BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
			      OCCONEECHEE COUNCIL
			      CROSSWINDS DISTRICT

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


Attendees: Beckie Dayton, Jerry Jester, Roger Lear, Lu Little, Rodger Skirvin,
	   Jonathan Taylor and Gary Thorn. (7).

1. The meeting was called to order by Rodger Skirvin and the Pledge of
   Allegiance was led by Roger Lear.  We had 4 guests present who were
   Scott DeSpain and Kelden Everett from Troop 231 and Nathan Junell and
   Breton Moody who are on the Commissioner's Staff.

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

3. Training - Lu Little:  The Sept. 26th Mega Training had 128 attendees and
   was staffed by 30 administrators and instructors.  They have scheduled a
   BALOO course for November 21, 2009 at the Cary Presbyterian Church.	There
   is also going to be a Basic Commissioner's training course on October 10 at
   Camp Durant during the Council Camporee.  University of Scouting is Nov. 7.
   Gary Thorn is the registrar and they currently have 192 signed up and 54 of
   them are from Crosswinds District and 10 more are from out of our Council.

4. Membership/Relationships - Rodger Skirvin:  Rodger emphasized that our
   District really needs to find a Membership Chair and form a Membership
   Committee.  We still have 58 units (22 Packs, 27 Troops, 6 Crews and 3
   Posts) and we have 853 Cubs, 996 Scouts, 49 Venturers and 65 Explorers for
   a total of 1963 Scouts.  Our goal for 2009 is to have 2048 Scouts.

5. 2009 Popcorn Sale - Beckie Dayton:  The September 8 popcorn kick-off was
   well attended.  The Show-N-Sell popcorn was unloaded and sorted thanks to
   lots of volunteers and Monty Edge of Recovery Logistics for the loan of a
   fork lift truck and two hydraulic lifts.  At present there are 17 Packs, 13
   Troops and 1 Crew signed up to sell popcorn this year.

6. Eagle Board of Review - Gantt Edmiston (via e-mail):  In September we had 5
   Eagle Ranks approved and there were 7 projects reviewed, with 5 approved and
   2 rejected.

7. Commissioner Service - Jerry Jester:  The Commissioner's Staff is busy
   training new DC's and getting the units paperwork for the Centennial Quality
   Unit Award checked over.  Gary Thorn reported that our Roundtable attendance
   was down at the beginning of this year, but now it is going up.  62% of our
   units had representatives at Roundtable in September and 34% of our first
   time Roundtable attendees have attended a second Roundtable.

8. District Cub-O-Ree - Gary Thorn for Robin Ruck:  Gary is Registrar for the
   Cub-O-Ree also.  At present there are 7 Packs registered for the October
   23-25, 2009 event.

9. Activities and Civic Service - Chris Thomson (via e-mail):  On Sept. 11th
   at Bond Park they had 15 Scouts, including 6 Cubs for the flag ceremony.
   Chris said that the event was very respectful.  The Town of Cary would like
   us to participate again in 2010.

   Cub Scouts can take part in the Raleigh Veteran's Day Parade on November 7,
   2009, in downtown Raleigh.  Bobbi Stanley is coordinating our participation.
   If you are interested contact Chris Thomson for more information.

   Military Night at Golden Corral is looking for 5 to 10 mature Boy Scouts to
   help.  If you have anyone who is interested contact Chris Thomson.

   Brad Bailey of Wake Memorial Cemetary would like to have another flag
   retirement ceremony in April of next year.  The Committee reported that we
   have sufficient flags on-hand to retire.

   Our District Recognition Event will be held at Cary Presbyterian Church on
   December 3, 2009.  Gary Thorn is the event Chairman and he will get an
   e-mail out to our units asking for Religious Awards received since our last
   Recognition Event and for nominations for the Distinguished Leadership
   Citation and for the Award of Merit.

 Committee Members of the Month: Beckie Dayton for her work on our 2009 Popcorn
 Sale.

 The calendar for October and November 2009 follows:

  DATE			     ACTIVITY		       RESPONSIBLE AREA
--------------	-------------------------------------  ---------------------
OCTOBER      1	District Committee Meeting	       Executive
	   2-4	Woodbadge SR-976 - Weekend #2	       Council - Woodbadge
	     8	Netami Chapter OA Meeting	       Order of the Arrow
	  9-11	Council Boy Scout Camporee	       Council - Camping
	    14	District Eagle Board of Review	       Advancement
	    15	Roundtable/DC Meetings		       Commissioner
	 17-18	OA Vigil Gathering		       Occoneechee Lodge
	 23-25	District Cub-O-Ree (Camp Durant)       Activities & Civic Service
	    31	Popcorn Sale ends		       Council - Finance

NOVEMBER     2	Silver Beaver Nominations Due	       Executive
	     5	District Annual Business Meeting       Executive
	     7	University of Scouting		       Council - Training
	    11	District Eagle Board of Review	       Advancement
	    12	Netami Chapter OA Meeting	       Order of the Arrow
	 13-14	Popcorn Take Order Sale distribution   Finance
	    19	Roundtable/DC Meetings		       Commissioner
	    19	District Unit Inventories started      Commissioner
	 20-22	OA Lodge Leadership Development        Occoneechee Lodge

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