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| QT344-05000 - "Q-Docs" - the official document of Troop 344 | The
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Web Log of Troop 344 27 February 2005 - 9:16 a.m. I just talked to Eagle Cave and we need to have a final count together by the 3rd of March which is next Thursday. You can view the campsite at http://www.eagle-cave.net/ . It looks like a cool time, sleeping in damp 52 degree weather inside a dark cave on a hard floor with snoring echoing deep into the vast chambers of the onyx cave. Should be memorable, I can't wait. There looks like there is a game room, not sure if it will be open. They have programming and meals for us. Cost is $42.00 per person and includes all meals and programming. We will need people to drive unless Linus can get the bus. I can pull the trailer. Don't tell Jay they have a canoeing program or we will be pulling canoes down through ice chucks down the river. ;~j They have a sliding hill too. This would be a good way for the new Scouts to get their camping and cooking requirements for their Tenderfoot. We are also inviting the new Webelos II Den from Pack 344 if they would like to join us. This is scheduled for April 1st through 3rd. Please RSVP as soon as you can so I can give her an idea about head count. The Scouts all seemed to like the idea last fall. YIS Don 27 February 2005 - 9:13 a.m. RE: Letter to joint Committees Pack and Troop I hereby propose that we begin to establish the "Council of 344 Chaplains" as a means to help keep the programs focused in their Spiritual direction through Christ's name. I have touched on this in the Quality System documentation (http://Qsystem.us) and it seems like a good time to see if there is support for this concept. The "Council of 344 Chaplains" would be a separate Committee headed by a Council Chair and would be responsible for ensuring there are Chaplains and Chaplain Aides active in the Pack, Troop, Crew and Campfire Girls (CFG) programs of our Integrated "Total Concept Program" Unit Set. Attached is a proposed letterhead for review. Let me know if there are any objections to preceding in this fashion. You can also get this on the server at QT344-10000.doc in the Chaplain and Chaplain's Aide sections of the "Q-Docs" at http://Qdocs.us . The Council would remain interdenominational with the commonality of Christ as our underlying direction. It's goals would be to provide spiritual guidance and also to support the Chapel services while we are camping. We have prior agreed to run our Units based in Christ and this Council helps insure that future groups will follow this direction. Currently I have asked the Pack to consider adding a Chaplain to their Leader Roster. The Troop has one and the Crew will too. In this structure the Chaplain has nearly as much say as the Cubmaster, Scoutmaster and Crew Advisor in delivering the program. The Pack, Troop and Crew Committees respectively are ultimately in charge of setting the direction of the program through the Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmasters, Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, Crew Advisor and Assistant Crew Advisors, CFG Leaders and the Chaplains. The "Council of 344 Chaplains" would serve as the Committee to the Chaplains and be comprised of the Chaplains, a Council Chair and a non Chaplain representative from each of the Units (Pack, Troop, Crew and CFG). Meetings could certainly be by e-mail so it will not take any time away from home. They could also meet at Campouts etc. Please forward to anyone on either Pack or Troop Committee I have forgotten. Thank you for these considerations.
Don 27 February 2005 - 9:10 a.m. If anyone is or would like to be a Den Chief (this position counts towards Star, Life and Eagle Advancement). Alec would like to offer Den Chief Training. Help is needed mostly at the Pack level doing skits and stuff for the Pack Meeting. If you are interested please contact Alec ASAP at mailto:alec_irwin@hotmail.com The Pack is considering donating some money towards our canoe drive and the more help we give them the better they will feel about it. We have 4 Troops now tentatively scheduled to go (and pay us) on the River Runs this spring and summer. This will eventually become a Venturing Enterprise Fund(run by the Crew) but for now the proceeds will be used to buy canoes as we have not set the Crew up yet. Jay and I will be preparing a Performa on the excursions and more than likely be asking for permission to purchase canoes with some or all of the garage sale funds. So if you are looking for a good time that will spread good will and help the Pack parents out, let Alec know and he will get you trained. YIS Don 27 February 2005 - 9:08 a.m. The Blue and Gold for Troop 344 is at the Northfield Methodist Church (the one up on the hill near Sibley off Maple Street), Monday 28 February at 6:00 p.m. It is a pot luck dinner. We will be welcoming two Scouts from our Pack who have completed their Arrow of Light and are moving onto Boy Scouts. The Troop is invited to this historic event. The new Scouts who have entered our Troop this past week can also come and walk over the bridge again if they would like to. Should be a good time, they have planned a few skits and some fun to celebrate the 95th anniversary of Cub Scouting. Yours In Scouting, Don 27 February 2005 - 9:05 a.m. Copy form and e-mail back to me for reservations for March and April Campouts We have 3 campouts on the schedule in March/April and we need to
get a Please fill out the form below and send back to me as soon as possible
so we I will tabulate the scores and present them at the next meeting
on the 3rd Place x on appropriate lines and fill in as applicable: Saturday March 12th - planned Day Outing - Winter Campout added
by Jay for Scout name = Attending Parent Attending March 18th - Phillippo heated cabins lower tier - 4 cabins sleep
8 each - Scout name = Attending Parent Attending
Scout name = Attending Parent Attending Thanks, Don 12 February 2005 - 8:46 p.m. All,
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30 January 2005 - 6:02 p.m. We went out and presented Jerry Anderson of Dundas with a plaque for letting us use the CarTIME building for our garage sale last spring. Here is the picture we sent to the news.
