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January 28, 2011
Venture Crew Game Night
Fun night of board games, homemade pizzas, and ice cream sundaes. Download the flyer here.
January 25, 2011
Eagle Scouts recognized at City Council Meeting
Just in case you did not know, (or in case grandma missed it!) Eagle Scouts can view videos of their past City Proclamations on the San Carlos website.
Last night, Philip D., Jordan G., Ryan F., and Chris K. (in absentia) were recognized at the City Council Meeting. Special thanks again to Mr. Corpos!
Fast forward to minute 18:00 on the 1/24 meeting video for last night's presentations. Special highlight is our San Carlos Mayor reciting the Scout Law!
Link to City Council Meetings: www.epackets.net/meetresults.aspx
Best Regards,
Kristin Hotti
Troop 321 Chairman
January 24, 2011
Henry Coe State Park Trip Notes
Check out the trip notes for the Henry Coe Camping Trip!
Eagle Scout Project for Peter S.
My project is a pet drive for the Peninsula Humane Society. I am distributing flyers and asking for towel, blankets, newspaper, paper towel and cash donations. I also need help the following weekend to re-trace the route and pick-up the donations. It would be good if younger scouts can help so they can see what an Eagle project is all about. Read more about it here.
January 14, 2011
E-PREP Merit Badge Pre-REQ workshop
For scouts that signed up for the FEB MID WAY E-PREP class, John Freshwaters and I will host a work shop for you to work on the PRE-REQS together. We are aware of at least three scouts that have signed up, so if you are signed up and would like to join this session. Please email Bobby G. here.
We are thinking the session would be this SAT (1/15) night from 7-9pm at Bobby's house. If needed a follow on session could be held before the midway also. PRE-REQ list has been sent by the Modway folks, and as always please read up on the book before the session as well.
YIS -
John & Bobby G.
January 10, 2011
Troop Meeting
There is a Troop meeting Tuesday night. Arrangements are below. We are working on equipment, so wear Class B uniforms.
New class B shirts are available. For scouts that have gotten a Troop 321 Class B shirt in the past, shirts cost $12. Shirts are $20 for adults. Please bring your payments to the meeting.
January 11 at 7:30 PM at Mahaney Hall
Troop equipment meeting
PLC at 7 PM
Other January meetings:
January 18 at 7:30 PM at Mahaney Hall
Robotics
PLC at 7 PM
Outings & Activities:
January 22 & 23: Henry Coe
January 20th: Webelos ReadyMan event 7 PM at St. Charles
Also, a note on Merit Badge books:
1. Merit Badge books from the Troup Library will be available at tonight's and next week's meeting. Attached is a list of books available. You don't need to check them out, just please return them when you are done. They are arranged in alphabetical order, so please keep them in order if you pull any of the books out.
2. If you have any Merit Badge books at home that you want to donate, please bring them to the meeting. Even if the Troup already has that particular badge book in the library, most are fairly old editions, and could use a "refresh."
I won't be there at the meeting tonight, as I have a conflict. However either Mr. Juri or Mr. Keenan will hold the library event both weeks.
Thank you.
Sean D.
January 7, 2011
Redwood District Roundtable Notes
The first meeting of the year opened with a brief discussion about some upcoming events and training.
The 11th annual Klondike Derby will be on January 29-30 at the Cisco grove campground in Soda Springs. Events include overnight camping, sledding, snowshoe relays and more. Information available at www.pacsky.org.
Snow Camping training will be Jan 22 and Feb 10 and the snow camping weekend Feb 26-27. I recommend this training highly for any leaders planning to go on snow camping trips in the future. For further info contact Gordon Abraham at here.
Woodbadge leadership training is available two times this year. The spring course begins March 19 followed by weekends in April and May. The fall class starts on August 27 with weekends in September and October. Sign ups are available at the Scout Office.
The balance of the meeting covered the use of troop websites for calendars and scheduling. We looked at websites from some of the other troops and I really appreciate ours more now.
Paul A. Kusber
ASM T321
Snow Camping Training
This year's Snow Camping course starts on Saturday, January 22. Please encourage anyone in your troop who might be interested to sign up. Download the flyer here.
January 6, 2011
Merit Badge Midway 2011
Parents/Guardians of scouts attending Merit Badge Midway 2011,
We have a need for several dozen volunteers on the date of the Midway to assist in checking in scouts in the morning, assisting counselors in the classes, and assisting with lunch service. If you can assist with the check in we would need you from 8 AM to 9 or 9:30 AM. If you assist with serving lunch we would need you from 11 AM to 1 PM. If you can devote a morning (8:30-11:30), afternoon (12:30-3:30), or all day (8:30 to 3:30) to assist in a class, below is the list of the badges being offered at Midway 2011.
