District Committee Meeting Minutes

District Committee Meeting Minutes

District Committee Meeting Minutes

January 19, 2017

Attendance: John Gollner, Mary Chesser, Land Rowland, Jason Norred, Davey Balboa, Brian Glover, Thomas Farmery, Gail Robinson, Cam Reynolds, Lee Smathers, Chuck Brooks, Tim Moss, Elliott Segall, Chris Johnson, Wanda Centers, Donna Carr, Jeff Mathis

Meeting called to order 7:30 PM

  1. Welcome – Brian Glover
  2. Invocation – Tim Moss
  3. December Meeting minutes review
  4. Motion to approve minute changes – Elliott Segall
  5. Seconded by Tim Moss
  6. Unanimously approved
  7. Nominating Committee
  8. John Gollner brings Land Rowland to the floor for District Member at Large
  9. Gail Approves, all agree – Jeff Mathis speaks on behalf of Land saying he has done a great job in the Pack.
  10. JTE – Brian Glover / Lee Smathers
  11. Lee – Described our position as a district. Our membership hurt us this year but we did well in all the other categories.
  12. Brian – Followed up saying nothing to be upset about but happy about instead.
  13. John Gollner asked about how market share is counted.
  14. Elliott – Asked about community service hours and why it was down.
  15. Units have not been logging their hours
  16. Honor Unit Proposal – Lee Smathers, Brian Glover, Thomas Farmery
  17. Friend storming update – Thomas Farmery
  18. Land Rowland joined the district committee member at large.
  19. No other update
  20. Brian – I would like to challenge everybody to obtain three more people for your committees by next Committee Meeting Committee Section – Brian Glover
  21. Committee Training Topic
  22. Brian – Have been working to get a training day going for district volunteers.
  23. Seth was not able to make it but has a training video for us to watch.
  24. Mary – Is this training a couple of hours or can we have it at our committee meetings?
  25. Brian – Might need more time like a half day on top of those trainings.
  26. Sub Committee Reports
  27. Breakouts
  28. Finance & Fund Development - John Chesser
  29. Popcorn - Mary Chesser
  30. Mary Chesser – Twilight Camp
  31. Registration should be up soon
  32. Land Rowland – Camp Cards
  33. Goal is $74000 in sales
  34. 36/42 units registered.
  35. Moe’s Buy one get one free and Sonic
  36. Golden Eagle - Doug Kirk
  37. Doubled our attendance at Golden Eagle
  38. FOS - Eric Gutman
  39. $44922 which is 62% of goal.
  40. Community: $25,140 – 104%
  41. Family: $19,782 – 41.2%
  42. Membership - Gabe Wyatt
  43. Sick, could not make it.
  44. Program - Cam Reynolds
  45. Advancement - John Mitchell
  46. Camping Chair – Davey Balboa
  47. Twilight Camp is going well with Mary and Darrell
  48. World Jamboree July 22 in 2019 at Summit
  49. Pinewood Derby - Jason Norred
  50. Two weeks away for pinewood derby
  51. Dremel is doing patches and food
  52. Registration is on doubleknot.
  53. Training - Donna Carr
  54. Six new Cub Scout trainers in the district
  55. ITOLS will be at troop 465 scout hut.
  56. Religious Emblems - Tim Moss
  57. Duty to God Saturday March 4 at John’s Creek United Methodist
  58. You do not have to be a Methodist to participate
  59. John Dorman unit award
  60. Troop leader nominates the scout
  61. Deadline is February the 12th
  62. UMass – April 22nd - Adult training for BSA and Girl Scout leaders that are interested in Duty to God
  63. Free to attend and you will get a patch – Churches of all faith is invited
  64. Duty to God Camp is September 22-24 at Bert Adams.
  65. Scout Sunday is February 5th
  66. Service Projects – Elliott Segall
  67. Eastern Hemlocks is putting on a service project March 11 at Smithall Woods near Unicoi State Park(Double Check)
  68. Order of the Arrow - Chuck Brooks / Mark Harris
  69. Have moved OA to 2nd Thursday of the month. Relocated to a different room.
  70. Trying to form committees for the OA
  71. Recruited an adult from pack 2010 and has ceremony experience!
  72. Ceremony team is in rebuilding process and cannot go to crossovers right now.
  73. Might be able to put on ceremony at PLC.
  74. Have held one election so far at 241.
  75. Only had half the troops in district have responded to us on elections.
  76. Deadline is Feb. 28th
  77. Each Troop should have an OA member represent their troop to the OA chapter for the district.
  78. Had a meeting to get this going in our district, it is looking positive.
  79. Ordeal is May 1st weekend and 3rd weekend.
  80. February 9th we are holding OA meeting at Canton bowling alley
  81. Holding a scoutmaster lunch at 465 on March 25th.
  82. Still finalizing the date.
  83. Chapter regalia has been moved to 465.
  84. Things are looking good and moving in the right direction for the OA.
  85. District Communications - Jason Norred
  86. Web Site - Jason Norred
  87. 42 visitors a day, getting good exposure.
  88. Subscription is $96 for a year or $120 for two years.
  89. Newsletter - Chris Johnson
  90. We need more information for the newsletter
  91. I have received unit contact info and will reach out to units for new information.
  92. T8880 committee got together and they might be to host Adventure Quest this coming year!
  93. Theme based around Jungle Book.
  94. Try to have activities taught by the Boy Scouts.
  95. Event is scheduled for August 26th.
  96. Social Media - Karen Glover
  97. District Calendar (Review & Key Dates) - Brian Glover
  98. House of Scouts – January 28th
  99. Commissioner Section - Gail Robinson
  100. Commissioner Update
  101. February 9th – Bring a friend to Commissioner meeting to build staff.
  102. 7 new commissioners in the past three months!
  103. Re-charter
  104. JTE
  105. 30 Gold, 4 Silver, 6 Bronze
  106. New Units
  107. Roundtables - Dalton, Wendy, Jason, Jeff
  108. Good kick off in January.
  109. February theme is STEM in Cub Scouts
  110. Attendance is key!
  111. 9 Packs did not attend at all last year..
  112. Getting the same faces to come to RT.
  113. Invite all Cub Scout leaders to RT and spread the word for it.
  114. Boy Scout RT – Wanda Centers
  115. February – Patrol Flags and is also ladies night
  116. March – Keeping scouting fun and retention. Also is ladies night as well
  117. April – Diversity Theme
  118. District executive’s minute - Thomas Farmery
  119. Something about a donkey… Hee-hawin all day long
  120. Brian – It’s like a Taylor Swift song
  121. Commissioner’s minute - Gail Robinson
  122. Closing comments - Brian Glover
  123. Adjournment - Brian Glover
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