Troop Parent Committee Meeting

Thursday, February 27th, 2003

7:30 pm – 9:45 pm

Starbucks Fallbrook & Victory

 

Attendance:

Jerry Seymour

Peggy McGrew

Sherry Pool

Rayna Burgess

 

Roundtable Report: (Peggy McGrew)

*     Camporee

Scoutmaster Report: (Patrick Druez via email)

*     Great Court of Honor 

*     Will finalize Seabase plans when he gets back

*     At PLC, Scouts decided to hold a T-shirt design contest.  Same color T-shirt.

*     Mt. Pinos snow trip is on due to plenty of snow!

*     Will return early on Sunday – no snow play Sunday morning

*     We need lots of backpacking stoves for this outing!!

Finance Subcommittee Report: (Peggy for Judy Soyster)

*     Worked on new draft budget

*     Funds are tight, need to watch budget on outings and committee

*     Need to get more money up front for camp

*     We pay a substantial amount of money up front for camps and High Adventure

*     Should we establish a Scholarship fund and get donations for this fund

Fundraiser Subcommittee Report: (Peg McGrew)

*     Cookie Dough Fundraiser – point of fundraiser is to earn money for camp

*     We need to have total fundraisers for the troop

*     We will invoice soon for summer camp

Membership/Communications Subcommittee Report: (Rayna Burgess)

*     Several Job binders were approved.

*     Several Outings documents were approved.

*     New Scout packets were reviewed

Outdoor/Activities Subcommittee Report: (Peggy for Jerry Seymour)

*     Catherine Zak is our new Medical Forms Coordinator

*     New forms for outings

*     Upcoming Outings

*     March: Snow Camping at Mount Pinos.

*     April: Canoe Trip

*     April: Camporee

*     Emerald Bay Summer Camp: Need to start billing NOW!  Owe in April.

*     Florida Sea Base: Still owe $$ Need to invoice on this

*     We will use our new Quickbooks system to invoice for these costs

Advancement Subcommittee Report: (Lisa Solomon)

*     Board of reviews coming up

Troop Advisors (Joe Perret)

*     NTR

Other Business

*     Finalize budget

Action Steps Review:

*     Rayna to get minutes out this week.