That same day we went and donated the money from collecting cans at the Jesse James Parade last fall to Judy Bickel at the CAC.
23 January 2005 - 7:40 p.m. Message from HQ ----------------------------------------------------------------- February 6th marks 2005' Scout Sunday. Please plan on making Scouting a part of your church service on that day or sometime in February. Sample support materials are available for purchase at the Twin Cities Scout Shop or you can review samples through our web site at http://www.indianhead.org/districts/relationships Showing reverence to God is the 12th point of the Scout Law. Please contact your congregations religious leader, pastor or priest today and schedule an opportunity to recognize your unit's youth at your weekely service. God bless you in your service to youth and your Faith. Thanks for the interest. Joe Reymann 23 January 2005 - 6:28 p.m. All, 18 January 2004 - 2:32 p.m. Web Site moved to New Server! Hey gang, The new site is fully functional and much faster! Special Thanks to Clint Andera at HQ for all of his help! You can access everything as before at: http://Troop344.us - Troop Site or the World Wide Web addresses: http://www.Troop344.us -
Troop Site YIS Don 22 December 2004 - 6:26 p.m. SWIMMING PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS! We are starting to get a lot of people to use the Swimming Program, mostly from other Districts. We need help from the Scouts to run it as it is also a fundraiser for us. My hopes are that the Committee will designate 1/2 of the profit towards our canoes. We got a couple of cool testimonies from a Georgia (not Florida like the e-mail says) Ship of Sea Scouts. You can see them at the Testimonial page on the "Ought-fortyone-hundred". This document is a "Sub-Server" so to speak. Keep up the good work Jay and special thanks to the Barcks and Schwalbes for pitching in on this effort! Keep the Family Saturday Swim in mind and tell your friends to go to our web site and check out the family swim at http://www.Troop344.us 20 December 2004 - 9:30 p.m. NEW: The story of "Q" 17 December 2004 - 6:30 p.m. Sorry I have been not been using the BLOG for a while, been busy writing my Doctoral thesis for the University of Scouting. It is a documentation of our process at 344 and kind of interesting. I am about 2/5 done with it . You can get to it by clicking in the top right corner of your browser where there is a "Q-SYS" icon. We have a new domain name for the "Q-Server" called "Qdocs.us". Easy to remember and as always Qdocs are accessible anywhere on the globe that has an internet connection. Doesn't that make you feel realy worldly. YIS and Merry Christmas! Don 10 December 2004 - 7:42 p.m. Good job Sennes on the Popcorn!!!!! I bet you can't wait until next year! But seriously thank you! YIS Don 1 December 2004 - 9:30 p.m. The latest addition to the "Q-System" is a new sub-section of the "Q-Doc" Registry entitled "Q-Pics". It is available several ways on the Pack, Troop and Northfield Scouting Web sites. On any of the above use the "Q-sidebar" to navigate to Troop or Pack 344 and pick "Q-Pics". This brings up the index page for the pictures from the last two years. I thought we had been going three years but it may in fact only be two so we are actually 50% better than we thought we were last week. I will check the dates. The other way is to go to the Troop website and press on the Troop logo on the top of the page underneath the Northfield Scouting logo. A third way is to go to the "Q-Doc" server through your "Q-Sidebar which brings up the "Q-Doc" page at link http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/Troop344/forms/qt344-INDEX.htm Or to get to the "Q-Doc" page use this address directly in your browser - http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/Qindex.html On the "Q-Doc" page go to Field Documents - 17000 and press on QX344-17000 . I hope you enjoy browsing through the photos, you can send the links to your relatives or have them simply go to http://Troop344.us and use the "Q-sidebars". Keep an eye on the "Q-Pics" section for future additions. Enjoy. Don 20 November 2004 - 4:00 PM The first monthly Troop 344 