[Troop139] FW: SCOUT MEETING & PARENT MEETING - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 - SEE YOU THEN!!!
Diana Valencia
dianav033 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 3 23:21:51 EDT 2015
Gordon,
Attached and below are all the answers to your inquiries. All responses are
in *RED.*
*1) **GB: Do we have an agenda and draft schedule to review and compare
to our calendars before the meeting? *
a. *Response*: Our Calendar with our current meeting, fundraising and
camping schedule is attached. It will be modified as needed as the year
progresses.
b. *Response*: Judy and Diana will be speaking at the parent meeting
primarily about medical forms, fundraising and dues.
*2) **GB: Also, could you send me the Troop email list that you are
using so that I can update **troop139 at mailman.qth.net*
<troop139 at mailman.qth.net>*<mailto:troop139 at mailman.qth.net
<troop139 at mailman.qth.net>> email reflector? I updated the Troop 139 email
list earlier in the summer, but don’t know of your changes. We should be
using the reflector. You, Mr. Argueta, Mr. Gungil and Mrs. Daly are all
administrators of the email reflector, but I am the one who seems to be
keeping it up to date.*
a. *Response*: Referring to your email of Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 1:16 PM,
where you mentioned that you added the entire Troop list to your Troop 139
email list, all of these names are the same. There are no new emails to add.
b. *Response*: Please remove me, Diana, as an administrator of that
email list. As I have mentioned in the past, I am not comfortable using
that list to send out emails to the Scouts in the Troop and their parents
that is confidential about Scout information. I don’t know all the people
on it. Thank you.
*GB: Also, a couple of scheduling notes:*
*3) **GB: Carnival: Mr. Francis Argueta and I spoke the other day about
distributing the posters for the Carnival. They are in Sue Gangemi’s
office in the Rectory. We need to leave about six behind.*
a. *Response*: Frank had discussed this with us already after your
phone call with him last week. We had arranged for a pick up. The posters
were picked up this evening. Posters will be hung up tomorrow and over the
weekend. Ten posters were left behind in the St. John’s rectory.
*4) *
*GB: On the Sunday before the Carnival at 2:00 PM, we will need to set up
the shelter for the Carnival and of course, on Saturday night, we will need
to take it all down. During the Carnival, we have an opportunity for Scouts
to volunteer one hour of their time on any day BEFORE the Carnival
starts.The starting times are 6 PMon Tuesday-Friday and 3 PMon Saturday.
If Scouts could come an hour before, that would be great!Rides: Also, there
is a change for wristband times. They are expanding wristbands to include
Tuesday and Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon from 3-6 PM.It is a
pay one price of $20 per day for unlimited rides.Regular ride tickets can
also be bought BEFORE the Carnival at a discount. You can call *
*(201.384.0101* <%28201.384.0101>*.) or go to the Rectory for more
information on that.*
a. *Response*: Thank you for this information about the tickets, we can
share it with the scouts.
b. *Response:* We had been waiting to hear from someone about what was
happening with the needs of the Carnival. We will work on getting the
scouts to assist with this event at the times you mention above.
*5) **GB: Eagle Scouts: We need to carefully watch to ensure that each
Scout is not “aged out” and that they get their projects approved and done,
along with the other administrative tasks.*
a. *Response*: The committee and the assistant scoutmasters (especially
John R, our advancement chair) have been working hard with the boys over
that last 7 months who are up and coming to Eagle. As some of them were
slipping through the cracks since we weren’t left with any information
about who was doing what. At this time, we can only do so much for them and
are now awaiting for either their already approved projects to be started
or initial project proposals to be presented for approval.
b. *Response*:At this time:
i. Kofi’s project was
approved on July 17, 2015 and we are waiting to hear from him on getting
his project started and completed. (Someone will need to follow up with him
as Diana has received no reply from him on her inquiry.)
ii. John’s project was
approved on July 13, 2015. John is currently working on gathering the
needed materials for his project. John Sr and Diana are following up with
him.
iii. Proposals are
pending from:
1. Sam (Mr. Sciame is working with Sam)
2. Joseph (Mrs. Daly is working with Joseph)
3. Reinier and Sergio (Diana is working with Reinier and Sergio)
iv. We are unaware of
the current status of Dino’s project as he has been working primarily with
you. So someone will need to follow up with him.
