Latest Scoutmaster minute as of June 30. 2019:
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WE ARE BACK FROM SUMMER CAMP: We are home from Summer Camp! Summer camp is over, and now we have to bring the paperwork up to date, get the summer camp advancement reports transferred into the scout's individual books, and get the earned merit badges loaded into scouting's computer system. That may take a few meetings but it's important! All in all we had a great time. We got things done, came home with a sun burn, and solidified friendships and gave our junior leaders some real leadership practice. The leaders are beat, but without their help we could never have accomplished what we did. From my perspective, the boys had a great experience and a tremendous number of opportunities for advancement, which they could take or choose not to..
TROOP MEETING ON MONDAY 1 JULY: Yes, we are having a meeting on Monday night!!!!! The following things are critical:
1. We need to get ALL of the FLAGS scouts may have turned in so they can be given to the OWL patrol to be put out on July 4th.
2. We need to transfer Sumer camp accomplishments into boy's Boy Scout Handbooks.
3. All tents, tarps, and troop gear anyone has at their house needs to come back tonight!
4. We need to start reviewing canoe skills, water purification methods, and discuss the July campout opportunity.
5. We need to finalize the upcoming Wasilla Parade duties, see who is going and who is leading, and who is going to run the Root Beer Floats.
CANOE TRIP UPDATE:
As the scoutmaster in T300, my first priority is SAFETY, and right now with the out-of-control wildfire down on the Kenai planning on a canoe trip through that area isn't a smart thing to be doing. Even if they get the fire out before our planned departure date, it seems prudent to modify our trip and do something equally fun but safer. And that's what I'm working on. The new plan is still going to be a lot of fun, but it will be a little closer to home and away from the fire. I am moving to change the trip from a straight canoe adventure, and instead turn it into a blowout weekend on the water, camping on an island and having a weekend of super soaker fun that will include a mini canoe trip, water skiing, wake boarding, and water tubing, with lots of ski boats and canoes to have fun with. We will also be offering motorboating merit badge for scouts 15 and older. To allow our Philmont guys to participate, I am looking at July 25-27. Standby -- the details are coming...
TROOP MEETING ON MONDAY 1 JULY: Yes, we are having a meeting on Monday night!!!!! The following things are critical:
1. We need to get ALL of the FLAGS scouts may have turned in so they can be given to the OWL patrol to be put out on July 4th.
2. We need to transfer Sumer camp accomplishments into boy's Boy Scout Handbooks.
3. All tents, tarps, and troop gear anyone has at their house needs to come back tonight!
4. We need to start reviewing canoe skills, water purification methods, and discuss the July campout opportunity.
5. We need to finalize the upcoming Wasilla Parade duties, see who is going and who is leading, and who is going to run the Root Beer Floats.
CANOE TRIP UPDATE:
As the scoutmaster in T300, my first priority is SAFETY, and right now with the out-of-control wildfire down on the Kenai planning on a canoe trip through that area isn't a smart thing to be doing. Even if they get the fire out before our planned departure date, it seems prudent to modify our trip and do something equally fun but safer. And that's what I'm working on. The new plan is still going to be a lot of fun, but it will be a little closer to home and away from the fire. I am moving to change the trip from a straight canoe adventure, and instead turn it into a blowout weekend on the water, camping on an island and having a weekend of super soaker fun that will include a mini canoe trip, water skiing, wake boarding, and water tubing, with lots of ski boats and canoes to have fun with. We will also be offering motorboating merit badge for scouts 15 and older. To allow our Philmont guys to participate, I am looking at July 25-27. Standby -- the details are coming...