Dan Beard District Committee Meeting Minutes
December 6, 2000
Attendees:  Stan and Patti Belyeu, Jenny and Bruce Elwell, Dusty Fletcher,
            Rudy Hines, Roger Lear, W.E. and Becky Medlin, Rodger Skirvin,
            John Slocumb, Steve Stewart, Marvin and Pat Tharp,
            Ed and Sue Walsh, Judy Ward, Ron and Nancy Werley,
            Laura and Gary Wester, Ed and Jean Williams - (23)

1. Invocation by Stan Belyeu.

2. Our abbreviated December Committee Meeting was held at the home of Becky
   and W.E. Medlin.  The Committee wants to thank them for being our gracious
   hosts and supplying the drinks and a lot of the food!  It was a great
   Christmas Party and this year we had quite a few spouses in attendance!

3. Boy Scout Program:

   Advancement - Ed Williams: Ed passed around a report on the council
   advancement information available for Scout Troops.

   Eagle Board - Rudy Hines:  November had 8 projects, 4 were not approved and
   4 were approved and 9 finals, all approved.  December, so far, has 4
   projects and 2 finals scheduled.  Rudy thanks those who helped last month.

   Training - John Slocumb:  The Tri-District SMF for the 2000 spring session
   has been scheduled for April 6-8, 2001 at Camp Durant.  The Scoutmaster will
   be Kevin Carpenter from the Impeesa District.  His e-mail address is
   KCarpen859@aol.com.

4. Cub Program:

   Cub Family Campout - Jenny Elwell:  Jenny reported that the Cub Packs must
   pre-register for the Cub Family Campout scheduled for March 16-18 at Camp
   McNeil (at Camp Bowers).  Website registration forms, etc., will be coming
   within the next month or so.

5. Membership - Rodger Skirvin: We are currently at 2865 Scouts in our district
   and have 2 new units joining up; Crew 331 from Garner and Crew 200 from
   Cary.  That gives us 85 units; 36 Packs, 39 Troops and 10 Crews.

6. Finance - Rodger Skirvin:  We have passed our $70,000 goal.

   Popcorn Sale - Marvin Tharp:  Marv wants to thank all of the units and the
   Scouts for a great popcorn sale.

7. Activities and Civic Service - Dusty Fletcher: Dusty thanked everyone for
   their help at the Annual Recognition Event on November 16.  We ended up
   awarding 31 DLC's (instead of the 27 reported last month).

   She also said that Chuck Short has reported that the Mall Expo is on
   schedule and that the information on the Mall Expo will be mailed out soon.

8. Congratulations are in order for our District's 2 newest Silver Beaver
   Recipients; Richard Fletcher and W.E. Medlin.

9. W.E. thanked everyone for attending and bringing all the good food.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Next District Committee Meeting: January 19, 2001 in Fuquay-Varina

   Our Annual District Planning Retreat will be held at the Becky Medlin Realty
   Buiding on Judd Parkway NE in Fuquay-Varina on January 19-20, 2001, starting
   at 7 pm Friday evening.  It was decided that we will NOT have a District
   Committee Meeting on January 3, 2001.  We will hold that meeting January 19
   as part of the Annual District Planning Retreat.  All District Committee
   members and Sub-Committee members should plan on attending.  PLEASE PUT
   THE DATES ON YOUR CALENDARS.

Calendar for this month and January:

  DATE                       ACTIVITY                  RESPONSIBLE AREA
--------------  -------------------------------------  --------------------
DECEMBER     1  Popcorn settlements due to Council     UNIT Popcorn Kernels
             2  Order of the Arrow Winter Banquet      Order of the Arrow
             6  District Committee Christmas Party     Executive
            13  District Eagle Board of Review         BS Advancement
            21  Roundtable/Key3/OA/DC Meetings         Commissioner
            21  District Unit Inventories completed    Commissioner
         26-31  Council Holiday 50-Miler               Council


JANUARY     10  District Eagle Board of Review         BS Advancement
            13  Summer Camp Staff Interviews           Council
            18  Roundtable/Key3/OA/DC Meetings         Commissioner
*Moved*  19-20  District Committee Retreat             Executive
            27  Council Eagle Banquet                  Council


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