American Business
Entrepreneurship
American Heritage
Fingerprinting
Citizenship in the Community
Fire Safety
Citizenship in the Nation
First Aid
Citizenship in the World
Genealogy
Coin Collecting
Indian Lore
Crafts-Art
Journalism
Crafts-Basketry
Law
Crafts-Leatherwork
Medicine
Crafts-Sculpture
Music
Crafts-Woodcarving
Personal Management
Crime Prevention
Photography
Dentistry
Railroading
Electricity
Space Exploration
Emergency Preparedness
If you can assist us in putting on this event please email me. If you have a preference as to a particular class, please state it.
Russell H. Wilder
Merit Badge Midways Chairman
Pacific Skyline Council, BSA
January 5, 2011
Merit Badge Midway 2011 information
Scouts,
With the holiday breaks now over and most classes full for the Merit Badge Midway on February 5th, let me remind you that every class has some amount of prerequisite work you need to do prior to arriving at the Midway if you want to finish the badge that day. For some classes there is not much. For some there is quite a bit. In case you need to look up what you are supposed to do, see the attached.
PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR SOME BADGES YOU MAY NEED TO GET SOME OF YOUR INTENDED WORK PRE-APPROVED BY THE COUNSELOR BEFORE YOU START WORKING ON THOSE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS.
If you do the work but do not get the required preapproval the counselor has full discretion as to whether or not he or she will accept that work. Most likely they will not. Contact information for the counselors is shown in the Statement of Prerequisites.
"Be Prepared"
For those scouts taking Citizenship in the Community, as I noted in an email to all of you back on December 20th, for that particular merit badge class there are several requirements you need to do prior to arrival at the Midway if you expect to finish the badge that day. One of the three counselors has told me she has heard from only about 25% of the scouts she should be getting emails from. Below is the Statement of Prerequisites from the counselors for that class.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO (2), MAYBE THREE (3), ITEMS YOU MUST GET THE COUNSELOR TO PRE-APPROVE BEFORE YOU START WORKING ON THOSE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS.
If you do the work but did not get the required preapproval the counselor has full discretion as to whether or not he or she will accept that work. Most likely they will not. Contact information for the counselors is shown in the Statement of Prerequisites. Who you contact depends on the first letter of your last name.
STATEMENT OF PREREQUISITES (HOMEWORK) FOR CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY BADGE FOR MERIT BADGE MIDWAY 2011:
CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY
TSome or all of Requirements #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 need to be completed before attending Midway if you plan on completing the badge that day. A link to a worksheet for completing this badge is attached. Please download it and print it out for your use at home.
Regarding the requirements about contacting a counselor prior to working on requirements 4b, 5 and 7 below, please contact the following counselors:
Last Names Starting with the letters A-H
Contact: Ms. Sally Brett
Last Names Starting with the letters I-P
Contact: Mr. Tom Gorrie
Names Starting with the letters R-Z
Contact: Ms. Dora Dye
NOTE: If you fail to contact the counselor and get the pre-approvals as required prior to working on requirements 4b and 7 (also on #5 if you want to watch a different movie that is not on the pre-approved list shown below) the counselor will have full discretion as to whether or not they will sign off on those particular requirements.
For requirement 5, the counselors have provided a pre-approved list. You only have to contact your counselor about #5 if you want to watch a different movie that is not on that list.
NOTE: Each scout (not a parent/guardian) must do his own contacting of the counselor about getting the pre-approvals on 4b and 7 (and also on #5 if you want to watch a different movie that is not on the pre-approved list). The counselors will not respond to emails making inquiries for more than one scout, i.e. each scout needs to send his own emails.
Requirement #2a: Bring a map of your community. Be prepared to point out the locations of the buildings listed in the merit badge requirements. (It would save time in class if you marked the map for these buildings and numbered each spot and then put a key on the map telling what each number represents):
City Hall
County Courthouse (if you live in the city that is the county seat)
Public Works Department's facilities-These are often called corporation yards for where they keep heavy equipment. Would also include any water treatment facilities if located in the town where you live
Fire station nearest your home
Police station nearest your home
Hospital nearest your home
Any historical buildings in your town, or other points of interest.
