PLC meeting date changed

The upcoming PLC meeting currently scheduled for February 1st is being rescheduled for February 8th. What was I thinking having a PLC on the same day as the Superbowl?

Upcoming Jan. 26 meeting

Remember everyone, this meeting is to show off and demonstrate your hobby of choice to the troop! Parents are welcomed/encouraged to participate as well. Show your spirit and take part!!!

Jan. 19 meeting

This evening the hobby of choice was cooking. A 'real' chef wasn't to be found by the boys, so they asked yours truely to demonstrate. I have a hobby of baking bread. I showed the boys how to make pancakes and demonstrated making yeast bread. I had the boys perform some kneading to get an idea of how to do it properly. Hopefully they will take these new skills home and surprise their families.

Jan. 18 PLC meeting

A couple of our leaders didn't make it to this one. But, that's okay. We were still able to get all of our February troop meetings planned. That gets us to where we need to be so that we are planning a month out and giving the boys enough time to research, plan and organize the events/activities they want to do and see. Our next major item for the PLC is to get them the proper training for their positions. I'll keep you informed of course.

University of Scouting

Another good day of classes. I have been attending this for the last 7 years and it is always a well put together event. The only unfortunate part this time were the restrictions placed on us by our meeting place for attendance. It seemed like there were half the people from last year. Really sad.

2 of the 3 funateers (R & G) attended the event as well. They took the Den Chief training. Whether or not they become Den Chiefs isn't important. It's the lessons they learned about leading. I do hope that they both decide to become Den Chiefs however. It will only help them as they progress on the scouting trail.

G's parents also attended. That was fantastic! It really shows that they are interested in helping and want to know what the heck it is we are supposed to be doing for the boys. I look forward to future input from them concerning the troop.

Changes to our outings

There have been a couple of changes to the outings in February. We have decided not to attend Klondike this year. It was felt that we as a Troop are not properly prepared to take on this activity. We will work diligently this year to make certain that we are prepared to attend next year.

We have also shifted the snow day from February 14th to the 21st. This will be our first step in becoming prepared. It will be an overnighter. We'll know soon enough if it is even something that we want to do!

Jan. 12 meeting

10 of our 12 boys were at this meeting. A guest speaker, Ruth, from A-1 comics in Roseville paid us a visit to talk to the boys about the history of comic books. This was in conjuction with our theme this month of Hobbies.

We also had two Webelos scouts visit us from Pack 22. They were treated to building and playing a camporee favorite, chariot race. They seemed to have good time with us. I hope that if they don't choose us, they at least stay in the scouting program.

Next week you get yours truly to teach the boys about one of my hobbies, breadmaking. Unfortunately, it's probably going to be messy!

Jan. 10 Rock Climbing

The 3 muskateers (R, D & G) came down to Sacramento Pipeworks to do some rock climbing. We had a good time again, and I found out that you don't have to be at least 14 to belay! It is a judgement call to the employees at the facility, but those boys that they feel can handle it will be able to help out when we visit in the future. We'll come back again shortly and do some more climbing.

Jan. 10 Jamboree meeting

All of the boys from the greater Sacramento area came together to have the kickoff meeting to Jamboree in 2010. We saw lots of slides about what the boys can expect during their trip. It's going to be a great two weeks for them. There is still a little time left to sign up, so if you have any inkling that you might go, sign up now!

Jan. 5 meeting

First meeting of the new year. The boys worked on some knots and lashings. I want to see them get back into building gateways at our outings. We have been slacking in that area recently. This also helped those that needed these requirements toward the first major goal of reaching First Class rank. Some others also worked on first aid requirements.

They were supposed to play a game with a device that they built while doing the lashings, but it apparently took longer to build than I thought it would. Next week.

Speaking of next week, we will have a guest speaker from A-1 Comics paying us a visit. We are working on hobbies this month and the boys will always find an excuse to talk about, play with, look at, whatever it may be, playing cards. In my day it was comic books. Times change, just like my waist line.

See you next week.

Jan. 4 PLC meeting

We had, I thought, a very good meeting yesterday. All of the boys in leadership positions were in attendance. We were able to plan all of the meetings for the month of January. We discussed our outings throught the month of February. This was a great way to begin this new year.

Thanks guys!