Notes from Area meeting April 20, 2006

• Registration fee raised to $120 from $110. Fee is $105 until the end of June.
• The region budget vote was about 8 to 6 in favour of the increase. Stan voted against the budget.
• The region hired another person.
• Rock Dunder camp has been sold.
• New subsidy form coming out.
• Catagory III activities are things like rock climbing and white water canoeing. These will still need a signed permission form next year, all other activities won't.
• Council Scout camp is going ahead even though registration numbers are way down.
• Loyalist area is running a geocaching camp in the summer for a weekend. $200 per patrol of four Scouts.
• Central Canada camping challenge. There is supposed to be details on the Voyageur region website, but I can't find anything.
• Area honours & awards ceremony is June 10th at Whispering Pines.
• Discussion on area direction. Consensus was on forming a service team focusing on the Scout section. Team's aim would be to teach Scout leaders how to run patrol based troops with challenging camps and activities. Area camps would move to be patrol based. Current area leaders need to recruit additional adults to form this service team. Additional discussion next month.
• Lent one of the large three burner stoves to the area for Scout trees on the first weekend in May. Ken Richardson will be giving Mike a call.