1st Merrickville Report for Area Meeting January 19,
2006
Events To
Date
- Scout overnight hike
in Limerick Forest.
- Scout outing to
Diefenbunker.
- Scouts built a
float for village Christmas
parade.
- Beavers: Pirates, The
Old West, Sign Language, Fire Station visit, Kwanzaa, Skating,
Artists
- Cubs: Orienteering, swimming at
Perth
Future
Events
- Scout to attend Camp Zero.
- Cub winter camp at Rock Dunder Scout camp (http://www.1stmerrickville.ca/camping/dunder.htm)
- Rock Dunder (230 acres of Rideau River waterfront) was
recently expropriated from Loyalist Area by Scouts Canada and sold for
$120,000.
- Contemplating a Gang Show for
2006/2007.
- Beavers: Skating, visit to local nursing home, What I Want
to Be When I Grow Up, Valentine Christmas Ball
- Cubs to build model airplanes,
skating
Miscellaneous
- Website
http://www.1stmerrickville.ca. Lots of pictures, documents, event
information, etc.
- Historical
photographs, back to the
1970s, received from previous Scouters. To be put
on website.
- Archived records going
back to 1935 retrieved from Scout HQ. Full
transcription available on website including historical retention rates
and registration fees.
- Hobbies &
Wheels.
- Communique emailed. Anybody who did not get it can contact
me to be put on a snail mail distribution list.
- Are the
leaders/adults from other groups (especially Smiths Falls/Carleton
Place/Perth) willing to obtain the entries from car
dealers/etc?
- Criteria for
fastest pack/troop. Currently fastest average speed. This can be seen to
favour small packs/troops. Should a different criteria be used? i.e. average
of fastest top three? Pack/troop
must have at least three entries to be eligible?
- Need ideas for a few Beaver activities other than the
standard fun events.
- Vote for democracy in Scouts
Canada, see http://scouteh.ca for
details.
Issues