Troop 107
Committee Meeting Minutes
October 27, 2005

Present: Mark Brandyberry, Rebecca Dressler, Dan Finney, Carolyn 
Finney, Jeff Fryer, Elisabeth Jenicek, Brian Knox, Sheila Krein, Mary 
Manard, Jim Marshall, DD McInerney, Ann Reid, Ernie Spaulding, and John 
Taylor,

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 by Mark Brandyberry.

The agenda was distributed and approved with the addition of the 
Colorado trip to New Business.

Minutes from the October 6 meeting were distributed and approved.

Committee Reports

Treasurer – Rebecca Dressler

Rebecca distributed the general fund statement, and boys’ activity 
statements that had not been collected at the last meeting.  Jim 
Marshall gave her $235 from the second hot dog sale.  Jim said he would 
send a thank-you card to Jerry’s IGA.  He will have the boys sign it.  
Rebecca needs to know the fees from the last campout.

Outdoor Activities – Lorraine Logue

Lorraine was not here.  Brian Knox is running the next campout.  We 
will be going to Garden of the Gods on November 4-6.  We can do a 
service project instead of paying camp fees.  The service project is 
picking up litter along the camp trail.  This campout will be a 
backpacking trip with a 2½ mile one-way hike.  Brian plans to have the 
boys work on lashings as well.  The December activity will be the 
“Great Beef Hike”.  Brad Purcell is planning this one.  It will include 
hiking at Turkey Run with a stop at the Beef House on the way home.

Advancement – Mary Manard

The Family Life merit badge will start next week from 6:00 to 7:00.  
Mary proposes having a merit badge weekend during the Mission to Mars 
campout in February.  Mark reminded us that this is usually a campout 
geared to first years, not merit badges.  Perhaps we could do both.  
Bill Dick gets his award at the church on Sunday.  The award will be 
part of the 8:00AM service on Sunday.  The troop will have a cake the 
following Thursday in order to celebrate Bill’s award.  If boys have 
partials that they have finished, they can present them to Mary.

Fundraising – Elisabeth Jenicek

Jim Marshall and Rebecca said that the pancake breakfast made $818.  
More money will trickle in.  We earned more money on the first pancake 
breakfast.  Jim and Dan Finney are going to do a chili supper in 
February.  It will be held at the Masonic Temple or possibly the Elks 
Club.  Mary is organizing popcorn sales.  Currently only 5 boys are 
selling.  She still has some in her garage.  We need to figure out a 
different way to sell popcorn next year.   Perhaps we should hit a 
neighborhood with a trailer full of popcorn.  Sheila is running the 
greenery sales.


Quartermaster – Jeff Fryer

Tents are wearing out.  Bill Dick purchased 4 jamboree tents for $110 
each.

Service Projects – John Taylor

11 people from the troop helped out at Special Olympics bowling.  An 
upcoming service project is the Lions convention on Saturday, November 
12 from 6:00 to 7:00PM.  The boys will serve as color guard and lead 
the pledge.  They should wear Class A uniforms, and sashes are 
encouraged.

Adult Training – Bill Dick

Prairielands Training College will be February 11.  This is the next 
major training.  Bill would like to see more Assistant Scoutmasters go 
through all the training.  Next fall will be Wood Badge training.  
Youth Protection training will be at a parent meeting soon.  The boys 
saw “A Time to Tell” a few weeks ago.  There is another video for ages 
14-21.  Mary said that this video was originally made for Venture 
crews.

Old Business

Bring your aluminum cans the night of parent meetings.
We already discussed greenery.

New Business

Mark asked for nominations for new officers and committee chairs. 
Anyone interested should contact him.   We will hold elections in 
November.  Bill said he will be Scoutmaster one more year.  If someone 
would like the position, please talk to Bill.  Brian Knox volunteered 
for the open Outdoor Activities position.  This job entails making sure 
people are organizing outdoor activities.

We did not have too much time left to talk about the Colorado trip.  
Jim Marshall would like to pull his camper and act as a base camp on 
the trip.  Mark said he had discussed the trip with Scout Sullivan.  
Scott still wants to run the trip.

The Troopmaster update was moved to the next meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:27PM.

The next meeting will be on November 17 at 7:10PM.

Respectfully submitted,


Ann Reid
Committee Secretary