*6) **GB: We need to follow up to ensure that Sean has a Board of
Review. I will check with him and Mr. Catalano on that.*
a. *Response*: Before the Seiberts moved to Florida, we had spoken to
Sean, Sandy and Jon and let them know that they could contact us if they
had any delays or problems. No one has heard anything yet from any of them
about this.
b. *Response*: Your follow up with Sean would be appreciated. Please the
assistant scoutmasters know the outcome.
*7) **GB: Scout Retreat: It is still the 3rd weekend in October at Ross
Dock.*
a. *Response*: Yes, It is the October 16-18. We are aware of it and
will be submitting all paperwork necessary for this when the time comes.
*8) **GB: We do need someone to attend the Catholic Committee on
Scouting meetings in Kearny once each month.*
a. *Response*: After receiving the email about the CCOS, I had asked
Phil about this and he said that we don’t need to attend this. If still
needed, please let the Committee Chair know so that he can discuss at the
next committee meeting and appoint an attendee if needed.
*9) **GB: There is a need for an Ad Altare Dei and/or a Pius XII class,
Let me know ASAP so that we can schedule time around the Church on Sunday
nights for them.We will also need facilitators to assist with these
classes.If any Scout is not Roman Catholic, we also need to address their
religious award needs ASAP.*
a. *Response*: We have discussed this at length already and started
looking into who the contacts are for this so we could arrange. If you have
contact information to share, that would be helpful. We look forward to
hearing from you on this.
*10) **GB: United States Naval Academy STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math) Merit Badge Jamboree: The event is on Martin Luther
King weekend in January, 2016.We need to register promptly when that comes
out in early September.*
a. *Response*: Yes, the STEM weekend is on our calendar and on our
radar. They are not yet accepting registration as of last week.
*11) **GB: September, November and December Trips. These are unknown
to me, but I am interested in knowing what is being discussed.*
a. *Response*: As you know, the yearly calendar comes out in September.
Monthly camping trips planned are listed on the attached calendar. These
trips were discussed with the scouts on what they wanted to do as well as
during committee meetings.
*12) **GB: There is a lot of need for Scout skill development*
a. *Repsonse*: As we have been doing at our regular meetings, we will
continue to work on to strengthening their MB work as well as getting them
ready to participate in the November MB Fair at Conlon Hall. We will be
also working and conditioning them on honing their Klondike skills for the
2016 event.
*13) **GB: Spring: While I am not sure about my availability for the
Spring (possibly the same as the last several years, possibly better), we
need to map out those events as well.*
a. *Response*: Monthly camping trips planned are listed on the
calendar. These trips were discussed with the scouts on what they wanted to
do as well as during committee meetings.
I hope this information is helpful in catching you up to speed.
Diana
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:17 AM, BEATTIE JR., GORDON <jb1589 at att.com> wrote:
> Diana,
> Do we have an agenda and draft schedule to review and compare to our
> calendars before the meeting? Also, could you send me the Troop email list
> that you are using so that I can update troop139 at mailman.qth.net<mailto:
> troop139 at mailman.qth.net> email reflector? I updated the Troop 139 email
> list earlier in the summer, but don’t know of your changes. We should be
> using the reflector. You, Mr. Argueta, Mr. Gungil and Mrs. Daly are all
> administrators of the email reflector, but I am the one who seems to be
> keeping it up to date.
>
> Also, a couple of scheduling notes:
> Carnival
>
> · Mr. Francis Argueta and I spoke the other day about distributing
> the posters for the Carnival. They are in Sue Gangemi’s office in the
> Rectory. We need to leave about six behind.
>
> · On the Sunday before the Carnival at 2:00 PM, we will need to
> set up the shelter for the Carnival and of course, on Saturday night, we
> will need to take it all down.
>
> · During the Carnival, we have an opportunity for Scouts to
> volunteer one hour of their time on any day BEFORE the Carnival starts.
