Troop
110Mission Peak District News
2/6/2012 Boy
Scout Roundtable - BSA Advancement Guide Update on February
9, 2012 Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church (810 Walnut
Avenue in Fremont). Program
for the 2/9 Roundtable Meeting - BSA Advancement/Eagle Rank
Guide Update In
October 2011, BSA National released the new BSA Advancement
Guide which took effect on 1/1/12, and affects all levels of
the Scouting program. There are some major changes to the
guide, including the definition of "Active Participation",
the "Position of Responsibility" and several Board of Review
changes. Your Mission Peak District Advancement Chairman,
Merl Nygren has gone to great lengths to understand these
changes and how they affect our Scouts, especially those who
are in the process of working their Eagle Projects during
this transition. In December, Merl traveled to the National
Sea Base in Florida for a BSA National training forum to
better understand these changes. Merl has put together a
cohesive summary of the updates that he has been presenting
to Scouts, Scouters and Commissioners throughout the SFBAC
and Mission Peak District. He will be bringing this
presentation to our Mission Peak District Roundtable meeting
this Thursday. All Unit Leaders, Eagle Advisors, Committee
Chairs and Advancement Chairs are strongly encouraged to
attend. There will be some good, lively discussions about
how these changes affect our Scouts and what will be
expected of Eagle Scout candidates. We thank Merl for
sharing this information, and look forward to a great
turnout at our Roundtable. For the electronic file of the
guide, see the following link: http://scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf Upcoming
Events - 2012 2/9
New Advancement Requirements revealed - both Eagle and along
the path to Eagle. Presented by Advancement Chairman Merl
Nygren 2/11/12
SFBAC Council Dinner - 6:00 pm. location San Leandro Senior
Community Center. See http://www.sfbac.org/CouncilRecognitionDinner
for information. 3/2-3/4
Klondike Derby Snow Camporee - Snowflower Preserve. Still
on regardless of conditions - rain, snow or shine (except
the closure of I80) http://www.achewonnimat.org/2012_Klondike_Registration_Form.pdf 3/3-3/4
HAT Basic Backpacking Awareness Indoor Session 8:00 YLTC.
See http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/basicbackpacking 3/8
Roundtable 3/17-18
HAT Basic Backpacking Awareness Outdoor Session at
RLM. 3/31
Acorn 1 - SM/ASM Basic Training (Session 1) Saturday 8:00 -
5:00 Fremont Scout House http://www.sfbac.org/node/1915 4/1
Acorn 2 - Intro to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS) (Session
2 Pt. 1) Sunday 11:30 - 5:30 Fremont Scout House
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1916 4/12
Roundtable 4/13-15
Acorn 3 - Intro to Outdoor Leadership Skills (Session 2 Pt.
2) - Friday 6:00 pm - Sunday 1:00 pm at Rancho Los Mochos
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1918 4/20-22
Spring Camporee at Rancho Los Mochos 5/5
HAT Cycling in Livermore http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/cycling 5/10
Roundtable - Preparing camping meals - Charlie
Mabie 5/12
Merit Badge Extravaganza 5/12
District Awards Dinner - (Award nominations due by the 4/12
Roundtable) - Southern Alameda County Buddhist
Church 6/2-3
HAT Wilderness First Aid (Session 1) at the YLTC (required
for Philmont treks) http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/wfa 6/16-17
HAT Wilderness First Aid (Session 2) at Rancho Los
Mochos 6/14
Roundtable - Dutch oven, backpacking outback oven, smores
demonstration. 7/4
Fourth of July Parade 7/7
HAT Wilderness Canoe - indoor session at the YLTC, San
Leandro http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/canoe 7/14-15
HAT Canoe: Outdoor Flat Water Session - Lake Del
Valle 7/21-22
HAT Canoe: Outdoor Moving Water Session - river
TBD July
- No Roundtable. Enjoy summer camp! 8/9
Roundtable - 9/13
Roundtable - Spotlight on Scouting 9/14
Popcorn Pickup 10/5-6
Scout Days at Fremont Central Park - Troop/Webelos
Overnighter/Cub Scout Games/Dragon Boat Races 10/11
Roundtable - Scouting Showcase - Troops show off their
"stuff" to visiting Webelos and their parents 10/15
Popcorn 50% Money Turn-in at the YLTC 11/1
Popcorn Closeout 11/8
Roundtable 11/10
Scouting for Food Dropoff 11/15
Recharter Workshop at the Centerville Scout House in
Fremont 11/16-17
Popcorn Take-Order Pick up at the Alameda County
Fairgrounds 11/17
Scouting for Food Pickup 12/8
HAT Snow Camping Awareness - Indoor Session at the
YLTC 12/13
Roundtable - Holiday Social 1/19-20/13
HAT Snow Camping Awareness - Outdoor Session at Carson
Pass 2013
National Jamboree at the Summit 7/13-25/13. Sign-ups are now
open for youth and adult leaders. See info at
http://www.sfbac.org/camping/2013_National_Jamboree Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to seeing you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 1/21/2012 Scout
Strong & Health & Fitness 2012! Mission
Peak will begin the Scout Strong - Presidential Active
Lifestyle Award on February 4th. This is an eight week
program designed for people to become active five out of
seven days per week for eight weeks. We already have seven
Mission Peak Scouting Units signed up! Please
offer to be the coordinator for your Scout Unit. Sign up as
many adults and youth scouts as possible. Then send me your
Scout Unit number and the number of the adults and youth in
your unit that are participating. I will send you a copy of
the Scout Strong Presidential Active Lifestyle Challenge
Overview and Activity Log for your use. Feel free to send
this copy on or print the copy for your Scouting
Unit. This
is the honor system. Your unit will report into you as to
their progress. You can then send me the number people that
have completed the challenge. Health
& Fitness Challenge 2012! This
is a weight loss challenge for adults. I am offering a free
30 day Bally's Fitness membership to any adult scouter that
joins the "Health & Fitness Weight Loss Challenge". This
is a weight loss challenge that will begin on February 4th
and run through the end of May. The person would need to
register with me and chart their weight for the four month
period. Sign-up by sending me an e-mail or at the Merit
Badge Expo on February 4th. I
will add them to my weekly e-mail with Health & Fitness
tips. Each person will work toward losing weight and being
more active. It's that easy! Dave
Ridings 1/12/2012 BSA
Health & Fitness 2012! Scout Strong - Presidential
Active Lifestyle Challenge Adult
Scouters, In
2011 Bob Mazzuca promoted the Presidential Active Lifestyle
Challenge for both Youth and Adult Scouters. This year the
BSA is promoting Scout Strong - Presidential Active
Lifestyle Challenge for both Youth and Adult
Scouters. We
are promoting Scout
Strong
in our Mission Peak District. The kick-off will be in
February and run for eight weeks. The goal is that adults
are active 30 minutes per day, five days each week for six
out of the eight weeks. The Youth goal is to be active for
60 minutes per day, five days each week for six out of the
eight weeks. Please
let me know if you and your units are interested in joining
the Scout Strong Challenge for 2012. I will then plan to
send you all the information that is needed to promote this
within your units. I
am willing to come and promote this at one of your unit
meetings. Dave
Ridings ScoutStrong_2012.pdf 1/9/2012 Boy
Scout Roundtable - Indoor Rally Rules Discussion and Demo on
January 12, 2012 Happy
New Year, Scouters! We hope everyone had a wonderful,
relaxing holiday and you are recharged for another eventful
Scouting year. The Boy Scout Roundtable staff is excited
about the program for 2012. We hope to see all
Scoutmasters/ASMs, Committee Members and interested parents
at our monthly Mission Peak District Roundtable
meetings! Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church (810 Walnut
Avenue in Fremont). Program
for the 1/12 Roundtable Meeting - Indoor Rally Rules for
Scoutmasters Thanks
to Indoor Rally coordinator Jeff Airth, who will be joining
us again this year at the January Roundtable meeting to
present the rules for the upcoming Indoor Rally on Friday,
February 3rd. The rules review was very well received last
year, so we have decided to bring it back again this year.
There have been questions in past Indoor Rally events about
interpretation of the rules, judging scout skills and how
the events will be scored. All Scoutmasters of troops
participating in Indoor Rally are required to judge the
event, and it is important that they understand the ground
rules so that troops may be judged fairly. Jeff will be
presenting the different skill competitions, bringing sample
supplies (it is the responsibility of each participating
troop to bring their own supplies to the rally),
demonstrating each of the events, and providing direction on
how each event should be judged. Remember
put 2/3/11 on your troop calendars and be prepared to bring
your Scout Spirit to the Indoor Rally! Please invite Webelos
Scouts to join you and cheer on their host
troops. Upcoming
Events 1/21-22/12
HAT Snow Camping Outdoor Session - Carson Pass - Postponed
due to lack of snow. Will be rescheduled when the white
stuff returns. Be sure to do your "snow dance" so we can
have a white winter! 1/21
OA Winter Awareness training? See link at http://www.sfbac.org/node/798
for updates. The unofficial word is that this event has been
cancelled, although it still is listed on the council
calendar. No word on if it will be rescheduled for later in
the year. We will have an update at Roundtable. 1/18
SFBAC NESA Meeting - Join fellow Eagle Scouts for the next
NESA meeting on January 18th 2012 7-8:30 pm @ YLTC.
http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/programs/SFBAC_NESA_2012_1_8.pdf 1/20-22
NRA Rifle Instructor Training: NYLT (Fri) & RLM
(Sat-Sun). Cost $150. http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/training/Flyer_-_NRA_RIC_2012_1.pdf 1/28/12
University of Scouting - Foothill High School, Pleasanton,
8:00-5:00. http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/university 2/3/12
Indoor Rally - Holy Spirit Church, Fremont Blvd., Fremont,
6:30. Open to all troops. Invite Webelos to join you for an
evening of fun and competition! 2/04/12
Merit Badge Expo 9-12; location at Scott Creek LDS. Sorry
about the fluctuating dates. It looks like the venue has
been confirmed for the first Saturday of
February. 2/4
Cal Basketball Scout Day vs. Arizona State at Haas Pavilion,
Berkeley. $15.00. http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/homepage/Flyer_-_Cal_MBB_Scout_Day_2012.pdf 2/11/12
SFBAC Council Dinner - 6:00 pm. location TBD. See
http://www.sfbac.org/CouncilRecognitionDinner
for updates and registration. 3/2-3/4
Klondike Derby Snow Camporee - location TBD. Still on
pending snow and the confirmation of the
location. 3/3
HAT Basic Backpacking Awareness Indoor Session 8:00
YLTC. 3/17-18
HAT Basic Backpacking Awareness Outdoor Session at
RLM. 3/31
SM/ASM Basic Training (Pt 1) 4/13-15
Intro to Outdoor Leadership Skills (Pt 2) - Acorn at Rancho
Los Mochos 4/20-22
Spring Camporee at Rancho Los Mochos 5/12
Merit Badge Extravaganza 5/12
District Awards Dinner - (Award nominations due by the 4/12
Roundtable) 2013
National Jamboree at the Summit 7/13-25/13. Sign-ups are now
open for youth and adult leaders. See info at
http://www.sfbac.org/camping/2013_National_Jamboree Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to seeing you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 12/12/2011 East
Bay Scout Band Performances Please
come by and hear the East Bay Scout band play some great
Christmas songs in the jazz style. All performances are FREE
and open to the public. Dec.
13th - Fremont Hub 7-8pm PLEASE
TAKE A MOMENT AND INVITE ANY FB FRIENDS THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED! East Bay Scout Band FB https://www.facebook.com/events/324320354246874/?notif_t=event_invite The
East Bay Scout Band is a Venture Crew of Boy Scouts of
America. The Venture Crew is a co-ed group open to 14-21
year old youth. The band is sponsored by the American
Legion, Veteran's of Foreign Wars, Disabled American
Veteran's and other veteran's organizations in
Fremont. The
band is a youth led organization with members from schools
all over Fremont and Newark. The group is available for
performances and plays mostly jazz and patriotic music. It
is always great to have support from the
community. Merry
Christmas to all! Joe
Ayers 11/29/2011 Mission
Peak Roundtable end of year party, Thursday 12/08/11 - 7:00
PM at the LDS Church at 810 Walnut Ave,
Fremont What:
Mission Peak Combined Cub and Boy Scout Roundtable
Party**** When:
Thursday December 8th 7:00 PM**** Where:
LDS Church at 810 Walnut Ave, Fremont, CA http://maps.google.com/maps?q=810+Walnut+Ave,+Fremont,+CA Who:
Adult Leaders of Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Venture Crews,
Varsity Teams, Ships etc. Bring:
A snack to share if you would like Why:
To have FUN and to get to know the other scout leaders in
our district Come
join us from 7:00-8:30ish on Thursday December 8th for fun
and fellowship at the Mission Peak Roundtable at the Walnut
LDS (810 Walnut Ave, Fremont). Instead of our regular
program we will be snacking pot luck style, socializing and
otherwise getting to know our scouting friends a little bit
better. Friends from REI will also be on hand with a cool
display of the latest outdoor gear (just in time for the
holidays for that scouter on your list). Out
of respect for our hosts at the LDS, please don't bring any
coffee or coffee containing snacks. (We'll have to get a
ruling on coffee cake from our experts :-) Of course we
don't bring alcohol to scouting events but you already knew
that. Hope
to see you there! The
Mission Peak Roundtable Staff 11/19/2011 University
of Scouting clarification * it really is on January 28
* UOS
is January 28, 2012 with training opportunities for all
levels of scouting, adult and youth! There's been some
confusion on when is the University of Scouting. It was on
the Council and District calendar originally as February 11.
But mark your calendars appropriately - UOS is January 28,
2012 with training opportunities for all levels of scouting,
adult and youth! Council
dinner is now on February 11. They and UOS apparently
swapped dates More
info and more below *
The GREATEST Supplemental Training Ever! * Saturday,
January 28, 2012 at Foothill High School in
Pleasanton. Here
is the informational link. http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/training/Flyer_-_UoS2012.pdf Mark
your calendar today for University of Scouting! Registration,
when it opens, will be on http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/university *
Nominate Deserving Scouters! * *
Silver Beaver Awards & Council Volunteer Recognition
Dinner * The
Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished
service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of
this award are registered adult leaders who have made an
impact on the lives of youth through service given to the
council. The Silver Beaver is an award given to those who
implement the Scouting program and perform community service
through hard work, self sacrifice, dedication, and many
years of service. Nominations
can be made at any time throughout the year but are due to
the Nominating Committee no later than the November 30th
prior to the Recognition Dinner the following February.
http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/sb_nomination_0.pdf The
2012 Anniversary Volunteer Recognition Dinner will be held
on Saturday, February 11, 2012. *
Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award * The
Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award is to
recognize outstanding services by an adult individual or an
organization for demonstrated involvement in the development
and implementation of scouting opportunities for Asian
American youth. An application packet to nominate someone
for this award is available at http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/support/523-194_WB.pdf
and is due November 30, 2011. *
Venture Leadership Award * Every
year, the SFBAC Venturing Committee recognizes those
Venturers who have earned the Venture Leadership Award,
which will be presented at the Councils Volunteer
Recognition Dinner on February 11, 2012. All nominations are
due to the Council no later than November 30, 2011.
Nomination form: http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/pdfs/ventureleadershipaward.pdf *
Scouting Vale la Pena! Service Award * The
purpose of the Scouting Vale la Pena! Service Award is to
recognize outstanding services by an adult individual or an
organization for demonstrated involvement in the development
and implementation of Scouting opportunities for Hispanic
American/Latino youth. The nomination form can be found
http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/pdfs/trainingawards/11-193valelapena.pdf.
Nominations are due by November 30, 2011. Council
Volunteer Recognition Dinner is February 11 when these
awards will be announced. http://www.sfbac.org/CouncilRecognitionDinner YIS /s/
Ron MAKE it a GREAT day Fong it's
a choice! 11/14/2011 Recharter
and Quality Unit (JTE) Status Update Troop,
Crew, and Team Leaders, Have
you been passing along the emails to your our recharter and
Quality Unit preparers? We've
spoken to a few preparers who weren't aware that they needed
to fill out and bring the Recharter
Turn-In Checklist
to the turn-in with their Commissioner;
and, that they needed to print out and bring the final
"Update Data Pages" from the online program. This last
requirement is so we can confirm that all of your registered
leaders are current with their youth protection training.
Refer to the email below and to the Youth Protection Record
attachment for what the Update Member Data pages look like.
