Mercer Area District December 2008 Roundtable

 

Date: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Location: Ewing Presbyterian Church, 100 Scotch Road, Ewing NJ

Directions can be found at http://mad-bsa.org/roundtable/

 

SCHEDULE

7:00 – 7:30 PM

Gathering

  • District Director and Commissioner's Staff members available to answer questions.

7:30 – 8:00 PM

Announcements/Joint Session

  • Centennial Quality Unit Award
  • Unit Rechartering
  • District Executive’s Announcements

8:00 – 9:00 PM

Cub Scout Breakout Session

  • Theme of the month – A-MAZE-ing Games
  • Webelos activity badges – Fitness, Scientist
  • Please come in uniform or dressed as a circus mc
  • Training Highlight: Recognizing Leaders, Blue and Gold, and Rechartering

8:00 – 9:00 PM

Boy Scout Breakout Session

  • General Announcements
  • Klondike and Mountain Creek Scout Day
  • Discussion: Webelos to Scout Transition

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

If you would like to communicate something to the group at the Joint Session, Boy Scout Breakout, and/or Cub Scout Breakout, please contact David Mitchko, david.mitchko@navy.mil before the Roundtable, thanks. You will need to supply flyers to hand out. If you are in attendance, you will be introduced so that interested people can talk to you later, but verbal presentations will be limited.

 

DISTRICT RECOGNITION DINNER

 

Please note that we have rescheduled the district recognition dinner to Sunday, March 8, 2009 in order to get back into the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company Ball Room.

 

COUNCIL KEY 3 TO ATTEND JANUARY 2009 ROUNDTABLE

 

At our next Roundtable, there will be a special joint “Town Hall” type meeting led by our Council Key 3: John Smith, Marc Richardson and Gerard Case.

 

 

BOY SCOUT ADVANCEMENT NEWS

 

Our district advancement web page, http://mad-bsa.org/advancement/, has links useful for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer advancement.

 

We are looking for experienced troop Eagle advisors able and willing to serve as Eagle advisors on the district advancement committee. If you can recommend anyone for this critical district function, please contact advancement chairman Gene McDermott at genemcdermott@aol.com.

 

LEADERSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

 

Leadership training is key to providing a quality program – every scout deserves a trained leader! Our district training web page (http://wenthome.com/training/) lists upcoming training opportunities in our area. Please also see the note on updating your unit’s training records at council.

 

CALENDARS

 

The following program calendars are available on-line in PDF format:

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Sun-Jan-04, 2009

Order of the Arrow – Sakuwit Lodge Banquet

http://www.sakuwit.org/

 

Sat-Jan-31

Double 3 Trade-O-Ree

http://www.pagespider.com/troop33/

 

Fri-Feb-6 – Sun-Feb-8, 2009

Klondike Derby at Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation

http://mad-bsa.org/klondike/

 

Sun-Mar-08

MAD District Recognition Dinner

http://mad-bsa.org/

 

Fri-Apr-24 -- Sun-Apr-26, 2009

Scouts To The Skies - Boy Scout Camporee and Cub Scout Cub-A-Rama at NAVAIR Lakehurst, NJ

http://mad-bsa.org/skies/

 

For updated event information, please check http://mad-bsa.org/

 

Next Roundtable is Wednesday
January 7, 2009
Gathering at 7:00 PM

Location: Ewing Presbyterian Church