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September 26, 2019

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Annual Parents Meeting


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Scoutmaster’s Agenda

✓ Welcome

✓ 2019 – 2020 Objectives

✓ 2019 – 2020 Program

✓ 2020 – 2021 Summer Camps

✓ Youth Protection

✓ Communications & Support


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Scoutmaster’s Agenda (cont)

✓ Parents’ Commitment & Fundraising

✓ High Adventure Programs

✓ Advancement & Leadership

✓ Scouts BSA Update

✓ Questions, Concerns, Feedback


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Last Years Objectives

2018-2019 Goals

Membership Goals

– Active Troop membership of 80 Scouts by year end.

Attendance Goal

– 60% Attendance for the year at camping trips.

Communication Goal

– Patrol Leader makes two calls before camping trips each months

– Senior Patrol contacts each patrol at least once per week


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Last Years Objectives

2018-2019 Goals

✓ Membership Goals

✓ Active Troop membership of 80 Scouts by year end. (84 Scouts Registered)

✓ Attendance Goal

✓ 60% Attendance for the year at camping trips. (58% Attendance)

X Communication Goal

X Patrol Leader makes two calls before camping trips each months (NO)

X Senior Patrol contacts each patrol at least once per week (Mostly)


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This Years Objectives

2019-2020 Goals

Membership Goal

Maintain troop membership of 80+ Scouts

Attendance Goal

62% attendance for the year at camping trips

Rank Advancement Goal

90% of Scouts under First Class achieve one rank this year

Report current status every month at each PLC


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2019 Program Events

2019 Monthly Theme Camping Trip Camping Activity Special Troop Meeting

September Patrol Model Campsite Assateague Island State Park Beach Fun

October Wilderness Survival Calvert Cliffs State Park Shelter Building/Balloon

Battle

Court of Honor

November Backpacking Appalachian Trail Backpacking Thanksgiving

December Shooting Sports Broad Creek/Camp

Saffran/Dan Beard

Senior

Surprise/Shooting

Christmas Party


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2020 Program Events2020 Monthly Theme Camping Trip Camping Activity Special Troop Meeting

January Team Building Camp Snyder,

Haymarket, VA (cabins)

Team Building Games Troop Elections

February Engineering Rodney Murder Mystery Open House

March Backpacking/Navigation Appalachian Trail

(Greenbrier State Pk

Friday)

Backpacking

April Scout Skills Broad Creek Camporee

May Cooking Wye Island Olympics

June Shooting Sports Associated Gun Club,

Marriottsville, MD

Shooting Sports: archery,

rifle, shotgun

July Knots Colorado Summer Camp Colorado Summer Camp Packing Demo

August Planning Overnight

September Patrol Method & Teams Assateague Island State Park Beach Fun

October First Aid Old Rag Hiking Court of Honor

November Life Skills Automotive Susquehannock State Park Senior Surprise Thanksgiving

December Shelter & Survival Fires Camp Sinoquipe,

Fort Littleton, PA

Shelter & Survival Fires Christmas Party

January 2021 Team Building Camp Snyder,

Haymarket, VA (cabins)

Team Building Games Troop Elections


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2020 - 2021 Summer Trips

2020 – Ben Delatour Scout Ranch, Red Feather Lakes, CO» Planning is underway

2021 – New York Area – First Choice» Locations being Scouted now

- Vermont was their Second Choice


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Camp Ben Delatour

▪ Two Week Trip (Saturday July 18 – Friday July 31)

▪ Costs being accumulated now ($1200 - $1400 pp)

▪ First Week is Summer Camp

▪ Second Week is the Touring Week (some things below)

▪ White Water Rafting the Arkansas River

▪ Mesa Verde Indian Ruins

▪ North Rim of the Grand Canyon

▪ Plus others – itinerary under development


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Youth Protection

BSA Rules

– 72 Hour Training Rule – Parents Included

– Age-restricted Tenting – 2 years

– We encourage everyone to take the training

St. Joseph Church Rules

– Virus Training for every registered adult

Youth Protection Training for the Scouts

– Spring Presentation – Parents Welcomed


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Youth Protection

Troop Commitment to the Scouts’ Safety– Background Checks

– Guide to Safe Scouting

– Youth Protection Guidelines

– Communication with Scouts

» Email / Texting Rules


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Communications & SupportScout weekly calls

Website (www.troop497.org)

Email updates is your email address accurate?

Twitter Feed (ScoutTroop497)

Facebook Page (Troop497)

http://www.troop497.org/


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How do I get involved

Troop Committee

Parents Club

Assistant Scoutmasters

Come to a meeting

Contact Drew Rak, Ken Krach, Ray

Match Strength with Needs


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Our Parent’s Commitment➢ Support Son’s Advancement & Participation

➢ Transportation - Two Short or One Long per year

➢ Support Fund Raising Effort

➢ Bull Roast – Friday, November 8th

➢ Pancake Breakfast – February 23rd

➢ Car Wash-A-Thon – June 6th (rain date June 13th)

➢ Enjoy Scouting with your Sons


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Fundraising✓ One Door to Door Activity - Car Wash

✓ Need Participation in all the efforts

✓ Scouts are expected to participate.

✓ Short Duration - High Profit

✓ Need Everyone Involved for Success

✓ Bull Roast - 1st Event – November 8th

✓ Can we ask every family to sell a table?

3nd Year – Valley Mansion, CockeysvilleImperative that Everyone Helps!. Goal of 400 People at the Roast


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High Adventure Programs

Looking at High Adventure Programs in 2021/2022– Need volunteer leaders

Recommendations

– Philmont (Ages 15-18)

– Northern Tier (Ages 16-18)

– Sea Base (Ages 13-16)


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Advancement

First Thursday to First Class

Scoutmaster Conferences

Boards of Review

Eagle Scout Process


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Scoutbook.com❖ Scoutbook.com is an online resource used to track your Scout’s rank progress

❖ Parents and scouts can enter the scout’s rank progress on the site

❖ Certified Leaders can approve after entry

❖ Experience is that leaders alone can’t keep up with data entry

❖ Please update son’s information prior to each First Thursday

❖ An invitation should have been sent to you to join.

❖ Chris McClelland ([email protected]) or Adam Spence ([email protected])

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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Leadership Concerns

▪ Must participate and fulfill job requirements

▪ Have had to ask boys to redo their terms

▪ Don’t always have positions readily available▪ We try to accommodate when possible

▪ Communicate schedule challenges

▪ Don’t waste an opportunity to lead

▪ We take leadership seriously

▪ Attendance requirement for most positions


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Scoutmaster’s Conferences

▪ Ask scouts to please plan ahead

▪ Last minute requests are more difficult

▪ Scout through First Class

▪ Meetings & Trips – No Appointment needed

▪ Star

▪ Meetings – Trips – Appointment needed

▪ Life, Eagle

▪ Palmer Home – Trips – Appointment needed


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Questions, Concerns, Feedback

Documents

Annual Parents Meeting - Troop 497 Home Pagetroop497.org/data/announce/ParentsMeeting2019092619.pdf · Annual Parents Meeting. Duty to God Duty To Country Duty To Others Duty to Self