The final printout will have a "Y" or an "N" in the YPT
Trained column, and we need to confirm who's current and who
you need to bring hard copy YP confirmations to the
turn-in. If
you are wondering where your Troop, Crew, or Team stands
with the recharter process, here's what we know so far as of
today. Units
who have finalized and submitted to Council : T132 and
Crew 146 Units
part of the way through: T379 Units
who have just started : T102, T110, T111, T141, T153,
T154, T160, T197; Team 141 and 160; and Crews 141 and
160 Units
who haven't logged in yet : Troops 103, 112, 125, 143,
176, 186, 199, 269, 273, 397, 447, 449; Crews 110, 176, 186,
212, 224, 269, 447, 449; 4 LDS Crews; and 4 LDS
Teams. That's
13 Troops, 12 Crews, and 4 Teams that haven't started the
process yet!!! Please check in with the person who's working
on it for you and get them to log in so they can get
started. How
can we help?? Call your Commissioner
or Steve Armstrong at 510-693-7279. By
the way, we've only had 2 Quality Unit (aka JTE) forms
turned in so far. You might want to check on that as
well. Steve
Armstrong 11/6/2011 Quality
Unit Form turn-in reminder and bring the attached Recharter
Turn-in Checklist to the recharter turn-in with your
Commissioner It's
only been a couple of days since my last email, but have you
printed out the Quality Unit Form and made some preliminary
selections to see how you come out?? You know - this is the
form that has Journey to Excellence printed at the
top. Remember
that we don't want you to wait until you've finalized your
complete recharter packet to fill out and go over your
Quality Unit Form with your Commissioner. Refer
to my previous emails copied
below
about the Quality Unit Process this year. Some people
thought you might be confused about me calling the form the
Quality Unit Form when it has a heading of Journey To
Excellence at the top. Journey to Excellence is the latest
name that's been associated with the Quality Unit Process,
and it's the second consecutive year the Quality Unit
Process has been re-named. I hope this clarifies
things. In
my continuing efforts to provide everyone with a checklist
that will help you complete and bring everything you need to
bring to the recharter turn-in, I've come up with a new
checklist that we are going to use. Refer to the attached
Recharter
Turn-In Checklist
and make certain that whomever is working on your recharter
packet and turns in the final recharter packet to your
Commission er uses it and brings it to the recharter turn-in
with your Commissioner. There's
one other form in your recharter packet we don't want you to
forget about - the Unit Charter Supplement Form SFBAC-28
form. We know that you have many different people covering
various areas, and we would like for you to share their
names with us. We have matching Council and District
Committees working on various things or would like to have
input from you on various things we're working on, so please
fill in all the blanks on this form and give it to your
Commissioner at the recharter turn-in. If you don't have a
name to put into the blank, we will assume that the
Committee Chair is the person to contact. Please
note that there will be no official group recharter turn-ins
this year, and this will be the second consecutive year that
you won't be able to leave off your recharter packet at San
Leandro, due to the requirement to confirm everyones Youth
Protection status. Besides - in the past when we've had
scheduled turn-ins, 3 to 5 Commissioners have sat around for
3 or 4 hours and only had 4 or 5 units come in to one of
these sessions to drop off their recharter packets. We
believe it's a better use of everyone's time if you make an
appointment with your Commissioner and turn everything in to
them. If
you have any questions on anything to do about the
Quality
Unit Form
(aka the Journey to Excellence Form) or the recharter
process, please contact your Commissioner or me. I can be
reached at starmstr @comcast.net. You will find your
Commissioner's
contact information
in one of the attachments above. If
you haven't heard from your Commissioner yet, give them a
call to let them know how you are progressing. If you've
tried to contact your Commissioner a couple of times with no
response, you are welcome to give me a call on my cell. If I
don't answer my cell, leave me a message and I'll get back
to you within a couple of hours. Steve
Armstrong 11/5/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable - the Order of the Arrow on November 10,
2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 11/10 Roundtable Meeting: Order of the Arrow
Roundtable Discussion The
Order of the Arrow is a Scouting Honor Society sponsored by
the Boy Scouts of America. The San Francisco Bay Area
Council OA Lodge is called Achewon Nimat, and the Ohlone
Village draws from Scouts and Scouters from throughout the
Mission Peak District. The focus of the OA is on promoting
Camping, Service and Brotherhood. The OA sponsors the annual
Winter Awareness training program and hosts the Klondike
Derby, a snow Camporee near the Donner Pass that is a
favorite snow camp outing for many troops and crews
throughout the council. The
Ohlone Village is in a rebuilding phase and the youth and
adult leadership are reaching out to Scouters throughout the
district to work towards improving the program, bringing
back inactive Arrowmen and recruiting new members. Village
Advisor Mark Clevenger will be in attendance, and he will
share some of the progress that has been made and solicit
comments and suggestions for delivering a quality OA
program. Your
District Commissioner team strongly encourages each unit to
send a representative to this Roundtable to share your
thoughts on the OA and offer suggestions on how the OA can
benefit your units. Your participation is greatly
appreciated. In
addition, Dick Smith of the High Adventure Training team
will share the 2012 HAT calendar and talk about the many
great training courses that are planned. Next up is the Snow
Camping Awareness training, which is a must for any adults
or senior youth planning on going on a winter campout this
coming year. Finally,
there will be a special Wood Badge beading ceremony at the
end of the Roundtable, scheduled for 8:15 in the
multipurpose room. Everyone is invited to come. Wood Badge
members are encouraged to attend and participate in whatever
may transpire following the ceremony. Any
questions? Upcoming
Events 11/10
Wood Badge Beading Ceremony - 8:15 at the end of the
District Roundtable meeting - all Wood Badgers (and
interested critters) are invited to attend 11/12
Scouting for Food - Drop Off 11/19
Scouting for Food - Pick up 12/08
Roundtable - Holiday gathering (Good food, REI display and
discounts, preparing for winter camping) 12/10
HAT Snow Camping Awareness - YLTC 1/21-22/12
HAT Snow Camping Outdoor Session - Carson Pass 1/21
OA Winter Awareness. Details to follow. Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 11/4/2011 Volunteer
- Creek Cleanups in Fremont 11/12, 12/3 and
12/17 Dear
Volunteers: It
has been a busy summer and fall, so volunteer opportunities
to clean up creeks was scarce. I apologize for
that. Environmental
Services will be hosting the following cleanups*: *Location:
Tule Ponds* *Location:
Laguna Creek* *Location:
Laguna Creek II* **All
dates and times are tentative and are subject to changes and
cancellations. Reminder emails are sent the week of the
event.* *Students:*
Students can received community service hours to satisfy
their schools requirement. All students are required to
obtain a service learning or community service hours form
from their school. The form can then be brought to the
cleanup and be signed by the cleanup coordinator. Prior to
obtaining a signature, please complete all the blank lines
on the form. This helps make signing the forms more
efficient. Complete the forms with the information from the
attached business card as it applies. *Participation:*
All volunteers are required to complete a waiver
liability form
(both pages) prior to participating in the cleanup. Anyone
under the age of 18 are required to obtain the signature of
a parent or guardian. We do not allow anyone under the age
of 6 to volunteer for creek cleanups. The waiver form is
attached. Bring the form on the day of the
cleanup. *Weather:*
Even though we monitor the weather 10 days in advance, the
weather in late-fall and in winter is unpredictable. Please
note that the cleanups are subject to cancellation at
anytime due to schedule conflicts or weather conditions. Any
cancellations will be sent out to subscribers to the
Environmental Services Email List. Please prepare for
weather conditions. Thank
you. Val
Blakely 11/4/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable - the Order of the Arrow on November 10,
2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 11/10 Roundtable Meeting: Order of the Arrow
Roundtable Discussion The
Order of the Arrow is a Scouting Honor Society sponsored by
the Boy Scouts of America. The San Francisco Bay Area
Council OA Lodge is called Achewon Nimat, and the Ohlone
Village draws from Scouts and Scouters from throughout the
Mission Peak District. The focus of the OA is on promoting
Camping, Service and Brotherhood. The OA sponsors the annual
Winter Awareness training program and hosts the Klondike
Derby, a snow Camporee near the Donner Pass that is a
favorite snow camp outing for many troops and crews
throughout the council. The
Ohlone Village is in a rebuilding phase and the youth and
adult leadership are reaching out to Scouters throughout the
district to work towards improving the program, bringing
back inactive Arrowmen and recruiting new members. Village
Advisor Mark Clevenger will be in attendance, and he will
share some of the progress that has been made and solicit
comments and suggestions for delivering a quality OA
program. Your
District Commissioner team strongly encourages each unit to
send a representative to this Roundtable to share your
thoughts on the OA and offer suggestions on how the OA can
benefit your units. Your participation is greatly
appreciated. In
addition, Dick Smith of the High Adventure Training team
will share the 2012 HAT calendar and talk about the many
great training courses that are planned. Next up is the Snow
Camping Awareness training, which is a must for any adults
or senior youth planning on going on a winter campout this
coming year. Finally,
there will be a special Wood Badge beading ceremony at the
end of the Roundtable, scheduled for 8:15 in the
multipurpose room. Everyone is invited to come. Wood Badge
members are encouraged to attend and participate in whatever
may transpire following the ceremony. Any
questions? Upcoming
Events 11/10
Wood Badge Beading Ceremony - 8:15 at the end of the
District Roundtable meeting - all Wood Badgers (and
interested critters) are invited to attend 11/12
Scouting for Food - Drop Off 11/19
Scouting for Food - Pick up 12/08
Roundtable - Holiday gathering (Good food, REI display and
discounts, preparing for winter camping) 12/10
HAT Snow Camping Awareness - YLTC 1/21-22/12
HAT Snow Camping Outdoor Session - Carson Pass 1/21
OA Winter Awareness. Details to follow. Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour The
Recharter System went live on November 2nd Scoutmasters,
Venture Leaders, Committee Chairs, and recharter
preparers, How
are you doing with completing your Quality Unit Forms???? I
hope you've been working on them! Have you contacted your
Commissioner yet to work out the details and get it signed
off yet? Remember, they can be signed off and turned in
without waiting to turn them in with the recharter packet.
Refer to the previous email below. Well,
the online rechartering system is now live. Do you know
where your recharter packet is??? Has your designated person
started working on it yet? If you don't know where it is,
you can contact me or your Commissioner. Every recharter
packet has been picked up and was signed out for. We can
give you the name of the person who picked it up. Here's
a few thoughts, comments, and reminders regarding the
recharter process. •
The Internet Recharter System can be accessed in My
Scouting. •
Each unit has a unique 9 digit access code that it must use
to sign in with. Refer
to page 1 of the first
attachment
above. •
Before your recharter packet is finalized and submitted to
the Council, you need to print out the "Update Member
Data" pages and bring them with you to the turn-in. Those
pages have your registered leaders Youth Protection Trained
Status on them and will avoid us having to confirm
everyone's Youth Protection Trained status. Don't forget
to print out all the pages. The adult leaders may be
listed on 2 pages. •
After you submit your roster to the Council, print-out
everything and bring all of your printouts with you to
the recharter turn-in with your Commissioner. At a
minimum, you will have the roster coversheet where everyone
will sign and where the fees due are calculated. Don't
forget to bring the other printouts that tell you to bring
adult or youth applications, youth protection confirmations,
etc. If you don't bring those items with you, your recharter
will not be finalized at that session. Page
2 of the first attachment
provides a list of what to bring to the turn-in. •
Refer
to the 3rd attachment
for other items to look out for that people have forgotten
to do or bring to the recharter turn-in. Note:
The Institutional Head, Executive Officer of the Chartering
Organization doesn't need to fill out an application for
those positions and doesn't need to complete youth
protection training. This is the only position that is
exempt from doing or completing those 2 items. Everyone
else must fill out an application in its entirely and
complete youth protection training. Remember,
turn in your recharter packet and your Quality
Unit Form
to your Commissioner. They are the ones who need to sign off
on your paperwork. Please get in contact with them and
set up a time to mee. Refer
to the attached Commissioner contact
list. You
can also schedule a turn in with your Commissioner on
Roundtable night on November 10th, but you need to call
or contact them to make certain they will be
there. If
anyone needs help with the online recharter program or
if they've lost their 9 digit ID, or anything to do with how
to do something they can contact Steve Armstrong at
starmstr@comcast.net. The
biggest problem we've found that people have with completing
their Quality Unit Form or the online rechartering
process, is that they wait unit the last minute to work on
it. The second biggest problem is that people who have
been given the task do not get any help from
people in the Troop or Crew who have done it before.
Please don't send a new person to a turn-in until someone
who's very familiar with the process in the unit has
reviewed the package first. Someone needs to double check
and make certain the signatures are all there and all of the
items that need to be brought to the turn-in
are there. PLEASE
FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
COMPLETING YOUR RECHARTER THIS YEAR AND FOR GETTING YOUR
QUALITY UNIT FORM SIGNED OFF ON. s/Steve
Armstrong Previous
Qulaity Unit Email below: 10/26/2011 It's
Recharter Time!!! AND, you don't need to wait to fill out
your Quality Unit Form Have
any of you looked at the new Quality Unit Form for 2011?
It's still a Quality Unit Form, but it's now called Journey
To Excellence (JTE). YOU
DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOU TURN IN YOUR RECHARTER PACKET
TO COMPLETE YOUR 2011 QUALITY UNIT FORM (aka
JTE). In
fact, we would like for you to turn it into your
Commissioner over the next 2 weeks. Who
will be filling out the Quality Unit Form in your Troop or
Crew? It should be your Scoutmaster, the Youth and Adult
Crew Team, and/or Committee Chair who have an overall
picture of what's happened in the your Troop or Crew this
year. Someone else who is good with numbers and logistics
can do the Rechartering, and that may not be the same person
who would be filling out the Quality Unit Form. Whomever
will be providing input for, or will be filling out the 2011
Quality Unit Form needs to continue reading the rest of this
email. I've
attached the 2011 Troop and Crew forms for your reference.
They will cover your activity for the 2011 calendar year .
Please print out the one that pertains to your unit and
follow along with the explanation below. The
form will be filled out manually. There are worksheets and
all sorts of other things at the JTE site at Scouting.org,
but we are not concerned with any of that this year. This
year, you will just circle the point level in the 3 far
right columns of the form ; total the columns; and then add
those 3 numbers together to obtain a point total. There
are 13 categories on the forms, and 3 levels of points you
will add up to come up with a total number of points. Now,
take out the form and go through it quickly the first time
through so you can get a feel for the categories. You will
pretty much know how you did off the top of your head, so
select a level you believe was achieved. You
will see that the point total is heavily weighted to the
first 4 categories. They're different on the Troop and Crew
forms, and on the Troop form they are: Youth Advancement;
Retention (are you keeping the Scouts once you get them);
Building Boy Scouting (is your membership growing); and,
Trained leadership (pertaining to the Troop Committee). If
you scored the maximum in just those 4 categories you would
have 1,200 points that's almost what you need to be at Gold
Level. There are 3 levels: Bronze 700 points; Silver 1,000
points; and. Gold 1,600 points. Now,
continue down the form and then add up your point totals and
see what level you've achieved based upon your overall point
total. Your need to have scored in 10 of 13 possible
categories, and the level you attained depends on your
overall point total. You will see that you can achieve the
1,600 Gold Level by scoring in all 3 categories as you go
down the form. If you have a good program the form confirms
that. If
you are asked to calculate a percentage growth number, just
pick a fair beginning and ending number and do the
calculations. For categories like Short-term Camping (#5)
and Service Projects (#8) you are asked how many you did vs.
the percentage of youth who participated or the number of
service hours you reported. The
descriptions defining the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels
could have been worded better. A better way to describe them
is that you must score in 10 of the 13 possible categories,
and if you did, you would determine whether you were at the
Bronze, Silver, or Gold Level based upon the grand total of
all your points achieved in the 3 columns. Page
2 of the print out provides you with definitions and how to
calculate some of the categories. You will be doing the
calculations on your own. The Commissioners will not be
requiring you to prove your calculations to them. Next year
some of the point totals will be calculated for you if you
use Internet Advancement, and if you get your Unit Adult
Training Records reconciled with the Council's training
records. In addition, the retention and membership growth
categories will be calculated and determined from the
Council's membership records. But none of this will happen
this year. Please
sit down with your Commissioner over the next couple of
weeks and finalize your 2011 Quality Unit Form. Please have
a high level person who's aware of all of the Troop or
Crew's activities in calendar 2011 involved with performing
the calculations. Any
questions? Contact your Commissioner or you could give me a
call. Refer to the Commissioner Contact Information
attachment for their latest contact information. Steve
Armstrong 10/6/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable - Troop Showcase on October 13,
2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission Peak District Boy
Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00
at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 10/13 Roundtable Meeting: Boy Scout Troop Showcase!
We are looking forward to offering another exciting Boy
Scout Troop Showcase event for 2011. Last year, we had over
75 Webelos Scouts attend, with 12 troops (T103; T110; T112;
T132; T153; T154; T176; T186; T199; T269; T379; T449) and 11
Cub Scout packs (P110; P112; P 132; P153; P154; P176; P199;
P268; P269; P273; P441) represented. All told, over 200
Scouts and Scouters attended the Troop Showcase! We are
looking forward to an even bigger turnout this
year. The
Troop Showcase is an opportunity for troops to show off
their "stuff" to Cub Scouts in an interactive, informative
venue. First and Second year Webelos (and any Cub Scout for
that matter) and their leaders and parents are invited to
visit the Showcase and talk to your scouts about who you are
and what you do. This is a great opportunity for Webelos
recruitment. You are invited to bring materials, flyers,
troop calendars, photos, visual presentations, and equipment
to showcase your troop. Tables will be available in the
multi-purpose room for you to set up your displays. Arrive
by 6:30 to set up, with the showcase planned to start at
7:00. Please
let us know that you are coming! We ask Boy Scout Troop
leaders to send a reply letting us know you will attend the
Showcase, and if you have any special requirements. Please
send RSVPs by 10/11/11 to Steve Rodriggs - steve.rodriggs@lmco.com.
To date, we have confirmation from Troops 112, 132, 269 and
447. Upcoming
Events 10/8 Merit Badge Extravaganza - Fremont Community
Church, 39700 Mission Blvd. (9:00-4:00) 10/13 Roundtable -
Recharter; Troop Showcase for Troops and Webelos Scouts
10/15 JOTA - Jamboree on the Air - YLTC
(http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/What_is_JOTA.pdf) 10/29
HAT Reboot - YLTC (renew your HAT certificate every 5 years)
- http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/reboot 11/1
Popcorn Close-out night - YLTC 11/10 Roundtable - Order of
the Arrow 11/12 Scouting for Food - Drop Off 11/19 Scouting
for Food - Pick up 12/08 Roundtable - Holiday gathering
(Good food, REI display, preparing for winter camping) 12/10
HAT Snow Camping Awareness - YLTC 1/21-22/12 HAT Snow
Camping Outdoor Session - Carson Pass OA Winter Awareness
has been moved to January 2012. Details to
follow. Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour Mission Peak District Boy Scout
Roundtable Commissioner's Staff 9/7/2011 SPOTLIGHT
ON SCOUTING at 810 Walnut Ave. in Fremont starting at 7 pm
Our
annual Mission Peak resource fair. -
Come and buy your latest Scout Shop items - Linda Gentile
will be there with a Trading Post all set up. -
Sign up for your Scouting for Food area. -
Find out about upcoming training dates. -
Find out more about Scout Day: Overnight camping, Dragon
Boat Racing, the Ballista Challenge, and Cub Scout Games.
