Notes from area meeting August 17, 2006

• Should have 8-9 people on area service team going around to help sections.
  • Joan Smith will be available to help with Beavers in Merrickville.
• If a registration retention rate of 70% is reached, $15 will be refunded for each person registered. March 31st, 2007 is the deadline to reach 70%.
• The CJ pre-camp has moved to the weekend of May 11th. Cost is ~$25; don't know if that includes food. At Apple Hill Scout reserve. Mandatory for all kids attending CJ.
• NiteVent moved to May 4th/5th.
• WBI in Kanata on August 25th/26th.
• Region still saying that leaders without WBI won't be allowed to re-register. Yeah right. Only John Chambers on their hit list at the moment.
• Carleton Place Beavers have done two one night camps with their Beavers (one at Whispering Pines). Worked very well.
• Roger Nuttall (now with no bushy white beard) has a tree identification list for Whispering Pines.
• Lombardy Fair food booth made a profit of $2,542.26. Jeff Criggar from Smiths Falls will be organising the booth next year.
• $1,000 donation received from a friend of Brian Billings (he organises Scout Trees each year).
• Scout Trees on track to have donation fully cover the cost again this year.
• Jim Britton, past area commissioner and trainer, was awarded the medal of merit.
• Suggestion made to put a memorabilia display at the Lombardy Fair next summer for the centenary. Maybe use Merrickville Lion's stage trailer. Possible badge making machine and turks head woggle making. Ron Lyons to organise. Historical stuff for the adults and hands on stuff for the kids.
• Outdoor permission forms need to be handed in. I forgot to bring them.
• Hobbies & Wheels date will change due to it being placed on Easter weekend.
• Elizabeth Docker new chair for Carleton Place.
• Carleton Place doing an all section camp at Whispering Pines in September.
• Almonte Venturers on 4-5 day canoe trip in Algonquin. Scouts went to Dorchester Jamboree. Two leaders going to World Jamboree. Venturers did Boat Rescue course.
• Smiths Falls Cubs had a summer camp. Sending eight kids and two leaders to CJ. Maybe three more kids as well. Soliciting donations from local businesses to cover cost. Three kids paid for so far.