Family swim was a smashing success! I counted 68 people in the pool and on the deck. Of these about 85% were swimmers. Scouts had a great time swimming and worked on their advancements for Brownsea and Swimming Merit Badge. Adults worked with the Scouts and also did Safety Afloat and Safe Swim Defense classes! We had people from local Northfield Packs and Troops as well as from out of town. Seems word of our swim event in the Scouting world is starting to have some momentum. We also had people from town who just came out for the Family swim. We will easily get this to 100 people per session in a couple of months once the word spreads more. It is a great concept. Good work to Jay and Alec for pulling this together. Special thanks to Terri Schwalbe and Terry Barck for working with the Scouts and collecting the donations. YIS Don 17 November 2004 - 9:25 p.m. A little over two years............................... Jay Kuivinen's brother, who is an Eagle Scout, went with their
Dad, who was a Scoutmaster, in the early spring some years while
he was a boy, to a cave that is not far from here called Eagle Cave,
in Muscoda, WI. We have an Order of the Arrow Contingent with several active members. We have: Our own Chaplain. We have a Cycling and Hiking Merit Badge Program as an option to Swimming Merit Badge. We have: A silent Auction for a Patriotic ice sculpture each year. 12 November 2004 - 4:56 p.m. Special thanks to the Sennes for their countless dedication to the Annual Popcorn Drive. Our District alone sold over $100,000 worth of popcorn. Indianhead Council recieves 30% and we get 35% or something like that. The Council funds our programs primarily through the Friends of Scouting Drive and popcorn sales. The membership fee of $12.00 per year per Scout does not cover the support they provide that allows us to deliver the program we do. The valiant efforts of the Sennes has helped us all and for this we all thank them.
9 November 2004, 10:00 p.m. Check out the first District "Q-Doc" It is in the Training Section of the server. QD344-14000 (The 14 T) 9 November 2004 - 9:58 p.m. Invite from Alec: We are having the Pack meeting Mon the 29th 6-8:30 at the Carleton
Rec Thank you 8 November 2004 - 10:02 p.m. I have been asked to schedule our 2005 Order of the Arrow Elections in January, February or March of 2005. Please be thinking if you want to nominate yourself for election to the Order. We need to turn the date in by the December Roundtable, I will find out on Thursday what dates are still available. The Order of the Arrow provides leadership and personal growth opportunities for young men and adults and is know as the "Brotherhood of Cheerful Service". It basically teaches what Christ did insofar as all others should be put before one's self. Developing this type of attitude when couple with learned Leadership Abilities from the regular program gives a person a much better chance at succeeding in life. When you get to the top of any organization you find the most cheerful and helpful person. Nice guys do not finish last like the saying goes, they can, but so can anyone else and more often times than not they finish first. The Order of the Arrow is the Honor Society of Scouting. Candidates are voted into the Order by obtaining a 50% vote of the non-OA Scouts based on how helpful they have been to their piers. The decision is based on being an exemplary camper and Scout. A candidate can apply for membership once per year. You are elected for life into the organization. You must be First Class and have camped a certain number of times (I'll find out) within a year to qualify. The Order of the Arrow is a BSA sanctioned division of Boy Scouts. Only Boy Scouts can be elected, no Cub Scouts or Venturers. As your son moves through the system it is a good program as it has many benefits and can open many doors. So far we have 4 youth members and 1 adult member with one elected member yet to complete his Ordeal. We can have as many people elected each year as we want. If someone is not elected we encourage them to try again next year. I highly recommend the program to Scouts and Adults. Besides you get to wear that really cool white sash.