-
Pick up a Calendar showing all the dates for Cub Scout,
Boy Scout, and Venture activities and
events through December 31, 2012. -
Sign up for MERLN and find out about the Order of the Arrow.
-
Pick up an annual planning kit and fill out a request for
recruiting materials. -
Say hello and visit with other Scouters!!! Everyone is
invited. We
hope to see you there!!!! 8/23/2011 [MissionPeakDistrict]
Training Reminder A
good leader never stops learning. Besides attending the
Mission Peak monthly roundtable for training, please note
the council training calendar for 2011-12 is posted. Now's
the time for your unit leaders to get trained for your
Journey to Excellence (aka Quality Unit award). Yours
in Scouting /s/
ron ADULT
TRAINING - Please go! The
SFBAC Training Schedule 2011-2012 is online at BOY
SCOUT ADULT TRAINING SM/ASM/Adult
Leader Indoor Training -
Take the course 8/27 in Tres Ranchos or Intro
to Outdoor Leader Skills Complete
the training High
Adventure Team Training -
Reboot 11/3/2012 (refresher for those who already have a
blue card) CUB
SCOUT LEADERS Cub
Scout Leader Specific Training -
August 27 or Oct. 8 or Nov 5 or Jan 21- Twin Valley ALL
ADULTS -
Leave No Trace Trainer @ Council August 27-28 -
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1758 YOUTH
TRAINING Den
Chief Training -
Oct 15 - Twin Valley 8/9/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. It's
hard to believe, but summer is almost over and it's time to
start planning for the new Scouting Year! Thank you all for
your support of Roundtable this past year. We had some
excellent programs and guest presenters; and we believe we
have some more exciting topics to share this year. If there
is a topic that you would like to learn more about, or have
a special presentation that you would like to share, please
let us know. Program
for the 8/11 Roundtable Meeting - High Adventure Base
Planning (Philmont, Northern Tier, Sea Base) Has
your Troop or Crew been considering attending one of the
High Adventure Bases, but you don't know where to start? BSA
National offers excellent programs for extended high
adventure backpacking, canoe, and ocean focused treks. There
are several things you need to know to plan for, including
logistics, transportation, reservations/lottery dates, and
planning for and scheduling your adventure. At our August
Roundtable, Steve Rodriggs will give a presentation on some
of the things to consider to make your trek successful. We
invite Scouters who have been to any of the High Adventure
Bases to join us. We'd appreciate you sharing your thoughts
on the program, what went well and what you'd do
differently. Philmont also offers excellent training
opportunities. Larry Seymour will share some of these
courses offered at Philmont. We
will also be discussing our Fall kick-off/Recruiting/and
Annual Planning program. As a reminder, the Spotlight on
Scouting is scheduled again for September and the popular
Troop Showcase for prospective Webelos in
October. We
look forward to seeing you all on Thursday! Upcoming
Events 8/27
- Popcorn Kickoff - YLTC Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour Scout
Day participation on September 24th; and, 4th and 5th Grade
Webelos Camping overnight on Friday night, September 23rd
Cubmasters,
Committee Chairs, Pack Activity Chairs, and Webelos Den
Leaders need to read this. This is an email about our
second annual Scout Day(s) event that will be held at Lake
Elizabeth in Fremont on Friday night (9/23) and Saturday
(9/24). On
Friday night (9/23), Webelos are invited to camp overnight
at Lake Elizabeth either as a Pack or with a Troop. Last
year we were trying to get you to camp with a Troop, but
this year you will have the option of camping as a Pack or
with a Troop. The other difference from last year is that we
are opening up the Webelos Camping option to your new
Webelos - 4th graders. This will be a very low impact first
camping experience for your first year Webelos and their
parents. With
reference to the attached Scout
Day flyer,
we would like to have you respond as soon as you can if your
Webelos Group will be camping overnight and how many Scouts
and parents will be participating. Please keep in mind that
parent participation will be limited to 1 parent per Scout
and no non-Webelos siblings will be able to camp overnight.
In addition, please keep in mind that camping space is
limited and tent size will be limited to 2 to 4 person or 6
person Dome tents. More details about the camping guidelines
will follow later. With
reference to the attached Scout
Day flyer,
please fill in the blanks on the flyer and respond as soon
as you can with the total number of Scouts and parents who
will be participating in the campout. You can decide later
if you will be camping with a Troop. If you know that you
are planning to camp as a Pack, please send in a $35.00
deposit to hold your spot. Make checks out to the BSA and
mail them to Steve Armstrong at 32369 Lake Temescal Lane in
Fremont 94555. Final participant counts, whether you will be
camping as a Pack or with a Troop, and the payment of your
final fees will be due on September 8th, at the September
Roundtable which is Spotlight on Scouting. I
would also like to remind you about participating in Cub
Scout Games that will take place at Lake Elizabeth between
10:00 am and 1:30 pm on Saturday, September 24th. This
activity is for all age groups, new Scouts, siblings,
parents, and your Scout families. We were rather
disappointed in the attendance last year, when only about
200 of the over 700 Cub Scouts registered in our District
participated last year; and, hardly anyone came during the
last hour and a half of the event. Cub Scout Games is a
great event to kick off your 2011-2012 program with and we
would like to see more people participating. If
the Pack leadership gets behind participating vs. it being
totally optional, we should be able to get our attendance up
substantially. We aren't asking for advanced registration
for Cub Scout Games, but we do need to have some idea about
the number of patches to order. Pack leaders - please
promote the Cub Scout Games activity, and send Steve
Armstrong a return email no later than September 8th with
your estimate of Cub Scout Games participants. Patches will
be handed out only to the Scouts and registered Scout
leaders for this activity. Speaking
of patches and fees - there will be a $5.00 fee per person
for overnight campers, and a $1.00 fee for Scouts
participating in Cub Scout Games (for the patch). The $5.00
fee for the overnight campers will include the cost of the
patch, and there will be no charge for non-Scouts
participating in Cub Scout Games (friends, brothers,
sisters, cousins, etc.). So
- please talk up Cub Scout Games and send us a hard estimate
of participation no later than September 8th; as soon as
possible, please fill out the attached Scout Day flyer with
your estimate of Webelos Scouts, registered leaders, and the
1 parent per Scout who will be camping overnight on
September 23rd; and, mail a deposit for $35.00 if you want
to hold a spot for your Pack for overnight camping. Remember
that we are just looking for preliminary participant
estimates right now, and the final deadline for your final
overnight camping counts and fees won't be due until the
September 8th at Roundtable. In
case you may be wondering. Cub Scouts will not be
participating in the Dragon Boat Races, but they are invited
to watch the Troops competing against each other after
they've completed Cub Scout Games. If
you have any questions, please call or email Steve
Armstrong. s/Steve
Armstrong Other
emails previously sent: -----
Original Message ----- From:
"Steve Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net> We've
sent everyone a couple of previous emails about our upcoming
Scout Day(s) event taking place at Fremont's Central Park
and Lake Elizabeth on September 23-24. We
recently send Troops and Crews an email about signing up for
overnight camping on September 23rd and the Dragon Boat
Races on September 24th; and, Packs need to be on the
lookout for an email being sent later today about signing up
their Webelos Dens (4th and 5th graders) for overnight
camping on September 23rd. Webelos
Dens can either camp as a Pack or with a Troop, but we need
Packs to give us a preliminary estimate of the number of
Webelos and their parents who they will be participating in
the overnight camping activity. Please wait and respond to
the email being sent later today. So
- this is just a reminder email to Troops to respond to our
previous email and to invite Webelos Dens to join you in the
September 23rd campout; and, a heads-up email to Packs to be
on the look out for an email to you about Webelos camping
overnight on September 23rd. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Scout Day Planning Team (Gary Ely, TC
Noble, and Don Uriu) 510-693-7279
I
hope the formatting of this email eliminates all of the
extra lines you have seen in my earlier emails. Previous
emails edited to focus on the District Calendar and Scout
Day(s) on September 23-24 -----
Original Message ----- From:
"Steve Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net> Hello
all, We've
received a couple of questions about the dates that were
published on the 2011-2012 District Calendar in a May 26th
District email. If you have any questions, thoughts,
changes, or recommendations please direct them through Steve
Armstrong: starmstr@comcast.net and 510-693-7279 (cell). If
there are any changes or modifications, we would like to
send them out in one email. I've
forwarded a portion of the original email for your
reference. Please reference new information about the $5.00
per participant fee for participation in the September
23-24th Scout Day camp out (Boy Scouts and Webelos only) or
Dragon Boat Races (Boy Scouts only). Participation in Cub
Scout Games (Cub Scouts and Webelos only) will remain at
$1.00 per Scout. This $1.00 fee is included in the $5.00 fee
for Webelos who camp overnight. Steve
Armstrong -----
Original Message ----- From:
"Steve Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net> The
2011-2012 District Calendar is now set. We've calendared out
18 months, from 6/1/11-12/31/12. All dates, except for Tiger
Cub Pumpkin Patch and Tiger Cub Kite Day are absolutely firm
through 6/30/12. Those 2 dates are subject to dates to be
confirmed with Perry Farms and the date the City of Fremont
sets for it's annual Kids 'n Kites Day in 2012. Please
SAVE THE DATE - Scout Day(s) will take place on Friday and
Saturday, September 23rd-24th, 2011. Everything is now set.
We've arranged for the Dragon Boats and reserved Lake
Elizabeth for those 2 days. Troops and Webelos will camp
overnight again on Friday night, and Cub Scout Games will
take place on Saturday. We
hope Troops and Webelos Dens will be able to give us an
expression of interest to camp (Troops and Webelos only) and
compete in the Dragon Boat Races (Troops only) by June 30th
and put down a $35.00 deposit by July 31st. New info: the
Scout Day camping or Dragon Boat participation fee will be
$5.00 per person. Only one $5.00 fee per participant. If you
have any preliminary questions, please call Steve Armstrong
at 510-693-7279. Cub Scout Games participation (for Cub
Scouts and Webelos only) continues to be $1.00 per person
(for the Scout Day Patch) Don't
forget we would like to have Troops give us an expression of
interest about their participation in Scout Day(s) by June
30, 2011. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 6/6/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Reminder - Outdoor Cooking Demonstrations
on June 9, 2011 Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 6/9 Roundtable Meeting - Outdoor Cooking
Demonstrations Adults
and youth of Troops and Crews are invited to join the Cub
Scouters for a Outdoor Culinary Cook-off at the Mission Peak
June Roundtable meeting this Thursday. This is an
opportunity for you or your Scouts or Crew Members to
demonstrate your culinary skills in backpacking cooking,
baking with solar ovens, Dutch Oven cooking and any other
method of choice. It is confirmed that the Cub Scouters are
planning on pulling out all the stops to show up the Boy
Scouters! Cooks are invited to show up at 6:30. We will be
on the small patio on the left side of the building when
entering from the back parking lot. Please let us know if
you are planning on participating. Or you may wish to bring
some snacks to share. Thanks! We
will pick up with Roundtable again in August, with the
Spotlight on Scouting scheduled again for September and the
popular Troop Showcase for prospective Webelos in
October. We
look forward to seeing you all on Thursday! Upcoming
Events 6/18-19
- HAT Wilderness 1st Aid - still some slots open. See
http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/wfa 6/12-6/18
- NYLT-Brownsea at Wente - info at
http://www.sfbac-nylt.org/ 6/19-6/25
- NYLT-Brownsea at Wente (MP District has priority for this
session due to last day of school conflict with prior
session) 7/4/
- Independence Day Parade (tentative) - Civic Center,
Fremont 8/11
- Boy Scout Roundtable meeting - Fall
kick-off/Recruiting/Annual Planning; Planning for your High
Adventure Base outing (Philmont, Northern Tier, Sea
Base) 8/27
- Popcorn Kickoff - YLTC 9/8
- Roundtable - Spotlight on Scouting 9/17
Newark Days Parade 9/23-24
- Scout Day at Lake Elizabeth - The Dragon Boat races are
back. Plan for an overnighter in our own back
yard! 10/10
Merit Badge Extravaganza - location TBD 10/13
Roundtable - Recharter; Troop Showcase for Troops and
Webelos Scouts Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 6/4/2011 Roundtable
on Thursday, June 9th This
coming Thursday, June 9th, is the last district Roundtable
for the school year. This is going to be a fun evening. The
district is asking all units to participate by bringing or
cooking at the event your favorite dish. You can use a dutch
oven or cook on a camping stove or pre cook. The event
begins at 7PM but need to be early 6PM if your are plannig
on cooking. Please contact Stever Armstrong if you planning
on participating. Thank you!!! John
Gillen Date:
Sat, 4 Jun 2011 06:16:22 +0000 Scoutmasters,
Committee Chairs, Venturers, active parents, and
Scouts, We
are holding our last Roundtable of the current school year
on Thursday, June 9th at your usual place - 810 Walnut
Avenue in Fremont. This
is our annual dutch oven or "come and cook something"
Roundtable where people come and cook something to share
with everyone and people who want to learn how to do it come
and see how it's done. Only
one person has emailed me so far that they will be cooking
and we need more than 1 person to cook to feed everyone who
will be coming - so - please call the people in your Troop
or Crew who like to cook and have them come on Thursday
night to share a dish with everyone. Cooks can show up at
6:30. We will be on the small patio on the left side of the
building when you are standing in the parking lot and
looking at the back of the building. I
know there's lots of leaders, parents, and scouts who like
to cook outdoors!! They can use a dutch oven, camp stove,
back pack stove, or whatever. Please invite your top youth
cooks to come and show us how it's
done!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please
send me an email if you know someone who's coming to
cook. Steve
Armstrong 5/25/2011 2011-2012
District Calendar and Scout Days on 9/23-9/24, Save the
Dates The
2011-2012
District Calendar
is now set. We've calendared out 18 months, from
6/1/11-12/31/12. All dates, except for Tiger Cub Pumpkin
Patch and Tiger Cub Kite Day are absolutely firm through
6/30/12. Those 2 dates are subject to dates to be confirmed
with Perry Farms and the date the City of Fremont sets for
it's annual Kids 'n Kites Day in 2012. Please
SAVE THE DATE - Scout Day(s) will take place on Friday and
Saturday, September 23rd-24th, 2011. We aren't able to lock
in the dates for this continuing annual event until about
this time each year because we can't lock in the dates for
use of the the Dragon Boats until around this time.
Everything is now set. We've arranged for the Dragon Boats
and reserved Lake Elizabeth for those 2 days. Troops and
Webelos will camp overnight again on Friday night, and Cub
Scout Games will take place on Saturday. More
information about Scout Day will follow soon, but we hope
Troops and Webelos Dens will be able to give us an
expression of interest to camp (Troops and Webelos only) and
compete in the Dragon Boat Races (Troops only) by June
30th and put down a deposit by July 31st. As previously
stated, more information on all of this will follow over the
next week or so. If you have any preliminary questions,
please call Steve Armstrong at 510-693-7279.
Please
note that we've highlighted a few items. •
Starting with 6/9/11 we hope to get a large turnout for the
June Roundtable where we would like a bunch of
people to come and demonstrate their back pack
stove and dutch over cooking skills. If you would like to
participate please send an email to Steve Armstrong at
starmstr@comcast.net . •
As you may have heard, there's a possibility there may not
be a Fremont 4th of July Parade - we will keep you informed.
•
We will have 2 booths at the Fremont Art and Wine Festival
this year. Call Joe Barton at 510-577-9227 if you are
interested in participating. Well,
that's it for now. Have a great end of the school year and a
great summer!! Sorry
for sending everyone an earlier test email where I was
experimenting on how to cure my formatting problem
- which you will probably see hasn't been resolved
yet. Anyway, I wanted to get the new 2011-2012 calendar
out to you as soon as possible and we would like to have
Troops give us an expression of interest about their
participation in Scout Day(s) by the end of June 2011. We
will definitely be holding this event. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team UPDATE!
