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January 2012

Next 14 days
1/28 00:00 --Ski Campout
1/30 18:30 --PLC 6:30pm
1/30 19:30 --Parent Mtg 7:30 pm

Updates for our upcoming events

Regular troop meetings on Mondays, unless otherwise indicated

Monday, January 2 - Troop meeting - tentative plans for sledding

Monday, January 16 - COH, with Bake-Off Competition

Sat-Sun, January 28-29 - Skiing Campout, Welch Village

Monday, January 30 - PLC at 6:30, Parent Meeting at 7:30

Pancake Breakfast 2012 scheduled for Sunday, March 11.

PLC and Parent meeting scheduled for 2nd Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted.

High Adventure!

Our current plans for future high adventure trips:

2012 - BWCA in either spring or fall

2013 - Philmont (summer) or Seabase (spring break)

2013 - National Jamboree July 15-24

Announcements from the last parent meeting

The Troop will begin Re-Charter this month, and we need to complete it by January 12. Watch for an email from Doug Nemecek that will include all needed forms. Registration is $65 for the year.

Thank you to Jonathan Johnson for volunteering to take over as our website coordinator. Thank you to Dave Becker for stepping in as Advancement Chair starting in January.

Adult Volunteers Needed:

Treasurer - work with Patty Hobbs now, take over in the spring after PKB

Board of Review coordinator - work with Anne Prideaux, take over in the spring.

Merit Badge Madness - Assist with organizing the merit badges, counselors, and schedule with the troop meetings

Friends of Scouting - Our kick off is at the COH in January. The adult volunteer will follow up with families not in attendance that night. Short-term role, requiring only phone calls.

Scoutmaster - Work with Mark now, take over in fall 2012

Eagle BOR - December 22nd, 1-2 adults to assist. Contact Carl Horsch if able to help.

We are looking for two volunteers for Merit Badge Madness, our annual merit badge month.

NEW for 2012: All scouts who have not advanced a rank in the last year will have a Scoutmaster Conference - an opportunity to check in and keep scouts engaged in the troop and activities. The PLC is reviewing the new Advancement Guide and the definition of being "active in the troop."

District Dates:

Round Table - January 5, 7-8:30pm

Woodbadge Breakfast - January 21 at Fort Snelling Base Camp

Mustang District Awards Dinner - February 2, 2012, at St. Andrews

University of Scouting - Saturday, April 21

Add your Photos to the Photo Gallery

If you'd like your pictures added to the website, here's what you need to do:
1) Get them to Tracy Dungan. Full sized pictures are fine -- we'll set them to the standard size for the website. If you have just a few, emailing them is fine. If you have a lot, burn a disc and give them to Mrs. Dungan at a troop meeting or parent meeting.

2) Let me know what the pictures are. Don't label picture by picture -- just let me know the event. If you have pictures for several events, put them in folders and label each folder.

3) Limit yourself to about 50/60 photos max for any event. More than that, and I'll have to chose my favorites. Save me some work, and make sure that your favorites make it on the site, by picking just the best to give me.

That's all there is to it. Enjoy the pictures!

Merit Badge Cards

For all Merit Badges, the Scout needs to start a blue card before beginning work on the badge. Blue cards are found in the back meeting room, in the scout supplies.

Take your card to the Scoutmaster so that he can make a note in his records that you are starting the merit badge and give approval to begin work.

Next, contact the Advancement Chair to get assigned to a merit badge counselor. The Advancement Chair has a list of all counselors, and makes sure that no one counselor gets overwhelmed with scouts.

The scout then contacts the merit badge counselor, does the work, and the counselor signs off with completion. Scout must keep track of the card and be responsible for getting it to the counselor for signatures.

Once the merit badge is completed, the counselor keeps one third. The Scout brings the rest to the Scoutmaster for entry and signature. The Scoutmaster then passes the card on to the Advancement Chair (Mr. Horsch), who will get the badge from the Scout shop. The Advancement Chair keeps one third of the card for the troop’s records, and the last third is returned to the Scout when the badge is awarded.

For summer camp, scouts should get their blue cards in advance of camp and fill them out, getting signatures from the Scoutmaster. The cards are brought to camp, where they are turned in. A few weeks after summer camp, the cards will be returned to the scouts with all requirements completed at camp filled in.

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