Attendees: Stan Belyeu, Linda Boggs, Roger Lear, W.E. Medlin, Rodger Skirvin,
Steve Stewart, Marvin Tharp, Judy Ward, Gary Wester and
Ed Williams (10)
1. Pledge and Invocation by Stan Belyeu. W.E. welcomed Gary Wester to our
meeting. Gary & Laura are going to be Unit Commissioners in Fuquay-Varina.
2. February minutes approved.
3. District Commissioner - R. Skirvin for Ron Werley: 81 units are to re-
charter by the end of March. 16 units have re-chartered; remember that to
be a Quality Unit you have to re-charter on time! We are still looking for
a Cub Round Table Commissioner.
4. Boy Scout Program:
Advancement - Ed Williams: Units are advancing and the council office gave
to Ed most of the advancement records for 2000 which he had never gotten.
Eagle Board - Ed Williams for Rudy Hines: February had 9 projects, 7 were
approved and 7 finals, all approved. March, so far, has 11 projects and
6 finals scheduled. Rudy can use your help again this month, please!
Training - Roger Lear for John Slocumb: The SMF registration form is on
the District Web Page. SMF is on schedule for April 6-8, 2001.
High Adventure - Steve Stewart: Venturing Day 2001 planning, which will be
held for Venture units during our District Spring Camporee, is on schedule.
If you have questions or want to help, contact Steve or Tom Stalker.
A new flyer and a release form will soon be put on the District Web Page.
5. Cub Program - Linda Boggs:
Cub Day Camp - Linda Boggs: Chuck Carter has agreed to be the 2nd Director
for Cub Day Camp. A location for CDC should be firmed up this week.
Cub Training - Linda Boggs for Gary Thorn: Cub BLT will be at St. Francis
of Assisi Church at 11401 Leesville Rd. in Raleigh on March 24 at 8:30 am.
Registration forms are available at the Scout Office.
Cub Advancement - Judy Ward: Judy tabulated the missing advancement sheets
for February thru December of 2000 and they show 23 units advancing with
151 Bobcats, 56 Wolves, 42 Bears, 66 Webelos and 101 Arrow of Lights.
Cub Family Campout - Linda Boggs for Jenny Elwell: Linda reported that the
Cubs attending the Family Campout MUST be pre-registered to attend, due to
activities and supplies constraints. If you want to attend, REGISTER!
See our District Web Page or the Family Campout web page at:
http://www.familycampout.homestead.com
6. Membership/Relationships - Marvin Tharp: The survey sheets to our
District's units were mailed and are coming back in. They will have a
report when they have the data compiled.
7. Finance - Rodger Skirvin: We are currently at $23,000 of our $70,000 goal.
$19,000 from the Family Campaign, $3,350 from the District Committee
members and $650 from the Community Campaign, which is just starting.
8. Activities and Civic Service - Roger Lear for Dusty Fletcher: The 2001
Mall Expo had 6 Packs (79 Scouts and 52 adult leaders) and 9 Troops (124
Scouts and 52 adult leaders) in attendance. The Pinewood Derby had more
than 200 participants, which was a 33% increase over last year. With the
fading attendance at the Mall Expo, it has been suggested that we make the
Mall Expo some type of competitive event for Cub and Scout units. Any
suggestions as to how we could do that would be appreciated.
9. New Business - W.E. Medlin announced that the Council Key-3 will attend the
April 4th District Committee Meeting to address the questions shown in the
attached letter to the Council Scout Executive. NOTE: W.E. would like ALL
of our District Committee Members to attend the April meeting. Please read
the attached letter and send any comments you have to W.E. before April 4.
10. New Business - Marv Tharp and Ed Hammitt are trying to get a National
Association of United Methodist Scouters (NAUMS) chapter started in the
Dan Beard District. If your unit is interested, contact Marvin Tharp.
District Executive's Minute - Rodger Skirvin: This month and next month
will be very busy months for our District and, we hope, offer lots of fun
and excitement to our Scouts. He wanted to remind us that the volunteers
are a key part of this effort and that he is thankful for all their help.
District Committee Members of the Month: Chuck Short, Dick Fletcher and
Dusty Fletcher for their work on the 2001 Mall Expo and the Pinewood Derby.
Calendar for the remainder of March and April:
DATE ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE AREA
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MARCH 14 District Eagle Board of Review Boy Scout Advancement
15 Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings Commissioner
15 Unit Charter Turn-in Deadline Commissioner
16-18 Cub Family Campout (Camp McNeill) Cub Program
16-18 OA Spring Inductions Order of the Arrow
24 Tri-District Cub BLT - Host:Impeesa Cub Scout Training
31 Council Cub Pow-Wow Council Cub Training
APRIL 4 District Committee Mtg (COUNCIL KEY-3) Executive
6-8 Tri-District SMF - Host: Sequoyah Boy Scout Training
11 District Eagle Board of Review Boy Scout Advancement
19 Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings Commissioner
20-22 Council Canoe Handling Course (Lake) High Adventure
20-22 Order of the Arrow Conclave Order of the Arrow
27-29 District Spring Camporee Camping
27-29 District Spring Venture Day High Adventure
ATTACHMENT
The following list of concerns were brought up at various times during the
planning retreat in January. W.E. sent the list to Tom Dugger, our Council
Scout Executive, and asked if he and the Council President, Gary Pendleton and
the Council Commissioner, Larry Gracie would address the concerns at one of our
District Committee meetings. The Council Key-3 have agreed to come to the
April 4th District Committee meeting to talk about these concerns.
Concerns discussed at the Dan Beard District Annual Retreat on Jan. 19, 2001
1. The distribution of the popcorn proceeds are not as stated in some popcorn
literature. It is stated the proceeds are split equally between the units,
the council and the vendor, with each receiving a third. The distribution
is approximately 28.7% to the units, based on the information available to
the volunteers.
2. The bathroom facilities at the camps are inadequate. The lack of proper
facilities makes it difficult to provide an adequate Cub program because
the parents are reluctant to participate. This means we have to put the
program on at an out of council camp.
3. Super Camp has been talked about with no real visible results. What is the
time frame for Super Camp to happen?
4. What will it take to get a sewage system in place to service showers and
flush toilets?
5. The time line for publishing the calendar of events needs to be faster.
This will allow distribution to the units faster.
6. There is a problem in reserving camp for district events. Sometimes the
reservations are not honored; other events are scheduled on top of existing
events. If council events take priority, they should be scheduled timely.
Once an event is scheduled it should be honored by the council.
7. Trying to reach the same contributors for the council and the district FOS
has developed a sense of confusion on the part of the units.
8. What steps are being taken to get the business community involved in FOS?
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