The Troop 1954
Wednesday Newsletter

 

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Hi Folks,

Thanks to everyone who helped out at last night's meeting. 

We had a great time at the Scarborough Fair camp-out last weekend.  Not so many people came to this week's meeting.  Between end of school events, illness, and various other things I can account for most folks but please come back soon folks!

Our Big Bend trip is coming up in a bit more than two weeks!  We'll be leaving very early on the morning of Friday, June  3 and returning the evening of June 5.  It should be a really exciting trip.  We will need a good preliminary count of people going at next week's meeting, so be prepared to let us know.  We project that the cost for food and fuel for the trip will be about $25.  You'll also need spending money for food on the road.

We really really need a PLC meeting.  I'd like to have one this Sunday afternoon / evening.  If you're a patrol leader, look for an invitation in your mailbox and let me know if you'll be able to make it.

Patrol Award: No points but Ferrets get the award for the best attendance. 

As always, the Troop 1954 events calendar, this and all back newsletters,  and all sorts of other useful information is available on our website at www.sanmarcos1954.org

Attendance
SPL Ben Painton presiding, assisted by acting ASPL Philip Lewis
   
Vicious Badgers  Patrol Leader, Daniel Frediani  Coached by ????
Patrol motto: Badger Badger Badger Badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
John  
 
Ferocious Ferrets  Patrol Leader, Justin Williams  Coached by Ms. Patty
Patrol motto: We are the Ferocious Ferrets.  We sleep we eat and we sleep some more.
Jaimie
Lorenzo
Perry
Edwin
James
 
Biohazards   Patrol Leader, Nathan Hicks.  Coached by Mr. Myers
Nathan He.
Philip
Ben
 
   
Crimson Fromage     Patrol Leader, Josh Rose.  Coached by Mr. Bandy
Patrol motto: A Light Sprinkling of Genius with a Chance of Doom
Perfect non-attendance
 
Highly Flammable Piffs     Patrol Leader, Dane Rasmussen.  Coached by Dr. J.
Patrol motto: Don't Misunderestimate Us!
Lee
Daniel
 
Non-Patrol Scouts    
Thomas
 

Point System Scoring

Patrol

Attend.

Uniform

Behavior

Game

Spirit

Meeting

6 Mo

V. Badgers             58
F. Ferrets             60
Biohazards             59
Fromage             54.5
Piffs             55.5

notes: 1) you get half a point for wearing a "class B" on a "class A" night
2) We're adding a category for the evening's contest (whatever it may be).  We'll see how it works.

Note: Scouts with more than three consecutive misses will not be counted against patrol attendance scores.  Such scouts are not removed from their patrols.  They are simply not counted for attendance points until they return.  Also note that when all patrols score the same on a category, it doesn't matter what they score.

Behavior, subtract for each incident.

Fails to come to order when scout sign given -1
Fighting with each other -1 per incident
Bad language -1 per incident
Failure to treat others with respect -1
Asked repeatedly to do any task -1
Fails to clean up -1
Shows poor sportsmanship -1

Spirit: Add for each, highest score is a five.

All members cooperate with game +1
Members make progress on meeting’s task +1
Members show enthusiasm for tasks +1
Members show good organization (listen to PL and Coach) +1
Members exemplify Scout Law +1


 

Announcements

 

1) Final payments for Summer Camp are now due.  Contact Susie Lewis for further information.

2) Probable PLC this Sunday afternoon and evening.  Look for more info in your mailbox this evening or tomorrow morning.

3) We could really use a Scout Hut work day.  Are people available over the Memorial Day weekend?  Is anyone available during weekdays June 1 or 2?  Please let me know.

 
Essay

Sorry folks, nothing of interest this week.
 
Upcoming Events


May 15 Final Summer Camp Payment Due

June 3-5, Big Bend Camp Out. We'll be leaving EARLY (6:30) on Friday morning.  Big Bend does not accept reservations so we have to be able to get there early in the day.

June 5-11, Summer Silver Pines

June 24 to July 3, Summer Camp, Camp Alexander, Colorado

July, date TBA, Blanco River Camp-out

August 13, River Clean Up service activity

September 9-11 Pedernales Falls Camp Out