7 November 2004 - 7:42 p.m. Thanks to all who helped on the Christmas Box distribution for the CAC. Many kids that normally would not get anything for Christmas will get gifts from our efforts. Good work all! We should be good on Community Service for a while now! Don 7 November 2004 - 1:47 p.m. There is no meeting this Thursday as it is Roundtable. Leaders and SPL are invited to attend. It is in New Prague this month, e-mail me or give me a call if you would like to carpool. Please take this time to catch up on merit badges, we have one more meeting before the Court of Honor to finish and do the make up for First Aid Merit Badge and finish the Boards of Review and Scoutmaster's conferences. If you miss this Court of Honor there will be another one in February or March. Most Scouts are very close to advancement. The next meeting will be on November 18th at Bethel. I would like to schedule for 2 hours so that we have time to complete everything. We had a great campout! The weather was wonderful. The Scouts stayed over Friday night, set up camp, had a camp fire and went to bed. Saturday they went to Bethel and helped out for about 4 hours then came back to camp and helped Ranger Dave for a couple of hours. Ranger Dave told me to tell you all thank you. 344 has a place in his heart, so good job all. Jay and I went to Alec's Train the Trainer Training that had only before been offered once a year at the Council level. The three of us are certified Trainers now so this will make it easier for our leaders to get training as we can do a little bit at each event. Training is good as it keeps the program on the right track. It is amazing how well thought through and documented the entire Cub Scout to Boy Scout to Venturing trail is. We look forward to sharing our skills with our current and future leaders. A special thanks to Pat Stahly, Mark Carson, Terry Barck, Alec Irwin and Jay Kuivinen for helping out with and/or staying over at the campout/service project weekend. It was a very peaceful weekend and the Scouts had a good time. 7 November 2004 - 1:47 p.m. Special Thanks Special Thanks to Budig's for the Rice Crispy Bars at Bethel, I just was unpacking and found them. Thanks you guys! Don 26 October 2004 - 6:01 p.m. Starting in November Troop 344 will be offering an open swim once
per month
For Adult Scouters: Family members of Scouts are also welcomed to participate. Please forward to anyone you think would be interested. See Web Page at for scheduled dates. Press on "Northfield Middle Thanks, Don Starr 26 October 2004 - 5:59 p.m. Pack Meeting went well last night. Thanks for all who helped. The
skits This Thursday night we are meeting at Bethel at 6:30 to work on
First Aid At 7:30 we are going up to St. Olaf to finish swimming Merit Badge.
Please Please make arrangements if you are not staying for the meeting
to pick your Cost for swimming is $2.00 per person pay at the door. You also need to fill out a waiver form for St. Olaf see http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/Qsomething.pdf If you have trouble with the download, I have also attached the
file to his Thanks. YIS Don 24 October 2004 - 7:41 p.m. Congratulations popcorn sellers! This year the profit is 35% and will go directly to your Scout account. You can pay for camping fees, food fees, Tomahawk, any thing at the Scout Shop or any other Scout Gear from your proceeds. Simply submit a request to Terry Barck with a receipt and he will reimburse you from your Scout account. Scout Accounts - just another reason 344 continues to be on the cutting edge. Special thanks to Lee and Jane Senne for Chairing this Fundraiser! The Council also gets 30% profit from the sale. All of your efforts help Indianhead keep program costs down and are greatly appreciated by many! Keep up the good work! YIS Don Remember if you have not turned in your popcorn sales please call Lee Senne at 952-652-2614. He is starting to enter the totals into the Computer. 24 October 2004 - 6:47 p.m. Last Saturday Terry B. took Scouts on an Orienteering session for First Class requirements. Good work all! 24 October 2004 - 6:45 p.m. Jay, Matt, Neil and Terry participated in a 15 miles bike ride from Welch to Red Wing and back. Linda, Marcia, Andy, and one of Matt’s friends also went along. Reports were it was a good time even though the weather was not the nicest. Good work all on this event! 24 October 2004 - 6:37 p.m. All, Special Meeting at Dudley tomorrow (Monday), we are assisting the Pack with entertainement. No one but A.R. and J.S. has signed up for skit parts. I hope a lot of Boy Scouts show to help. Meet at 5:30 to practice Skits at Dudley. Pack Meeting starts at 6:00. Thanks. YIS, Don ------------------------------------- See files http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/21/QT344-20004%20Announcements.doc http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/21/QT344-21002%20Scout%20Vesper.doc and http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/21/QT344-21005%20The%20Mediquin.doc on the "Q-Doc" Server for scripts. I will print some of these out for the meeting. 24 October 2004 - 6:25 p.m. Remember Saturday October 30th is the University of Scouting. Many good classes to choose from. Many still available. Contact Don or Alec. 24 October 2004 - 6:22 p.m. October 30th is also the date of the Haunted House at Jim Ingham's. Go south out of Dundas on Railway (Main Street), first place on right after you pass the Town Hall and Garage (south side of Dundas). FREE to Scouts. 24 October 2004 - 2:52 p.m. Campout Itinerary - November 5th, 6th and 7th 2004 Phillippo Campout Please note you can attend any or all of the Campout. Please reply back to Jamison at on form by Thursday October 28th fro coordination at the Regular Troop Meeting. ------------------------------- Friday November 5th: 6:00 p.m. Arrive Phillippo Upper deck . - EAT SUPPER BEFORE YOU
COME
Saturday November 6th 6:15 a.m. Reveille Sunday November 7th 7:30 a.m. Reveille -------------------------------------------- MENU Cobra Patrol Breakfast Saturday Cereal (Can Linus get Malt-o-Meal) Lunch Saturday Ham Sandwiches Supper Saturday Pork Chops Breakfast Sunday Bacon ---------------------- Possum Patrol Breakfast Saturday Cereal (Can Linus get Malt-o-Meal) Lunch Saturday Ham Sandwiches Supper Saturday Chunky Soup Breakfast Oatmeal ----------------------- No name Patrol Breakfast Saturday Cereal (Can Linus get Malt-o-Meal) Lunch Saturday Ham Sandwiches Supper Saturday Spaghetti (beef with noodles) Breakfast Sunday Cereal (Can Linus get Malt-o-Meal) -------------------------------- Parent Patrol Breakfast Saturday Fancy srambled eggs. Milk.
