Leaders' Planning Meeting update

1. Finances—we have a positive balance of $4,594.72. This comes from the Spring fundraiser (car wash raised $1000) and the recent sale of our kayaks ($2000) plus a balance of $1500 from 2009. We must decide what our spending priorities are. We appointed a committee to report back by Sept 1 for using funds to develop Legacy and buy gear. Wil and Al Presnell, David and Kyle Phillips, Andrew Moore, Jeff and Hunter Kruse will do this.

2. Purchase of uniforms—both class A and B plus scout handbook are parent responsibility—but new families might want to wait a few weeks to learn the ropes and where to buy these.

3. Leadership this Fall—We discussed the model of Patrols in which learning is boy led and parent guided. We will have an election on our first night together to choose leadership positions. Patrol leaders are elected and we will likely need 3 patrol leaders and 3 Assistant Patrol leaders, Chaplain, historian and other positions available—some are simply appointed by the Patrol leaders rather than elected positions.

4. Fall Schedule—we reviewed and revised the calendar (see attachment) First gathering is at Rockmont on Thursday the 26th of August at 5:30. First meeting at Legacy Campsite on Monday the 30th at 6:30 pm.

5. Parent Volunteers Needed—Hiking Trip led by Eagle Boys on Saturday October 16 (route to be chosen by them), Swimming Certification at Cheshire one Sunday (Greg Stiles will head this up), Fundraiser in the Fall will be Chicken and Dumplings--organizing committee is Gerda Teo, Luanne Bryan and Marcus Duarte. Edward will contact White Horse about venue possibly on Saturday November 6th. We decided NOT to do Popcorn this year so as to focus our fundraising efforts on other things and not compete with Pack 50 for local supporters.

6. Summer Camp—we have signed up for Camp Grimes (Marion) for the second week of camp June 26-July 2 2011. If you can’t attend that week please talk to Luanne and arrange to go individually on a different week.

7. Leaders Training—John Gibson will talk with District leadership to arrange training this Fall.

News tidbit from Scout Jamboree

BOWLING GREEN, Va. (UMNS) - More than 5,500 Boy Scouts and their adult leaders attended United Methodist worship at the National Jamboree, held at Fort A.P. Hill. It was part of a strong United Methodist presence at the event, which celebrated the centennial of Boy Scouts of America. Larry Coppock, the national director of Scouting ministries for the Commission on United Methodist Men, reported that during the Jamboree about 5,200 commemorative New Testaments and 10,000 Nothing But Nets patches were distributed. The worship service offering totaled more than $12,000. Along with the money collected at the Nothing But Nets display, the scouting event raised more than $17,000 to the church's anti-malaria partnership.

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