Requirement #2b: Make and bring a "tree" type organization chart of the government of your city or for the state of California. The top level would be the public as the "electorate" and the next level down would be the city or town council or mayor (or governor if you chart the state organization). If you live in an incorporated city (examples being Foster City or San Mateo), or a township (examples being Atherton and Woodside) you should consider adding another layer that shows your city or town's major departments and the names of the department heads. For most cities or towns this would include departments for police, fire, library, public works, parks and recreation, city attorney, city clerk, finance, planning / inspection, etc.
You should definitely be aware prior to Midway of where you live, that is, is your home inside a city's or township's limits, or in an unincorporated area of your county? What is the name of your county of residence? This is because some cities, like Belmont and San Carlos, have a joint Fire District instead of their own separate Fire Departments (like Foster City or San Mateo). If you live outside an incorporated city or a township (that is, in what is called an unincorporated area of your county), you most of these type services through specially created districts that provide the various services. Examples would be Fire Protection Districts, Water Districts, Sanitation Districts (garbage hauling), Mosquito Abatement Districts, etc. Instead of a local police agency your Law Enforcement would be provided by the County Sheriff's Department. Even if you live in an incorporated city or a township, some of your services may not be provided by your city or town, but by a special purpose district. Be able to discuss which of the top positions of your local government and/or special districts are appointed and which are elected.
Requirement #3a: Attend a city or town council meeting or a school board meeting or municipal or county or state court session. Regarding court sessions, be advised that most criminal and family law court sessions do not allow minors present. It is recommended that you get to the meeting at least 15 minutes early. It is preferred that you wear your Class A uniform and recommended that you introduce yourself to dignitaries present (they will know you are at the meeting for this badge!). Take notes and bring a copy of the agenda and your notes from the meeting to Midway. Note: If the meeting is on a school night you may leave at 9 p.m. to go home and get some sleep. These meetings often go on until midnight!
Requirement #4b: Depending on the first letter of your last name, please contact the appropriate counselor to get pre-approval of who is an appropriate person to interview for this requirement. Please note you also need a parent or guardian to approve also. Interview this person. You should wear your Class A uniform during the interview. Take notes of meeting discussion. Bring these notes to the midway.
Requirement #5: For this requirement, the three counselors teaching this badge have preapproved the following movies as having themes relating to Citizenship in the Community:
Freedom Writers
Stand and Deliver
Hoot
Erin Brockovich
Pay It Forward
We are Marshall
Take the Lead
If you wish to watch a different movie that is not on the above pre-approved list, then depending on the first letter of your last name, you must contact the appropriate counselor (see below) to get pre-approval of the movie you want to watch.
Last Names Starting with the letters A-H
Contact: Ms. Sally Brett
Last Names Starting with the letters I-P
Contact: Mr. Tom Gorrie
Names Starting with the letters R-Z
Contact: Ms. Dora Dye
Requirement #6: Be prepared to discuss the public services provided in your community. Brainstorm. Include all services included in your government chart (item #2) plus many more (roads, sewer, fire, parks and recreation, law enforcement, etc.)
Requirement #7: Depending on the first letter of your last name, you must contact the appropriate counselor and you must get their pre-approval of the charitable organization you have chosen and the volunteer project you will be working on.
Last Names Starting with the letters A-H
Contact: Ms. Sally Brett
Last Names Starting with the letters I-P
Contact: Mr. Tom Gorrie
Names Starting with the letters R-Z
Contact: Ms. Dora Dye
If you fail to get the pre-approval and do volunteer work that the counselor deems as not counting as such, you won't get signed off on this requirement. The same goes for what organization you are doing the work for. You must get the counselor's pre-approval as to that being an acceptable charitable organization before you do the volunteer work.
While volunteering for the 8 hours you should wear Class A uniform, unless directed otherwise by the organization you are doing the volunteer work for. You will need a letter or note (on their letterhead please) from the volunteer organization stating the project you worked on and the total hours you worked on it for item 7.
Requirement #8: Bring the presentation you have prepared to the midway. You should make the presentation to a group prior to the Midway to be sure you can complete the badge that day as we may not have enough time to go through all the presentations by the various scouts in the class that day. But do be prepared to present it in the class as well if time allows. Bring a letter or note (on their letterhead please if they have such) from the group, or a note from your Scoutmaster, certifying that you made the presentation.
Yours in Scouting,
Russell H. Wilder
Merit Badge Midways Chairman
Pacific Skyline Council, BSA
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