Steak Fajitas. Loaded Baked Potatos. Dutch oven brownies . Milk
Breakfast Sunday . English muffin sausage sandwiches. Milk. This is also available at QT344-03004 23 october 2004 - 3:03 p.m. Parents, Please review with your son where they are at on Advancement and coordinate with the next Court of Honor on December 2nd (it has been officially moved by Consensus). Cut off date for awards is Thursday November 25th (Thanksgiving). Simple e-mail to me will be fine. We will also be reviewing with all Scouts at the Campout and conducting Boards of Reviews and Scoutmaster's conferences Saturday afternoon and evening. See http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/meritbadges.asp for Merit Badge requirements. If they need a couple of easy ones for their non-required's try Art, Computers, Theatre, or Music. Many of the Scouts have done these already in school. For Star Rank (People First Class - C.I. and J.O.) you need 4 required Merit Badges and 2 Non required. See http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/meritbadges.asp for a list of required Merit Badges and Non required's. For Life Rank (People that are Star) you need 6 months as Star (which you all have) and 3 more required's and 2 more non required's. We have and are completing. First Aid, Camping, Swimming at the Troop meetings and most everyone got Citizenship in the World at the Camporee. These 4 are all required Merit Badges. At Merit Badge Saturday Scouts could get 2 Merit Badges and at the Camporee Scouts could also get another one for a total of two there also. Tomahawk usually generates 2 to 4 Merit Badges per Scout. If anyone is behind please let me know and we will set up a team to get them through a couple over the next month. For second class Scouts, your Brownsea section of your Scout Book should be updated, if it is not please see Terry, Jay or me to get sign offs on what you have accomplished. Most should be close to First Class. Also remember everyone needs 4 to 6 hours of Community Service since their last Rank advancement. Times are coming up on the 4th of November at CAC at 6:30 and on the 5th of November at Bethel at 8:00 a.m. Total time for these two events will equal 6 hours. So it is possible for most to advance at this Court of Honor. If they miss it the next one is coming up quick in February anyway and we are all way ahead of the curve. Again, please review your son's progress and let me know where they are at so we can keep on track. Thanks for all the hard work, your sons will all appreciate being Eagles one Day! YIS Don 23 october 2004 - 2:38 p.m. This next Monday Night the 25th of October is Pack 344's Halloween party at Camp Dudley at 6:00 p.m. The Pack Leaders are doing a couple of skits and Alec asked if the Boy Scouts could also help out. We talked about this at our meeting on Thursday Night. The Troop will assist in 1. Flag Ceremony (let Tracy or someone lead the Pledge and oath
as they are different than ours). 2. Patrolling of the trail to the river. 3. Fire watch and patrol. 4. Mediquin Skit (see attached or forms QT-21005
on the "Q-doc" server
at http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/21/qt344-21INDEX.htm
5. Sing Announcement Song when Tracy says "I have a couple
of announcements" see QT-21004
on the "Q-doc" server
at http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/21/qt344-21INDEX.htm 6. Do the Bear Praying skit (I could not find a copy of this on
the internet so you will have to do it from memory. I think this
is a 2 person skit. 7. Do pantomime and background noises while I read 'Falling Rock" from the scary story. This will be ad-lib. Please review info and e-mail to PACK REGISTRATION back with what part you want and if you can come or not by Sunday afternoon if possible. If you don't get this until after that we will be meeting at 5:30 to review skits and do a quick rehearsal. We did go over it last Thursday night and most can be adlibbed. Thanks for your help. Don 22 October 2004 - 10:03 p.m. Please RSVP by October 27th for the campout on the 5th, 6th and 7th. We need time to order food. Good job guys last night for coming up with your menus! We need a parent volunteer for the Committee Patrol menu, first one to respond to me gets the job. __________________________________________________________ Itinerary for Campout There is no school on Friday November 5th. Some of the 7th graders will be at ELC in Rochester and will be coming back that day. Arrive at 5:30 having already eaten supper at Phillippo - upper parking lot on upper deck at top of hill. We are in one of the cabins up top and Don will have checked us in or made arrangements for someone else to check us in by then. The Cabin is back in the woods a few blocks. If there is snow on the ground bring some sleds with ropes to pull as the carts do not go good through the woods. If there is not snow on the ground someone will need to haul carts up from the maintenance area by the Ranger's house. Friday night we will do reviews of where everyone is at, we have moved the Court of Honor to the 2nd of December the first Thursday after Thanksgiving. Cut off for advancement in the Saturday after Thanksgiving or the 27th of November. We need time to process forms, make the trip to the Scout Shop and fill out all the cards before the Court of Honor. Linus is taking care of the Court of Honor on December 2nd. Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Bethel Church has asked if we could help them with the fall cleanup. Raking leaves and picking up pine cones. We will need parents to drive Scouts to and from Phillippo and to help supervise the Scouts at Bethel. Alec is lining up our First Aid Merit Badge Councilor to work with the Scouts at the campout on make up work if they missed some of the recent meetings. We will need one other Leader to stay at Phillippo and be in charge of coordination to Bethel. There is training that day at 7:30, Alec is hosting Train the Trainer and it ends at 3:00. Our hopes are that as many of us as possible can become trainers. In this way we can do internal training at Troop events (campouts etc) and not have to go out of town to get our training done. I have had or will have at the next University of Scouting Session, most all training for Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing. Once we are all trainers we only need to train the people who are trainers in each course and then they can train the next people coming on board in each of the 3 groups (Pack, Troop and Crew). As we do this while we are camping or on an outing, in an integrated approach, we will always be trained just by doing the events with little more effort than we already do (there is some paper work of course - but this will be simplified through the "Q-Doc" process). We will even be able to do Train the Trainer while we are camping. This will save us lots of time. So we have a lot going on that Saturday but we will check off many boxes and make our Pack, Troop and Crew even stronger yet. We didn't plan it this way, but Phillippo was only available on the same date that Alec had scheduled the "Train the Trainer" Development Conference and the Bethel Board asked us to help after we had everything booked. But there is nothing wrong with killing two birds with one stone and we will fulfill the Scouts Community Service requirement and well as getting our training system in place. Saturday lunch will be at Bethel when they are done. I asked the Scouts to come up with quick meals to do and will check to see that they have sandwiches or something. We will make these up Friday night. They have a quick breakfast on Sunday. Parents who can help with transportation should make arrangements via this e-mail to come out to Phillippo about 7:30 a.m. and then again at 12:30 at Bethel to get the Scouts back. Saturday Supper will be at Phillippo. Note the Scouts can camp in tents or in the heated cabin (it sleeps about 40). People can also rent cots for I think $3.00 each from Phillippo. The cabin costs $50.00 and this cost will be split between the Scouts that attend as will the food. Even if the Scouts camp outside they will still share in the cost of the shelter as we will be cooking and doing program in there. Parents and Leaders who come will not be charged part of the cabin rental fee but can pay for their own food. We talked at a Sub-Committee level and thought we might try this and see how it works. We want to encourage Parents and Leaders to come and because they are donating their time, just like at Tomahawk they should get a break on the cost of the camping portion. You have to eat anyway so if you come we all thought you can pay for your own food. There will be a Non-Denominational Chapel service by Jay Saturday Night coordinated with a Mass service in Cannon Falls for those who want to go to Mass. I think they left at 5:00 at the Camporee and were back by 6:15 or so. All siblings and parents are welcomed to attend Church. Hopefully it will be nice enough to have it around a campfire. We will need someone to offer to drive the Scouts to Mass. Saturday night we will get a large fire going and have gam until about 10:00 p.m. Smores. Sunday we will have breakfast and should be ready to be picked up at about 9:30. __________________________________________________________ Linus is coordinating the November 4th meeting. We are picking up 48 boxes and delivering to 42 businesses for a Christmas Fundraiser by the Community Action Center. Meet at Northfield Resource Center North Entrance at 6:30 on the 4th. Contact Linus at linuslanger@deskmedia.com We will need people to drive the Scouts around to deliver the items. This also counts as Community Service. ___________________________________________________________ We do not have our Coldfusion page working yet as we need a Cold Fusion server to host it on and it is way complicated to write and maintain, maybe this winter according to Alec. Sign up for campout follow these directions: Open the attached file. It should open in Word. If there is no file attachment or a win.dat file is attached go