Troop
Parent Committee Meeting
Jim Starratt’s Office
Attendance:
Lisa Soloman
Chocolate provided by
Action Steps Update: (Peggy)
All action steps were complete:
Peggy
ask Tim Shannon about T-shirt order.
Peggy
call Lisa about new boy supplies
Kathy,
Peggy and Rayna will meet on Monday to discuss Finance Subcommittee jobs
Kathy
talk w/Jerry about pancake breakfast at the church
Kathy
will find out about pancake breakfast tickets (address?)
Patrick
should write a letter to parents about Friends of Scouting
Peggy
call Jerry about Local Tour Permit for Camporee
Kathy
will call Mike Hazard about purchasing new stoves.
Rayna
will get minutes out this week.
Roundtable Report: (Peggy)
Youth Protection Training at May Roundtable (2nd
Wednesday in May at 7pm)
Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat Training at
May Roundtable!!
BSA registration fee will increase next year by
$3
Pardee in Marina del Rey:
L.A.
County may not renew lease, depends on the supervisors.
5,500
youth enjoyed facility last year
Explorer
boat
Club
– visitor program
We
need to let the supervisors know it is important to let BSA keep the lease!!
Note: Due to positive developments with the Los
Angeles City Council regarding Pardee Sea Base, it has now been asked that we
NOT participate in a mailing campaign to our supervisors.
Camporee – may charge parking fee, can’t refund
deposits
Troop 22 received our Charter and Boy’s Life ribbon
Rock Climbing Information session
Merit
Badge booklet a good reference
BSA
book “Topping Out”
May 25th is Flags on Graves good turn
at National Cemetery
September 20-21 Scoutmaster/Asst. Scoutmaster
Specific Training
October 12 Troop Committee Challenge Training
Scoutmaster Report:
No Scoutmaster Report (Patrick traveling)
Finance Subcommittee Report: (Kathy Zimmermann )
Subcommittee met last week to reorganize. Judy agreed to do the checkbook that works
well in conjunction with her Quickbooks entry.
Lisa was asked if she would like to manage the
Council account numbers and just inform the committee when the balance falls
below a predetermined level.
Judy to talk to a CPA to set up a review of our
accounting system
Talked about including items from fundraiser as
items in Quickbooks.
Spreadsheets have been created and used for the
various fundraisers. Popcorn is the
hardest one. Kathy and Peggy will review
and update these to be easy to look at.
We would like to have one volunteer for each
fundraiser to just work with the spreadsheet and financial aspects of the
fundraiser.
Pancake breakfast. We agreed to purchase a huge 4-burner griddle
for Prince of Peace. It will also be
used for future pancake breakfast fundraiser.
Marti has already acquired most of the required items. She needs assistance with picking up last
minute items at the market for this event.
Membership/Communications Subcommittee Report: (Rayna
Burgess )
Patrol family pot-lucks have been tentatively
scheduled. Approved the program and
flyer for this.
Plan to have Merit Badge Counselor Coordinator
Binder for review
Calendar – Template calendar for next year is
almost complete.
Outdoor/Activities Subcommittee Report: (Peggy for Jerry
Seymour )
Michele met with Patrick and Jerry to learn
transportation for Camporee. She needs
an assistant.
After May outing of Flags on Graves, the troop
will split into three parts. 1st
Year Scouts (who just joined) will go on a beginners backpack trip. Older Scouts, by special invitation, are
going to Camp Whitsett as guests of Venture Crew 22 for wilderness
survival. Experienced Scouts will go on
an intermediate level backpack trip to be specified.
Advancement Subcommittee Report: (Lisa Solomon)
Lisa brought quality unit patches and Owl
patches
There were 6 boards of review since the last
court of honor.
Advancement boards are nice for visual
motivation. What are we going to do with
these?
Lisa needs some help. Very few Advancement Subcommittee Jobs have
been filled.
Troop Advisors (All Positions Open)
Training
Adult awards
Chaplain
Other Business
Peggy will update roster with new boy
information. Won’t distribute until
things settle down.
How often should Boards of Review occur? We need them more frequently than quarterly
(as suggested in the BSA documentation) because of the number of the boys in
the troop.
Checkbook availability. People should not expect to be reimbursed
immediately at Troop meetings. If the
checkbook is at a meeting great, otherwise the receipt will be collected and
payment will be made later.
File box for blank forms, handouts and
mailings. We decided to go ahead with
this.
Tim Shannon will order T-shirts.
Action Steps Review:
We need any electric fry pan for cooking the
sausage for the pancake breakfast. We
also need any available scrip. Bring on
Monday!
Peg to make flyers for Patrol potlucks
Peg to make flyer for LA Supervisor thing (from
Kathy’s input)
Peg to make pancake breakfast flyer to
distribute at Monday’s meetings
Judy to set up CPA review of the system
Rayna create draft of calendar template and give
to Patrick by June
Peg to put together New Scout information and
email it to key people for use until the new roster comes out.
Peg will buy a file box and folders for
committee papers.
Rayna will bring copies of menus etc. for file
box
Rayna will email troop about pancake breakfast
needs