Leaders Present: John Dorner, Jeff Holland, Joe DiGregorio, Scott Elliott

Please feel free to edit this to make more accurate - and to interject your opinions/discussion

Klondike Review:

• Everything went very well
• Very proud of the boys
• Suggestions for next year
  • Offer to cook for Staff - (for a fee)
  • Bring leaf blower and clear the area to make it harder to lose things
  • Invite the Webelos again
  • Bring electric lights

January Camping Trip 1/18-20/2008

• PLC decided that since the webelos attended Klondike, we didn't need to have a special trip for them.
• PLC decided to take a backpacking trip from the Fish Hatchery to Pickleshimer fields area
• They wanted to packup and move to another site on Saturday
• The Plan:
  • Meet at the Fish Hatchery at 4:30 (on the trail by  5pm)
  • Hike to site we stayed at when we hiked to John's Rock last
  • Saturday - hike to Art Loeb trail and down to Picklesheimer Field
  • Sunday - Fun day - Meet at Fish Hatchery at 2:00 p.m.

Troop Program Discussion:

• Stress taking pride in wearing the uniform at meetings
  • shirts tucked in
  • green pants
  • pants not torn
• Felt that putting Venture boys in the patrols wasn't working like we hoped it would.
  • Discussed using Venture boys to help with a patrol on an 'as-needed' basis
  • Venture patrol has not met outside of the regular meetings like we had hoped.
• Discussed the 'program' part of the meeting
  • Have more adult-assisted leading of programs
  • Go back to having multiple simultaneous programs
    • New Scouts (after webelos cross over)
    • Tenderfoot and Second Class program - working on Tenderfoot, Second Class and First Class rank requirements
    • Merit Badges for those with First Class or above.
• Create a leadership position "Game Master" to be responsible for planning good games.

Junior Leader Training

We had planned to hold this on December 15, but since that will conflict with Scott Lewis' Eagle Project, we decided to move it to Sunday, December 16 from 2-6pm.

Need leaders to help teach portions of this training session.  Please let John Dorner know which of these you would like to lead.  Joe D. is going to look at his old materials for other topic ideas.

• Roles of boy and adult leaders (organizational chart)
• Running a troop meeting
  • Review time schedule
• Better Games
  • Game Master position
• Running a Patrol Meeting
  • Dealing w/ disruptive scouts
  • Planning an agenda
• Planning for a camping trip
• Leadership styles
• Communications
  • Importance of good communications
  • The Phone Chain
  • Phone Skills (how to leave a message)
  • Taking notes during meetings
• Uniforms
  • Lead by example

2008 Camping by Lake Junaluska (April 25-27, 2008)

• Do we want to attend?
• Conflicts w/ OA Dixie Fellowship
• Fun, Fishing, Camping Competition (Ribbons and Plaques)
• Chaplain Aide Training will be offered

Reviewed list of boys that have not advanced during the last year.

• 2 Tenderfoots
• 1 Second Class
• 1 First Class
• 2 Star
• 3 Life (have not made significant progress)

Annual Terrora District Banquet

• Friday, January 11
• Need to register as a troop by January 4
• Spark plug award due by January 2 (If you weren't at the meeting, then you'll have to go to the banquet to find out who we selected as the Spark Plug recipient)
• Cost: $10
• LET John Dorner know if you would like to attend before Dec 31

Terrora District Winter Swim

• Saturdays from January 12 - March 22
• 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
• at Hendersonville YMCA
• cost: $2/day
• Need to find out if any boys are interested in attending
• Need to find out if any adults are interested in helping teach
• Classes offered:
  • Beginning Swimming
  • Stroke Improvement
  • 2nd & 1st Class Swimming Requirements
  • Swimming Merit Badge
  • Life Saving Merit Badge
  • BSA Lifeguard may be offered, but you must have prerequisites of Life Saving, First Aid, Canoeing and Rowing merit badges and must be at least 14 or completed 8th grade

Outdoor Program Checklist

• BRIEFLY looked at the Checklist at: http://www.boyscouttrail.com/library/campoutplan.asp and decided to use this as a starting point to develop our own.
  • Outdoor Program Checklist
  • Adult Coordinator Outdoor Program Checklist
  • Scout-in-Charge Outdoor Program Checklist
  • Patrol Leader Outdoor Program Checklist
• Let's work together to edit these to suit our troop's needs.

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