Committee Meeting Notes for January 25, 2001

The meeting was held at Maple East, in Room 50, at 7:00 PM, and ended at around 8:10 PM. In attendance were:

• Darlene Carroll
• Kevin Lanighan
• Luanne Mazzoni
• Chris Sabuda
• Kathi Sullivan
• Jean-Claude Thill
• Mike Townsend
• Dave Yearke

The following items were discussed:

• We talked about the ZooMobile, and that it was well-received.
• The Pinewood Derby generated quite a bit of discussion. Some of the ideas for next year include:
  • Running one derby for everyone, instead of five separate ones;
  • Eliminating the Best Car Trophy;
  • Substituting a ribbon for the Best Car Trophy;
  • Ribbons or certificates for coolest, goofiest, brightest, etc. cars;
  • Dr. Gibbs wants to sponsor a Principal's Trophy. Ideas include:
    • Award to best car obviously built by a kid;
    • Adversity award for car that doesn't finish; and
    • Pick all fifth (or last) place cars, run new race for them.
  We will start reviewing all the rules and procedures early next year, so that we can make changes and have time for review by the Pack.
• While on the topic of the Pinewood Derby, we'd like to thank Bill and John Sullivan for helping with the Country Parkway Pinewood Derby, which earned $50 for the Pack. They, along with Tommy Yearke, will be helping at the St. Mary's Derby on January 26th, which will earn another $50 for the Pack. Thanks, guys!
• The January 29th Pack meeting will feature the Arrow of Light Ceremony for Webelos II, and the Webelos Ceremony for Webelos I. Pat is planning the former, and the four leaders from the two Webelos I Dens will plan a ceremony for their Dens.
• We will have a sledding/tobogganing outing at Chestnut Ridge Park on Sunday, February 11th, starting at 1:00 PM.
• Den 1 will perform the flag ceremony at the January Pack meeting.
• Rick Stachura from Boy Scout Troop 262 (Mill Middle) invited the Webelos I Dens to a Troop meeting on Tuesday, January 30th, at 7:30 PM at Mill Middle. He is also going to try and attend our January 29th Pack meeting.
• Pat had a packet of information for each Den. She also asked if the Wolf and Bear Dens are interested in the Progress Toward Rank beads. The Den leaders should call her if they are.
• Dave is almost done with the re-chartering paperwork. He still needs to get signatures from one of the new PTA presidents. We will not meet Quality Unit status this year, but can work towards getting it next year (we don't meet the leader training criteria).
• We are having a Spring Outward Bound at the Penn Dixie Site in Hamburg on March 31st at 2:00 PM.
• Mike reported that we have a healthy balance in our checking account. He is still dealing with the Mischler's fundraiser from last year, but everything else is pretty stable.
• February 5-9th is Scouting Anniversary Week. We are looking for someone to volunteer to reserve the display case in the main hall, and to decorate it if we can use it. We will ask at the next Pack meeting for a volunteer.
• February 7th is the day where all Scouts should wear their uniforms to school. A reminder of various dates like this will be mailed out in the next week.
• Chris Sabuda volunteered his Den (2) to do the Scouting for Food drive this year.
• The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing the Blue & Gold Breakfast:
  • Darlene Carroll is chairing it, and wants to get volunteers to help decorate;
  • We moved the Wolf and Bear Badge awards to the March 26th Pack meeting, so our itinerary so far consists of eating and the Webelos II Crossover ceremony;
  • We discussed what we've done in past years, and decided that we can afford a guest speaker. Various people are going to research some of the ideas we had, and we want to make a decision by February 2nd; and
  • Each Den will make a centerpiece, as in past years. We don't have a theme, so they can make whatever they want.