1st
Merrickville Report for Area Meeting
October 19,
2006
Events To Date
- Beavers, Cubs, and
Scouts did their Apple Days. Weather was bad on both the Saturday and Sunday
and thus the profit was about half of last year.
- Cubs had their
Soapbox Derby after Apple Day.
- Cubs had a fall
camp at Whispering Pines. Search and rescue games, fire lighting, pellet
rifles, and sling shots were the key activities.
- Cubs did a night
hike. Knot chart with stickers being used to encourage Cubs to learn their
knots; working well. Custom knot crests ordered to be awarded to those Cubs
that learn all seven knots and can demonstrate them to the Pack.
- Scouts had a rather
wet fall camp at Whispering Pines which included a bicycle ride to Murphy's
Point provincial park and back. The Merrickville Pathfinders participated as
well.
- Registration to date is 19 Beavers, 24 Cubs, and 16 Scouts, for a total of 59 kids and 13 adults. Two
new Beaver leaders in the interview process. MMS has been
updated.
- Youth retention rate is at 64%, but
overall youth+adult retention is at 70% thus qualifying for the council
registration fee kickback.
Future Events
- Beavers will be
doing fright night (scary costumes), making crosses for Remembrance
Day, and marshmallow golf.
- Cubs will have a
fire department night and making "Guys" for Guy Fawkes.
- Scouts will be
doing an evening hike, investitures, and planning an overnight
hike.
- All sections will
be participating in the Remembrance Day ceremony.
Miscellaneous
- Looking forward to
seeing publication of the list of service Scouters. Hopefully this will
include information of their section visits to date.
- Looking forward to
seeing the syllabus for the Gateway course.
- Looking forward to
seeing the area's equipment inventory.
Issues
- No annual financial
statements published by the area for the past several years.
- Many area event
reports and financial statements not yet submitted for
2005/2006.