BSA Troop 187
Father Dyer Methodist Church
 Breckenridge, Colorado

 
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Scout Troop 187 Committee Meetin

December 8, 1999

Present:          Jerry Rawles, Mark Beling, Dick Shaffer, Tom Koch, Reid Cornwell, Travis Bennett, Lori Norton, Robyn Cornwell

The meeting was called to order at 7:35p.m. 

I.      Approval of 11/3/99 minutes, seconded and approved

II.      Agenda:Introduction of New Committee Members­

Jerry Rawles: will be sharing the position of Institutional Representative with He is an active member of Father Dyer, retired, and an Charlie Simpson. Eagle Scout. As a Scoutmaster in Great Falls, Montana, he involved his scouts in a lot of community service, Christmas tree sales, collecting food, and helped provide -a direction in kids' lives where there was not a lot of parental supervision. Jerry was welcomed and given committee materials.

III.      Tree Sales Report

As of this date, $1683 has been made in tree sales. An additional $250 was made-today. The goal is to sell at least 10 trees a day to finish by the 18th.  

Motion- To - have a post Christmas tree lot meeting to evaluate tree sales an~ plan for next year. Motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Date will be set at the January committee meeting.

IV.      Financial Report:

Current Troop Funds
                   
Checking Account                            $ 669.00
Savings Account                              $ 6623.00
Break down of Savings                   
                    Money earned by individual boys    $ 3740.00
                    Operating reserve                                                       $ 2000.00
                    Earmarked for capital equipment     $   900.00

V.      Summer Camp:

  1. Reservation is in and packets have been distributed to boys.

  2. Need a $10.00 deposit per boy by March 34" and all registrations need to be paid by May 31st.

  3. Inform boys of different activities, additional costs, and get a count of number of boys participating in all special activities to ensure first or second choice.

  4. Camp is $135.00 per boy, with additional fees for certain activities.

  5. Motion - To have a drop dead commitment date of February I't with each boy making a non- refundable deposit of $10.00. Motion was seconded and carried unanimously.

 VI.      Scoutmaster's Issues:

  1. Dick Shaffer reported that two years ago the troop consisted of 8 scouts. It was easy to slip into a "boys club" mentality. The troop has grown and requires greater organization. Advancement is coming along

  2. Venture patrol has been established to answer a need for the scouts at the high school level.

  3. He is striving for maximum participation.

  4. There are currently 5 assistant scout leaders, lots of scheduled activities, and a need for training of new committee members.

  5. It was suggested that a date be set when there were more of the new committee members present.

 VII.      Policy Changes: 

a.       This item was tabled until next committee meeting when more new committee members will be in attendance.

 VIII.      New Business: 

a.       Lori has spoken to Carol Craig. The town is willing to give troop $2000.00 contingent upon troop finding matching funds from other sources. Funds will be sought from Optimist, Rotary, Elks, Jerry's haircuts, etc. 

b.       Grant- The troop started buying equipment last summer to begin building up enough equipment for 30 scouts. The troop needs to continue to purchase additional equipment. All equipment is currently being stored at Paulette Adam's house and Ian Bennett and Steven Chandler are doing an equipmept inventory. 

c.       Merit Badge-Books- The troop needs more books and current versions of all books. It would be nice to have a permanent storage area for library as library should not just be merit badge books. At the very least, the 15 required merit badge books should be available in good number. Beau Beling will inventory merit badge books and provide a list of books to be purchased. 

d.       Freezoree 

1.       Need a trip request to council for Freezoree (Feb. 4,5,& 6) at Air. Force Academy. Registration for going out of council needs to be in by December I O'h and there is a $4.00 per boy fee. 

2.       Motion- January 11th   will be the drop-dead date for boys committing to attend the Freezoree. Motion was seconded -and carried. 

e.       December Activities­

Dec. I I th - Troop Activity, visit County Jail

Dec. 13th- Troop Meeting, complete fingerprinting merit badge

Dec. 20th- Snowshoe Hike, no meeting 

f.  Recharter- Opportunity to do it electronically this year. Need each scout's Social Security number in order to do it though. Need completed forms on all scouts- need to put considerable influence on parents to complete these. 

g.  Dues- There has been much discussion about weekly vs. annual dues. There was a motion to go back to annual dues but-it was tabled until financial records review is completed and a more accurate accounting of troop needs is completed.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

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