November 13, 2006

This month's Troop Committee meeting will be on Monday, November 20 at the Gastelum home. We begin at 7PM and try to end by 8:30 PM. All troop adults are welcome and encouraged to come.

We are cruising into a couple of busy months. There is an outing this weekend. Our PIR Lights nights start the evening after Thanksgiving. December 1st is an outing to Bullwinkle's Fun Center followed by a sleep over at the church. We are planning on feeding them breakfast before they go out Saturday morning on Scouting for Food. Carmen is putting together a Merit Badge Madness day for December 30th. After last week's floods, our date at the winter lodge is in question, but we will work on that and keep you posted.

With my own son turning 16 and being his Leadership Service Project away from Eagle, it occurs to me that there will be some major changes in the troop leadership coming up. My son ages out September of 2008. I anticipate needing the next chair to start shadowing me in a year. Our advancement chair's son is a freshman and a life scout. An assistant scoutmaster and the assistant treasurer's son is a sophomore and just completed his Eagle requirements. The record keeper, merit badge class coordinator, Eagle mentor's son is a sophomore and has finished his Eagle requirements. Our Chaplain's son is an Eagle with 4 Palms and soon to be 18. Our treasurer, outdoor activities coordinator, and web master's son is a life scout. As you can see, many of the troop's key positions are held by adults with scouts who are 1, 2, 3 years of aging out. Those adults with younger scouts need to start thinking about which positions they would like to take on. Being a Merit Badge Counselor is a great place to begin or expand your involvement. Please let me know if there is a position that interests you.

Thank you,

M