to http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/03/qt344-03INDEX.htm and download QT344-03003. Remember to do a "Save-as" from the file menu and save it somewhere like your "My Documents" so you can e-mail the document later. If you simply send attachment as e-mail without saving it the temp directory does not store your input. Put an 'X' in the correct boxes for each leg of the journey for the parts of the campout you are attending. Enter your name and Patrol. Do your "Save-as" command and attach it to an e-mail to jrs@starrarch.com . Lee and others please do not put a 2 or the name of a color or your first car or something like that in the boxes, just a simple 'X' please. This is serious work. Please RSVP by October 27th so at the meeting on the 28th we can calculate food quantities. Thanks again. YIS Don 21 October 2004 - 5:06 p.m. I would like to move the Court of Honor to December 2nd the Thursday after Halloween. A lot of people are out of town for MEA and we are finding it hard to make our original schedule. Initial responses have been favorable. Unless I hear objections in a couple of days I'll make the change on the Calendar. The Blog and Web Site are updated to the new schedule changes.at http://www.troop344.us YIS Don 21 October 2004 - 12:14 p.m. I had forgotten the date I told the Community Action Center we
would help They called today and it is on November 4th. We will meet at the Community Action Center (Northfield Resource
Center) at It is also ELC for the 7th graders that day and I am a Chaperone
so I will Soooo.... We need someone to volunteer to spearhead the operation. We also
need We will need to move the Court of Honor back as due to this, MEA
break and Will keep you posted and will update the schedule. Court of Honor
may need YIS
20 October 2004 - 9:27 p.m. It has been pointed out to me that "Q-Docs" created entirely at the Crew level can be referred to as "Cru-Docs". I thought this was a point worth sharing. YIS Don 20 October 2004 - 9:20 p.m. Per request we have added three new categories to the "Q-Doc" server.
Just another way that "Q-Docs" are continuing to simplify the way we do our Scouting Work. YIS Don 20 October 2004 - 9:06 p.m. Due to shock therapy chlorination of the Middles School Pool we have to cancel this Saturdays District Swim event and will have it again next month and each month thereafter. The Bike Ride is still on for this Saturday, meet at Trout Scream at 11:00. Some bikes to be transported in our wonderful trailer. 2. Leave on bikes 12:00 to hit the dusty trail. 3. Ride out at least 7.5 miles as measured on the GPS. 4. Return to Welch Village. 5. Go home. Please contact Jay at Jay.Kuivinen@pearson.com with questions. I have no idea where Trout Scream is but I am thinking it is in Welch. The trip will go from there to Redwing. We do have a meeting tomorrow night at Bethel at 6:30 to finish up all but the Rescue Annie work for First Aid Merit Badge. On the 28th we will do our Rescue Annie demonstration on CPR at 6:30 and then go swimming at St. Olaf from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Scouts working on First Class need to do their line rescue if they have not done it already and the Scouts working on Swimming Merit Badge need to do their dives. I am updating the BLOG and schedule. Have a happy MEA, if you are out of town and miss the meetings we are having make up sessions at the Campout on the 5th, 6th and 7th. More to come on that later. YIS Don 19 October 2004 - 9:48 p.m. I just completed a Parent Handbook found at the Web Site to Troop 298 in Apple Valley. It has useful information for campouts, gear, rank advancement etc. See QT344-00002. YIS Don 18 October 2004 - 9:20 p.m. Reminder of Meeting Thursday at Bethel at 6:30 p.m. We will continue work on First Aid Merit Badge, discuss the campout on the 5th of November and figure out entertainment for the Pack Meeting next Monday. Alec has asked us to help entertain the Cubs and I never turn down a good campfire and a chance for us to do some entertaining. YIS Don 18 October 2004 - 9:19 p.m. On the 23rd of this month (October) we will be having a bike ride (with Jay) in the morning and go swimming in the afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Middle School. We will be working on and completing for some the swimming Merit Badge which is a required Merit Badge everyone needs for Star and Life. Also that evening there is a Haunted Halloween put on by Pack 314 of Shieldsville. Download the brochure at Haunted Halloween sounds like Kathy Larson an old friend of ours must be involved somehow??? Just one more thing to add to our adventure. YIS Don 17 October 2004 - 6:25 p.m. I finally got the picture of the new Trailer on the web. It is shown with the decals on it. We are in the process of asking the VFW to donate some funds for it. Terry Barck is spearheading this. Thank you Terry for all your help! Thank you everyone else for your efforts on fundraising that makes this trailer possible! The Garage Sale has proven to be a good venue for us.
