Boy Scout Troop 1288 Committee Meeting Minutes

Date:May 21, 2013

Attendees:Shelli BellTreasurer
Jerry ClarkCommittee Member
Michael ClotiauxCommittee Member
Randy HoppeSecretary
Bernard PeckScout Master
Ron TaylorCommittee Chair
Steve ZoellerFlags
Others (not listed)

Previous Meeting Minutes: Randy Hoppe

  • Reviewed previous meeting minutes

Treasury: Shelli Bell

  • April financials presented
  • Bank balance $18,039
  • Generous donation from Microsoft: >$1800
  • Payments to summer camp made
  • Payment to TX State Railroad made
  • Motion to change campout consumables from $3 to $5/campout
  • For Scouts only, not adults
  • Covers items such as charcoal, propane, paper towels
  • Seconded and passed

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

  • Name tag batch created last week
  • Full inventory of Troop t-shirts available for summer camp

Flag Sales: Steve Zoeller

  • First flag day Memorial Day
  • Zoeller has flag materials available
  • Running low on flag replacement inventory, will have to re-order later in the year
  • Have extra poles
  • Only have 12 new flags
  • Suggestion to hold day to rehabilitate old flags

Quartermaster: James Meredith

  • No report

Training: Xiomara Taylor

  • No report

Charter Organization: Louis Meneghetti

  • No report

Religious: Louis Meneghetti

  • No report

Committee Chair: Ron Taylor

  • Next Committee Meeting: June 25, 2013
  • Next Court of Honor: July 30, 2013
  • Cut-off for achievements: July 16
  • Meal served at Court of Honor
  • Court of Honor: October 29, 2013
  • Venturing Unit
  • Ron meeting with organizer after this Committee meeting

Scout Master: Bernard Peck

  • Stephen F. Austin campout
  • April 19-21, 2013
  • 26 Scouts
  • 9 Adults
  • Quintana Beach campout
  • May 17-19, 2013
  • 35 Scouts
  • 11 Adults
  • Horseshoe Bend summer camp
  • June 15-22, 2013
  • 20 Scouts
  • Merit badges signed up
  • Need Classroom YPT each year: State of TX requirement
  • Northern Tier High Adventure
  • June 30-July 12, 2013
  • Texas State Railroad campout
  • July 19-21, 2013
  • Parents and siblings welcome if they make their own arrangements
  • Battleship TX sleep over
  • August 17-18, 2013
  • Lake Somerville campout
  • September 13-15, 2013
  • WEBELOS Invitational campout
  • Bear Creek Park
  • Oct 11-13, 2013
  • Brazos Bend State Park campout
  • Nov 22-24
  • Orienteering
  • Winter Camp
  • Camp Strake
  • Between Christmas and New Years
  • Summer activity
  • Microsoft Retail Store
  • Target Tuesday night
  • Late July or likely early August
  • Eagles Nest
  • Eagle Scout names on back of tandem trailer
  • Updated names through 2012