Mercer Area District January 2009 Roundtable

 

Date: Wednesday, January 7,2009

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

  • Unit Rechartering
  • District Executive’s Announcements
  • Council Key Three Town Hall Meeting

8:30 – 9:00 PM

Cub Scout Breakout Session

  • Theme of the month – American ABC’s
  • Webelos activity badges – Scholar and Engineer
  • Highlighted book of the month: Webelos Leader Guide

8:30 – 9:00 PM

Boy Scout Breakout Session

  • General Announcements
  • Klondike and Mountain Creek Scout Day
  • Discussion: Good Camping Locations -  near and far

 

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.

 

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.

 

CALENDARS

 

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

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

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/

 

Sat-Mar-07

Den Chief Training

http://joycekilmerdistrict.org/Training/Den%20Chief%20Training%20Flyer%2009.pdf

 

Sat-Mar-07

Pow Wow - Renaissance Faire

http://www.joycekilmerdistrict.org/Training/powwow2009.pdf

 

Sun-Mar-08

MAD District Recognition Dinner

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

 

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

February 4, 2009

Gathering at 7:00 PM

Location: Ewing Presbyterian Church