Attendees:  Stan Belyeu, Kathy Connelly, John Cortese, Dusty Fletcher,
            Rudy Hines, Roger Lear, Geri Mangum, Jim McGraw,
            Jim McSherry, W.E. Medlin, Bob Ratledge, Rodger Skirvin,
            Jon Spencer, Steve Stewart, Judy Ward, Ron Werley and
            Ed Williams (17)

1. Pledge by Ed Williams and Dusty Fletcher, Invocation by Stan Belyeu.

2. April minutes were approved as written.

3. District Commissioner - Ron Werley:  Pack 208 has been contacted to
   get re-chartered.  Stan Belyeu got Pack 205 chartered and Troop 205
   is coming in.  That leaves only Pack and Troop 307 to re-charter.

4. Boy Scout Program:

   Advancement - Ed Williams: No report, will send out information on
   the listbot when he has tabulated all the pink advancement sheets.

   Eagle Board - Rudy Hines/Steve Stewart:  April had 5 finals, all
   approved and 4 projects, none approved (most were minor problems).
   So far for May they have 1 final and 5 projects scheduled.

   Training - John Slocumb:  The April SMF course had 62 participants
   and 29 on the staff.  John and W.E. said it was the first course
   they had ever held on which they had no complaints.

   Camporee - Jim McGraw:  Jim reported an outstanding camporee with 29
   Troops and 3 Crews in attendance with a total of 613 Scouts and
   Scouters.  A total of $1,011 was turned over to the council.

   Camping - John Cortese: No report.

5. Cub Program:

   Training - Kathy Connelly:  No Cub BLT on May 20. There should be one
   in June or July.  Stan Belyeu said that Pack 205 needed a BLT course
   in June.  Kathy said we could discuss it in the June committee
   meeting.  Pam Strug is going to replace Kathy as Training Chairman.

   Advancement - Judy Ward:  April had 1 Bobcat, 12 Wolves, 14 Bears, 46
   Webelos and 51 Arrow of Lights. 12 Packs out of 35 had advancement.

   Cub Day Camp - No report.

6. Order of the Arrow - Steve Stewart for the Taylors:  73 out of 145
   elected candidates were "tapped out" at the Camporee.  That was more
   than 50% of the elected candidates.  Thanks to the OA the campfire
   ceremony was well received and the "tap out" was done quickly.

7. Health & Safety - No report.

8. Membership - Stan Belyeu:  31 schools had flyers delivered to them
   by 20 volunteers (Dusty and Ed were 2 of them).  19,000 flyers were
   put in the schools.  Stan has formed a "Membership and Relationships"
   Committee.  Jeff Miller and Jon Spencer are going to serve on the
   committee with Stan.  The District level kickoff for the Fall Roundup
   will be on May 30th.  Stan will get the information out via the
   listbot and the May Round Table.

 9. Activities and Civic Service - Dusty Fletcher:  No report.

10. Finance - Rodger Skirvin:  We are at 68% of our goal or $46,816.00
    out of $70,000.00.  We should be at our goal already.  He is still
    searching for a popcorn Kernel.  Dusty Fletcher, Roger Lear and Ed
    Williams will help.

11. New Business:  When committee members get up at Roundtable to talk,
    Bob wants us to introduce ourselves and tell them what our district
    position is so that everyone will know who is speaking.

12. New Business:  There have been several items put on the listbot and
    sent to our Scouters about possible service time and Eagle projects.

13. Committee Member of the Month:  Jim McGraw for being our Camporee
    Chief and John Slocumb for being the Scoutmaster to the April SMF
    course.

14. DE's Minute - Rodger Skirvin:  Rodger invited all of the committee
    to come to the May 11 Council Planning Review (be there at 6:30 pm
    if you want to eat, otherwise at 7 pm).  The Council golf tournament
    is at Prestonwoods here in Cary on May 8.  Rodger could use all the
    help he can get for that day, especially from 11 am to 1 pm.  If you
    can help, please call him.

 **** Committee Chairpersons and Members PLEASE note the following ****

Next District Committee Meeting:  Wednesday, June 7, 2000 at Ryan's
Restaurant at Crossroads Plaza at 6:30 pm for a dinner and review of
district 2000 goals.  Each committee chairperson will review their 2000
goals (set in January) and give a brief progress report on the goals or
changes to those goals.  We also plan to have a normal business meeting
as part of the planning review.

EACH Chairperson should BRING A COPY OF the goals they set at the 2000
retreat (or the goals that were set for them).  Remember, these goals
are available from the Dan Beard Web site (www.bsa.net/occo/danbeard).
Look under the "District Committee" heading and the "Committee Goals".

For this month and next:

MAY         3  District Committee Meeting             Executive
          5-7  Council Canoe Handling Course (River)  High Adventure
           10  District Eagle Board of Review         BS Advancement
           18  Roundtable/Key3/OA/DC Meetings         Commissioner
           18  District Unit Inventories started      Commissioner
        19-21  Order of the Arrow Spring Inductions   Order of the Arrow
           20  Tri-District Cub LBT                   Cub Scout Training
        26-28  Cub Scout Camporee (Camp McNeil)       Cub Scout Program

JUNE        7  District Committee 6-Month Review      Executive
           14  District Eagle Board of Review         BS Advancement
        11-17  Summer Camp Specialty Week             Council
        14-17  Webelos Resident Camp                  Council
           15  Roundtable/Key3/OA/DC Meetings         Commissioner
   18-July 22  Summer Camp (Weeks 1 thru 5)           Council
    25-July 1  High Adventure Summer Camp             Council
        26-30  District Cub & Webelos Day Camp        Cub Program
           30  District Unit Inventories completed    Commissioner

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