Crosswinds District Committee Meeting Minutes
November 3, 2005

			     BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
			      OCCONEECHEE COUNCIL
			      CROSSWINDS DISTRICT

       Robert Spivey		  Susan Long		   Martin Banning
     District Chairman	     District Commissioner	 District Executive



Attendees: Martin Banning, Keith Biegert, Beckie Dayton, Bob Gamble,
	   Jerry Jester, Roger Lear, Susan Long, Jim McGraw, Bill Reynolds,
	   Suzie Slopek, Robbie Spivey, Chris Thomson, Gary Thorn and
	   Ron Werley (14).

1. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Robbie Spivey.

2. The Crosswinds District Committee meeting minutes for October 2005 were
   approved as written.

3. Membership/Relationships - Bill Reynolds:
   We are down 57 Cubs, 41 Scouts, 25 Venturers and 8 units for the year.
   National is now promoting year round recruiting for Scouts and have created
   the William D. Boyce New Unit Award (with a knot) for any volunteer
   recruiter who brings a new unit on board.

4. Commissioner Service - Susan Long:  Susan wanted to officially thank Martin
   Banning and Gary Thorn for all the work they did putting together our very
   successful annual recognition event.  December unit inventories will start
   at the November RT and leaders can e-mail rosters to their Unit
   Commissioners or Susan (jlong7@nc.rr.com) or Martin Banning
   (mbanning@bsamail.org).

   NOTE: District Committee members NOT registered with a unit, need to
   register with the BSA as soon as possible.  Membership in Scouting is
   $11.00 ($10 registration and $1 insurance).	Don't lose your years tenure
   continuity, register soon!  Contact Martin or Susan if you have questions.

   Round Table ADC - Gary Thorn:  40% of our attendees this year have attended
   at least twice during this year.  An average of 65% of our units have
   attended RT this year.

   Boy Scout RT Comm. - Jerry Jester:  Camporee this year will have a nature
   theme and plans and discussions about it will begin at our next RT.	Jerry
   asks all of us to urge our Scout leaders to attend our Round Tables.

5. Finance - Martin Banning: Martin reported that the 2006 FOS Campaign will be
   kicked off in October.  Tom Tingle is Community Chairman, Jerry Jester is
   returning as Family Campaign Chairman and Jonathan Taylor will be the Major
   Gifts Chairman.  Our goals are, $43K for Major Gifts, $3200 for Community
   Campaign and $79K for our Family Campaign, for a total goal of $125,500.

   Popcorn - Beckie Dayton:  Beckie reported that the orders were coming in
   from the units as the deadline was November 1.  We will need help unloading,
   sorting and loading the popcorn on Novmember 17 and 18.  If you can help
   contact Beckie or Martin.  Units should make sure they bring enough help to
   help load the popcorn in their vehicles as we have about 2700 cases to load.
   We will get the final numbers in December, but right now it looks as though
   we may match or exceed last years sales.

6. Cub Scout Program - Open position.

   Cub Scout Advancement - Pam Sen:  Pam reported by e-mail that we had about
   1000 Cub Scout advancements thru October 2005.

7. Boy Scout Program - Ed Walsh:

   Eagle Board of Review - Gantt Edmiston:  The October EBOR approved 5 Eagle
   Ranks and 8 of 9 projects.

8. Spring Camporee - Jerry Jester:  Our Spring Camporee is scheduled for April
   28-30, 2006.  Jim McGraw suggests that all units that plan on attending the
   2006 Spring Camporee send at least one leader or volunteer to the RT
   planning sessions that can act as a member of the Camporee Staff.  There
   will be a need for 25-30 adult volunteers to be trained for 30-45 minutes
   by February in order to be prepared to help lead the Camporee.

9. Training - Suzie Slopek:  IOLS (2nd part) had 22 out of 27 Scouters complete
   the course.	12 Scouters out of 14 that were signed up, attended and
   finished the TDC course held in Lewisburg, NC on Oct. 29.

10. District Officers - Martin Banning:  Attached to these minutes is the list
    of Crosswinds District Committee members for 2005-2006.

Committee Members of the Month:  Beckie Dayton for popcorn,  Martin Banning
for popcorn and the recognition event, Susan Long and Gary Thorn for the
recognition event.  Thanks to all 4 of them for the hard work that they did!

The calendar for  November and December 2005 follows:

  DATE			     ACTIVITY		       RESPONSIBLE AREA
--------------	-------------------------------------  ---------------------
NOVEMBER     1	Popcorn Sale Ends - Orders in by 11/6  Council - District
	     1	Silver Beaver Nominations Due	       Executive
	     3	District Annual Business Meeting       Executive
	     8	Popcorn Orders Due to Council	       Council - Popcorn
	     9	District Eagle Board of Review	       Boy Scout Advancement
	    12	University of Scouting - Wake Tech     Council - Training
	    17	Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings	       Commissioner
	    17	District Unit Inventories started      Commissioner
	    18	Popcorn Distribution		       Council - District
	 18-20	OA Lodge Leadership Development        Occoneechee Lodge

DECEMBER     1	District Committee Meeting (no party)  Executive
	     5	OA Winter Banquet		       Occoneechee Lodge
	    14	District Eagle Board of Review	       Boy Scout Advancement
	    15	Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings	       Commissioner
	    16	Popcorn Money Due to Council	       Council - Popcorn
	    20	District Unit Inventories completed    Commissioner
	 26-30	Holiday 50-Miler		       Council


ATTACHMENT:

	   2006 Slate of Candidates for the Crosswinds District

       District Key Three:
       District Chairman - Robbie Spivey
       District Commissioner - Susan Long
       District Executive - Martin Banning

       Training Committee:
       Training Chairman - Suzie Slopek
       Cub Scout Training -
       Boy Scout Training - William Highsmith
       Venturing Training - Chris Siegl

       Activities and Civic Service Committee:
       Activities/Civic Service Chairman -
       Scouting for Food -
       Uniform Sale -
       Publicity - Bob Crowley
       Pinewood Derby - David Kellerman
       Camporee Chairman - Ed Walsh/Jerry Jester
       District Recognition Banquet - Gary Thorn

       Membership Committee:
       Membership Chairman - Bill Reynolds
       Fall Round-up -
       New Unit Organizer -
       Relationships -
       Spring Round-up -
       Webelos-to-Scout Transition - Doug Mall

       Finance Committee:
       Finance Chairman -
       Friends of Scouting -
       Popcorn - Beckie Dayton
       Project Sales -

       Advancement Committee:
       Advancement Chairman -
       Eagle Boards - Tom Allen/Gantt Edmiston
       Boy Scout Advancement - Tom Doligalski
       Cub Scout Advancement -
       Merit Badge - Bill Dayton
       Religious Emblems -
       NESA Chairman - Keith Biegert

       Camp Promotions and Outdoors:
       Camp Promotions/Outdoor Chairman - Bob Gamble
       Health and Safety - Dr. Jim McGraw
       Venturing Program - Bill Fairhurst
       Cub Family Campout - Rudy Rowell
       Camp Promotions -

       Members at Large:
       Randy Basinger
       John Cortese
       Herb Council
       Roger Lear - Webmaster/Secretary
       Monte McCaw - OA Chapter Advisor
       Guy Sodano - Marketing Chairman
       Tom Thompson
       Ron Werley

       End of 2006 Slate of Candidates for the Crosswinds District


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