(2009-2010 Annual Planning Meeting: Thursday, May 21st, 2009 7:00pm SUMC) 

May Joint Pack 525/575 Committee Meeting Notes

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Packs 525 and 575 conducted their May Joint Pack Committee Meeting on Thursday, May 30th, 2009.     Follow the link (Read more . . .) to see all the meeting notes including information on upcoming events.

1.             Normal Business Matters

     a.       Cub Scout Round Table – May 19th^st , 7:30pm, Christ Church Episcopal, 400 Holcomb Bridge Road, Norcross, GA

     b.      Joint Pack Web Site:  New application under evaluation. Visit the current site: http://scouts.southern.ws/ for updates and information.  Calendar is updated. 

     c.       Training – Scott Donaldson and Keith FitzPatrick                                                                   

                         i.      Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO) Training:  20 Jun. Button-Gwinnett. Details not published.                                                                

                         ii.      Mandatory Day Camp Leader Training: May 16^th 8:30am to 12pm.  Youth Protection from 12:30pm to 2:30pm for those who need it.  Youth Protection is available on-line at http://olc.scouting.org/.  You will have to register for access to the website and you will be asked for your Member ID. If you do not know your number or if you do not have one, just enter nine 0’s.  Be sure to take a copy of your completion certificate to the leader class and e-mail a copy to your Pack Trainer.

     d.       Spring Campout Wrap Up.  The committee decided that, in the future, the spring campouts will be joint campouts and the fall campouts will be Pack campouts.  In the fall, the Packs are much bigger because the Webelos IIs are still participating.  By spring, the Webelos IIs have cross over so the Packs are smaller.  We are making this change to give each pack a better opportunity to get the camping locations they desire.  It will be easier to make reservations for two smaller groups in the fall than one big group.

     e.       Spring recruiting.  In cooperation with the Button-Gwinnett Distric staff, we are putting together a low key School Night for Scouting tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 12^th at Simpson Elementary School.  We need volunteers from Packs 525 and 575 to help with games, songs, and registration.  We also need volunteers to distribute fliers for the Friday Folders that will go out on May 8^th.  

2.           Events

     a.       Annual Planning Meeting (May 21^st 7-8:30)b.      Cub Scout Day Camp: June 1^st – 5^th.  Applications are still being accepted, but admission is on a space available basis.  A $25 late fee will apply until May 5th; $50 late fee after May 5, 2009

     b.       Summer Activities                                                                   

                          i.      Pack 575:  Zoo Atlanta NightCrawler program. July 18^th.  Registration due 1 June 2009.  Open to both Packs.                                                                

                          ii.      Pack 525:

     c.       Webelos/Wolf/Bear Encampment:  June and July, Bert Adams Scout Reservation. 

3.           Council Opportunities:  Visit http://www.atlantabsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=6416&orgkey=1456  for more information.

     a.       Georgia Renaissance Festival  (April 18th through June 7th, 2009)

     b.      Scouts Day with the Atlanta Braves (May 17, 2009)

     c.       Scout Day at the Gwinnett Braves (May 24, 2009)

     d.       "Knight for the Night" with the Atlanta Dream and Medieval Times on Friday. (June 19, 2009)

     e.       Real Men Cook: 20th Anniversary Celebration on June 21^st

      f.       Atlanta Area Council Cub Scout Family Camping                                                                   

                     i.      Bert Adams, June 20^th – 21^st                                                                 

                     ii.      Woodruff, July 11^th – 12^th