Roundtable
REMINDER: September Roundtable
Reminder that September Roundtable will be at Luke’s Lodge on the campus of St Lukes United Methodist Church, 100 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260. The meeting begins at 6:30 pm tomorrow Thursday, September 8, 2016.
The topic will be “Popcorn and Financial Management.”
Every unit should make sure to have a member of the unit committee present.
REMINDER: Roundtable tomorrow night
Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm, we will hold one of the most important roundtables of the year. It is our District Kick-off Roundtable.
We will have rockets to distribute for Cub Scout Pack recruitment. We will have an overview of Back to School Night and Boy Talk efforts. We will discuss the web resources to be used in support of your recruitment effort. We will talk about the new Online Registration and how it works with the BeAScout.org website and why those are critically important to recruitment.
We will also have a session for boy scouts and scouters on upcoming activities in Order of the Arrow, Firecrafter, Voyageur training, Marlinspike and many other events to put on your calendar.
We will have a very busy night, so prepare to listen fast! Come with you own announcements and flyers.
Back to School: Rocket Distribution
At Thursday, August 11th’s Roundtable, District Executive Con Sullivan will be distributing rockets to all Cub Scout Packs for Back to School Night recruiting.
Remember, like last year, we will be giving each new scout a rocket when he joins scouts.
See you at Roundtable, 6:30 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.
Roundtable: District Kick-off
Next Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm, Roundtable will serve as the District Kick-off.
This is an extremely important Roundtable. It is a chance for different committees and groups within the district to discuss their plans for the coming academic year. It is a chance to ask questions and better understand all the resources that Council and District offer to you as a leader and to your unit in particular.
If you are a district committee chair or participant in a council committee that wishes to recruit participants, this is your chance to tell your story. Please contact Jeff Heck to reserve a time in the presentation. If you have A/V needs, these can be accommodated. You should send your A/V material to Jeff in advance to make sure it is preloaded and ready-to-go.
Hope to see you there!
District Reminders for next 7 days
1. Thursday, July 14th at 6:30 pm is Roundtable at St Luke’s United Methodist Church (New room assignment Room W-125 (Entry #4) due to scheduling conflict.). The topic will be annual planning and adult staffing. See Church Map (Entry #4 cut off on bottom of map.)
2. Friday, July 15th Membership Kickoff beginning at 7:00 pm at St Paul’s Episcopal Church. Packs and Troops welcome. Food served.
3. Sunday, July 17th is the 50th Anniversary Celebration for Camp Ransburg.
REMINDER: Roundtable Thursday
This Thursday is round table. We will be meeting at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church outbuilding,Luke’s Lodge.
Cub Scouts topic: National Den Award. This is a powerful way to bring your den together and enhance retention.
Boy Scouts topic: using Junior Assistant Scoutmasters. This is a great use of your oldest scouts before they age out. Successful use of JASM’s will increase your rank advancement and participation of early teenagers.
REMINDER: Roundtable at strange location
This Thursday’s Roundtable will be at the Scout Service Center 7125 Fall Creek Blvd, N Dr, Indianapolis, IN. We will start at 7:00 pm with the Council’s Ideal Year in Scouting presentation.
When Council complete its agenda, Con is arranging a break-out room for us (no word on the room number yet). We will discuss district-specific issues and topics during the break out session.
All packs, troops, and crews should have a representative present. This presentation is important for all scouters to be able to improve the unit’s annual planning process. However, the topic is absolutely crucial to newer unit leaders, committee chairs, and Chartered Organization Representatives. If you have never participated in this recently inaugurated annual event, participation is a must. If you have participated, it is a wonderful method of bringing more recently initiated unit scouters up to speed on how to do annual planning.
We look forward to seeing all units present.
Save the Date: Ideal Year in Scouting
At Council’s joint Commissioner and Membership Committee meeting, the Council Membership Chair announced some dates for the Ideal Year in Scouting presentation.
For North Star District, it will take place on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the Scout Center. This will be in lieu of our regular roundtable meeting. We will have a North Star District-specific breakout session at the Scout Center when the general session is done.
The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm. A light dinner will be served at 6:30 pm.
If your unit cannot send a representative that night, the same general session presentation will be held again on THursday, May 19, 2016 at Camp Kikthawenund, near Anderson, Indiana also at 7:00 pm.
This presentation will touch on annual planning, including programming, fund-raising, unit administration, camp preparations. There will also be information tables about NYLT, Wood Badge, Voyageur.
Recruit your unit members to attend now. Early scheduling is the key to good attendance. We would like 100% attendance from the District’s units.
This is for all scouting programs (i.e., Cub, Scouts, and Venturing).
REMINDER: Roundtable this Thursday
Roundtable will be this Thursday, April 14th at Luke’s Lodge, the outbuilding on the northeast corner campus of St Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260. The general session of announcements and information sharing about sundry topics begins at 6:30 pm. The formal program begins near 7:00 pm, but will be whenever general session is done.
Heavy emphasis at general session will be about the busy upcoming camporee including:
- Youth Training: Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops
- Adults: Unit Key 3 Conference for Packs, Troops, and Crews
- Adult Training: Unit Commissioner Basic Training (details TBA, tentatively afternoon session)
The topic for all programs (Packs, Troops, and Crews) will be recruiting new adult leaders and training them to make a better unit.
Feel free to bring your brown bag dinners.
Thursday’s Roundtable
Roundtable this week will be about camping and scout honoraries — Firecrafter and Order of the Arrow. The Roundtable will be in the outbuilding Luke’s Lodge on the campus of St Luke’s United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 at 6:30 pm.
Cub Scout Roundtable will focus on summer camp, tour permits, and BALOO training. This means that every pack should have a representative present. Do you have a new Den Leader in your pack? This would be a good session for them to attend to learn more about camping in Cub Scouting. Do you have an incoming Cubmaster or Pack Committee Chair? These persons should know this information cold. Remember healthy packs’ registered leaders attend roundtable regularly.
Boy Scout Roundtable will focus on summer camp and the scout honoraries’ role in camping and scouting. This discussion will be led by OA Chapter Advisor John Ruggles of Troop 343 and Firecrafter Advisor Greg Hoyes of Troop 804. Your current or prospective youth OA Representative and Firecrafter Sparks and their parents are encouraged to attend.
Remember: scout leaders attend roundtables when their unit leaders pick up the phone and ask them to attend. Please pick up the phone and ask!
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