June 2008

Roundtable Notes           

June 2008

Congratulations to:

• Scout Logan Rutledge, T432 for being elected by his fellow arrow men as the OA Apieka Chapter Chief.

Much Thanks to:                           

·         Bob Lightner, Amy Keller, Lee Mintz, Mike Rhodes, Pat Whitmer, and all the staff and counselors of the Merit Badge Day. They hosted another new record -158 Boy Scouts (some from other districts!) - in a great day of adventure and learning at Santa Fe CC. There was even some coverage in the Gainesville Sun.

·        Inga Glaspey,  Jeff Opalko, Jay Welch, Ron White and Mike Wohl for an enthusiastic and informative Day Camp Leader Training.  The Cub leaders certainly appreciated the help and now have all the skills to lead a fun time!

·        Scout Joseph Chubb for his service this past year as OA Apieka Chapter Chief. During his time in service, the number of OA elections was greatly increased.

For All:

·         The annual Program Planning Conference was May 8^th. The District and Council Calendar is available on the website. Have you had your unit planning conference? Successful units will have their schedule for 2008-2009 program year before breaking for the summer. 

For Committee Members:

·         Please bring your unit popcorn commitment cards to the June Roundtable. The District   Popcorn Kickoff will be at Trinity UMC, August 23^rd at 10:00 am. All units should plan to have their Popcorn Chair attend.

·         Please use the online advancement program to do a unit audit and make sure all your active Scouts are registered.

·         Please begin an inventory of your unit leader training needs. All registered leaders need Youth Protection and New Leader Essentials. Cub Leaders and Troop Committee Members need Leader Specific Training. Scoutmasters and ASM’s need Scoutmaster Specific and Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS). Den Leaders moving up will need to retake the applicable Den Leader Specific Training. A membership identification number is needed to take Youth Protection online (found on registration card or call Registration Office). 

For Scoutmasters:

·         Do you have your 2008 Summer Camp destination picked out? If so, please give the location and the date to District Camping Chair, Milledge Murphey (h) 373-9234, email mmurphey@hhp.ufl.edu or to Gary.

·         There are new activities including Climbing Instructor Training, Brownsea, Philmont 2009 and Extreme Fest at Camp Echockotee listed on the council web site.

For Cub Leaders:

·         Webelos Resident Camp is not full. See the Council website for applications and additional information.

·         Bruce Cherry is our Cub School Night Chair!  We will have details on planning, incentives and training after a council meeting on June 26^th. Please select your unit coordinator now. 

• It is not too late to sign up for the Gainesville Cub Day Camp June 9-13 at T.B. McPherson Center  1717 SW 15^th St. Applications may be downloaded from www.nfcscouting.org. Contact Inga Glaspey, (h) 352-256-8580, hawthornscouts@gmail.com for additional information.
• There will be a Cub Day Camp in Chiefland June 23-25. Contact Gary Keeler (h) 352-463-7037, garyjokee@earthlink.net if you are interested in participating.