Committee Meeting Minutes

April Outing/Maywood. Our April outing will be April 20-22nd to Maywood. Susan Kulkarni sent the permission slip via email on April 4th. Signed permission slips and payment are due to Chris Hillen on or before Monday, April 16th. If you need a copy email Anita Thomson (wathomson@sbcglobal.net). The Maywood outing will focus on rank advancement and camp safety for the new 5th grade scouts. Scouts in grades 6 and up will work on Wilderness survival. Sign up now, Maywood is always lots of fun!

April 16th--Troop meeting at the Neenah High School Pool. The meeting begins at 7:00PM. Each scout should bring $1.50 and come wearing clean shoes, long sleeve shirt, swimsuit underneath long pants or jeans. The boys will be entering the pool wearing shoes (please make sure they're clean and can get wet), long sleeve shirt and long pants. They should also bring a towel and dry clothes to change into afterwards.

PARENTS SHOULD STAY FOR THE MEETING AT THE POOL. WHILE THE SCOUTS ARE SWIMMING WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SCOUT PARENTS REGARDING SUMMER CAMP. THE PERMISSION SLIP AND INFORMATION PACKETS FOR SUMMER CAMP WILL BE HANDED OUT AND QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. PARENTS PLEASE STAY FOR THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THE MEETING AND NEED THE PACKET, PLEASE CONTACT ANITA.

May 11-13 Wilderness Survival Council Event at Gardner Dam Camp. If our troop is going, we will need adult volunteers. Any adults interested in attending should contact Mr. Decker.

SUMMER CAMP REMINDERS: FINAL PAYMENTS ARE DUE APRIL 30TH TO ANITA THOMSON. REMEMBER THAT ALL SCOUTS AND PARENTS WHO ARE SPENDING 1 OR MORE NIGHTS AT CAMP MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL. PHYSICAL FORMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WHICH WILL BE HANDED OUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL POOL TROOP MEETING ON MON., APRIL 16TH. PHYSICAL FORMS WILL BE DUE TO ANITA BY JUNE 30TH. ANY SCOUTS OR ADULTS STAYING AT CAMP AND TAKING MEDICATION ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MEDICAL CARD, AND THEIR MEDICATION MUST BE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER FROM THE PHARMACY. THE MEDICAL CARD AND MEDICATIONS MAY BE TAKEN TO CAMP ON THE FIRST DAY OF CAMP.

Present: Jerry Thome, Bob McDonald, Jim Rappl, Anita Thomson, Dan Bauman, Andy Prince, Kip Decker, Ruth and John Cristiano, and Susan Kulkarni

Rechartering. The rechartering process is finished. Troop 81 officially has 35 Scouts. Seventeen Scouts are members of the Order of the Arrow.

Bob McDonald is replacing George Bureau as Committee Chairman. George will stay on as an Assistant Scoutmaster.

.Jan. 19-21 Winter Scout Outing to Gardner Dam. Eight Scouts built 2 Quinzy Huts of snow and sticks to sleep in for one night out in the cold

Feb. 10 Ski Outing to Granite Peak. Seven Scouts braved the 10 deg. temperatures for a fun day on the mountain.

March 17-18 Lock-In at Appleton YMCA. We will be at the Y from 10:00 pm Sat. to 7:00 am Sunday. Adults will be needed as drivers and chaperones. Scouts will have 3 hours in the pool and access to the gym and big screen TV and game rooms. Cost will be $20 per Scout, adults free. Scouts may bring movies rated PG or PG13 and snacks. They should bring a sleeping bag and pillow, swimwear and a towel, and gym clothes and tennis shoes.

March 24^th Sack it to Goodwill. We will meet in the morning in the Spring Road parking lot to distribute maps. Scouts and drivers will be needed. Annual planning meeting will be held from noon to 4:00 p.m. Scout Patrol Leaders and Adult Leaders should attend.

July 22-28 Scout Summer Camp at Gardner Dam. The first half of the payment ($95) is due to Anita Thomson by Feb. 28. The second payment ($90) is due April 30. Anita lives at 1510 Whitetail Dr. in Neenah (727-0883).

Next Troop Meeting: Feb. 19^th at Spring Road School at 7:00 p.m. Cub Scout crossover ceremonies start this week, so keep an eye out for new Boy Scouts.

Present: Jerry Thome, Bob MacDonald, Jim Rappl, Dan Bauman, Chris Hillen, Andrew Prince, Tom Knott, Kip Decker, and Susan Kulkarni

Finance: Tom deposited $5617 and wrote checks for 3531.19. He is waiting for the first bank statement to be mailed to him. The addresses and signatures have been changed on the account. We still need to change addresses for the statements from the Scout Office. Tom will set up escrow accounts from the popcorn sales this year.

Nov. Outing to Gardner Dam with Webelos II: The outing went well. We had 23 Webelos II attend and make arrows. Michael Greif won the throwing contest with his tribochet and Luke Scudder won the dessert contest with his velvet cake. Two Nescoes and and two coffeepots were bought for the troop.

Library: Jerry Thome has the information to track down all of the library materials currently checked out. He will inventory the library with book and edition number. We will look into updating some of the materials. In the process of tracking down library materials two old tents were found and returned. Please check your bookshelves, basements and garages for items that may belong to the troop.

Rechartering. Our rechartering process needs to be completed by Feb. John Christiano and Kent Powley will be asked to lead. The troop membership fee will be $40 per scout.

Dec. Outing: The Dec. outing will be a trip to the Weiss Earth Science Museum and the Barlow Planetarium at UW Fox Valley on Dec. 2. Permission slips must be turned in to Chris Hillen by Sun. Nov. 26. This is the Sunday after Thanksgiving, so please be prompt. The scouts can work on the Geology merit badge. Parents will be needed to chaperone and drive the scouts to lunch. Adults will have to pay museum entrance fees.

Next Troop Meeting: Monday Nov. 20 at 7:00 at Spring Road School. Patrols will work on Patrol flags and lashings. Hope to see you then.

I would like to continue the system Dori Hayward started last year of distributing letters by e-mail where possible. If you cannot print my minutes and flyers, or would like a hard copy, please let me know and I will mail you a copy of all correspondence. Also if there is a change in the e-mail address you would like me to send to, please let me know.