16 October 2004 - 8:15 p.m. We're Number Two Go to http://www.yahoo.com and search for Q-Doc , singular not plural. We are number two for now! Don 16 October 2004 - 8:11 p.m. I was just looking back through the BLOG and see it is over a year old. I know I don't use it all the time but will try to keep information posted here to avoid e-mails. Keep checking back and remember to also check the schedule and the "Q-Doc" Server from time to time to keep abreast of what is changing and being added. A special thanks to all, we have a very active Unit of which we should all be proud. It is because of all our commitment to the program and volunteer efforts that we are the best around. Keep up the good work! YIS Don 16 October 2004 - 7:22 p.m. Swimming Saturdays! Jay and Alec have coordinated Swimming Saturdays. We have reserved the Middle School Swimming Pool from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on one Saturday per month. See QT344-04000 (The Ought Four Thousand) when it is completed at the Q-Doc Server. Alec is putting the final touches on it and we should have the document on line soon. Thanks ALec and Jay for your hard work and commitment! YIS Don 16 October 2004 - 7:21 p.m. First Aid Merit Badge If you missed the first session of First Aid Merit Badge this last Thursday there will be make up time at the Campout on the 5th of November. YIS Don
16 October 2004 - 7:20 p.m. I have assigned some numbers in the Q-Doc server. 04000 is the Q-Swim.doc and 03000 is the signup cold fusion page I have started to work on. With the 03000 it will make sign up and grocery coordination much better. These documents are currently under development. Alec is posting a link to the ought four thousand from the Rolling Hills Page of Indianhead for our Swimming Enterprise Fund. See http://www.northfieldscouts.indianhead.org/troop344/forms/qt344-INDEX.htm When a document is in process the Web Server will claim its number and assign the value "IN CONSTRUCTION" to the posting until such a time as the document is ready. In this way we will never have the same number used twice. YIS Don 16 October 2004 - 7:19 p.m. At our November Campout on the 5th, 6th and 7th, Bethel Church has asked us to help them clean up their yard work. Some of the Leaders are going to Train the Trainer that day and Linus is working. We could use some volunteers to help transport the guys to Bethel from Phillippo for 3 or 4 hours to help them. I will have times later but if you have some time to help out it would be greatly appreciated. Bethel lets us use their facilities free of charge and are our sponsoring organization. The Scouts need public service hours for advancement. Thanks for your considerations. YIS Don 8 October 2004 - 8:37 p.m. The PLC discussed the following items, please see schedule page. 6:30 p.m. Thursdays: Thursday, 14 October - First Aid Merit Badge Thursday, 21 October - First Aid Merit Badge Thursday, 28 October - First Aid Merit Badge - Regular Meetings at Dudley 6:30 or Bethel if raining. Saturday, 16 October Coin Collecting Merit Badge - Eagle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center - hourly sessions starting at 10:00 a.m. and going until 2:00 p.m. (ending at 3:00 p.m.) Pre-register at ccmb@charter.net Saturday, 23 October Jay to do bike outing from Middle School. More details to come Swimming at 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Northfield Middle School. Finish Swimming Merit Badge. Finish First Class Merit Badge swimming. Do swim tests. Instructional time. Alec to Book pool. Monday, 25 October Pack Meeting at Dudley. Alec needs our help with the program, skits, scary stories etc. Saturday, 30 October University of Scouting - Really good training and informational courses for Leaders. See http://www.indianhead.org/training/supplemental/uos/ Thursday, 4 November 6:30 Meeting at Bethel - work on elective Merit Badge conclusions and make up for others. Board of Review and Scoutmaster's conferences for ready Scouts. Friday, 5 November to Sunday, 7 November We will be cooking by Patrol. Cobras, Possums, Mighty Titans. Campout in cabins at Phillippo- Patrol Leaders Council Meeting - Make up session for Merit Badges and Brownsea. - Finish plans on Court of Honor. Committee Challenge Training for Adults by Alec and Jay- (we need to be trained to get our Quality Unit Award). Board of Review for ready Scouts. Train the Trainer Training by District Trainer Trainer Alec Irwin. - 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday. All Leaders should go. - We need Parent and Leader volunteers to chaperone the Scouts at Phillippo while some of us get trained to be trainers. Courtesy of Alec we are bringing in an outside Merit Badge Councilor for Scouts who are all caught up with the Brownsea and Merit Badges for advancement at the November Court of Honor. Scouts on Saturday should work on catching up on any remaining requirements for Merit Badges and advancement. You can do most everything you need to do at Phillippo as we will have the trailer there with all the Scout stuff. 5 October 2004 - 9:20 p.m. The "Q-DOC" server is running at "QT344-INDEX" "Go to Older Blog - ARCHIVE Oct 2003 - May 2004""Go to Newer - ARCHIVE June 2005 - Present" |
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