Minutes from October Committee Meeting

Boy Scout Troop 287

Meeting:                   Troop 287 Committee Meeting

Date & Time:            October 11, 2016, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Location:                   Wilson United Methodist Church

In attendance:           Sandy Diggs, Lisa Durrenberger, Sandy Johnston, Pam Reeves, Danny Reeves, Sean Warner, Jonathan Westcott, Lisa Woodard.

Sandy Johnston – Committee Chair

• Opened the meeting
• Gave overview of Scoutmaster Meeting; calendar of activities has been created for the next year; uploaded to the Troop Website.
• October 18^th: the final Popcorn order forms are due at next Tuesday’s meeting
• October 30^th 3:00 PM: church Harvest Festival – all boys asked to help direct traffic; look for a sign-up Genius email
• November 5^th: Veteran’s Day Flags and the downtown parade: sign-up sheets (through Sign up Genius) will be re-sent.
• November 12^th: Popcorn orders will be picked-up and made available to Scouts
• November 29^th: Popcorn money is due!

Danny Reeves – Committee Treasurer:

• Gave the current status of the Troop’s different financial accounts and the total Operating Account
• Discussed the current status of the ‘Flag’ money
• Questioned the feasibility of having our next Committee Meeting on Election Day

Motions:

• Committee Chair made a motion to allocate funds to various accounts in order to budget the Operating Account; motion was seconded and approved.
• Motion made to add superfluous funds to the Scholarship Fund; seconded and approved.
• Motion made to use ScoutBook over TroopMaster to record Merit Badges; motion was seconded and approved.
• Motion made to move the next Committee Meeting to November 1^st – approved

Sean Warner – Scout Master

• October 14^th – 16^th will be the Pike’s Peak council’s Centennial Campout; 6 Scouts attending from Troop 287
• Motion made to hold Summer Camp at Cris Dobbins; motion approved
• Saturday, November 5^th will be the Veteran’s Day Parade and our “Flags” fundraiser.
• November 11^th & 12^th: “The Dino Death March”
• Scoutmaster Conferences have been quantified and standardized
• No meetings in December, but there will be a 20-mile hike and a service project to meet requirements for the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge