Committee Meeting Notes for October 26, 2000

The meeting was held at Maple East, in Room 50, at 7:00 PM, and ended at around 8:30 PM. In attendance were:

• Steve Bezinque
• Darlene Carroll
• Kevin Lanighan
• Linda Pinski
• Chris Sabuda
• Kathi Sullivan
• Mike Townsend
• Dave Yearke

The following items were discussed:

• We welcomed two new Den Leaders, Chris Sabuda (2) and Steve Bezinque (5). We also welcomed Darlene Carroll, who is doing a lot of footwork in helping prepare for the Blue & Gold Breakfast.
• The Den Leaders were reminded that the popcorn order forms are due no later than Monday night's Pack meeting.
• We talked about the Old Fort Niagara Encampment, and what a great success it was. We had 29 kids and 24 adults attend.
• The leaders were reminded about Pow Wow! on November 11th at the Lancaster High School.
• We talked about the skating party on November 4th. Dave is going make a flyer to hand out at the next Pack meeting. Scouts will skate for free, and it will cost all others $2.
• Kevin talked about meeting agendas:
  • The October Pack meeting will feature Stella Gillick telling scary stories, and some other Hallowe'en activities.
  • The November meeting will feature an Army Reserve Color Guard performing the flag ceremony, and the Bobcat ceremony.
  • We may try to get the ZooMobile for the December meeting. We are also going to try and change it to December 11th, to avoid the conflict with the fourth grade concert.
• The popcorn money will also be due at the November meeting. Mike has requested that the Den Leaders collect the popcorn money from their Scouts, and turn it in to Mike as a lump sum, to make this process easier and less confusing. As always, checks should be made out to "Pack 222".
• We talked about Rick Stachura's proposal to become a Boy Scout liaison to our Pack. Rick is with Boy Scout Troop 262, Mill Middle School, and this would be something that would benefit both groups. Kevin is going to talk to him. Steve suggested they could do a demo of Boy Scout camping at the March meeting.
• Kevin is going to try and book in Scouthaven weekends as soon as they become available. Dave expounded again on how great the four-day camp is, especially for the Webelos, although the other ranks would have a great time, too.
• Pat couldn't attend, but sent e-mail that she would have service stars and summer awards for the next Pack meeting. We will continue to do awards and advancements at Pack meetings, but we'll keep them quick, with Den Leaders presenting to their own Dens as a group. Steve raised the point that it was always nice in the past to have a parent stand behind each Scout, and it was agreed that this is a tradition to which we should return.
• Kathi is willing to do a newsletter, or a newsletter-like service on the web page, but needs the help of the Den Leaders to do it. She wants this to be a resource where Den Leaders can find out what sorts of activities are available in the area, based on the feedback of other Dens who have done these activities. During this discussion we were reminded that Rob still has our Pack library, and Kevin is going to contact him.
• Membership is almost done. There are two more leader forms and two more Cub forms to be processed, and only a handful of outstanding checks to collect.
• The web pages will be updated ASAP.
• The Pinewood Derby cars and rules were distributed to the Den Leaders. Dave reminded them that we have some extra car kits from last year, so if anyone loses a wheel or axle, we have some spares.
• Darlene talked about the Blue & Gold Breakfast. She has gotten prices from The Eagle House, Italian Village, and Shepherd's Pub. They all have very reasonable prices, but the first two could only hold 100-120 people, whereas Shepherd's can hold about 200, which is closer to what we may have. She will continue to investigate some other places, and we will make a decision at the November Committee meeting.
• It was decided that the Pack will purchase one case of the $7 caramel popcorn, to use as gifts and gratuities.