AHG Leader Meeting, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Attending: Cherie Kronimus, Michelle Boice, Chris Neuberger, Carolyn McCloskey, Marlene Mika, Anna Neuberger, Kiersten Dixon, Sarah Hamaker
Agenda
1. Devotional
2. Troop Board Reports
a. Coordinator Report: Need to complete Hugs, Honor Troop & Leader awards paperwork for year end ceremony; confirm certificates can be made for bridging & end of year; check to see for any special honors for end of year - religious awards, earn all badges, etc.
3. Leader Reports
a. Pathfinders
b. Tenderhearts
c. Explorers Knife safety progressing, working on Outdoor skills & Fire Safety; can part of 21st meeting be used as Pi/Pa/Explorer grub meeting for camp?
d. Pi/Pas: Jill looking into Honor Flight dates to attend w/Explorers; May 12 Picnic w/Pathfinders at EC Lawrence park 6:15 or so to 7:45; Possible camping trip for Astronomy July 17 - 19
e. Flag ceremony working to develop Special Occasion Honor Guard; will tape flag ceremony for National on May 19 - once w/o audience, one w/audience - audience will be notified prior to entering Sanctuary
f. Registration Cherie will help Allison get new ones & new leaders ones submitted
g. Badge Can we deliver Pi/Pa leader girl's badges to the leaders at the end of the meeting? Otherwise badge sign out is closed by the time the Pi/Pa leaders get out of the meeting.
h. Service
i. Financial: See attachment for updated budget
j. Advancement: May 19 bridging ceremony Cherie to ask around for bridge; Add part to bridge out three girls to Rachel & Allison our AHG graduates; Units have e optional meeting time after ceremony - need to let Sarah know by May 13 so announcement can be worked into ceremony script & families can be made aware - Pi/Pa's say yes, they will meet after
k. Fundraiser: Need to decide what to do with the leftover Heart & Souls chocolate (26 boxes; 36 dark chocolate bars) Sell at Pender Sat. 4-12, 9-11 a.m. during flea market
l. Social events Cherie needs to follow upon making patchs for lockin
m. Camping: May 2-4—see below for Saturday’s schedule 2 Pi/Pa's & 14 Explorers, 2 1/2 Explorer leaders - suggestion to combine all into 1 or 2 squads and consider using cabins to lighten work load. Kiersten will serve as grubmaster; Health and Safety
n. Training
4. Area-wide information
a. Summer camping: registration will be coming soon Camp rep willing to do info night in area; Sarah to ask around for a good date
b. Lock in patch:
c. Leader conference June 26 to 28: Leaders who are interested should let Sarah know; there are volunteer opportunities that would lower the registration cost, so let Kim know if you’re interested in helping out.
d. Fourth of July: Jamie Garza is working on getting a truck and flatbed trailer for our float Carolyn may have a trailer we can use; Michelle Boice & Doug Hugo have trucks; maybe work on during June 2 meeting?
5. April 21 meeting badges recognized in units; invites for Open House available to handout
6. Apr 28 remind everyone deadline for PVSA is Apr. 30 and they must enter their own hours
7. May 5 meeting deadline for awards, Open House
8. Next meeting, Thursday, May 15, 7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Troop Camping Saturday Schedule
divide into three groups: high adventure Pi/Pa/Exp - doing zip/high ropes, and maybe mountain boarding (5th grade and up); low adventure Exp. doing low ropes & other activities; Th groups doing low ropes & other activities.
Younger Kids Group One:
· 10-11 Nature Class -we can do different classes for each group if you would like
· 11-12 Hayride
· Lunch
· 1-3 Low Ropes
Older Kids Group One: 5th graders to Pi/Pa's
· 10-12 pm Zip line
· Lunch
· 1-2pm Mountain board/other?
· 2-3 pm Rockwall - prefer different activity
Older Kids Group Two (4th graders):
· 10-11am Archery ?
· 11-12 pm Rockwall
· Lunch
· 1-3 pm Low Ropes (not with youngest group)