Tour Permit Change Bobbi
of the SFBAC Council Office said *SFBAC units may now use
on-line permitting!* Applications may also be by fax or
mail. Ron was able to verify and confirm this with our
District Exec Joe Barton. So, this should help everyone with
the administration. Ron
reminds you also that: -
Tour Permits are not needed for trips within the San
Francisco Bay Area Council boundaries and not needed for
trips to our three SFBAC camps, Wente Scout Reservation,
Camp Royaneh, and Rancho Los Mochos. -
Units are advised to still follow appropriate trip
guidelines to be sure they have a safe trip. Those
attending areas which require a tour permit to enter (such
as East Bay Regional Parks) will still need to obtain a tour
permit in order to enter or to receive their park
permits. -
This change applies ONLY to SFBAC units. Units from other
councils need to check with their council for their council
guidelines. -
It is my understanding the East Bay Scout Shop will take the
Leader's word for Trail Trekkers and Rim Rovers since the
Tour Permit is no longer required for many of the hikes and
trips our units take. -
Not Withstanding the above, particularly with the SFBAC
allowance of online tour permitting, you are still advised
to comply with national guidelines on tours. Particularly -
reminder to check for - insurance for drivers - appropriate
training for tour leaders - guidance to drivers for
minimizing risk - guide to safe scouting Yours
in Scouting /s/
Ron Fong National
Office Updates Tour Permits Effective
March 1, 2011, what are currently known as local and
national tour permits will be superseded by what will be
called the tour plan. *The online tour permit system will be
suspended.* This update is the accumulation of work by a
cross-functional team of volunteers and staff including the
Health and Safety Support Committee, Council Solutions,
Outdoor Program Group, and Risk Management Advisory
Panels. Here
is the definition of the tour plan in the Language of
Scouting: "Units complete this form when planning for local,
national, or international adventure. The plan helps ensure
the unit is properly prepared, that qualified and trained
leadership is in place, and that the right equipment is
available for the adventure." The
plan is available: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/680-014_fillable.pdf What's
different? 1)
The council is the reviewer of all tour plans; there is no
regional review required. 2)
The tour plan consists of a tour planning worksheet to be
completed by the unit/contingent. It is retained by the
council and a tour plan is returned to the unit after
processing. 3)
It's on standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper! 4)
There is a 21-day advance notice requested for units to
submit the plan for your review. 5)
A single point of contact (not on the tour) for council use
is included. 6)
Defined reasons/times when a tour plan must be submitted for
council review: 7)
There is an updated Pledge of Performance. What
is not changed? Requirements
for qualified supervision, training, insurance, etc., remain
unchanged-for example, CPR and Wilderness First Aid
requirements for high-adventure camps. Hyperlink
the tour plan, http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/680-014_fillable.pdf,
and the FAQ page, http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/TourPlanFAQ.aspx 5/13/2011 Our
District Friends of Scouting campaign has been rolling along
since January and we're making progress but we need
everyone's help. In order for the district to be able to
maintain it's current amount of support we need to do our
best to reach $125,000 raised. Currently we are at $91,432.
In the files section we have uploaded a link to how everyone
is doing so far. Friends
of Scouting helps us to provide some of these key
features: -Training
at reduced cost We
are asking for 100% support to help us maintain our Scouting
District. If Each family were able to give $75.00 we would
easily sustain our programs. In this economy we know it is
tough so we are asking everyone to contribute what they can
and it will help us continue the Scouting Movement. Please
help secure your donations today. Talk to your Committee
Chair or unit Leader or contact me to learn how. Thanks
for your support! Joe
Barton 4/26/2011 Are
you coming to the Mission Peak District Dinner on May
7th? DISTRICT
DINNER on May
7th in the South Alameda County Buddhist Church
Multipurpose Room at 32975 Alvarado-Niles Road in Union
City Gathering
at 5:30 pm with the Program starting at 6:00 pm Come and
visit with other adult Scouters from Fremont, Newark,
and Union City that you've taken or given training with, or
participated with at various District or
Council-wide activities and events over the years. Spouses
are welcome - bring them along!! Join
in with the celebration recognizing adult Scouters whom
you nominated that have gone above and beyond for
their Packs, Troops, Crews, Teams, Ships, and Posts.
Awards will be presented to Scouters from 28
different Packs, Troops, Crews, and Posts this year. Come
and meet some of our Police and Fire Explorer Leaders who
will be coming this year. Enjoy
the excellent dutch oven cooking of our Cooking Crew
212 who will be preparing our Dinner. Bring
hor-d'oeuvres to share. Send
in your reservations or just show up at the door, but
whatever you choose please come!!!! Direct
any reservations or questions to Joe Barton at
jobarton@bsamail.com or 510-577-9227. 2/18/2011 36
BSA Monthly Troop Programs with Troop Meeting Plans (free
& online) Wouldn't
it be great to be able to choose from dozens of monthly
plans that other troops have used and refined? What if each
monthly plan included sample meeting plans, activities,
games, and PLC planning suggestions? That's
what the Troop Program Features are! The
Troop Program Features include 36 Monthly Themes with Troop
Meeting and Activity plans. Using this program, a troop will
explore dozens of merit badges <http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_badge>
and Scout Skills <http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Scout_Skills>
each year. You
can download or read the info at http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Troop_Program_Features 2/6/2011 Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 2/10 Roundtable Meeting - How to Recruit and Retain
New Scouts February
marks the beginning of the Webelos to Scouts transition
season, where 2nd Year Webelos are making their final
decisions about what Boy Scout Troops to join. Many Cub
Scout Packs incorporate bridging ceremonies into their Blue
and Gold Dinner celebrations in February, and others target
March and April for bridging. The goal for all troops who
wish to remain strong and healthy is to attract Webelos
Scouts and to be successful in recruiting them to join your
troop. This
meeting will be a true "roundtable" topic of discussion,
with experienced Scoutmasters sharing their strategies for a
successful recruiting program focusing on how to attract
Webelos and retain New Scouts when they have joined. For
those troops who are looking for tips on how to grow your
program, this is an excellent opportunity to learn effective
recruiting strategies. Materials will be available for you
to take back to your units. We also encourage leaders of
troops with successful recruiting programs to join in on the
discussion and to share what works for you and lessons you
have learned along the way. We
look forward to seeing you all on Thursday! Upcoming
Events 2/12/11
- SFBAC Recognition Dinner (Oakland) 2/17/11
- Friends of Scouting Kickoff Dinner (Oakland
Marriott) 2/26/11
- Commissioner's College 3/4-3/6/11
- Klondike Derby - <http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/2011_Klondike_-_Registration_Form.pdf>
Snowflower Resort 3/12-13
HAT Backpack Awareness Indoor (YLTC) 2/25-27
HAT Backpack Awareness Outdoor (Rancho Los
Mochos) 4/2/11
- SM/ASM Leader Specific Training (Scout House) 4/3,
4/15-17/11 - IOLS (Acorn - Scout House (indoor); Rancho Los
Mochos (outdoor) 4/9-4/10/11
- Webelos Woods (Royaneh, Cost $20.00/person - sign up by
3/1/11) Wood
Badge - Camp Royaneh April 29 - May 1, 2011; Rancho Los
Mochos - May 14 - May 16, 2011 Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. See you all on February 10th! Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 1/12/2011 Cub
Scout and Boy Scout Roundtables this coming Thursday
Night Don't
forget that we will be holding our first Roundtable of 2011
this coming Thursday night starting at 7 pm in the gym at
the LDS Church located at 810 Walnut Avenue in Fremont.
Roundtable takes place on the 2nd Thursday of each month at
7 pm at the LDS Walnut Building. We
will have lots of things going on: •
Have your FOS Coordinator come to the FOS Kick-off that will
take place at one of the break-outs. •
Dave Ridings will be there to answer your questions and
sign-up groups for the Take Shape For Scouting Program
that's going to start in February. •
The Boy Scout Roundtable will focus on the Indoor Rally
coming up on February 4th, and other things as outlined in
an email sent out yesterday. •
Refer below for what's happening on the Cub Scout side.
On
the Cub Scout side, here's what's happening: •
Pick up your Blue and Gold Dinner placemats. They
didn't need to be pre-ordered this year. All you need to do
is come and pick them up. •
For your Tiger Cub Leaders: the Cub Scout Training
staff will be conducting a Tiger Cub Leader Specific
Training starting at 7:15 pm. •
For Webelos Den Leaders: the District Advancement and
Training groups will be conducting a break-out where there
will be a discussion about Webelos Activity Badges
and they are hoping for a big turnout of Webelos
Leaders so there will be a lively discussion. Please
encourage your Webelos Leaders to attend this break-out.
•
For other Den Leaders, Pack Trainers, Top Pack Leadership,
and active parents there will be an open discussion about
what you would like to see us doing at future Cub Scout
Roundtables. Please come and share with us what you need out
there in the trenches delivering the Cub Scout Program to
the boys. We could tailor the Roundtables to the themes
of the month, cover more general topics that would apply to
everyone like University of Scouting type classes or a
combination of the two. Please come and share your ideas and
opinions. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 1/12/2011 "Indoor
Rally Rules for Scoutmasters" on January 13,
2011 Happy
New Year. We hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing holiday
and you are recharged for another eventful Scouting year.
The Boy Scout Roundtable staff is excited about the program
for 2011. We hope to see all Scoutmasters/ASMs, Committee
Members and interested parents at our monthly Mission Peak
District Roundtable meetings! Boy
Scout Roundtable Announcement: Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 1/13 Roundtable Meeting - Indoor Rally Rules for
Scoutmasters Thanks to Indoor Rally coordinator Jeff Airth,
who will be joining us at the January Roundtable meeting to
present the rules for the upcoming Indoor Rally on Friday,
February 4th. There have been questions in past Indoor Rally
events about interpretation of the rules, judging scout
skills and how the events will be scored. All Scoutmasters
of troops participating in Indoor Rally are required to
judge the event, and it is important that they understand
the ground rules so that troops may be judged fairly. Jeff
will be presenting the different skill competitions,
bringing sample supplies (it is the responsibility of each
participating troop to bring their own supplies to the
rally), demonstrating each of the events, and providing
direction on how each event should be judged. There is a
change to the scoring of events, and that will be presented
as well. Remember
put 2/4/11 on your troop calendars and be prepared to bring
your Scout Spirit to the Indoor Rally! Please invite Webelos
Scouts to join you and cheer on their host
troops. Upcoming
Events 1/6/11
Friends of Scouting Kickoff Wood
Badge - Camp Royaneh April 29 - May 1, 2011; Rancho Los
Mochos - May 14 - May 16, 2011 Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. See you all on January 13th! Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 12/30/2010 Take
Shape For Scouting 2011 - January 7th-8th-9th Here
is our opportunity to reach out to the Scouting Community
and make a difference for Scouting. Each of you give your
time and talent to support the scouting effort. Here is a
great opportunity for Adult Scouters to promote a
healthy lifestyle and Lead by Example. Take
Shape for Scouting is just around the corner. Please
join us for our Kick-Off event to sign-up for this
Fundraising Opportunity. Your units can lose weight and gain
fitness tools that will help to promote Optimal Health.
There is a Weight Loss Challenge before us. Are you up for
the challenge? Units
can Earn $2 per pound lost and we will show you how! To
qualify for this fundraiser you must participate in the take
Shape For Life Program. You will have an opportunity to be
coached directly by a Take Shape For Life
Health Coach. I will be the Health Coach for Mission
Peak District and will walk you through every step of the
way! The
Challenge runs from February 7th - June 4th. Please join us
for one of the following dates: Friday,
January 7th - 7-9pm at the LDS Church 810 Walnut Avenue in
Fremont. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,
January 8th - 9-11am or Sunday, January 9th - 2-4pm at
Christ Church 7020 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, in
Pleasanton. Contact
me for more information or to sign up on-line: Dave
Ridings 11/30/2010 Trainer's
Edge Jan 15 and Trainer development Conference Feb
12 On
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Janis Tipton-King
jtiptonk@att.netwrote: Hi
Ron! I
am coordinating the council's Trainer Development Conference
and also on staff for Trainer's EDGE which Mark L. is
coordinating, he's on my staff too. There seems to be some
understandable confusion regarding the 2 courses and so
would you yahoo out the following please? Thanks! Janis
& Mark ------------------- Greetings Mission Peak! For
your new 2011 calendars, we have some great opportunities
for YOU to get involve with training, or just improve your
presentation and speaking skills. Jan. 15, 2011 is Trainers
EDGE and Feb. 12, 2011 is the Trainer Development
Conference<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/training/2011_Trainer_Development_confrence_flyer.pdf,
both at the YLTC in San Leandro. The
Trainer Development Conference (used to be called Train the
Trainer) is intended to be the first step and prerequisite
to being a trainer in scouting. It will provide you with all
you need to know and some basic hands on skills to teach
adults. Additionally there will be a special break out for
course directors/RT staff/anyone who has to put on an event
with staff. You are all welcome to join in! The
Trainer's EDGE is for those serving on NYLT and Wood Badge
staffs. It is a prerequisite for them. This is more advanced
training on platform skills and you will actually be
presenting (so come prepared with a sample). Additionally
anyone who wants to really juice up their presentation
skills can attend this great training. So
if you ever have taken training and want to give back, or
think you might teach somebody something to some day you are
welcome to start the new year with presentation skills and
fun at Trainer's EDGE and/or the Trainers Development
Conference. 10/8/2010 Boy
Scout Roundtable Reminder - Troop Showcase on October 14,
2010 Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable meets the 2nd Thursday of
the month at 7:00 at the Walnut LDS Church. Program
for the 10/14 Roundtable Meeting: Boy Scout Troop Showcase!
Formerly a part of the Spotlight on Scouting, the Troop
Showcase is an opportunity for troops to show off their
wares to interested Cub Scouts. First and Second year
Webelos are invited to visit the Showcase and talk to troops
about who they are and what they do. This event has been
moved to October to allow Cub Scout Packs coming off of
summer break to better plan for Webelos attendance. You are
invited to bring materials, photos, visual presentations,
and equipment to showcase your troop. Please
let us know that you are coming! We ask Boy Scout Troop
leaders to send a reply letting us know you are coming to
the Showcase, and if you have any special requirements.
Please send RSVPs by 10/12 to Steve Rodriggs -
steve.rodriggs@lmco.com<mailto:steve.rodriggs@lmco.com>.
To date, we have confirmation from Troops 186, 269, and
379. New
Commissioner Staff: We are pleased to announce that there is
a new Boy Scout Roundtable Staff for the 2010-2011 year.
Your Roundtable Commissioners are Steve Rodriggs and Larry
Seymour. Together they bring 50 years of Scouting experience
to the round table and are excited about presenting new and
interesting Scouting information and training to Scouters of
the Mission Peak District. All Boy Scout leaders and
interested adults are invited to join us at
Roundtable. A
little about us: Steve
Rodriggs has 25 years of Scouting experience as a youth and
adult and is an Eagle Scout from T186 in Newark. Steve has
served as Den Leader, Webelos Leader, and Cubmaster of Pack
269. He was an ASM and Scoutmaster of Troop 269 and has just
started a new Venture Crew 269 serving as Crew Advisor.
Steve has served on District Cub and Boy Scout Training
Staffs, University of Scouting, and will be joining the HAT
team. He served on Staff at the 2005 National Jamboree, led
a Philmont Trek in 2009 and was a troop contingent leader at
the 2010 National Jamboree this past summer. Steve has
earned his Wood Badge beads and is a Mission Peak District
Award of Merit recipient and the proud father of two Eagle
Scouts. He is looking forward to his new role at the Mission
Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable. Larry
Seymour also has 25 years of Scouting experience as a youth
and adult and is the first Eagle Scout from T449, in which
he served as Scoutmaster for 6 years. Larry was a Cubmaster
of Pack 114, and is currently the Venture Crew Advisor of
Crew 449. He served on Cub Scout Day Camp Staff, National
Youth Leadership Training (Brownsea) Staff, National
Jamboree Staff with Steve in 2005, and was on staff at the
100th Anniversary World Jamboree in England in 2007. Larry
has earned his Wood Badge beads and is also a Mission Peak
District Award of Merit recipient. He is the proud father of
an Eagle Scout and is excited about sharing his knowledge
and experience at the Mission Peak District Boy Scout
Roundtable. What
is Roundtable? Roundtable
is an informal training opportunity and open forum to share
experiences and learn new things. Old-timers and new leaders
are invited to join in the discussion. We would like to have
at least one representative from each troop join us each
month. We
plan to have guest speakers visit Roundtable to share their
knowledge and experiences. A tentative calendar of topics
for the Roundtable will be forthcoming, but will include
topics like Advancement: Life to Eagle, places to camp and
fun things to do in the Bay Area, how to conduct an
effective Den Chief program, Back Packing basics, how to
plan for a Philmont trek, Wilderness First Aid and what you
need to know when hiking in the back country, High Adventure
opportunities and much, much more! We
are looking for experienced Scouters who would like to share
their knowledge about these and other subjects. Thank you to
those who have already volunteered. We will be confirming
dates with you shortly. If you have an idea for a topic, or
would like to share an experience, please let us
know. Please
forward this notice on to anyone who might be interested. We
look forward to meeting you and are excited about presenting
an informative program at the Mission Peak District
Roundtable. See you all on October 14th! Steve
Rodriggs and Larry Seymour 10/06/2010 Boy
Scout and Cub Scout Roundtables on October 14,
2010 Here
are some items and issues that pertain specifically to Cub
Scouts: •
Please review the attached spreadsheet listing information
about your Pack and contact information for your
Cubmaster and Committee Chair . I know some of it is
out of date so please send me an email within a week so I
can get it corrected. •
The October Cub Scout Roundtable breakouts will be focused
on assisting new leaders . Please send your Tiger
- Bear new and seasoned leaders to a breakout led by
Janis Tipton-King. Please send your Webelos 1 leaders
to a breakout that will be led by Steve Armstrong who
will be discussing the differences between the Webelos
program and the previous ranks, and what that means to
the new Webelos leader. •
All your Webelos 2's and their leaders need to come to the
October Roundtable to visit all the Troops who will be there
specifically to see them, answer their questions, make
connections, etc. We would like for the Webelos 2
Leaders to send Steve Armstrong an email if they are coming
to the Troop showcase at the October Roundtable. •
Tiger Cub Pumpkin Patch will take place on Saturday, October
23rd from 9-11 am at Perry Farms in Newark. Please
pass along the attached flyer to your Tiger Cub leaders so
they will come and earn their first segment of the unique 3
part patch. Pass the attached copy of the 3 part patch
they can earn. Laurie Fiatal, who is leading the Tiger
Cub Pumpkin Patch this year needs the Tiger Cub Leaders to
send her an email with an estimated headcount by October
18th . Laurie's contact information is on the
flyer. Please forward the flyer to your Tiger Cub
leaders, families, etc. •
Rechartering: Recharter packets will be available for
pick up at the October Roundtable. If you have all your
applications turned into San Leandro before October
8th, you will find everyone included in the roster you will
receive in your recharter packet on October 14. This
will save you alot of manual inputting. •
Youth Protection Training : Don't forget that all
of your direct contact leaders need to have a
current Youth Protection Training status. Their
training date can't be more than 2 years old at charter
renewal time. You need to have people printout their
Completion Certificate if they took the online course in
order to show you that they are current with
their YP Training when you turn in your recharter
paperwork in November. National has taken the stance
that no leader will be renewed for the new year unless they
are current with their youth protection training. I'd
also like for you send me a contact list for your Tiger
Cub, Webelos 1, and Webelos 2 leaders. We will have
events, activities, and information that will pertain
specifically to them throughout this year, and it would
be helpful if we could just contact them
directly. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team -----
Forwarded Message ----- From:
"Steve Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net> This
is a reminder to attend the October 14th Monthly
Roundtable Meeting that's held in the gym at the LDS
Church Facility located at 810 Walnut Avenue in
Fremont. The meeting starts at 7 pm, and entry
into the building is from the parking lot that's behind
the building. It's
important that each Pack, Troop, and Crew send a
representative to this Roundtable. Aside from the
Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtable Programs, the following
items will be available for pick-up: 1.
Your 2011 Recharter Packets . In order to have the
most current and up to date rosters in your packet, turn all
your new youth and adult applications in by October
8th. Having their names on your roster will save you
the chore of entering them manually. We will be
asking your representative to sign out for the packet so we
can direct you to the person who picked it up in case it
goes missing. 2.
Lesli Mays will be there passing out Scouting For Food Door
hangers for your assigned areas. Boy
Scout Roundtable Program This
year, the whole gym will be available for Troops to set up
inside for our annual Troop Showcase where the Troops
and Crews will be "showing their stuff" for Webelos
Scouts who will be coming to this meeting to check
them out. Webelos 1 Leaders will be looking
for Den Chiefs and making connections for future Pack/Troop
contacts. Webelos 2 Leaders and their Scouts are
interested in making connections as part of the Webelos
to Scout Transition Process. Set-up starts at
6:30 pm. All
Troops that are participating this year are requested to
send an email to Steve Rodriggs, our Boy Scout
Roundtable Commissioner, no later than October 12th.
Plan to bring extension cords, tables, and other support
materials you might need since everything will be
available on a first come first served basis. There's
no internet connectivity at the facility. Steve's
email address is: "Steve Rodriggs" <
steve.rodriggs@lmco.com >. Cub
Scout Roundtable There
will be 2 breakouts: 1.
For new Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Den Leaders. Janis
Tipton-King will be leading this breakout, answering your
questions, and sharing her many years of experience as
a Scout Leader and discussing the many aspects of
KISMIF. If your new Den Leaders don't know what
KISMIF is, be sure to have them come and find out about what
it is. 2.
For new Webelos Leaders. Steve Armstrong will lead
this breakout and discuss the differences between the
Webelos Program and the program followed by Scouts in
the 1st - 3rd grades; about program planning; and, resource
sharing. After a short program, the Webelos 1 Leaders
will go into the gym and check out the Troops.
This will be an opportunity for the Webelos 1 Leaders to see
about arranging for a Den Chief, about borrowing a
Scout to help teach the Webelos Scoutcraft Skills,
and/or finding a partner for an occasional campout
or hike where units can get to know each other
better. Webelos 1 boys should not be brought to
this event. They will have an opportunity to see
Troops in action at the Indoor Rally on February 4,
2011. All
Webelos 2 Leaders and their Scouts need to come to this
Roundtable to check out the Troops and make connections with
Troops for the future. All Webelos 2 Leaders are
requested to email Steve Armstrong no later than October
12th if they and their Webelos Den intend to visit Troops on
October 14th at the Troop Showcase. Cub
Scout Leaders: Please pass this email along
to new Cub Scout Den Leaders and Webelos Den
Leaders, or active parents, who may not be members
of on the Mission Peak District Yahoo
Group. If you would like to get them to join the
Group, here's the information you need to send to
them: New
subscribers need to send an email with following
information to
MissionPeakDistrict-subscribe@yahoogroups.com: •
name s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 9/25/2010 Training
News for Cub & Boy Scout Leaders and other Mission Peak
District info *This
is really long. My apologies. Print only the segments you
need if you must print, and remember a scout is thrifty, so
print double sided.* *In
This email/newsletter are* *1)
Cub Adult Training Info & Den chief training
info* *2)
Boy Scout Adult Training Info* *3)
Special events* *4)
BSA 2010 Info on definition of active* *Cub
Scout Leader Training* All
training courses for Cub Scout Leaders are now available
online at:
www.scouting.org/volunteer/training<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333530307L3239313438> Courses
include: -
Cub Scout Leader Position-Specific Training -
Youth Protection The
courses have been updated to support the new Cub Scout
Delivery Method rolled out earlier this year. Now, Den
Leaders and assistants, Cubmasters and assistants, Pack
Trainers, and Pack Committee Chairs and members can now
learn the how-to's for successfully conducting an engaging
den and pack program and can become confident in the role
each plays. Online
training is also available by clicking the link:
www.MyScouting.org<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333530317L3239313438>,
click on the E-Learning link under the Training header
located on the left-side menu. Then click on the Cub Scouts
tab and voila! ... all leader training is at your
convenience. If
you do not have a MyScouting account, there are simple
instructions on the landing page that will help you create
one. In
addition to the opportunity for online training, all four
Cub Scout leader courses are supported by a printed
syllabus, some with a DVD, to assist Council and District
training teams in conducting instructor-led experiences. The
catalog number for this resource is 34875. *TRAINING* All
new adult applications must be submitted with a youth
protection completion certificate attached. This training is
done through myscouting.org. You do not need to have an id
number or account to take this course. All other courses
taken on line need you to open an account using your BSA id
number. *Upcoming
Live Training** *Are
you a trained leader? Please don't miss out on one of our
upcoming training classes! *CUB
LEADER SPECIFIC TRAINING* September
25 Cub Scout Leader
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1458>9a-12p Walnut
LDS Fremont San Francisco Bay Area Council (SFBAC) More info
Doug Hershberger 650-898-7819 hersh006@gmail.com September
25 Cub Scout Leader
Training<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?39393230327L343838393430>
Julian Center San Jose Santa Clara Council (SCC) October
2 evening Cub Scout Leader
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1441> More info
Jeff Biehl TVTrainingChair@yahoo.com October
16 Cub Scout Leader
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1459>9a-12p Walnut
LDS Fremont San Francisco Bay Area Council (SFBAC) More info
Doug Hershberger 650-898-7819 hersh006@gmail.com October
16 Cub Scout New Delivery Method
Refresh<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1462>Walnut LDS
Fremont San Francisco Bay Area Council (SFBAC) More info
Doug Hershberger 650-898-7819 hersh006@gmail.com October
23 Cub Scout Leader
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/LDS_Training_Extravaganza_2010__2_.pdf>@Pleasanton,
SFBAC More info Jeff
BiehlTVTrainingChair@yahoo.com Cub
Scout Leader Specific
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1442> * @Twin
Valleys SFBAC, November 6, 2010 More info Jeff
BiehlTVTrainingChair@yahoo.com Cub
Scout Leader Specific
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1443> *January 22,
2011 More info Jeff Biehl
TVTrainingChair@yahoo.com Cub
Scout Leader Specific
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1444> *April 9,
2011 More info Jeff Biehl
TVTrainingChair@yahoo.com CUB
LEADER Additional Live TRAINING* October
9 Webelos Leader Outdoor
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1446>@ Pleasanton
SFBAC October
23 Outdoor Webelos Leader
Training<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333439377L3239313438>Camp
Cheesborough, Los Gatos SCC April
16, 2011 Webelos Leader Outdoor
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1461>Mission Peak
SFBAC October
23 Basic Adult Leader Outdoor
Orientation<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333439387L3239313438>Camp
Cheesborough, Los Gatos SCC April
16, 2011 Basic Adult Leader Outdoor
Orientation<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1460> (BALOO)
Mission Peak SFBAC March
26, 2011 *BALOO - Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation
<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1445> *Twin Valleys
SFBAC University
of Scouting* SFBAC January 29, 2011
http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/university WOOD
BADGE* April 29-May 1 & May 14-16, 2011 * SFBAC *
http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/woodbadge DEN
CHIEF & YOUTH TRAINING* October
2 Den Chief
Training<http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/training/denchief.php>Camp
Herms, Mt Diablo Silverado Council (MDSC) October
9 Den Chief
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/LDS_Training_Extravaganza_2010__2_.pdf>@Pleasanton,
SFBAC More info Jeff
BiehlTVTrainingChair@yahoo.com October
23 Den Chief
Training<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/LDS_Training_Extravaganza_2010__2_.pdf>@Pleasanton,
SFBAC More info Jeff
BiehlTVTrainingChair@yahoo.com October
30 Den Chief
Training<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333439397L3239313438>
Julian Center San Jose SCC June
2011 - National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT Brownsea
SFBAC) http://www.brownsea-nylt.org/** BOY
SCOUT ADULT LEADER TRAINING October
2 Indoor Backpacking
Clinic<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333439367L3239313438>
Sports Basement Sunnyvale SCC November
5 CPR
Training<http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/training/hat/wilderness.php>
Pleasant Hill by HAT MDSC November
6-7 Wilderness First Aid
<http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/training/hat/wilderness.php>
Pleasant Hill by HAT MDSC November
6 HAT Reboot <http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat>
YLTC San Leandro by HAT SFBAC March
2011 HAT Back Packing Basics
<http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/hat/basicbackpacking>
by HAT SFBAC SM/ASM
Leader Specific Training- (Mission Peak District SFBAC)
<http://www.sfbac.org/node/1529> More info Tom Sims
trsims@att.net Indoor
Specific April 2, 2011 @ Fremont Scout House
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1529 IOLS
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (ACORN) part 1 in the
afternoon <http://www.sfbac.org/node/1530> April 3,
2011 PM@ Fremont Scout House
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1530 IOLS
(ACORN) part 2 <http://www.sfbac.org/node/1532> April
15-17 RLM http://www.sfbac.org/node/15 SM/ASM
Leader Specific Training- (Twin Valleys District SFBAC) More
info John Bird johnbird942@yahoo.com Indoor
Specific January 22, 2011 @Dublin
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1449 or February 19 @Dublin
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1450 or May 21
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1451 IOLS
Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (Blue Oak) part 1 Wed
March 2, 2011 evening@ Dublin Sheriffs Center
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1452 IOLS
(Blue Oak) part 2 March 11-13 RLM
http://www.sfbac.org/node/1453 University
of Scouting SFBAC January 29, 2011
http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/university WOOD
BADGE April 29-May 1 & May 14-16, 2011 * SFBAC *
http://www.sfbac.org/training/adult/woodbadge *
Resources for LNT Training * Please
contact Argie Guinto of Santa Clara Council if your troop
will like help in LNT. He is willing to comeout to Troop
meetings/outtings which should they be scheduled a month
minimum in advance. The training will be the new LNT
Awareness course which is 3 hours long but will qualify
those who attend for the new Position of Resp. of LNT
Teacher. Contact Argie at argie.guinto@gmail.com
<argie.guinto@gmail.com%22>. *OR
* Take
the *LNT Trainer course*
<http://www.bsa-mdsc.org/training/lnt.php> October
16-17 Camp Roman Oak Pleasant Hill MDSC *Powder
Horn* Powder
Horn is called a training course, but you'll think you're a
kid at Camp! Powder Horn is fun! Prior course graduates are
welcome and encouraged! Powder Horn is encouraged for
Trained Venturing, Sea Scouting, Varsity, and Boy Scout
Adults who want to develop their unit's outdoor and high
adventure programs. Hosted
by Pacific Skyline Council at Cutter Creek Scout Reservation
near Boulder Creek, CA, please join us October 1-3. More
information
http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/09_10_10_Powder_Horn_WesternRegion.pdf *Scout
Special events* NEW
SFBAC Council Shoulder Patch Design Contest All
registered Scouts and Leaders are invited to participate in
our new Council Shoulder Patch design contest. This will be
the official council shoulder patch and are sold through the
Scout Shops. All Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scout,
Venturers, Sea Scouts and adults are invited to submit a
design for a new Council Shoulder Patch. The design should
be indicative of the Bay Area. All designs must be submitted
on the official Design Form available on the Council website
at www.sfbac.org. The
contest winner will be recognized with their patch design at
the 2011 San Francisco Bay Area Council Volunteer Dinner on
February 12, 2011. Contest
is open to all registered San Francisco Bay Area Council
youth and adults. Entries must be received on or before
October 15, 2010. In the design process, remember that
designs may be altered to conform to standard patch sizes
and shapes. Entries should be submitted either digitally or
hand drawn. You may submit more than one entry. Send
entries to Patch Design, San Francisco Bay Area Council,
1001 Davis Street, San Leandro CA 94577-1514 or emailed to
jasonl@sfbac.org Contest entry forms with patch outline are
available online at www.sfbac.org or at the Youth Leadership
Training Center. International
Day of Scouting
<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/4th_International_Scouting_Day.pdf>
Sat October 16 San Leandro, SFBAC YLTC International
Jamboree on The Air
(JOTA)<http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/jota/the_53rd_jota_2010>
October 16-17 on radio waves around the world and in San
Leandro. International Jamboree on The
Internet<http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/joti>on
the internet Boy
Scout Shooting Sports Camp at Rancho Los Mochos, Oct
1-3 Where
can you get Safety Instruction, .22 Rifle Marksmanship,
Archery, Tomahawks, Wildlife Conservation Class,
Trapshooting/Shotgun Course, and have lots of BIG FUN? At
Shooting Sports Camp! This is a great camp for older Scouts.
Participants will sign-up and camp by Troop/Crew, with at
least two registered adults per unit in camp at all times.
Camp is limited to 144 Scouts. Merit Badge instruction will
be provided, however awarding of archery, rifle and shotgun
merit badges is in part dependent upon individual Scouts
marksmanship abilities and past experience. Date
Friday to Sunday, October 1-3, 2010 at Rancho Los Mochos,
Livermore. Cost is only $45 per Scout and $20 per adult and
includes meals. Council refund policy applies. Online
signups or print/mail signup form is both available at
www.sfbac.org/camping/boyscout/shooting Contact Emily
Determan at 510.577.9218 for more information. Blast
Off with Rocket Jamboree 2010 ! This
years Rocket Jamboree is October 9th and 10th at Camp Parks,
Dublin CA. There will be a Rocket building night at the
Council office Wed. Sept 22nd at 6:00 PM. Or, for Boy Scouts
only, you can pre purchase your rockets from Mr. Mike
Gentile 510-461-0863 and build on your own. Flyers are on
the council website under Tres Ranchos District. Cubmasters,
Den Leaders! Be Sure to Invite NEW Cub Scouts to Camping
Connection 2010 ! Camping
Connection is an event for those Cub Scouts (Tigers through
Webelos) who are new to Scouting. This will be their first
Cub Scout camping activity. Each Cub attends with a parent
and other family members are welcome to attend also (over 5
years). New Cub Scout is FREE, parent or other family
members are only $40. Camping Connection is held at Rancho
Los Mochos in the Livermore hills on October 23-24, 2010. Be
sure your new Cub Scout parents check out our website at
(Click
Here)<http://www.sfbac.org/camping/cubscout> SFBAC
Volunteer Recognition Dinner Saturday, February 12, 2011
NOTE Date Change Coyote
Creek Cycling Classic It's
time to gear up! Please
join us on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Model Aircraft
Skypark in Morgan Hill. An annual family fun ride for youth
and adults of all ages, this event provides families the
opportunity to participate in a 12, 25, or 50 mile fun ride
along the Coyote Creek bicycle trail. Riders will be
provided lunch, an event t-shirt and patch. Open
to the public, our intent is to support healthy living for
families. We look forward to having you join us again this
year! To
register, please click
HERE<http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.asp?3130333439337L3239313438> Scout
Day with the Giants
<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/Boy_Scout__2_.pdf>Celebrate
100 years of the BSA Saturday October 2nd Disney
On
Ice<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/Scouts__Info__Price_Sheet___Order_Form__0.pdf>
Oracle Arena October 13-17, 2010 Cal
Football Scout
Day<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/Cal_Football_Scout_Day_2010.pdf>
November 13th California Memorial Stadium
Berkeley Radio
City
Rockettes<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/_-_Rockettes__Scout_Price_Sheet___Order_Form.pdf> December
16th and 17th Oracle Arena For
info click
here<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/_-_Rockettes__Scout_Price_Sheet___Order_Form.pdf> Monster
Energy Supercross
<http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/Scout_Order_Form_0.pdf>Satu
day January 29, 2011, 7pm Oakland Coliseum Attention
Pack and Den Leaders On
Saturday, October 16th, from 1-4 PM, the Rancho San Antonio
Open Space Preserve is opening up it's replica Native
American Ohlone Village so families can learn about the
Ohlones who lived in the Bay Area for thousands of years.
Visitors will enjoy hands-on activities and demonstrations
of Ohlone daily life including Fire Starting, Flint
Knapping, Tool Making, Rope Making, Archery, Acorn Grinding
and much more. The
cost is $5 per person. Children under 2 are free. It's an
unmatched opportunity to have fun while learning about our
region's indigenous people. It's the perfect event for
families and boy or girl scout troops. More
info http://www.fodhf.org/ohlone_2010_flyer.pdf *Definition
of "ACTIVE" from the Boy Scout Handbook new edition of Boy
Scout Requirements (34765) released in mid January, 2010 in
which, the book now includes a specific definition of
"ACTIVE" that clarifies some of the information previously
published in other locations. A
Scout will be considered "active" in his unit if he
is 1.
Registered in his unit (registration fees are
current) 2.
Not dismissed from his unit for disciplinary
reasons 3.
Engaged by his unit leadership on a regular basis (informed
of unit activities through Scoutmaster conference or
personal contact, etc. 4.
In communication with the unit leader on a quarterly
basis. (Units
may not create their own definition of active; this is a
national standard.) If
the Scout does not initiate communication, the unit leader
is to contact the Scout and ask if the youth wishes to
remain in Scouting. If the answer is negative, then the unit
leader should no longer communicate with the Scout. If the
answer is affirmative, the unit leader should provide the
unit calendar. After six months of nonparticipation, the
unit leader may cease to contact with the youth and drop the
Scout from the unit at recharter time. The
Scout may return to the unit at any time while on the unit
charter. At any time a Scout is dropped from a charter, the
youth may re-apply to a unit for readmission; the acceptance
of the application is at the discretion of the unit. The
youth would be reinstated at the rank and level that can be
documented by either the Scout or the unit. Yours
in Scouting /s/
ron fong 9/2/2010 Mission
Peak Campout and Scout Day clarifications Gary,
TC, and I have been receiving several questions about
various things and we thought it would be helpful if we
clarified a few things. The
Campout - arrival, check in, parking, moving your cars on
9/11, breaking camp, etc. a..
All Webelos, Boy Scouts, Teams, Posts and Crews are welcome
to camp. No non-Scout brothers or sisters please. b..
Webelos 2's are welcome to camp with Troops. c..
Webelos 1's and 2's may camp together as a Pack d..
Units wishing to camp must notify TC Noble and Steve
Armstrong (by email) no later than September 4th if they
want to camp. 9/4 is a new date. e..
Camping fees are $25.00 per unit, payable in advance no
later than September 7th (the due date is new). Send your
check made out to SFBAC to Steve Armstrong at 32369 Lake
Temescal Lane in Fremont 94555. f..
Refer to the attached Scout Day Map. g..
Entry into the area where we will be camping is on Sailway
Drive off of Paseo Padre Parkway near the boat launch ramp
and the Boat House. h..
Overnight parking is available in the 2 lots marked by #1 on
the map. i..
Camping check in will begin at 6 pm and everyone must check
in at the check in table that will be located in the area
marked as #2 on the map. We will essentially be camping in
the area between the 2 rows of Poplars that will be easy to
see from the 2 parking lots labeled as #1. j..
Check in will start at 6 pm on September 10th. Campsites
will be assigned to you at the check in desk. k..
We are asking that you pack light and minimize the number of
tents you bring. This will be our first time camping here
and we believe the space may be a little tight for the
number of campers we may have. As of today, we think there
may be as many as 100 tents. l..
Camping and cooking guidelines: Refer to the attached
Camping Guidelines. These are the same guidelines that we
had at the 2010 NorCal Jamboree - no fires, no holes in the
ground, all cooking must take place off the ground, all
charcoal and other trash must be removed by each unit, etc.
We agreed to Leave No Trace. m..
There will not be an organized Campfire on Friday night and
we are encouraging you to have your own Cracker Barrel and
bring along some extra to share with people who will be
coming to visit you. n..
We will have access to Group Camping Area "C" marked on the
map by an arrow, and if Scouts want to get together and plan
something they are welcome to do so. o..
There will be a Senior Patrol Leaders Meeting with TC Noble,
Gary Ely, and others on Friday evening where more details
and information will be passed along about our September
11th activities. The time and location of the meeting will
be told to you at check in. p..
All overnight campers will be required to move your cars
into the parking lots label as #3, #4, and #5 on the map no
later than 7:30 am on Saturday morning. With reference to
the map, please fill the lots in numerical order. The return
walk back to the camping area is only approximately 5
minutes. q..
We would like to have you leave your tents up during the day
on September 11th, so the public will be able to view our
"sea of tents". TC and his team will be informing you about
security issues when you check in. r..
In order to avoid the difficulties experienced by many of us
at the Jamboree, don't plan on there being any food
available for purchase in the park on September 11th. You
need to provide food and water for your Scouts. The
Opening Ceremony on September 11th a..
We would like all Packs, Troops, Posts, Teams, and Crews
(campers and non-campers) to participate in the Opening
Ceremony that will begin at 9 am and run for approximately
30 minutes. b..
Beginning at 8:30 am we would like all the Scouts to
assembly by unit over by the row of Poplars closest to the
Teen Center parking lot, to form up and participate in an
opening flag procession that will include marching over to
the Opening Ceremony area that will be over by the Boat
House. c..
Each unit needs to bring their flags and flag stands to the
Opening Ceremony, since they will be involved in the opening
flag ceremony and we are asking everyone to leave their
flags in the Opening Ceremony for the remainder of the day
for all the public to see. Make certain that you have a flag
stand that will keep your flag from falling over. d..
Each Scout is required to wear their full uniform for the
Opening ceremony, but they may remove their uniform shirt
and wear their unit t-shirt if they are competing in either
the Dragon Boat Races or Cub Scout Games. e..
At the conclusion of the Opening Ceremony, the Boy Scouts
who are racing the Dragon Boats will gather for an
orientation and safety instruction. f..
Cub Scouts and the rest of the audience are welcome to go
down to the lake and check out the Dragon Boats until race
time which will start at around 10:30 am, or gather around
the Cub Scout Games area that will be set up after the
Opening Ceremony concludes. g..
Just a reminder about food, water, etc. We recommend that
you bring enough food, water, and snacks for your unit
and/or your family since it is unlikely that there will be
any food vendors open on September 11th to provide for all
of your needs. h..
If you aren't camping overnight, you are welcome to park in
the lots designated by #1 on the map when you arrive on
Saturday morning. We hope that lots of non-camping Scouts
will come and participate in the Opening Ceremony on
Saturday morning. Please have your Scout there by 8:30
am. Dragon
Boat Races on September 11th a..
The cut-off for Dragon Boat entries is now past. A couple of
you are finalizing your racing rosters and that's ok. In
addition, a couple of units need to confirm how many teams
you will have racing. b..
More details will be provided to you on race day, but Gary
Ely and his team are in the process of developing the racing
brackets that will be prepared in time for Spotlight on
Scouting, which takes place on September 9th. The grid Gary
is developing will have brackets and time slots that you
will need to pay attention to on race day. c..
We currently have 18 teams and we anticipate that the race
schedule will run from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Teams will be
ranked by time and there will be a final race to determine
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. d..
Team members will be approved by Scoutmasters, Crew Post
Advisors, with the minimum requirement that all the Scouts
are able to swim. e..
There is a $25.00 fee per unit and it is required to be paid
in advance no later than September 7th. Please make out your
check to SFBAC and mail it to Steve Armstrong at 32369 Lake
Temescal Lane in Fremont 94555. Cub
Scout Games a..
Cub Scout Games will be limited to Cub Scouts, Webelos
Scouts, and their brothers and sisters who are not older
than 5th graders. b..
The Games will start at 10:30 am and run through 1:30 pm. No
pre-registration is required and their will be a $1.00 fee
for the Scout Day patch payable on the day of the
Games. c..
Each participant will sign in at the registration desk where
they will receive a portfolio that they will get stamped as
they complete each activity. The activities are designed so
Scouts as young as Tiger Cub age will be able to complete
them, and be fun for our older Cub Scouts. d..
There will be 7 stations they must complete in order to earn
their patch (we'll make certain that everyone earns their
patch). e..
After you complete Cub Scout Games we encourage you and your
family to hang around and watch the Dragon Boat Races, eat
the picnic lunch you may have brought with you, or otherwise
just hang around and visit with the other Scouting families
who will be there. I
hope this answers most of your open questions. If you need
additional information about camping, send TC Noble an
email. If you need to know more about the Dragon Boat Races,
send and email to Gary Ely. If you need more information
about Cub Scout Games or more information about the overall
event, you can email Steve Armstrong or give him a call at
510-693-7279. Our emal addresses are in the courtesy copy
line above. s/Gary,
Steve, TC, and the Scout Day Team 9/1/2010 NASA
Ames Rocks with the Stars at Science and Culture Fest,
Sunday, Sept. 5 FYI
- Free Event SUBJECT:
NASA Ames Rocks with the Stars at Science and Culture Fest,
Sunday, Sept. 5 Share
the excitement of NASA's science and culture festival on
Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at Chabot Space and Science Center,
located at 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland,
California. "You
just have to believe" is the theme of NASA's science and
culture festival, which features the world premiere of a
holographic presentation of NASA astronaut Leland Melvin and
hip hop artist MOS Def discussing mathematics and science.
In addition, the holograph will feature NASA images of Earth
and space. Students will be challenged to participate in
NASA's space program. They will also be able to enjoy
numerous exhibits and hands-on science and technology
activities, including remotely operating real NASA rovers.
Youth Speaks, the leading nonprofit literary arts
organization in the country, will present its poetry and
art. The
festivities support NASA's science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) efforts to reach out to
underrepresented middle school students. Admission
is free. WHEN:
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. WHERE:
Chabot Space and Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd.,
Oakland, Calif. ( http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm
). To
register or check out more details go to:
http://www.isisfest.eventbrite.com (you are not required to
register to attend, but it will help us keep track of
numbers). I
hope very much that you and your families will be able to
join us for this event! 8/31/2010 Join
in the Fremont effort! Dear
Volunteers: The
City of Fremont Environmental Services Division will be
hosting cleanup events in honor of Coastal Cleanup Day on
Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. Last
year, on September 19, there were 80,600 volunteers that
removed 1,300,000 pounds of debris in California alone. With
over 250 volunteers participating in Fremont last year, they
have removed just under 3,000 pounds of material along 5
miles of creeks. September
25 will mark the 26th Anniversary of Coastal Cleanup Day.
Not only is this event a local, state and nation event, but
it is an international event as well. Join the millions of
volunteers internationally that participate on this special
day in honor of protecting the waters and oceans of the
world. So get to your calendars and mark the date, September
25 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. *Pre-registration
is required at* http://www.fremont.gov/forms.aspx?fid=193.
For more information, please go to our website at
http://www.fremont.gov/CoastalCleanupDay. Thank
you for all that you do for the environment. *Val
Blakely* 8/31/2010 Spotlight
on Scouting September
9th from 7 pm to 8:30 pm Come
to Mission Peak's annual resource fair that's held each year
at the September Roundtable. There will be lots of tables
with information and knowledgeable people to answer your
questions. Purchase
Scouting books and materials at the Scout Shop Trading Post
that will be there. Pick up your new Cub Scout 2010 Meeting
Resource Guide. Please
note: (1) Our start time for all Roundtables has permanently
shifted back to 7 pm; (2) All of our Roundtables are held at
the LDS Church at 810 Walnut Avenue in Fremont; and, (3) the
Troop showcase where Troops "show off their stuff" for the
Webelos will not take place at this Roundtable, but will
happen at next month's Roundtable on October
14th. Here
are some of the major areas where you will be able to gather
information: •
Activities: The latest on Mission Peak Scout Day on
September 11th; Cub Scout Games; Tiger Cub Activities;
Indoor Rally, etc. •
Advancement and Recognition: Merit Badge Extravaganzas, and
ask about the Eagle advancement process. •
Annual Planning: Pick up your annual planning kit.
•
Camping: Camping on September 10th; the Spring Camporee; Cub
Scout Adventure and Day Camps; Boy Scout Summer Camps.
•
Commissioners: Stop by and say hello, get a current
calendar, and see what else they have. •
Cub Scout 2010 Break Out : Learn all about the new Cub Scout
2010 Program Delivery Method. •
Dragon Boat Races: Look for Gary Ely and see your race
bracket. •
Fall Recruiting: Order your Fall Recruiting Flyers.
•
HAT Training: Find out all about it and pick up a schedule.
•
Order of the Arrow: Attend the break out and find out all
about the OA, elections, etc. •
Popcorn: Have you signed up yet? •
Scouting For Food: Sign up for your Scouting For Food area.
•
Training: Pick up a Training Calendar; ask about Youth
Protection Training; updating your training records; ask
about Cub Scouts 2010; NYLT; and, Wood Badge. •
The World Jamboree. Any
questions? Ask Steve Armstrong at
starmstr@comcast.net. 8/26/2010 Information
for your upcoming or continuing annual
planning I'm
aware that many of you are planning for the upcoming
2010-2011 Scout year, and I want to highlight a few things
that are coming up over the next couple of months that you
should find interesting. Please
refer to the attached handout from the August Roundtable for
a calendar of upcoming key events and
activities.
Here's some comments on a few of the items: Popcorn
Kick off on August 26th: You need to send a representative
to this meeting to get that extra commission increase. You
should have received previous emails or letters notifying
you about this meeting over the past couple of
months. Spotlight
on Scouting on September 9th: This our annual resource fair
where you can: •
Find out what's going on in District for the year.
•
Pick up your annual planning kit if you don't have one yet.
•
Sign up and order your Fall Recruiting materials.
•
Sign-up for your Scouting for Food area. •
Get a Training Calendar. •
Learn about the new Cub Scout 2010 Den Meeting planning
materials at a breakout. Please
Note: We have moved the Troop Showcase activity where
Webelos come and check out the Troops to the October
Roundtable. Boy
Scout/Webelos Campout at Lake Elizabeth on September 10th: I
hope you've heard about our September 10th sleepover in
connection with the Mission Peak Scout Day event on
September 11th. This campout is for Boy Scouts and Webelos
Dens only. Webelos 2's are welcome to camp with Boy Scout
Troops, or your Webelos can camp as a group. There will be a
$25.00 fee for each Pack of Webelos camping overnight (not
for the Webelos 2's camping with a troop). If you have any
questions you can contact TC Noble at nobletc@aol.com. The
cut-off for Packs notifying us if your Webelos will be
camping out is September 3rd. You can make your check out to
SFBAC and mail it to Steve Armstrong at 32369 Lake Temescal
Lane in Fremont 94555. Steve's phone number is
510-459-5862. Mission
Peak Scout Day on September 11th at Lake
Elizabeth: •
We are asking each Pack to come and participate in the
Opening Ceremony of the first Mission Peak Scout Day that
will start at 9 am on September 11th. All of the Tri-City
area Packs and Troops will be part of an opening procession
where each of the units will march in following behind the 2
boys that will be carrying their American and unit flags. We
are asking for everyone to gather at 8:30 am so we can get
everyone lined up ahead of time. •
There will be a 30 to 45 minute Opening Ceremony, and then
there will be a Cub Scout Games activity starting around
10:30 am. We will have 7 stations set up for the boys to
rotate through, and if they complete 5 of the 7 stations
they can earn a special Scout Day Patch. There will be a
$1.00 fee for the patch. •
Cub Scout Games will run between 10:30 and 1:30 pm. After
the boys complete the Games activity that can go over by the
lake and see the older Scouts participating in Dragon Boat
Races. Refer
to the attached Backgrounder for more details and a schedule
of events and activities for the Campout and the September
11th activities. Newark
Days Parade on September 18th: Newark has an annual parade
that we are encouraging Packs to participate in each year.
We have many Packs participating in Fremont's annual 4th of
July Parade, and we would like to make the Newark Days
Parade another activity that local Scouts are supporting.
Pick up a flyer at Spotlight on Scouting. Our plan will be
to march together as one large Scout group as we have
usually done when we participate in the Fremont
Parade. Cub
Scout Leader Specific Training on September 25th: This is
the last component of the leader training that Pack leaders
must take to be considered as trained for their position.
People should complete the other components of their
leadership training before they take this course. Fast Start
Training for their position, This is Scouting, and Youth
Protection are all courses that can be taken online in My
Scouting. Come to Spotlight on Scouting on September 9th and
pick up a Training Schedule or contact Doug Hershberger for
more information at hersh006@gmail.com. Roundtable
on October 8th: Come and pick up your recharter packets,
your Scouting for Food Door Hangers, and learn about the
Meeting Plans associated with the new 2010 Cub Scout
Delivery method. Camping
Connection on October 22nd - 24th: An overnight camping
opportunity for new Scouts and their parents at Los
Mochos. Tiger
Cub Pumpkin Patch on October 23rd: This is an event for
Tiger Cubs and their families only. Come to Perry Farms in
Newark to take a hayride, go through a maze, decorate a
pumpkin, and have lots of fun. Refer to the attached draft
Pumpkin Patch Flyer and/or contact Laurie Fiatal at
laurie@fiatal.net. Have
fun planning and we hope to see everyone at Spotlight on
Scouting on September 9th and Scout Day on September
11th. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team -----
Forwarded Message ----- From:
"Steve Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net> Kick-off
for the New 2010-2011 Scout Year - come to the August
Roundtable (at 7 pm) Send
at least one person from your Pack, Troop, Crew, or Team.
Here's what's happening: •
Pick up your 2010-2011 annual planning kits (saddlebags)
with the latest District Calendar. •
Take the Youth Protection Course that's being offered.
•
Learn about the new Adult Leader Application requirements.
•
Come and hear about the new Cub Scout 2010 program delivery
method that starts next month. •
Schedule your leaders for the September Training Courses.
•
Order your Fall Recruiting materials. •
Find out about Spotlight on Scouting that will take place at
the September 9th Roundtable. •
Come and hear about our big September 10-11 Event at Lake
Elizabeth. Boy Scouts and Webelos will camp overnight on
September 10th at Lake Elizabeth. We
look forward to seeing you at Roundtable!!! s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 7/10/2010 Update
on September 10 - 11, 2010 Mission Peak Scouting Event that
includes overnight camping and Dragon Boat Racing at Lake
Elizabeth in Fremont At
least one person from your Troop or Crew needs to read this
entire email. If you want to see a Dragon Boat Race, there's
one on 7/11 in Fremont (see below). Steve
Cho , Joe Barton, and the Commissioner Team continue to work
on the final details for our 1st Annual Mission Peak
Scouting Event at Lake Elizabeth on September 10th and 11th.
Remember that we asked you to save the date on September
11th? Overnight
Camping on September 10th We
met with the Central Park Chief Ranger, Damon Sparacino,
yesterday. We can now report that we are a week away from
final confirmation allowing us to camp overnight on
September 10th. The current plan is as follows: •
Overnight camping for Webelos and Troops only (in lieu of
the canceled Council Fall Camporee). •
Camping would open up at 6 pm or so on Friday September
10th •
You won't need to break camp and cleanup until Saturday
afternoon, prior to the conclusion of the Dragon Boat
Races. •
2010 NorCal Jamboree Camping guidelines would apply. Campers
would need to bring everything they would need and Leave No
Trace guidelines would apply. •
We will have a campfire and Cracker Barrel in Group Camping
Area C on Friday night, with Troops providing things to
share. •
Events and activities on September 11th including Dragon
Boat Races We
are close to finalizing the calendar of events and times for
September 11th. Here's what we can tell you so
far: •
The day will begin with an opening Flag Procession and 9/11
Remembrance at 9a.m. This would include all Cub Scout Packs
as well. •
Instruction in the rules and practices of Dragon Boat Racing
will begin around 10 a.m. All racers would need to be there
at that time. •
Racing would begin at 11a.m. with teams of 20 racing each
other in 2 boats, and there will be a full complement of
racing that would determine 1st - 3rd place winners. The
boat provider will also provide a person to steer the
boats •
All safety and other gear needed for the racers will be
provided by the Dragon Boat provider. •
All you will need to do is to bring your team of 20 racers
to the event. For smaller units that can't field a team of
20, we can put teams together if you let us know. Other
Information for September 10th and 11th •
We will be resurrecting Cub Scout Games again and staging
them on September 11th. The plan would be to begin the Games
at 10 a.m. and conclude them in the early afternoon so the
Cub Scouts could join the audience to see the Dragon Boat
Finals. •
The current plan is to have awards for the Dragon Boat Race
winners, participation ribbons for the units participating
in the Day, and patches for each youth and adult leaders
participating in the Day. •
We will need to cover our costs for the 2 days of events by
charging unit fees of $25.00 for each Troop and Webelos Den
camping overnight, and $25.00 for the Troops participating
in the Dragon Boat racing. •
We need help from you planning and organizing the Dragon
Boat Races. Please volunteer your Troop specialist who
coordinates your Troop canoeing and water activities to help
us? Please send Steve Armstrong a return email with their
name, email etc., or have them give Steve a call at
510-693-7279. We need to have a meeting over the next couple
of weeks. •
We thought about what else we could do on September 11th,
but decided to just focus on the overnight camping, Dragon
Boat Racing, and Cub Scout Games this time. We can be more
creative in future years, but we want to make certain that
we do these 3 events and activities well. •
Spotlight on Scouting will be held as usual on September 9th
. This will give you an opportunity to showcase your Troop
or Crew as in past years. I
hope this email provides you with the information you need
to commit to participate in the Friday night overnight
camping and the Saturday Dragon Boat Racing, and we need to
know if your unit will be participating. Please send a
return email to Steve Armstrong informing us of your
intentions (even if they are tentative). You are also
welcome to contact your Commissioner or Steve Armstrong at
510-693-7279. If
you want to see a Dragon Boat Race , there will be Dragon
Boat Racing at Quarry Lakes Regional Park this Sunday (7/11)
. We believe they will be racing from 10 a.m. through the
mid-afternoon. Steve Cho and Steve Armstrong plan to be
there at 2 pm to see how the races are staged and how events
like this are organized. Call Steve A. on his cell phone if
you will be there at that time (510-693-7279) to say
hello. Here's
a link to the Dragon Boat Racing Association again for your
information: http://www.cdba.org/ s/Steve
and the Commissioner Team Upcoming
events and dates including the 4th of July Parade and the
Dragon Boat Races on 9/11; and the 2010-2011 Mission Peak
District Calendar Two
upcoming key events are happening this week. In addition,
please refer immediately below for information about your
Troop or Crew participating along with other Mission Peak
Scouts in Fremont's annual 4th of July Parade. 1.
Reminder: There will be a Merit Badge Counselor Training
course held on Thursday, June 10th at the LDS Church on
Walnut starting at 7 pm. It's ok to just show up or send
Gary Ely an email if you want to guarantee that you will
have course materials: garyely@comcast.net. 2.
Reminder: There will be an REI Scout Night at the Fremont
REI site off Durham Blvd in South Fremont on June 12th from
7:00 - 9:30 pm. Refer to the attached
flyer,
wear your Scout uniform, and you must RSVP to Kim Sanchez at
kisanch@rei.com.. you could also just show and take your
chances. There will be special discounts for Scouts that
night, so go and take advantage of them. 3.
Fremont's Annual 4th of July Parade: The Parade is in
Mission San Jose this year, and the Scouts will be marching
as one large group again as we've been doing for several
years. Just show up on Parade Day at the assembly point -
refer to the Parade website for the map - look for and join
our large Scout group that will ne hard to miss. Just have
your lone Scout show up or bring your whole Troop or Crew
along. You need to show up no later than 9:30 am and you
don't need to check in anywhere. Just go and find our
Mission Peak Scouts. Here's a link to the Parade website:
http://fremont4th.org/.
Open the "Route" tab at the top and you will find a map that
gives the staging area where you will need to go to find the
rest of our Mission Peak Scouts. I've also attached
a pdf
of the map above. Skip Phair will be coordinating our
activities again this year. You are welcome to contact him
at jfphair@yahoo.com. There
will be another opportunity to march in a parade at the
annual Newark Days Parade on September 18, 2010. We are
planning to participate as a group just like we've done for
the Fremont 4th of July Parade over the years, and we will
be sending you more details as we get closer to that
date. The
2010-2011 District Calendar We
have been waiting for a couple of final items before
publishing the 2010-2011 District Calendar. I've attached
the most
recent version of the
calendar
in case you would like to use it as part of your Troop or
Crew planning cycle, and I can commit that none of the
activities, events, or dates on this calendar will either be
cancelled or changed as we see it right now. There
will be no Fall Camporee this year. Refer below for more
details and an alternative overnight camping opportunity on
September 10th. Scout
Days at the Fremont Waterpark in Fremont's Central
Park Our
District Chairman, Steve Cho, inquired to see if the Fremont
Waterpark operators would cut a special deal for the Scouts.
They did propose a bundled price of admission and food for
$20+ per person but we thought this was pretty high for a
family of 4, and we weren't able to commit to a guaranteed
number of Scouts and their families to get a lower
price. Therefore,
we put 2 dates on the 2010-2011 calendar that we've labeled
Scout Day at the Fremont Waterpark that would be an option
for Scouts and their families to consider as a summertime
get together with their Scout friends, or their Packs,
Troops, and Crews. Admission is $10.99 per person that is
reasonably affordable, and we encourage any Scouts and their
families, Pack, Troops, and Crews to gather at the Fremont
Waterpark in the afternoon on those 2 dates. Here's a link
to the Waterpark's website: http://goaquaadventure.com/. Food
is available inside the facility and they won't allow any
food to be brought in from outside. Therefore, we invite any
units who might want to set up some form of fundraiser
selling food, water, or other drinks to set up something out
in the parking lot on those days. If anyone wants to do
this, send me (Steve Armstrong) an email and tell me what
you might have in mind. You could carve out a time slot of
when you would like to do it and we will broadcast that
information out to all the families in the District to try
to schedule their visit to the Park when you will be there.
We welcome more than one unit to participate at any given
time. Dragon
Boat Races on 9/11 We
previously asked you to save the date of September 11th for
a Dragon Boat Race activity that we were in the conceptual
stage of organizing. We will be definitely holding this
event and I'm attaching an updated
information sheet
that will provide you with more details. We now know that we
will only have 2 boats and that we will be organizing,
combining, etc. paddling crews of 20 boys per boat. Refer to
the attached
flyer
for more details. Here's a link to the California Dragon
Boat Association: http://www.cdba.org/. The
planning committee is also considering other activities that
could take place on September 11th. We have already
committed to do a Cub Scout Games activity for younger Cub
Scouts on that day and we might consider some combined
Webelos and Boy Scout activities on 9/11 as well if we can
get some volunteers to help us. Let me know if you would
like to volunteer for something BoyScout/Webelos related,
and pass along any ideas you might have. We
recently learned that the SFBAC Council had decided not to
stage a Council-wide Fall Camporee this year, and we have
been discussing some form of Fall camping event that we
might do in its place. One thought is to turn the 9/11
activity into some from of overnight activity for Boy
Scouts, Venturers, and Webelos. Our current plan is to have
the Boy Scouts, Venturers, and Webelos camp overnight on
Friday night, September 10th, at Lake Elizabeth. We need to
get approval from the City to do this and hope to know
something more definitive over the next couple of weeks. We
will keep you informed. We
would also like to get an idea of who would be interested in
participating in the Dragon Boat Races, and we need some of
your canoeing/boating aficionados to volunteer to help us
with the event. Please send me a return email if you would
be interested in participating in the Dragon Boat Races on
September 11th, estimating how many paddlers you might have,
and give us the names and contact information of people in
the Troop or Crew we could contact to help us organize this
event over the summer. Otherwise,
here's
the calendar.
Feel free contact your Commissioner or me with any changes,
additions, or questions you might have. I've attached
another copy of the Commissioner list as well. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 5/8/10 Two
subjects: We need dutch oven chefs for the May 13th
Roundtable; and, a Mission Peak 2010 Fall
Camporee? Scoutmasters,
Troop and Venture Leaders: The
May 13th Roundtable The
last Roundtable of the 2009-2010 Scout school year
takes place on May 13th, and as you know, it's normally a
social affair where we have a number of Scout adult
volunteers come and share their favorite dutch oven dish
with the group. We normally only have 3 to 8 people
participate and I am inviting you to have you best adult and
youth dutch oven chefs come and show off their stuff!!! We
need more participation - please!!!!! I'd
really like to see some of our top notch youth Chefs come
and show all of us adults a thing or two. Please extend
my invitation and challenge to the youth and adult
members of your Troops and Crews. I'll bet there's some
youth who would be interested in showing some of us
adults how good they become. First timers are welcome as
well - this isn't a competition, but you know some highly
motivated Scouts and Scouters will look at
this opportunity that way. I'd
also like for this to become a demonstration for the first
and second year Webelos Leaders who are coming up, and this
may also serve as a recruiting opportunity for your
Troops and Crews. We
only have 3 chefs committed so far and another 2 who will
probably be coming through in the end. We need more
peope to participate than that!!! Please send me an email
when you identify who from your units will participate. Our
normal cooking area is on the patio that's located on the
left side of the 810 Walnut LDS Building when you look
toward Walnut Ave. from the rear parking lot. I'll
bring salad, water, plates, napkins, utensils, etc. the way
I always do. If
you haven't gone to the Mission Peak webpage of the SFBAC
website lately, I suggest that you take a look at it. It's
maintained by Dianna Harter, and here's a link to it:
http://www.sfbac.org/missionpeak A
Mission Peak Fall Camporee? As
you are aware, we have a tradition of having 2
Camporees each year, one in the Fall and another in the
Spring. Some Districts don't have a Fall Camporee, including
Twin Valley (San Ramon and Livermore areas), and I've just
learned that the OA will not be putting together a
Council-wide Fall Camporee like they've done for the past 2
years. I just found this out when I sent out a request for a
date to put on our soon to be released Mission Peak District
2010-2011 Calendar. I
don't know where the OA heard it from, it was no one in
Mission Peak, that the Districts wanted to put on their
own Camporees and didn't want to participate in a
Council-wide Fall Camporee. Therefore, the question I'm
putting to you is if we want to organize a Fall
Camporee like we've done in the past, normally with the
Golden Gate District (San Francisco)? This may be short
notice, but I'm certain that we can put something together
with everyone's assistance. I'm also assuming that we will
have the assistance and support of our Mission Peak OA
Scouts. We've normally had between 225 to 250 Mission
Peak Scouts and adults participate in our Fall
Camporees. Please
share your views among your adult leadership, with
your Scouting youth, and your Commissioner so we can
reach a preliminary determination of what the prevailing
view might be by the end of Roundtable on May 13th. What
could be a better invitation that that - come and eat some
interesting dutch over cuisine and have an opportunity to
share your opinions and views with other opinionated people
like yourselves!! I
look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the May
8th Merit Badge Extravaganza starting at noon at the
Gatewood LDS building; at the May 8th District Dinner
at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church starting at 5:30 pm; or
at the May 13th Roundtable beginning at 6:30 pm if you are
cooking something or at 7:30 pm if you just want to eat and
share your opinion. If
you've forgotten who your Commissioner is or if you would
like to contact them for assistance, or share your
point of view about something, I've attached the latest
list for your reference. Look to the far right side of
the spreadsheet for Commissioner information. In addition,
please look at your Troop and Crew information and send me a
reply with any corrections, additions, etc. If you see
a "????" somewhere in your Troop or Crew row, please provide
me with that missing information. s/Steve
and the Commissioner Team 4/7/10 4/2/2010 NorCal
Jamboree, Adult Leader Award Nomination cut-off is April
8th, Space Derby Track?, Roundtable on April
8th 100th
Anniversary NorCal Jamboree The
latest NorCal Jamboree communication is attached
(HERE).
Whomever registered your campers for the Jamboree received
this. Remind them to pass this current issue along to
everyone. The deadline for purchasing Day Passes online and
at the $15.00 level is April 9th at 6 pm. Refer to the
Registration tab on the Jamboree
website
to purchase Day Passes. Adult
Leader Award Nominations are due by April 8th. We
typically don't get many nominations from Packs for the many
special adults who make everything go in the Pack. Please
nominate someone, and if you don't know everything about a
person as requested in the form, leave that part blank it
blank and submit it anyway. The most important part of the
form is telling us what is so special about the person, and
if they have been making that special contribution over some
period of time (months, years, etc.) I've
attached the fillable nomination form for you to use that
you can email to Merl Nygren per the instructions on the
first page of the form (HERE).
In addition, please plan on bringing a group from your Pack
to the District Dinner on May 8th. Cub
Scout Roundtable on April 8th starting at 7:30 at 810 Walnut
Ave. in Fremont Our
themes this month are staging Derbies and Regattas and
incorporating Leave No Trace into your outdoor programs. We
will be discussing what's involved with Pinewood Derby
Races, Raingutter Regattas, and Space Derbies. We will have
a raingutter step up, so bring a boat you may have made or
your Scout may have made for your Pack's Raingutter
Regatta. We
need someone to bring a Space Derby track (to set up or just
the components) to demonstrate what a Space Derby is all
about. Maybe one of you has a test track you could bring to
show others what's involved. If you need to have someone
transport the components to Roundtable I'm offering to pick
it up, bring it to Roundtable, and return it to where it's
stored. We've
received a lot of interest about Space Derbies, and it
appears that not too many of you have done one. I'd like to
be able to show our Roundtable group what it's all about.
Someone please volunteer to bring their Space Derby track to
Roundtable. We don't need you to set it up to show everyone
what it's about. Please
come to Roundtable and bring a friend. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 2/5/10 1/12/10 Come
to the January Roundtable on January 14th at 7:30
pm Boy
Scout leaders and active parents, For
those of you not on the District Yahoo email list, this is a
reminder to come and bring a friend to the January
Roundtable this Thursday night, starting at 7:30 pm at the
LDS Church facility located at 810 E. Walnut Ave. in
Fremont. I
hope the new 7:30 pm start time is working out for everyone;
and keeping in mind that we are all busy or over committed,
that we are trying to limit the meeting to as close as to
one hour as possible. If
you haven't noticed, we have structured the meeting time
into 2 segments: one for announcements and topics that
relate to everyone; and, a second session where we break out
into Cub Scout and Boy Scout groups covering topics and
subjects that relate more closely to the separate age
groups. As
you are aware from hearing it from me so often, our goal is
to get one person from every Pack, Troop, Crew, or Team to
attend. In fact, we would be happy if at least one person
per unit would only attend the opening 15 to 30 minute
session. That way you would be kept abreast of all of the
current hot topics, changes that are coming up, upcoming
activities and events, etc. In addition, we don't care if
people show up late, or can't stay for the entire first or
second portions of the meeting. Don't feel bad about needing
to leave a Roundtable meeting early. We will always have a
hand-out or materials for you to take away. As
I've also suggested repeatedly in the past, Roundtable is an
opportunity for you to get new people involved with your
program, spreading out your workload, or furthering the
development of an active parent or current unit leader. We
are always happy to see the top unit leadership come to
Roundtable, but bring someone else with you so they could
represent your unit is you aren't able to attend. Any
way, Happy New Year!!! The
items we're going to be mentioning or discussing in the
opening session of the January Roundtable, will include the
following: For
the Boy Scout break out, I assume that you noticed that we
are now trying to select topics that can be covered in a
panel discussion format . That way, everyone should be
comfortable sharing their own experiences with the group.
