needs to be determined

Finances: We have spent $8000 in 2009, half on property improvements of Legacy Camp. Fundraising is critical need for us this year. Edward will provide a financial report to the parents and send this out via email.

Jeff has a plan for a tent platform. We’d like to have all tent platforms are built to the same specifications.

Potential for terracing with native rocks on the site to assist in having tent pads in level spots. Mike has agreed to let us cut trees as needed. There are many straight and dead locust trees on the property that would be perfect for construction of pads.

We still want a pavilion to meet in: the old trailer has been moved up there to be used for now.

Meeting adjourned

Respectfully submitted,

LuAnn Bryan

October Update

The Troop encourages all boys to bring their own Nalgene Bottles to campouts. We will bring a large container of water and bottles can be refilled.

Also as a rule we encourage boys to wear class A uniforms at our Monday evenings and Class B uniforms for more informal events. If you have not received your Class B (we handed them out at camp and a few last week) then please ask about this at our next meeting.

On Sunday afternoon November 1, weather permitting, Mr. Shores and Mr. Swartz will lead us on the Legacy Property for the requirements of the Environmental Science Badge that we did not complete at camp. This involves preparing and observing two transects of a micro eco-system. We will establish an initial “reading” then do another in the winter and a final one next Spring.