Roundtable
Roundtable November 14, 7 pm – topic: Life to Eagle
THE NS EAGLE ADVANCEMENT TEAM will be the hosts for the November Roundtable this Thursday (November 14 th ) at Luke’s Lodge on the campus of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86 th Street. 7pm.
NorthStar Advancement Chair Mike Yates, Eagle Projects Chair Rick Aker and Eagle
Board Chair Mike Smith will be on hand to discuss the most successful routes to becoming an Eagle Scout.
All Scout leaders, mentors, prospective Eagle candidates and parents are encouraged to attend and get the most up to date information on the Eagle process.
Please also note a change to how to contact our Eagle Projects Team. Instead of using the individual email addresses of our team, please send your requests for meetings to NorthStarEagleProjects@gmail.com. This will allow anyone on the team to respond and setup a project approval meeting.
Roundtable Notes – Court of Honor
Please see the Court of Honor Roundtable notes Nov2018 for a recap of the discussion on Scouts Court of Honor – lots of helpful information and background here on best practices for the Court of Honor in your Troop.
Thanks to the Roundtable team for the robust material!
REVISION – Roundtable on Sept. 13 2018
Reminder – please mark your calendar for the September 13, 2018 meeting, 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s Lodge, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Everyone is welcome!
September Roundtable topics are:
Cub Scouts:
- Q&A about Rechartering; also,
- Den leader training for new leaders, existing leaders, and adults whom the Packs would like to invite to the leadership ranks in the coming year.
Boy Scouts (Family Scouts):
- A discussion around youth and adult leadership training; also,
- An overview of OA and Firecrafter, and how to successfully implement in a troop or crew.
Please forward this information to your Den Leaders, Committee members, and Assistant Scoutmasters. They are an important part of the Roundtables’ target audience.
Remember, attending roundtables is a key requirement to earn the Scouter’s Key for both Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders.
Roundtable Notes – Aug 9 2018
From District Commissioner Stephen Heath:
1 – Adult Leader Recruiting / Retention
At our August 9th Roundtable, attendees discussed the need to recruit and train adult leaders in order to sustain the cub and boy scout programs. A few ideas that came forth included:
- Provide a parent welcome guide for new parents, explaining operations of the unit and expectations for parent involvement
- Provide an adult talent sheet to understand occupations and skills, which could be deployed as den leaders, future treasurers, advancement chairs, merit badge counselors and cub/scoutmasters.
- The packs and troops can do more to work closely to ensure that both boys and adults are recruited. Several troop leaders offered to help support pack recruiting events. This also helps connect the troops to help retain boy and adult membership through crossover.
- Several units stated that they have parent packets in use. Pack 830 provided their guides in case another pack would like to use some of that content.
LINK: Cub Scout Pack 830 Guide
2 – CAC Fall Service Events: “Good Turn for Nature”
Crossroads of America Council is sponsoring service events this fall around the theme of Good Turn for Nature. Details are available at http://www.crossroadsbsa.org/123. Along those lines, Dan Corum and Pack 358 have opened up their trail cleanup service project to others in the district who might be interested in attending with their boys. The event is Oct 6th, from 10 AM to 12 PM, and anyone interested should contact Dan at corum.daniel@gmail.com.
3 – Recording of Service Hours
Are you recording your service hours, as we get close to recharter and filling out our Journey to Excellence? Here are some helps.
Record Service Hours (BSA) Video
https://servicehours.scouting.org/UI/Security/Login.aspx
4 – Pack 105 Five-year Program Plan
Pack 105 recently shared its 5-year program plan to help provide a well-structure program with intentional variety so that each boys gets a diverse experience in his 5 years as a cub scout. There are also Webelos campout plans, and a guide for teaching the Whittling Chip. If anyone is interested in those program helps, please let Jessica, Mark or I know, and we’ll make that information available to you, courtesy of John Salewicz.
5 – “One Hike per Month” (& September Roundtable “homework”)
Finally, we have an outstanding action from the spring for Troops in the District to organize one hike per month for the cub/boy scout units, as a means to keep the outing and comradery in scouting. For troops with the means to support this, please be prepared to sign up for specific months and events at the September Roundtable.
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The next Roundtable is on September 13, 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
September Roundtable topics are:
– Cub Scouts: Den Leader Training
– Boy Scouts (Family Scouts): Leadership Training Opportunities / Firecrafter and OA Programs
Yours in Scouting,
Stephen Heath, North Star District Commissioner
Don’t forget – ROUNDTABLE this week!
See this post for more details:
Reminder – Roundtable on Aug. 9
Reminder – Roundtable on Aug. 9
Reminder – please mark your calendar for the August 9 meeting, 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
August Roundtable topics are:
– Cub Scouts: Cub Scout Camping: How to Plan & Execute
– Boy Scouts (Family Scouts): Roadmap to Rechartering / Onboarding New Leaders
Please forward this information to your Den Leaders, Committee members, and Assistant Scoutmasters. They are an important part of the Roundtables’ target audience.
Remember, attending roundtables is a key requirement to earn the Scouter’s Key for both Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders.
2018 Roundtables resume in August
Reminder – Roundtables are on summer break, please mark your calendar for the August 9 meeting, 7:00 pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
August Roundtable topics are:
- Cub Scouts: Cub Scout Camping… How to Plan & Execute
- Boy Scouts (Family Scouts): Roadmap to Rechartering / Onboarding New Leaders
Please forward this information to your Den Leaders, Committee members, and Assistant Scoutmasters. They are an important part of the Roundtables’ target audience.
Remember, attending roundtables is a key requirement to earn the Scouter’s Key for both Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders.
Don’t Forget! Roundtable this Thurs 5/10
This week’s Roundtable topics are:
- Cub Scouts: “Recruiting… Youth AND Adults” ;
- Boy Scouts: “Ideal Year of Scouting / Supporting Cub Packs at Summer Camp.”
See last week’s post for more details.
Reminder – Roundtable next Thursday, May 10
The roundtables topics next Thursday will be:
- Cub Scouts: “Recruiting… Boys AND Adults” ;
- Boy Scouts: “Ideal Year of Scouting / Supporting Cub Packs at Summer Camp.”
The Roundtables will take place next Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 7:00 pm at Luke’s Lodge, the outbuilding on the northeast corner of the campus of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Please forward this information to your Den Leaders, Committee members, and Assistant Scoutmasters. They are an important part of the Roundtables’ target audience.
Remember, attending roundtables is a key requirement to earn the Scouter’s Key for both Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders.
Reminder – Roundtable this Thurs April 12
The roundtables topics this Thursday will be:
- Cub Scouts: “Ideal Year of Scouting / Summertime Pack Award”;
- Boy Scouts: “Ideal Year of Scouting / High Adventure Options Close to Home.”
The Roundtables will take place this Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:00 pm at Luke’s Lodge, the outbuilding on the northeast corner of the campus of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Please forward this information to your Den Leaders, Committee members, and Assistant Scoutmasters. They are an important part of the Roundtable target audience.
Remember, attending roundtables is a key requirement to earn the Scouter’s Key for both Cub Scout leaders and Boy Scout leaders.
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