May 26
Speeches were made by the teams of boys who were running for Quartermaster and Sr. Patrol Leader. At the end of the meeting everyone voted by secret ballot and the winners were:
Quartermasters: Nick T / Paul D
Sr. Patrol Leader: Dan S
Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader: Alex V
Chris said the newly elected leaders do not take effect until after Trexler. He also said that after PUCO, Patrol Leader elections will be held.
There were several Eagle scouts who are home from college there.
The Somerville Memorial Day Parade was a big success and a lot of fun for the boys who attended.
PUCO fliers were distributed.
There will be two or possibly three Eagle ceremonies this summer:
6/27 - Nick Vitovich at the Annandale church
8/8 - Adam F - at Our Lady of Lourdes
third one is not ready to be announced.
Jambo is running the concession stand at the Clinton Red Mill event the same weekend as PUCO. Those boys are expected to work the stand and then return to PUCO. Also, the May payment for the Jamboree is due now.
Balance is now due for Trexler. We also need to be turning in our medical forms - both youth and adult Trexler volunteers.
The boys need to tell Suzy which merit badges they want to work on at Trexler.
They are working on getting one more swim test date scheduled before Trexler.
Rick said that there were outstanding reviews about the job the den chiefs did at Webelo Woods.
Frontier camp - there will be a quick meeting during PUCO about the pre-requisites.
Troop is still collecting money for the purchase of new merit badge books.
See you in Baltimore!
- Lorraine