[Bsa-troop85] Committee Meeting

[Lindsey Family]

Thanks Keith for taking this opportunity to volunteer your time with the 
Troop.  I certainly appreciate it and will support you as best I can.  I'm 
sure you will do a great job.

To all the parents receiving this email, please understand that you are 
already members of the Troop Committee by default and you are welcome and 
encouraged to attend the regular Scout meetings and the Committee meetings. 
Aside from funding, there are basically two things a Troop needs to be 
successful and thrive.  The first requirement is we need Scouts who are 
interested and excited by what we do and want to become part of it.  That 
one is rather obvious, so now you parents may be asking what the second 
requirement is - it should be obvious as well - we need parents to volunteer 
their time to allow our Troop to be successful and thrive.  It seems only 
fair that parents - Moms and Dads - help out, otherwise you are leaving the 
responsibility of interacting with your Scouts to others.  We have a lot of 
new Scouts, so it would be nice to see some more new parents get involved.

There are many ways to help - volunteer in a position on the Troop 
Committee, go on the monthly campouts, be our Popcorn Kernel, be a merit 
badge counselor (everyone has interests they enjoy - and you can even 
counsel for merit badge topics you don't enjoy), be our Summer Camp 
coordinator, help plan high adventure trips, etc.  The bottom line is our 
boys, the Scouts, need all of us to advance and be successful in Scouting. 
The parent volunteers get the enjoyment and satisfaction of seeing the 
Scouts learn, grow, advance, and mature as well.  It has also been observed 
that most Scouts who reach the Eagle rank have at least one active and 
supportive parent backing them up.

So come to Scout meetings and meet some of the adult volunteers you are 
entrusting your Scouts to.  We are also fortunate to have some adult 
Scouters who no longer have kids in the Troop - the kids went off to 
college, but the parents still help out - and we greatly appreciate it.  We 
are Boy Scouts, not babysitters, so please don't just kick your Scouts out 
of the car as you drive through the Church parking lot.  Come in, take a 
look at what we do, and thoughtfully consider where you could help out.

You will see another email on this as well, but our upcoming Court of Honor 
(on Monday, October 13, at 7:00) is also a parent participation event. 
Please plan to attend and recognize and honor the achievements and 
advancements of the Scouts in the last 6 months.  They have earned your 
recognition and they deserve your participation in all areas of Troop 
activities.

So please consider volunteering some of your time with the Troop.  I'm 
certainly not the adult who volunteers the most of his/her time, but if more 
parents don't want to volunteer their time, then I suppose I should 
reconsider the amount of time I spend with your Scouts or working for them. 
And the other regular adult Scouters could do the same.

Thanks

Yours in Scouting
Jason Lindsey
Troop 85 Advancement Coordinator


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Trost via BSA-Troop85" <bsa-troop85 at troop85tulsa.org>
To: "Don Curry via BSA-Troop85" <bsa-troop85 at troop85tulsa.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:32 AM
Subject: [Bsa-troop85] Committee Meeting


Hello All,

My name is Keith Trost and I have agreed to assume the responsibilities of 
Troop 85 Committee Chair, and as such I am charged with scheduling and 
facilitating the monthly Committee meeting.   We have a lot of activities 
coming up next month and it’s time again to discuss recharter for our troop. 
All of us are quite busy with our “other lives”; therefore I am scheduling 
our next Committee meeting for Monday evening, September 29th,  at 7:15pm 
and I will strive to wrap it up at 8pm.

I look forward to serving in this capacity and working with you all.

YIS,
Keith Trost

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