Minutes for the November 7, 1999, Meeting
In Attendance: Emily B, Amanda
J., Ben T, Jen T, Tyler
G, Alison C, Mr. O, and Mrs. T.
Parents meeting was
attended by: Mrs. B, Mrs. J, Mrs.
C, Mrs. G, and Mr.
T.
An opening ceremony was held.
Mrs. T welcomed Amanda to Venturing
and introduced Mr. O as an
Associate Advisor.
The goals of Venturing were reviewed
and the Advancement available through
Venturing was explained.
Mrs. T explained that there would be no
pressure for members to advance,
especially since most members are already
girl scouts and boy scouts and
working on awards in those 2 groups. It was
explained that there will be some
cross over between all 3 programs goals
that are worth reviewing.
The organization of a Venture Crew
was reviewed, explaining the youth
leadership positions, adult advisors,
and the adult committee. We read the
job requirements for the youth
committee and took nominations for elections.
Mrs. T suggested that no one who
was not present, be nominated for a
position as we would not know
if they were truly interested in a position.
The election results:
Ben T, President
Amanda J, VP Administration
Alison C, VP Program
Emily B, Secretary
Jennifer T, Treasurer
Congratulations to all. At
this point the new president tried to take over
the meeting with his own personal
agenda, but given that there were still
several items on Mrs. T's agenda,
we continued on with hers.
Ben did suggest that we obtain
email addresses from everyone who had one.
Mrs. T had a sign up sheet to
send around for this purpose. (note, I'd
like to get parents' email addresses
as well)
We talked about training, Venture
Crew Officer's training and Venture Crew
Leadership training. Dates
should be set for both. The officer's training
should be held as soon as possible,
but the Leadership training would be
good for a school vacation.
We then moved on to Activities.
Mrs. T explained that our goal was to
eventually run independent of
the troop. To do that we need to plan
activities of our own. It
was explained that as part of their leadership
development, the Venture Crew
Members are expected to plan the trips along
with an adult consultant.
The members who were present threw out several
ideas and then voted on them.
Some were hiking in the White Mts., white water
rafting, canoeing, Omni Theater/Museum
trip. Each member present picked at
least 1 activity to plan and the
parents who were present were asked to team
up with the Crew members to help
them plan the activity.
(note to those who were not in
attendance - we will be looking for other
members to pickup some of the
activities to plan from those members who have
more than 1)
Each member received a copy of
the Activity Planning Sheet, these should be
completed as you research the
activities you are planning. Each of you
should also list a time of year
your activity would be run, to help the
Officers in planning the calendar.
Unauthorized and Prohibited Activities
in Accordance with BSA policy -
Bungee Jumping, Ultra light flying,
"War Games" (otherwise known as Paint
Ball (sorry Tyler)), Jet Skis,
Parachuting. The list goes on, but these
relate to some of the suggestions
that were made last night. They also
state that any device towed behind
a boat is prohibited, however they do run
a water skiing merit badge, so
I will need a clarification on the tube.
Emily will type up the list of
the activities that received 6 and 5 votes
for distribution.
Mrs. J asked, and we had discussed
as a group, how often we thought we
would meet. Mrs. T explained
that from what she sees other Venture
Crew's doing, it would appear
that once a month would be enough. One Sunday
a month could be picked for an
officer's meeting and then the second half of
the meeting would be the Crew
Planning meeting for up coming trips. Mrs.
T had thought we could cover the
need to meet with Boy Scout and Girl
Scout meetings, however as our
number grows and we register more members who
aren't affiliated with either
group, we need to find a forum where they can
get together.
Mrs. T could work the availability
of the church hall for these meetings.
It was also asked if we intended
to do activities the whole year, and the
response was yes, we would try
to do something every month and at least 1
activity during the summer.
That will be dependent on the Officers and the
calendar they develop.
The group looked at slides from their Cope Weekend.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35PM
written by Mrs. T