1^st Merrickville Report for Area Meeting May 19, 2005

Events To Date

Swim-up and going-up ceremony.
Spring Cub camp at Whispering Pines. Fire lighting, orienteering, archery, air rifles, water balloons, campfire battle, bungee running, assault course, wide games, blindfold course.
Scout NiteVent. We came third!!!! Thanks Chris, excellent work!
Hobbies & Wheels for Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts. Lost the pack trophy to 1^st Beckwith :(
Cubs built broomstick catapults using lashings and fired tennis balls at each other.
Scout canoe practice at Whispering Pines.
Scouts canoed in Limerick forest checking the duck nesting boxes they built and installed. Two were in use, 13 and 24 eggs in the nests.
Scout Trees in Merrickville. Trees donated by the village. 750 trees planted by 28 Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts.
Pitch-in Canada. All sections collected litter from around the village.
12 Beavers participated in the Birthday Bash in Petawawa. All reports showed it to be well organised.

Future Events

Main Efforts

Issues

Why is my group report not being included in full in the area meeting minutes? The issue and comment sections are being cut out.
2005 registration fee of $110 is way too high. It should be decreasing, not increasing. Fee has risen 120% in the past four years. BPSA fee is still just $45.
It now costs a family of three, $355 (including leader registration) to just get their kids in the door with Scouting. And that doesn't get them any program!
Scouts Canada staff salaries have risen from $8,985,000 in 2001 ($67 per kid with 133,884 kids registered) to $11,969,000 in 2004 ($127 per kid with 94,230 kids registered).
Scouts Canada shirt is $30, BPSA shirt is $18.

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