Boy Scout Troop One is chartered to First Baptist Church, 1670 Shatto Avenue, Akron, OH 44313 (map)
in the Old Portage District of the Great Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America

Troop One Parents meeting

 

February 26, 2008

 

Welcome – Senior Patrol Leader (Alex Darkow)

Troop Meetings - Tuesdays 7:30-9:00

Troop Committee Meetings, First Tuesdays 7:30

 

Troop Organization - Fast Start Video – Asst. SPL (Brian Weiner)

Troop Officers – SPL, ASPL, QM

Troop Elections

Troop Junior Leader Training

New Scout Patrols, New Scout Patrol Leaders and Troop Guides

 

Camping Policy – Asst. Scoutmaster Culp

3 weeks before - permission slip passed out

2 weeks before - money due (cash or checks)

1 week before - payments to patrol grubmasters (payments this night in cash only please)

Friday night – quartermaster in charge of travel

Sunday morning - quartermaster must dismiss all scouts

1 week after - clean up equipment, bring back all assigned equipment to quartermaster

 

Cooking and Cleaning – ASM Culp and QM Adv. Doug Jones

Each patrol makes menu, duty roster, buys food, provides stove, cooks meals and serves meals

Cleanup is by the three-pot method.  Scouts sleep in Troop supplied tents, but need …

 

Equipment needs for Camping – Quartermaster Advisor Doug Jones

Boots, sleeping bag in stuff sack, sleeping pad in stuff sack, pack or duffle,

eating kit, cleanup kit

 

Advancement  - Advancement Chairman Ken Kostura

Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, Eagle

Scouts below First Class must bring their book and get it signed by boy leaders.

No earned advancement is official until it is recorded in the computer.

When all is completed for a rank:

Scoutmaster Conference

Board of Review

Courts of Honor

 

Plan now for camping and activities – Scoutmaster Steve Myers

March 14-16 - New Scout Training Campout and Experienced Scout Show-n-Do (Avery Hand, OH)

April 11-13 – Niagara Falls, NY

May 16-18 – Seneca Rocks and Dolly Sods, WV

June 26-30  - Gettysburg, PA (Super Trip – May be June 19-23)

July 13-19  - BSA Summer Camp, Manatoc – All Scouts Must Attend!!!

Aug 15-17 – East Harbor State Park

Sept 12-14 - Kelley’s Island State Park (Family Campout)

 

Health and Safety – Membership Chairman Dave Weida

Applications, Permission slips, medicine permissions, Class I and Class II health forms

Guide to Safe Scouting followed, leader certifications expected.

 

Costs and Fund Raisers – Committee Chairman John Martin

Costs – Weekend Campouts, Super Trips, Summer Camp

Fund Raisers – Flower Sale, Crown Hill, Popcorn, and Poinsettia’s

 

Parents must

Be committee members and assistant scoutmasters

Be drivers or campers or doers

Be Merit Badge Counselors

Encourage your sons to become eagles

 

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