>
> · The starting times are 6 PM on Tuesday-Friday and 3 PM on
> Saturday. If Scouts could come an hour before, that would be great!
>
> Rides
>
> · Also, there is a change for wristband times. They are expanding
> wristbands to include Tuesday and Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon
> from 3-6 PM.
>
> · It is a pay one price of $20 per day for unlimited rides.
>
>
> · Regular ride tickets can also be bought BEFORE the Carnival at a
> discount. You can call (201.384.0101.) or go to the Rectory for more
> information on that.
>
> Eagle Scouts
>
> · We need to carefully watch to ensure that each Scout is not
> “aged out” and that they get their projects approved and done, along with
> the other administrative tasks.
>
> · We need to follow up to ensure that Sean has a Board of Review.
> I will check with him and Mr. Catalano on that.
>
> Scout Retreat
>
> · It is still the 3rd weekend in October at Ross Dock.
>
> · We do need someone to attend the Catholic Committee on Scouting
> meetings in Kearny once each month.
>
> · There is a need for an Ad Altare Dei and/or a Pius XII class,
> Let me know ASAP so that we can schedule time around the Church on Sunday
> nights for them.
>
> · We will also need facilitators to assist with these classes.
>
> · If any Scout is not Roman Catholic, we also need to address
> their religious award needs ASAP.
>
> United States Naval Academy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
> Math) Merit Badge Jamboree
>
> · The event is on Martin Luther King weekend in January, 2016.
>
> · We need to register promptly when that comes out in early
> September.
>
>
> September, November and December Trips
>
> · These are unknown to me, but I am interested in knowing what is
> being discussed.
>
> · There is a lot of need for Scout skill development
>
> Spring
> While I am not sure about my availability for the Spring (possibly the
> same as the last several years, possibly better), we need to map out those
> events as well.
>
> Yours in Scouting,
> Gordon Beattie, Scoutmaster
> 201.314.6964
>
>
>
> From: Diana Valencia [mailto:dianav033 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 11:08 PM
> To: Diana Valencia
> Subject: Re: SCOUT MEETING & PARENT MEETING - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 -
> SEE YOU THEN!!!
>
> My apologies all, our 1st meeting is Tuesday, September 8. See you then.
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Diana Valencia <dianav033 at gmail.com
> <mailto:dianav033 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear Parents and Scouts:
>
> I hope that you are all enjoying your summer and your time off.
>
> SCOUT MEETING:
> A quick note to remind everyone that our first meeting for the new year is
> on Tuesday, September 8 at 7 PM. As always, meetings are held…
>
>
> PARENT MEETING:
> Also on Tuesday, September 8, we will also have a very important Parents’
> meeting, so we must have all parents/guardians come downstairs with their
> scout(s) to this meeting at 7 PM.
>
> • You will receive your Troop Annual Trip and Activity Calendar
>
> • We will discuss important fundraising/finance information
>
> ____________________________
>
> As always, troop meetings are held…
>
> • Each Tuesday (7PM – 9PM) for the regular scout meetings
>
> Other dates to HOLD for September:
>
> • Friday, September 11 – Cooper’s Pond (9-11 Ceremony) – Scout’s
> volunteer at this event
>
> • Tuesday, September 15 – Saturday, Sept 19 – St. John’s Parish
> Carnival – Scout’s volunteer at this event
>
> • Friday, September 25 – Sunday, September 27th – Troop Camping at
> New York Camp Alpine
>
> • Saturday, September 26 – Court of Honor at Camp Alpine (ALL
> FAMILIES INVITED – IT’S A POT LUCK, SO BRING A DISH OF FOOD TO SHARE)
>
> Other Dates to HOLD for October:
>
> • Friday, October 16 – Sunday, October 18 – Troop Camping Trip
>
> • Friday, October 23rd – Fundraiser Set Up 8 PM – 10 PM
>
> • Saturday, October 24th – Fundraiser 4 PM – 10 PM
>
> Sincerely,
> The Troop 139 Assistant Scoutmasters & Committee Members
>
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