Boy Scout Troop 1288 Committee Meeting Minutes

Date:

Attendees:

Louis Meneghetti / CM - Charter Org Rep / Not Present / Lawrence Mazurek / Committee Member / Not Present
Randy Hoppe / CM - Chair / Present / Adele Menezes / Committee Member / Not Present
Michael Gettleman / Secretary / Present / Holly Meredith / Committee Member / Not Present
Shelli Bell / CM - Treasurer / Present / Brad Mills / Committee Member / Not Present
Bernard Peck / Scout Master / Not Present / Richard Monahan / Committee Member / Present
Ms. Acosta / Court of Honor Chair / Not Present / Patrick O’Quinn / Committee Member / Not Present
Skip Brumme / CM - Health Records / Not Present / Angelica Ocon / Committee Member / Present
William Gilliam / CM - Coupon Books / Not Present / Frank Ocon / Assist. Scout Master / Not Present
Erika Meneghetti / Court of Honor Chair / Not Present / Luis Ramirez / Committee Member / Not Present
Ron Taylor / CM - Advance Chair / Present / Kenny Roach / Committee Member / Not Present
Xiomara Taylor / CM - Training Chair / Not Present / Manuel Rodriquez / Committee Member / Not Present
Laurence Williams / CM - Flag Sales Chair / Not Present / Davina Ropka / Committee Member / Not Present
Rose Fowler / CM - Wreath Sales Chair / Present / Danny Rothe / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Open Position / Membership Chair / Not Present / Andy Scholebo / Committee Member / Not Present
Open Position / New Parent Coordinator / Not Present / Kameron Searle / Committee Member / Not Present
Laura Massey / CM -Act Coordinator / Present / Melinda Utley / Committee Member / Not Present
Michael Heath / Committee Member / Not Present / Daniel Thompson / Committee Member / Not Present
Luis Acosta / Committee Member / Not Present / Bhaskarr Venkataswamy / Committee Member / Present
Richard Carr / Committee Member / Not Present / Daniel Vincent / Committee Member / Present
Bill Clister / Committee Member / Not Present / Brett Wink / Committee Member / Not Present
Kathleen Clotiaux / Committee Member / Not Present / Allen Xi / Committee Member / Present
Michael Clotiaux / Committee Member / Not Present / Shenkai Yu / Committee Member / Not Present
Sophia Clister / Committee Member / Present / Mary Vivaldo / Committee Member / Present
Holly Estes / Committee Member / Not Present
Matt Estes / Committee Member / Not Present / Chris Fowler / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Jack Ferguson / Committee Member / Not Present / Damian Hite / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Sean Gaudette / Assist Scout Master / Not Present / Sabrina Hite / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Walt Grollitsch / Committee Member / Not Present / Melvin Menezes / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Devin Koehler / Committee Member / Not Present / Bill Ulrich / Assist Scout Master / Not Present
Daniel Krecek / Committee Member / Not Present / Geraldo Lopez / Parent / Not Present
Tysen Leong / Committee Member / Not Present / Chris Paulus / Guest / Not Present
Guadalupe Martinez-Martinez / Committee Member / Not Present / Ramasuamy Meyyappan / Committee Member / Not Present
Denise Mazurek / Committee Member / Not Present / James Nichols / Committee Member / Present
Eric Ecklund / Committee Member / Present / David Ramsey / Committee Member / Not Present

Call to Order: Randy Hoppe at 1915

Previous Meeting Minutes: Randy Hoppe

Meeting minutes from May 17, 2016 meeting were reviewed and approved

Charter Organization: Louis Meneghetti not present

No report.

Treasury: Shelli Bell

$46,480 balance in account

$22,444 in liquid assets

Received donations from Microsoft, BP and ConocoPhillips

Looking to re-invest in equipment for the troop in tents, coolers, etc.

BOA Account remains open but one check is outstanding (should clear next month)

459 paid subscriptions for Flags purchased for troop

Fundraising (Flag Sales): Laurence Williams not present

Next day is Veterans Day

Coupon Books – Leadership from Allen Xi and Shenkai Yu again

Fundraising (Popcorn): Laura Massey

October 25 is due date for popcorn sales and popcorn to be delivered by Thanksgiving

Can bring popcorn to your home or to meeting

Fundraising (Wreaths): Rose Fowler

Packets are available tonight; October 4 & 11 sign up available for Church Sales

Individual and mail in sales due October 15

Two weekends to do sales after mass at church on Oct 15/16 and Nov 5/6 to

Dec 3 is frosty fest (we order extra to sell at that event)

Pick-up on Dec 3 and 4

Can use credit card sales as well but scouts must set up with Shelli Bell prior to using

Checks payable to Troop 1288

Angela Ocon to assist with this project

80%/20% profit split with the troop

New Scout Inventory (Shirts, Patches, and Name Tags): Randy Hoppe for Sue Hoppe

Running low again so new order will be needed

Quartermaster: James Meredith not present

Advancements: Ron Taylor

New Eagle last night – Blake Rosella

Membership – Randy Hoppe for Louis Meneghetti

Next camp out is a recruiting event with our Webelos Invitational

Training: Xiomara Taylor not present

Ron Taylor reminded everyone reminded all present to also complete on line training

Religious: Louis Meneghetti not present

Health: Michael Angiolilo not present

Activities: Laura Massey signup sheets out through April

Merit Badge Fair in March

Enchanted Rock in April

Scout Master Report: Bernard Peck not present

Other activities on troop calendar

August – Palmetto Park – light attendance

September – Texas State Railroad 37 scouts and 22 adults

October – Webelos Invitational 21-23

Court of Honor October 11

Brazos Bend in November 18-20 (five sites and four sites for the other) (Cap at 40 people)

Lock in on last day of school December 16-17 –

Winter Camp at Bovay December 26-31

NYLT – December 26-31

Committee Old Business: Randy Hoppe

Getting Radios potentially from Daryl Preen

Committee New Business

Summer Camp – desire for some place cooler

Colorado is within driving reach with a stop in Amarillo

Drive vs. fly to keep expenses down

Committee members to start researching other places to go

Cash rich now - how to best use funds

Adult volunteers who do not have children in the troop currently pay their own way

Suggestion: Possible scholarship for these valued adults

Getting boys names on trailer – Mary Vivaldo to find options for getting names placed on the trailer

Wrap Up

Next Committee Meeting: Next Meeting October 25

Meeting adjourned at 2003