Monthly Archives: May 2011

Camping Merit Badge—NEXT Thursday May 12th at 6:45pm

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Hi All–

There will be no merit badge class this week.  Next class is May 12th, 6:45pm at St. Brigids.

Please bring the following to class:

1. Leave No Trace plan for troop/person for Rod and Gun club (if you need a review of Leave NO Trace priciples, see your handbook or on line).
2.  Think about a camp menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner for float trip and backpacking–bring your ideas.
3.  Be prepared to talk about advantages/disadvatages of stove types–
4.  One example of a thing you have learned from your camping experiences.

I will have your blue cards and the #nights of camping you have completed.
Email if any questions.
Meg Bonnell-Bradley

A Scoutmaster Minute–Four items for your consideration

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FOUR ITEMS

Grubmasters for Rod & Gun Trip (and beyond)

An important part of the cleanup from any trip is for Grubmasters for any trip to account for food purchases so they can receive a reimbursement check.  Rather than force the trip coordinator to chase down the Grubmasters, it would be helpful if all Grubmasters for a trip be prepared to meet with the Scoutmaster or an Assistant Scoutmaster the first meeting after the trip.  If a receipt has been lost, then be prepared to account for the food.

At the Grubmaster accounting we will talk about whether you were able to stay within the budget, how the food worked out, and what you might change next time.

At the meeting this week only three of the six Grubmasters were prepared.  The remaining three should be prepared for the meeting next week.  The wrapup is important since it is not the intention of the Troop that the Grubmaster should be stuck with the cost of the food.

Admin Time

If a Scout needs to talk to the Scoutmaster, you will find him less distracted if you can come early or stay late.  I will make every effort to be at each meeting by 7 PM and I never leave before 9:30 PM.

There will be an exception for next week because the Twice-Yearly Book Migration will keep me at the Library until around 7:20.  However, there is no rule that says you cannot come to the Library to see me if you need something.  As all adult leaders should, I will be letting Scouts run the project while I stand around.

Twice-Yearly Book Migration

Next week we will once again help the Friends of Cary Library move books from storage to the sales area.  This event is a popular one, but the number of books to be moved has dropped because FOCL has gotten more selective about what they sell.  They actually make more money with less cleanup, but of course we have less work to do.

So all are still invited, but the time has been moved to 6:15 PM on Thursday, May 12th.  We will move all the books in just half an hour and then we will adjourn to the conference room for pizza and soft drinks.  From there we will go to our meetings.  This is a joint Troop 160/Troop 119 project, by the way.

Come on time because we are going to really HUSTLE.

Trip Cleanup

The cleanup from the R&G trip went really well.  As of last night all the cookkits and chef kits have been washed, all the tents have been rolled, and all the gear has been put back on the shelves.  I was impressed with the work done last night to not only roll the tents, but to check them for problems as well.  I am printing off more gear checklists so they will be available next time.

The Scout and adult leadership in this project was very much appreciated.
-Hank Manz

Hey–I wanna change my e-mail address on the list …

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I get many e-mails  asking me to change, add, or delete addresses on the Scout and Adult lists.  You can actually skip a step and go right to the correct person.  Send any requests to:

160listmanager -at- troop160 -dot- com

Of course you need to replace the -at- and -dot- with the correct characters.  We list the addresses this way to fool the list automated list scavengers which would then result in SPAM to the list.

-Hank Manz

Music Merit Badge Class SIGN UPS

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Hello everyone,

This is the last reminder email for the music merit badge sign ups. As of now, I only have four people signed up, and Mrs. Ross and I need six or more to run the class. See my previous email or contact me for more details.

I would like to get all of the signups by the end of the troop meeting tomorrow night (5/5/11) so that I can prepare materials for the class.

Thanks very much,
-Matthew Schwartz

Citizen and Nation class

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I will run a merit badge workshop for Citizen and the Nation on Tuesday, July 5th and Thursday, July 7th, from 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.  Participants will need to attend both sessions to earn the badge.  Arlene Marge will be running the class with me.  A lot of the requirements are covered by the 8th grade Social Studies curriculum, so older scouts should find it to be an easy review, and younger scouts will find it good preparation.

Anyone interested in attending should email me by June 6th.  At the June 9th meeting I will handout a worksheet packet to be completed before the first session.  I will also lend out resource books at that time.  I will take later sign-ups but you will need to get the materials from me by June 24th because I will be away the following week.

Best regards,
Anne Marie Tan