BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
			      OCCONEECHEE COUNCIL
			      CROSSWINDS DISTRICT

      Jonathan Taylor		  Jerry Jester		   Rodger Skirvin
     District Chairman	     District Commissioner   Interim District Director


Attendees: Jerry Jester, Roger Lear, Lu Little, Mike McConnell, Chris Meyer,
	   Bill Reynolds, Rodger Skirvin and Jonathan Taylor (8).

1. The meeting was called to order by Johnathan Taylor and the Pledge of
   Allegiance was led by Jerry Jester.

2. The minutes for May 2009 were approved as written.

3. Jerry introduced Brian Barber, our guest from Nationwide Insurance Company,
   who spoke to us about a Nationwide group discount program plan.

4. Finance - Rodger Skirvin - Our FOS is at $151,249.  Our Family Campaign,
   headed up by Jerry Jester, is at $98,588 with less than $2,000 to reach his
   Family Goal of $100,000 and he has about 3 Troops to visit.	Our FOS Goal is
   $153,000,

   2009 Popcorn Sale - Rodger Skirvin for Beckie Dayton:  We still need a
   10,000+ square foot warehouse for the 9/26 to 10/31 Popcorn Sale.  It has to be
   lockable and have a loading dock.

5. Membership/Relationships - Bill Reynolds:  The www.Race2Scouts.com
   recruiting web site is being completely redesigned.	Bill said that he hoped
   it would be up and running soon.  We will be participating in Cary Lazy Days
   again this year to advertise Scouting in our District.  The Membership
   Training session that Bill held was attended by 12 of our 22 Packs.	We
   currently have 1780 Scouts, 964 adult Leaders and 58 units.

6. Training - Lu Little:  The September Mega Training is scheduled to be held
   at Cary First Baptist Church.  Unit Leader Training Records need to be
   turned in to our District as soon as possible so they can be entered in the
   training records database.

7. Activities & Civic Service - Chris Meyer for Chris Thomson:	The July 3 and
   July 4 ceremonies, headed up by Beckie Dayton, still need some Scouts.

   Scouting For Food - Chris Meyer:  Our District Scouts and Scouters have
   collected 17,722 pounds of food.  Our goal for the year is 20,000 pounds.
   The Scouting For Food ribbons have been ordered for participating units.

8. Eagle Board of Review - Gantt Edmiston (via e-mail):  In May there were 9
   Eagle Ranks approved and there were 6 projects approved.

9. Commissioner Service - Jerry Jester:  Jerry reported that he now has 25
   active Unit Commissioners, which is more than our District recommended
   amount.  The Unit Commissioners will attend the unit meetings and introduce
   themselves.

10. OA Chapter Advisor Nomination - Rodger Skirvin:  Rodger says that they have
    selected Cliff Ward as the new OA Chapter Advisor for our District.

11. 100th Scouting Anniversary in 2010 - Rodger Skirvin:  Rodger briefly talked
    about the many special Scouting events that will be taking place in our
    Council next year.

 REMINDER:  We do NOT have a District Committee Meeting in July.  Our next
	    District Committee Meeting will be on August 6, 2009 and will be
	    held at the Cary Baptist Church Annex, unless you hear otherwise.

 Committee Members of the Month: Tom Allen and Gantt Edmiston for their
 outstanding work as our District's Eagle Board of Review leaders.

 The calendar for June and July 2009 follows:

  DATE			     ACTIVITY		       RESPONSIBLE AREA
--------------	-------------------------------------  ---------------------
JUNE	     4	District Committee Meeting	       Executive
	    10	District Eagle Board of Review	       Advancement
	    11	Council FOS Victory Celebration        Council - FOS
	    18	Roundtable/DC Meetings		       Commissioner
	    21	Boy Scout Summer Camp - Week #1        Council - Camping
	    28	Boy Scout Summer Camp - Week #2        Council - Camping
	    30	District Unit Inventories completed    Commissioner

JULY	     2	**NO** District Committee Meeting      Executive
	     5	Boy Scout Summer Camp - Week #3        Council - Camping
	     8	District Eagle Board of Review	       Advancement
	 11-12	Council Cub Adult Overnighter	       Council - Camping
	    12	Boy Scout Summer Camp - Week #4        Council - Camping
	    16	**NO** Roundtable/DC Meetings	       Commissioner
	    19	Boy Scout Summer Camp - Week #5        Council - Camping
	 19-22	Cub Resident Camp		       Council - Camping
	 22-25	Webelos Resident Camp		       Council - Camping

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