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1st Greenwood meeting plan October 4th 2011

Chief Scout Award Time Tracking Sheet

Pineview Hike Sept 27^th 2011  6:30pm sharp to 8:30pm

Meet at Pineview Golf Course North end of parking lot.

Potential Badge requirements/skills to be obtained

Pathfinder Outdoor Skills 9- 4 birds, 4 mammals

Pathfinder Outdoor Skills 10- 4 trees, 4 shrubs

Pathfinder Outdoor Skills 11- 4 wildflowers

Forestry 1- disease, pest control, logging, utilization, replanting, fires

Forestry 2- ecology, forest types, growth factors, value to wildlife, air quality

Fish and Wildlife 1- Disease, pollution, endangered species, habitat destruction, carry capacity, edge effect

Naturist 1- balance of nature

Naturist 2- 15 trees, 10 plants, 10 birds, 10 mammals

Naturist 3- 20 species mammals, reptiles, plants, birds, trees, butterflies, moths, other insects

Soil & Water Management 1- erosion, food cycle, water cycle, water table

Soil & Water Management 3- visit

What to bring

Wear long pants and long sleeve shirt

Hiking shoes, hat

Dress for the weather

Water bottle

Camera, pencil, notebook, flashlight

Greeting Scouts and Scout parents,

In our first meeting, we covered off with you the Code of Conduct, some details about the uniform and the function of the Court of Honour. A copy of the form is attached here: 1st Greenwood Sea Scouts Code of Conduct, and available on the website. Please remember to bring your signed copy back next meeting. We finished off the night talking about the up coming camps and I mentioned I want all Scouts to bring their fully prepared pack to the next meeting. If you do not have a pack, please use a duffel bag for now.

Sept 24th/25th 1st Year/APL/PL Camp

Scouter Rick is our leader in charge for this camp please fill in the attached form Senior C ub camp 2011 notice and return to our next meeting. I would encourage all Scouts to come if you can, esp. the 1st years as we’re really hoping to invest you as a Pioneer Scout at this camp on the Sept. 24th weekend. Camp cost is $11/youth.

Medic Alert / BP Skills Camp Oct 14th to Oct 16th

We will need your intent to participate and your fees in by no later than Oct. 5th. As mentioned in the welcome email earlier this month, we will need to know what section you want. The form is here: Medic Alert – BP Skills Camp Attendance Form

Directions to Camp Opemikon are here – be aware this is an older document and The Corel Center is now the ScotiaBank Place. Directions to Opemikon
If you prefer to use Google Maps for your directions, click here: Camp Opemikon

All 1st years should really take the Woodsman program as this, combined with the camp Scouter Rick and our Sr. Scouts are preparing, will set you up to earn your various permits.

Second year and Third year Scouts have a choice of Pioneering, Leadership and First Aid.

The first aid course at Medic Alert is quite intense – and there are other 1st Aid courses through the year for Scouts so please don’t feel this is the only place you can earn your certification.

I would strongly advise anyone who’s been appointed as a Patrol Leader (Coxswain) or Assistant Patrol Leader (Leading Seaman) take the Leadership course.

Camp fees are set at: $50 for all youth taking the BP Skills portion, and $100 for those taking first aid.

Next Meeting:

For our next meeting at the Gym at St. John Paul II, I need all Scouts to bring all of the gear they will need for the Sept. Camp. Use the Field Book for Canadian Scouting as your guide. (this is part of the learning in Scouting). If you do not have this book – let me know, and I’ll send a camp checklist to those that need it)

We will go through each Scout’s pack, and check off on the contents – and identify any deficiencies.
The check list will be sent home and deficiencies should be rectified before the camp.

Final order of business from last meeting – our Watches are as follows:

Red: An (PL/HP), Mac (APL), Katie (HP), Leann, Kaela
Green: David (PL/HP), Josh (APL), Wiley, Jacob, Mateo
White: Ryan (PL/HP), Patrick (APL), Laurent (HP), Calum, Parker
Honour Patrol: Katie, Laurent, An, David, Ryan

Please note: You will also be able to access this information at our website under the Troop section later this weekend.

Yours in Scouting (YIS),

Scouter David
1st Greenwood Sea Scouts Skip
1stgreenwoodscouting.ca
scouts @ 1stgreenwoodscouting.ca
troopleaders @ 1stgreenwoodscouting.ca

Welcome to the 2011-2012 Scouting year everyone!
(this is from my first email for this year – some slight changes have been made)

Some quick notes to get us started for the year:

For those that have not registered yet, you can do so on Wednesday Sept. 7th, between 7 PM and 8 PM at Rothwell United Church (42 Sumac St., Ottawa, ON, K1J 6P7).
If you have friends that are interested in Scouting pass on the word! They can register at any time, but if they register sooner, they can take part in more events.

Our first meeting will be on Sept. 13th at John Paul II school in the Gym as per previous years.
The meetings will start at 6:30 PM and end at 8:30 PM unless otherwise indicated ahead of time.
** Please do not ring the door bell, but knock on the steel door to the gym if we are not at the entrance. **

All parents are asked to remain for a brief parents meeting to be held shortly after the formal opening with Scouter Calvin.
If you cannot remain on this first evening, please contact Scouter Calvin and/or myself.

We’d like you to be prepared to indicate your interest on the first meeting to the following two camps:
- Sept. 24th 2011 Sr. Cub camp replacement – We’re targeting this date to have the Sr. Scouts run a camp for the first year Scouts to make up for the lack of last years Sr. Cub Camp.
- Oct. 14th to 16th – Medic Alert and BP Skills weekend camp at Camp Opemikon. Details to follow – all I have is the dates right now. This is where the Scouts can work on their Woodsman, Pioneering, Leadership skills.

Those wishing to earn their first aid certification for the Chief Scout award, or “just because” can take part in Medic Alert.

Apple Day is on Oct. 1st – Please be prepared to come help out – more details to follow.

For those of you who are interested, you can see what the 1st Greenwood Venturer Company did this summer as their long trip at http://www.1stgreenwoodscouting.ca/photos/

Some ways to reach us:

troopleaders @ 1stgreenwoodscouting.ca – this goes to the entire volunteer leadership team. (delete the spaces)

If you wish to communicate with one of us specifically (delete the spaces in the address):

Scouter David (Skip/Voyageur coordinator) : scouts @ 1stgreenwoodscouting.ca or davidkerrivan @ rogers.com;
Scouter Calvin (Chief Scout coordinator): calvinhamilton @ rogers.com
Scouter Glenda: glendac @ rogers.com
Scouter Rick (Pathfinder Scout Coordinator): rbyatte1212 @ rogers.com
Scouter Ron (Badge Master/Pioneer Scout coordinator):ronnie_g.1948 @ yahoo.com

Until then,
David Kerrivan
1st Greenwood Sea Scouts Skip/Webmaster
1stgeenwoodscouting.ca

Just a reminder to all that the March 9th meeting will be at Rothwell United Church at 42 Sumac St. (follow link to Sponsor’s link on main page to get to their map.)

Please don’t forget your Scout Truck.

YIS,

Skip Glenda

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