Thanks to those attending. Also thanks to James Donaldson for many Great Years. We will miss him!
Attendees: Troy Tatum (2), Millissa Mendiola (2), Caroline Carithers (1), Pam Harrison (8), Paul Waldrop (9), James Donaldson (7), Susie Luttrell (10), Bob Craig (10), Amanda Short (10), Joyce Kimbrell (5), Lynne Musolf (1)
Baby News:
- Congratulations to Andrea Bass, who had a baby boy last week
Plano Clean-up: Event held on April 1
- Great job Millissa Mendiola !
- 125 to 130 participants, including 15 girl scouts
- Concern expressed that we almost left a kid behind and alone at the event; Parent/leaders need to be make sure drop-off/pick-up times are clearly communicated; Leaders (and all parents) need to check the area to account for all scouts before leaving
Fundraisers: Susie Luttrell heading up committee
- The committee met and came up with the following ideas
· Sonic – Caroline Carithers can arrange this if needed
· Barnes & Noble Gift wrapping – Pam Harrison has contacts for this
· Bounce House at School Night for Scouting
· Bingo Night
· Phones and Ink Cartridges
· Oil for Kids – sell coupons for oil changes at Midas which includes Oil change, Tire Rotation, 15 pt engine check (4 for $40); 50% goes toward the fundraiser
· Camp Cookbook
· Silent Auction (sell tickets to Hawaiian Falls, Six Flags, etc)
· Meal Nights (Fuddruckers, Chick fil-a, Joe’s Crabshack, Cici’s, Covino’s)
· Sell candybars
· Down & Derby DVD – order, sell and return what doesn’t sell
· Garage Sale June 10th – location TBD
- Great list – need to narrow down and present the final proposal at the next parent/leader meeting
Spring Camp-out
- Great Success – thanks to Millissa Mendiola
- Comments on how well everyone cleaned-up
- No complaints from anyone
- Bathroom was too far from some campsites
- Everyone enjoyed the park – the kids loved the fishing and being able to go swimming
- Great location – easy to get to
- Interested in camping there in the future – maybe in the Fall; Sounded like responsibility/ownership for the Park may change
Scout Show: May 13 (Sat), 10am to 3pm, @ Market Hall
- Paul Waldrop needed more tickets – think that was taken care of.
- Prizes have arrived – checkerboards, rockets, whistles, sticky hands, back scratchers
- Recycle Plano providing a wheel with questions on recycling, as well as additional give-away items (pencils, etc)
- Need flags from the dens
- Setup either Friday night or Sat morning
- All tickets/cards and/or money needs to be turned in to Bob Craig by May 9th
- Committee approved funds to rent tables and chairs from the Scout show itself
- Need to get blue or gold tablecloths from Pam Harrison
- Need Volunteers to help setup/take down and support the booth during the day – Contact Bob Craig if you can help.
New Tigers
- Amanda has already contacted potential new Tigers and several are ready to join
- Plan to sign them up at the next Pack Meeting (May 9)
- District has not yet announced sign-up dates
- Amanda will invite them to the next Pack Meeting
- Want to be able to provide them with the list of summer activities by the next Pack meeting
Summer Day Camp
- Over 700 scouts signed up this year – higher percentage attending the morning vs evening camp
- District feels certain we will be audited, so all records need to be complete and on file
- All adult leaders/participants must have Youth Protection Training
- Need to provide James Donaldson proof of current YPT training (good for 3 yrs)
- If you don’t have the Youth Protection Training, then either take the online course or attend training on May 20th
Finances
- Current balance is $2,339.12
- Audit is scheduled for May 7 at 3 pm at Pam Harrison’s house. James Donaldson to identify participants (Pam, Lynne, Caroline, James, Paul, Troy ?)
Elections (2006/2007 Scout Year)
- All key positions identified
- Joyce Kimbrell requested to be pulled off the Webmaster ballot
- All positions approved by those attending
- Need to communicate final list to Pack (James ?)
Summer Activities:
- Susie Luttrell presented 15 potential ideas
- Committee agreed on 2 activities per month.
- Scouts needs to participate in 1 event per month in order to earn the summer patch
- Following is the list of approved activities with ptential dates. Details to be worked out on all and communicated as the date nears:
· June:
1. May 30 – Jun 02: Summer Camp
2. Jun 25: Raingutter Regatta (free event)
· July:
1. Jul 08: Bike and/or Hike (free event)
2. Jul 29: Burger’s Lake ($9.00 / person if 20 or more in group)
· August:
1. Aug 12: Back to School Pack Picnic (free event) – include volleyball and/or ultimate belt loop activities
2. Aug 26: Fair Park outing, possibly including the Dallas Aquarium, Science Place, Fire Fighters Museum; supports progress towards earning the Greater Dallas Historical Patch
- Other ideas listed here just for visibility/ideas for individual families or dens
· BSA National Museum ($5/scout or leader)
· Mesquite Rodeo ($10/adult, $5/scout) – see Susie Luttrell’s email regarding this event
· Steam & Railroad Museum ($5 per adult, $2 per scout)
· Harbin Museum at Camp Wisdom (Free)
· Frontiers of Flight Museum ($15 per adult, $8 per child)
· Dallas Zoo ($8.75 per adult, $5.75 per scout)
· Planetarium @ UTA ($3/person)
Misc:
- May Awards are due by May 02. Requests after that will not be purchased until the Sep Pack Meeting
- May Parent Leader Meeting moved to May 16 to avoid conflicts with Summer Camp; Troy to take care of reservations
- Pack Email – proposed changing the rules to allow leaders to send out broadcasts; to revisit at next P/L meeting
Upcoming Events:
- May 1 (Mon), 4:30 pm @ CiCi’s: May Pack Planning Mtg
- May 4 (Thurs), 7 pm: Roundtable (den 2 responsible)
- May 7 (Sun), 3 pm @ Pam Harrison’s house: Pack Audit
- May 9 (Tues), 7pm at Bob Woodruff Park: May Pack Meeting
- May 13 (Sat), 10am to 3pm, @ Market Hall: Scout Show
- May 16 (Tues) 7pm: May Parent Leader Meeting – location TBD
- May 20 (Sat) 9 AM to ?, @ LDS Churck at 3401 Los Rios Blvd: Day Camp Training
- May 24 – Schools Out For Summer
- May 30 – Summer Day Camp begins