Attendees: Kathy Connelly, John Cortese, Dusty Fletcher, David Hearne, Paul Hyde, Susan Long, Jim McSherry, W.E. Medlin, Larry Nessly, David Page, Bob Ratledge, Don Schmidt, Bill Slocumb, Steve Stewart, Judy Ward, Lisa White, Don Williams and Ed Williams Opening: Bob Ratledge, District Vice-Chairman and the Invocation by Don Schmidt, Boy Scout Program Chairman.

Introductions: New members were introduced and welcomed by Bob Ratledge

October minutes were approved as written.

District Commissioner: District re-charters are almost complete and final changes reflecting 1998-99 District Committee have been made. Two new unit commissioners have joined the service team.

Boy Scout Program Reports - Don Schmidt:

Camporee: Steve Stewart reported that Spring 1999 District Camporee plans are well under way and that the camporee booklet will be available for distribution in January.

Camping: W.E. Medlin reported that he has received no feedback on changing the camping survey form, so it will probably remain the same for 1999. Survey will probably go out in January of 1999.

Advancement: Ed Williams announced that one troop still has reported no advancement (Troop 205 in Apex). Judy Ward will look into it. Ed is still waiting for the four Meritorious Action award nominations to be submitted to him from Troop 208.

Eagle Board: Jim McSherry and Bill Slocumb reported 7 finals and 2 project reviews at October's Review Board - all were approved. November's slate has 2 finals and 9 projects for review.

Training: Bill Slocumb, the new co-chair for training will be working up a training survey to go out to our troops. Bill will try to have it ready for the January mailing of the camping survey.

Cub Program Reports - Susan Long:

Program: Susan Long reported that a Council-wide Cub Scout event is supposed to take place Nov. 20 - 22 at Camp Durant. Details are being mailed to Cubmasters. Johnny Glover is the contact point at the Council Office, 872-4884.

Advancement: Judy Ward reported 85 Bobcat, 3 Wolf, 3 Bear, no Webelos and no Arrow of Light badges were awarded in October. Eight packs out of 35 advanced in October.

Training: Kathy Connelly reported that the next CSBLT to be held on Nov. 12 & Nov 19 will likely be full because the Council training was cancelled. Kathy will plan a 2 night CSBLT probably for Jan. 14 & Jan. 21, with Part 2 being held at Roundtable. The Tri-District training team will try to schedule a Den Chief training in January as well, because Den Chief training will not be held at Cub Pow-Wow in 1999. Cub Pow-Wow is being held March 27, 1999 and the theme is "Time Travel". No location has been secured yet.

Order of the Arrow: Larry Nessly reported that chapter elections were held at the Oct. 15 chapter meeting. Mike Spence was elected chapter chief and Patrick Connelly was elected vice-chief for service. Lodge Leadership Development will be held on Nov. 20 - 22 at the Highway Patrol Center in Garner.

Safety: No report.

Membership: Paul Hyde reported and increase of 6% in membership and 7% in units over the October 1997 figures.

Activities and Civic Service: Tommorrow night's Recognition Event was discussed in detail. The event will be held at First United Pentecostal Church. The reception begins at 6:30pm with the ceremony following at 7:15 pm. Susan Long reminded all District Committee members to bring a dessert to share. The Awards Committee will get a cake and vegetable trays. Volunteers to help set up were asked to be at the church by 5:30pm. Susan reminded District Committee members that the Recognition Event is also the installation of the 1998-99 District Committee and as many members as possible need to be there. The Council Key Three is slated to be in attendance also.

Dusty Fletcher reported that the 1999 Mall Expo theme has been selected & it will be "Spirit of America". A design contest for the Mall Expo patch was kicked off at the October Roundtable and forms will be available at November's Roundtable as well.

"Scouting for Food" is scheduled to be done in February of 1999 as a district good turn. Tsungani Chapter OA has agreed to head up the drive.

High Adventure: No report.

Finance: David Page reported that $155,609 has been raised in the Wake County Campaign, exceeding the goal of $145,000.

New Business: Bill Slocumb announced that the District Web Page is down until further notice.

Other Business: Popcorn Kernel Ed Williams announced in a preliminary report that the district had $204,671 in popcorn sales. He will be checking figures as orders come in at the Council officer over the next week. Help is needed on Thursday, Nov. 12 & Friday, Nov. 13, to unload popcorn and sort it at the Dominos Warehouse at 309 Sherwee Dr. in Garner. Pick up by units will be on Friday, Nov. 13 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY & on Sat., Nov. 14 from 9:00am until noon at the warehouse. Call Ed at 851-1464 for further details.

Susan Long brought up the possible conflict of having our December Roundtable at the United Pentecostal Church on the week of Dec. 14 as that is the church's Christmas Pageant and parking will be a real problem. Bob Ratledge will look into the use of Macedonia UMC for the Dec. Roundtable.

District Committee Member of the Month: Ed Williams and Roger Lear for their stupendous work on popcorn!

Next District Committee Meeting: Wednesday, December 2, 1998 - Holiday meeting at David & Julia Hearne's house at 201 Rushingwater Dr., Cary at 7:00pm and BSA uniforming is waived.

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