Troop 9

Parent's Committee Meeting

Minutes

March 11, 2003

In attendance:Richard Davis, Dave Filpus, Dave Scocca, Tom Hock, John Risk, Gayle Risk, Nancy Barber - a quorum of at least seven people.

Prior meeting minutes - corrections -

Spring camporee is April 25-27.

Bird Study Merit badge is March 16^th.

Treasurer's report - no significant changes are expected - per the November minutes $3,604.93.

Trips/Meetings -

Bird Study Merit Badge - Sunday, March 16th - at the Painter's house: 129 Redbud Lane, email estimated time 9:00 am until 4:00 pm.

A reminder - the March 25^th Tuesday night meeting will be at the Hock's home.

From Chapel Hill, take NC-86 (Airport Road) north to the intersection

with Mt. Sinai Road on the right and Millhouse Road on the left, just

before the railroad tracks at Blackwood Station. Turn left and take

Millhouse Road under the I-40 bridges, then just after the road curves

left, Blackwood Mountain road is to the right, next to the farm. Take

Blackwood Mountain all the way to the end. The Hock's are on the left

side of the cul-de-sac.

ABC sale - March 29^th - more volunteers are needed and as much PARENTAL help as possible. This event is our troop's best service project showing our support for our sponsoring church as well. Commitments are being asked for in two hour blocks of time, if possible. Please come and enjoy the day. The Morehead Planetarium lot will be available for the sale and although the church realizes that we have a limited number of boys, we may need to help supervise this lot as well.

Parking Lot Schedule: (2 hour shifts begin atlisted time.)

7:00 - John Risk, Gayle Risk

8:00 - Tom Hock, Philip Hock, Ben Hock,Chris Hock

9:00 - Adult, Scout

10:00 - Adult, Scout

11:00 - Nancy Barber, Kelly Barber (sibling)(willing to take a different slot if necessary)

12:00 - Melanie Maupin, Jonathan Maupin (willing tochange to 1:00 if necessary)

1:00 - Adult, Scout (1 hour in theparking lot, then help with clean up for an hour or so.)

Clean up crew: 2:00 - Adult, Scout, Scout, Scout, Scout,Scout, Scout, Scout, Scout,

Spring Camporee - Camp Cherokee in Yanceyville - April 25-27. Currently eight boys plan to attend. Dave Filpus went to the camp several weeks. The trip takes approximately 1 - hours. There are several concerns -

The camp would like 4 adults to assist in the camp check-in.There are no trailers available to move the gear into the camp.Having adults available to check in, supervise the scouts and move the vehicles will be appreciated.

Thursday night, family night.The camp encourages each troop to picnic at their camping sites on family night.We'll need to know who might intend to come to the camp and if alternative meal plans should be made.

Class A Uniforms are required at evening meals.Please contact Dave Filpus, John Risk or Sarah Mason if you have questions or if your son needs to complete his uniform.The troop is judged on its presentation and we want to give our effort best to meet the expectations.

Bike Trip - May 24 - 26 - In the past the trip has taken the boys on a 50 mile ride to Kerr Lake. Last year the trip was cut back to 38 miles. John Risk has offered us an alternative trip from the west side of Carrboro to his home. The exact route is still in the planning process. A court of honor could be held around a camp fire that evening. Hopefully families would be able to attend and enjoy the evening.

Leadership Changes for next year -

Tom Hock will be scoutmaster
Dave Filpus will serve as board chairman
John Risk will participate as a board member

We applaud the past accomplishments and appreciate the time, effort and energy that each of these leaders has given and now commits to the troop.

Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do for our children.

NEXT PARENT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 14^TH, 2003.

Please send minute corrections, additions and/or deletions to barbe016@mc.duke.edu.