10/18/2014 YLT
Post date: Oct 27, 2014 11:21:18 PM
YLT Minutes for Saturday, October 18th 9:00am-1:30pm
Led by Duncan McIntyre held at Umstead Park
Attendance: Andrew Salter, Jack Lawson, Peter Lane, Kenan Scarboro, Jeremy Roberts, Evan Smith, Ethan Blume, Samuel Ely, Matthew Gillespie, Quinn McIntyre, Chase McDonald, Michael Parker, and Aditya Shetye
Campout
October- Bear Island
November- Webelos Invitational
December- No campout, but there might be a service project
January- Ski Trip
February- Pioneering and Orienteering skills
October
Trolls- Logistics- get canoes from other troops or try to get canoes from people you know
Shotgun- Flags and Promotion- Promotion- Have a sign-up sheet and Flyer for camping
Back to the Future- Program- no campfire, vespers, and there might be small MB opportunities
10/21- Shotgun- Presentation on Bear Island Campout
10/28- Back to the Future- Knots and a knot tying game
November
Trolls- Program- campfire, vespers, decide who goes to the climbing wall at which time, and there possibly might be a service project at Durant
Shotgun- Setup and Logistics- find out the cost of gas
Back to the Future- Flags and Promotion- have a sign-up sheet and flyer for the Webelos Invitational
11/4- PLC- There is a possibility for scout skill soccer
11/11- The meeting will not be held in the Church- We might possibly go Bowling, Rock Climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, or Hard knocks(hard knocks is a laser tag arena)
11/18- BOR- Remember to get a scout master conference before the Board of Review
11/25- COH
December
12/2- Back to the Future- PLC- Jeremy will have an activity planned
12/9- Trolls- Rank advancement and Ski Trip planning
12/16- Ski Trip planning
12/23- No meeting
12/30- Possibly no meeting, listen for announcements for this date
January
1/6- PLC
1/13- Shotgun- Presentation on the February Campout, which is going to be about Orienteering
1/20- COH
1/27- Troll- February Campout Planning
February
2/3- PLC
Key Points During the YLT
· Troop 350 is a Boy led troop
· Patrol leaders need to check-in with Duncan every week
Some Things we talked about that we could improve during our Campouts
· Clean-up
· Policing the Campsite
· Listening to leadership
· Remember respect is earned, you will not be respected just for the fact that you are in a leadership position
· When you are a leader during a campout, you don’t say “You go do KP”, instead say “Let’s go do KP”
· During KP do not have everybody in your patrol doing KP at one time
· Have a patrol roster
· The rule “whoever cooks does not have to clean” is not valid anymore, everyone will clean even if you cooked that meal
What Makes a Troop Function Successfully?
· Staying Organized- Having a Plan
· Communication- Make sure everyone is informed about what is happening in the troop
· Teach- guide younger scouts into improving their rank and running for leadership positions
· Do what you need to do to get the job done
· Lead by Example
What’s going on in the Troop?
· We are planning to have the first year patrols join some of the older patrols to learn how to plan campouts and meetings
· We might reshuffle the patrols when the new first years join our troop
· Scouts that are not in leadership positions still need to be helping their patrol leader in planning the campouts and meetings
· We want good attendance for the troop meetings, come to more meetings