1st
Merrickville Report for Area Meeting January 18,
2007
Events To Date
- Beavers had a hayride at Big Sky Ranch,
made
ice cream, had a joke night, did knots,
had a Christmas party, and had a lotto fun night.
- Cubs had a family swim at the Perth indoor pool
between Christmas and New Years.
- Cubs did an inflitration game through a table maze in
the dark and practised first aid (hypothermia, shock, stretchers from
materials on hand), made ice cream, and built tennis ball
catapults.
- Scouts each
giving a folding knife.
- Scouts reviewed components of
building a fire, hypothermia, frostbite, dehydrations, and sunstroke, stove
& lantern lighting, first aid sling & donut.
- Scouts had an overnight hike in conjunction with the Merrickville Pathfinders in
Limerick Forest.
- Scouts
designed and constructed a float for the Merrickville Christmas
parade; camping
theme.
Future Events
- Beavers will
be working with noodles and an
octopus.
- Cubs will be having a
winter camp at the Scout Camp Oskenonton (south of
Westport).
- Cubs will be going skating, making a first aid kit, and preparing
for the outdoors at their winter camp.
- Annual family banquet and slide show.
- Merrickville legion is trying to start a youth darts club
and has asked our older Scouts if they are interested.
- Considering bringing in the Quebec Council's portable
climbing wall for the weekend of the Merrickville Canalfest (July
21-22).
Miscellaneous
- Group giving Gateway
course to new leaders.
- GST refund cheque
received from Revenue Canada.
- Still awaiting council
registration subsidisation cheque from September
registrations.
- Cave simulator
(plywood maze youth crawl through in the dark) will be constructed by spring.
This will be available for any group/area/council to borrow for use at any of
their events.
- Seven Kevlar canoes
are available for any group/area/council to borrow for use at any of their
events.
Questions
- Is the Scout Camp Zero occurring? No information
received.
- Is the Cub Winter Challenge occurring? No information
received.
- Is the Beaver Brrr occuring? No information
received.
- When will
corrections sent regarding September area minutes be incorporated into the official version?
- Why was the PL camp canceled when only one area
leader was ill? Is this not a disservice to the Scouts and troops that had
committed to participate? Interestingly, the leader became ill the weekend
before, a reminder notice for the camp was issued on the Thursday,
and the cancellation notice issued on the Saturday of the
camp.
- When will the
Service Scouter list be published, or a report on their visits to date?
- When will the
area equipment inventory be
published?
Issues
- No financial
statements published by the area for many years. We have a serious fiduciary problem.
- Many area event
reports and financial statements not yet submitted for
2005/2006.