This
month we will have a panel discussion discussing about how
various units organize, nurture, and manage their new boy
programs, including: patrol composition, patrol leader
support and training, adult and/or senior Scout involvement,
specific programs designed for younger boys, etc. Tom
Hepler, a seasoned Scouter and former Scoutmaster of Troop
110, will discuss the program for first year Scouts they
developed at Troop 110; we will have someone from the
NYLT-Brownsea adult staff ( any volunteers? ) discuss how
NYLT-Brownsea trained youth can be enlisted to help; and,
Tom Sims will discuss leadership development opportunities
for young Scouts. Please
come and share how you are approaching this issue with your
group. Bruce
Schlobohm, who is currently under the weather and may or may
not be able to attend Thursday night, he is sharing a couple
of the sources Troop 176 for uses for general youth
development, and for training and supporting new youth
leaders. Per
Bruce, here's a link that has almost all our training
manuals scanned into PDF files. He says that there's lots of
good information here, but it doesn't look its been updated
for the course that replaced the NLE course:
https://sites.google.com/a/tocobagadistrict.com/tocobaga-district-info-center/Program/Training. Here's
a link to a PDF of the Troop Leadership Training Manual:
http://www.bacarrowhead.org/training/TroopLeadershipTraining.pdf We'll
see you at Roundtable - bring someone from your unit with
you. As always please come and share any of your fun or
interesting ideas and experiences with the group.
s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 1/12/10 Come
to Roundtable on January 14th starting at 7:30
pm I
hope everyone had a great holiday season!!!! Well - it's a
new year and there's lots going on over the next couple
of months. Thanks
go out everyone who helped recruit, train, and
develop new leaders and Scouts this past
year; recharter on time; and, helped
to deliver a quality program to our Scouts. The
fact that so many Packs, Troops, Crews, and
Teams achieved Quality Unit status again, made it
possible for the Mission Peak District (all of us
together) to also achieve Quality District status for
the second consecutive year. In
our combined session at Roundtable this month we are
going to discuss Tour Permits again, the relatively new
Annual Health and Medical Record Form, and the SFBAC
Weight Initiative. Here's a link to the current medical
form: http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/AnnualHealth.pdf.
Please print it out and bring a copy to Roundtable. Refer to
page 4 for the height/weight guidelines. For
the Cub Scout Breakout we will be discussing the new Cub
Scout 2010 Program that will begin in the Fall of 2010; Den
and advancement aids and tools like the CubTrax advancement
spreadsheets, and sharing fun and exciting things to do
in Den Meetings and Pack Meetings, and as part of your
outdoor program. For
the Boy Scout Breakout we will have a panel discussion about
how various units organize, nurture, and manage their new
boy programs, including: patrol composition, patrol leader
support and training, adult and/or senior Scout involvement,
specific programs designed for younger boys, etc. Tom
Hepler will discuss the program for first year
Scouts they developed at Troop 110; we
will have someone from the NYLT-Brownsea adult staff
discuss how NYLT-Brownsea trained youth can be enlisted to
help; and, Tom Sims will discuss leadership development
opportunities for young Scouts. Please come and share what
you're doing with the group. We'll
see you at Roundtable. Bring someone from your unit
with you. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 12/23/09 2010
Friends of Scouting Kick-off Thank
you all for everything you have done to make your packs and
Troop successful in 2009. On Thursday, January 7th at 7:00pm
at the LDS building at 810 Walnut in Fremont, we will be
having a Friends of Scouting kick-off meeting. It's
mandatory that either your Committee Chairman or your
Friends of Scouting Chairman attend the meeting to ensure
your pack and Troop will be successful in our 100th year of
Scouting. Other interested parents and Leaders are also
welcome. At
the meeting we will be covering the following
topics: -
What is Friends of Scouting and who does it benefit Please
come to the meeting with a date in either January, February
or March for the presentation. It is easiest for the unit
coordinator if the presentation is scheduled for a time when
you will have the most parents in attendance i.e. a Blue and
Gold Dinner or a Court of Honor. The best presentations are
done early in the program so the focus of the night can be
on the boys achievements. All presenters are asked to keep
their presentations between 5-7 minutes and then take any
questions in the back after they are done. This way the
program is least effected. If
you have any questions please let me know. Happy
Holidays! Joe
Barton 12/9/09 Come
to December Roundtable on December 10th at 810 E. Walnut in
Fremont starting at 7:30 pm Please
come to Roundtable on Thursday starting at 7:30 pm and bring
some cookies or a dessert to share. Bring your top leaders,
outings and activities coordinators with you to the meeting.
There
will be a Tiger Cub Leader Specific Training Session at
Roundtable also. We
will be celebrating our survival of another successful
rechartering campaign thanks to all of your hard work;
discussing the 2010 NorCal Jamboree; hearing about fly
fishing from Pack 176 Cubmaster Jeff Lorelli; and,
developing and pursuing an active and fun outings and
activities program for your Packs, Troops, and Crews.
There
will be separate breakouts for Cub Scout and Boy Scout
Leaders. We
will start out with announcements as usual, including a
discussion about the fly fishing merit badge by Jeff Lorelli
(CM of P176) and a presentation by Tim Buchen on the NorCal
2010 Jamboree. While everyone is still together we will go
over the "Age
Appropriate Guidelines"
and then break out into our 2 groups. Print out and bring
the age specific guideline attachment with you. We were
going to have someone come and tell us about the Wente Scout
Camp, but he recently broke something and will just be
getting out of surgery a day or so before our meeting.
For
the Cub Scout breakout we will discuss incorporating the
Leave No Trace and Conservation Awards into your outdoor and
activities program. Howard Harter, Cubmaster of Pack 441,
will be discussing the Trail Trekkers program, and about
developing a rotating 2 year schedule; and, Jeff Lorelli
will be sharing through a handout how his large Pack
incorporates all of this (and more) into their outings and
activities program. For
the Boy Scout break out, Gary Ely will lead a discussion
about incorporating Leave No Trace and similar type programs
and activities; TC Noble will be discussing some local
alternatives when a more aggressive or longer distance
outing or activity is cancelled; and then Larry Seymour,
along with Gary and TC will be part of an open discussion
where they will share what they've developed or were a part
of at their various successful Troops, which we hope will
stimulate conversation from everyone. Only
6 Mission Peak Units have signed up to camp at the the
NorCal 2010 Jamboree. There's been a change and Packs can
now sign up as a Pack for camping (not as Family Campers).
Packs can now register under the Scout Unit Camping Pass
option which is $45.00 per person (suggest that you limit it
to one Scout and one adult per Scout for Packs). The Cub
Scout camping area is limited to Scouts and a parent, so any
other family members who wish to camp need to register for
the Family Camp area. There are no special conditions for
the Boy Scout Camping Area. All
Scouts and their families who aren't camping are urged to
attend on Saturday when admission is only $15.00 per person.
Lots of information is available at the official 2010
Jamboree website referenced below. Come to Roundtable to see
the slide shows and get all your questions answered.
Register
Now! NorCal-100th
Anniversary Jamboree Bring
any of your remaining recharter paperwork to Roundtable,
including your Quality Unit achievement form if it hasn't
been signed off yet. There will be Commissioners there to
assist you. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 12/4/09 New
Venture Cooking Crew Charlie
Mabie and his Mission Peak cooking team has organized a new
cooking Crew that will have it's first meeting on December
9th at the Scout House . If you know Charlie, it's
guaranteed to be interesting and fun!!!!!!!!!!! Scouts and
adults interested in learning or spreading the word about
Cub Scout, Boy Scout, or any event requiring cooking should
attend. Refer
to the attached flyer.
Interested
in going to camp at Wente or hearing all about the 2010
100th Anniversary Jamboree? Come
to Roundtable on December 10th starting at 7:30 pm to hear
all about Wente from Jesse Louthain. Have
you registered for the 2010 100th Anniversary Jamboree yet
If not, why not?? Come and get answers to all your questions
at Roundtable. Roundtable
Theme on December 10th: Outings and Activities Please
send at least one person from your Pack, Troop, or Crew to
Roundtable. Bring some cookies or a dessert to share with
everyone for some holiday cheer. If you don't want to bring
anything, come anyway. The
Roundtable Theme on December 10th is about sharing ideas
about having an active and fun outdoor and activities
program. We will have separate Cub Scout and Boy Scout
breakouts. The Cub side will be discussing "age appropriate
guidelines"; having a progressive outdoor program from
Tigers to Webelos; and, incorporating Leave No Trace and
Conservation Awards, Trail Trekkers, etc. The Boy Scout side
will involve sharing your ideas with others, developing a
progressive outings and activities program, Rim Rovers, and
hearing some new ideas from TC Noble when things change on
short notice and you need some local last minute outing
options. If
you have a great outing and activities program come and
share what you're doing with others . If you are trying to
develop some new or different more challenging and fun
outings and activities, come and help us generate the
spirited dialogue we need to have a productive discussion of
value to everyone. This is what Roundtable is all about.
Rechartering
and Quality Unit Designation Thank
you for all of your hard work and timeliness of turning
everything in. We still have 2 Packs, 4 Troops, and 6 Crews
that haven't logged into the system yet. If you've lost your
recharter packet, misplaced your recharter ID, forgotten
your password, need assistance of any kind getting started,
or are stuck on any part of the process, please call your
Commissioner or call Steve Armstrong at 510-693-7279.
Don't
forget about filling out the forms so you can be recognized
as a Quality Unit. We aren't holding up your recharter until
we receive your Quality Unit forms, so don't let that be a
reason for not starting, finalizing, or submitting your
recharter on line. Please
come to Roundtable on December 10th. Roundtable is held on
the 2nd Thursday of each month at 810 E. Walnut Avenue in
Fremont starting at 7:30 pm. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 11/1/09 Recharter
Turn-in and Webelos Leader Specific Training on November
12th at Roundtable starting at 6:30 pm TRAINING
A
Webelos Leader Specific Training session will be conducted
at the November 12th Roundtable. Contact our District
Training Chair Tom Sims for more information:
tom_sims@triserv.com . RECHARTERING
That
time of the year is upon us again - it's rechartering
time!!!!!!!!!!! All
of the recharter packets were picked up at the October
Roundtable on October 8th. If you are wondering
where your packet is, refer to the
attachment to
see who signed out your packet. Please
have your online recharter completed in time to
turn in the paperwork and get it signed off at the November
12th Roundtable. Other than the Webelos Leader
Training Session referenced above, the November 12th
Roundtable will be devoted exclusively to
rechartering. We will have pizza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The
Commissioner Team will be there to answer your questions and
sign off on your final paperwork. Refer to the
attached Commissioner
list.
If
you need assistance before November 12th call either Steve
Armstrong or Tim Howard for assistance. Steve's
contact information is: starmstr@comcast.net; and Tim's
contact information is tim@prismatic.com. Please
mobilize your recharter team so you can have everything
wrapped up by November 12. We are receiving fewer
and fewer questions each year so it looks like everyone is
getting comfortable with the online recharter
process, but please do not hesitate to contact Steve or
Tim with any questions. I've
attached a copy of the October
Roundtable Agenda
that should have been picked up by the person who picked up
your recharter package. Refer to item #3 right in the
middle of the page for some useful hints about the recharter
process. The log in instructions and your unique unit
log in ID is in your recharter packet. If the unit ID
gets lost or becomes missing, contact your Commissioner who
has the complete list. If your recharter preparer
forgets their password, contact Steve Armstrong or Joe
Barton, who will get the it reset ASAP.
Plan
to come and have pizza and turn in your recharter packet on
November 12th. We will be ready and available to
assist you starting at 6:30 pm at 810 E. Walnut. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 9/30/09 Come
to Roundtable on October 8th at 810 E. Walnut at a new start
time of 7:30 pm. This
is going to be a busy Roundtable. New 7:30 pm start time.
•
Come and pick up your Scouting For Food door hangers and
your 2010 Recharter Packets. •
Turn in your new member applications by October 2nd and
their names will be included on the rosters received on
10/8. •
Cub Scout Breakouts: Cub Scout Pack Committee Specific
Training and a separate breakout for Den Leaders.
•
Boy Scout Breakout: Order of the Arrow Presentation for
Troop Adult Leaders. •
Packs: Place your orders for Blue and Gold
Placemats. Problems
logging into My Scouting? Call 1-800-627-3025. Online
rechartering will be done through My Scouting. Remember,
we need at least 1 person from each Pack, Troop, and Crew to
attend Roundtable. Come, ask your questions, and get
help from more experienced Scouters. Come and share
what you know with others. s/Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team 9/27/09 Merit
Badge Extravaganza Saturday, October 10, 2009 LDS Church,
42500 Gatewood Street, Fremont 9am until noon Merit
Badge Counselors for: Emergency
Preparedness Also
offering: Den
Chief Training 9am until 3pm (bring a lunch) Questions
to Amy Genthner at AGWright@sbcglobal.net 9/25/09 [MissionPeakDistrict]
Busy October Roundtable on October 8th - new start time is
7:30 pm I
would like to invite all Scout leaders and active or
interested parents to the monthly Roundtable Meeting on
October 8, 2009, at a new start time of 7:30 pm. The
meeting is at the LDS Building at 810 E. Walnut in Fremont
that's on the corner of Walnut and Gallaudet - enter
from the parking area behind the building.
One
of the goals at Roundtable is to minimize the number of
meetings you need to attend. Therefore, we try to hold all
kick-offs, workshops, etc. at Roundtable. Most of what we do
would be of interest to every leader and active parent
in a Pack, Troop, Crew, or Team. Another goal is to
have at least one member from each unit attend the meeting,
if for no other reason just to bring hot current
information back to your unit. In addition, I can't
emphasize enough the benefit of networking with others -
either sharing what you know, or asking a question
for information you would like to know. Our
normal routine includes the following: •
General announcements: we normally prepare a take away
listing most of the major events and activities coming up
over the next couple of months. •
Specific announcements: Like the upcoming Fall Camporee,
Popcorn, Scouting For Food, upcoming Training, etc.
•
Acting as the distribution point for items to pick
up: At this meeting (10/8) come and pick up your
Scouting For Food door hangers, and recharter packets.
•
Announcements to order free things: On 10/8 Packs
can place orders for placemats for your Blue and
Gold Dinner. •
Learn about new information sources and give workshops: We
had Spotlight on Scouting last month, and showed
everyone about how to access and use My Scouting in August
where you can find online training, access your current
roster throughout the year, and how to do online internet
advancement. My Scouting is also where you will be
accessing online rechartering as well. •
Conduct breakout sessions for the Boy Scout and Cub Scout
groups and cover topics that specifically relate to them.
•
The Boy Scout breakout on 10/8 covers the Order of the
Arrow. Come and hear all about the OA, holding elections, OA
events and activities, etc. •
The Cub Scout breakout is Pack Leader Committee Specific
Training and we will have a gathering with Den
Leaders. REMEMBER
WE NEED AT LEAST ONE MEMBER FROM EACH PACK, TROOP, AND CREW
TO COME TO ROUNDTABLE. If
nothing else, have someone come to hear about what's going
on, pick up Scouting For Food door hangers and rechartering
packets, and order your Blue and Gold Dinner
placemats if you are with a Pack. Steve
Armstrong and the Commissioner Team
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
Personal Health Coach
www.LifeLine.TSFL.com
Health & Fitness 2012
Personal Health Coach
ScoutStrongpala_overview.pdf
pala_log.pdf
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
Dec. 20th- Newpark Mall 6:30-9pm
Dec. 27th - Newpark Mall 10am. 1pm, 4pm
Dec. 27th - Shakers Pizza Newark, 7pm
District Commissioner
District Commissioner
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
Type of Cleanup: Lagoon and Street (Safely)
Date: 11/12/11
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Walnut Ave side of BART station near 2201
Walnut Avenue
Map
Type of Cleanup: Creek and Street (Safely)
Date: 12/3/11
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: On Sumter Ave at Delaware Dr across from
7-Eleven
Map
Type of Cleanup: Creek and Street (Safely)
Date: 12/17/11
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: At the corner of Almond Ave and Lee St
Map
Environmental Specialist & Enforcement Officer
City of Fremont
510-494-4577 ~ 510-494-4571 fax
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
District Commissioner
http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/pdfs/2011_2012_SFBAC_Training_Schedule.pdf
- 9/21 and 9/28 and 10/5 in Perata (evenings must take
all 3) or
- 3/31/12 in Mission Peak ACORN on a Saturday
- Jan 1, 2012 or Feb 18 or Mar 31 @ Twin Valley
- 4/1 and 4/13-15/2012 in Mission Peak ACORN or
- 10/15-16 in Peralta or
- 9/15 and 9/23-24 in Tres Ranchos or
- Mar 7 and Mar 23-25 @ Twin Valley (Blue Oak)
- Basic backpacking Awareness 3/10-11/2012 indoor &
3/23-25/2012 outdoor
- Cycling awareness 5/5/2012
- Wilderness First Aid 6/2-3/12 OR 6/16-17/2012
- Canoe Wilderness Training 7/7 & 7/14-15 &
7/21/2012
- LNT Trainer 6/2-3/2012
- Sept 17 or Oct 15 - Mission Peak
- Webelos Leader Outdoor Training 10/15 - Twin Valley
- BALOO - 3/10 @ Twin Valley
- University of Scouting @ Pleasanton Foothill High Feb
11
- Wood Badge - Leadership training for the 21st Century
April 27-29, 2012 & May 11-14, 2012
- Varsity Leader Specific Training - October 22 @
Council
- 2/11/2012 University of Scouting
- NYLT 6/10-16/2012 &
6/17-23/2012
9/8 - Roundtable - Spotlight on Scouting
9/17 Newark Days Parade
9/23-24 - Scout Day at Lake Elizabeth - The Dragon Boat
races are back. Plan for an overnighter in our own back
yard!
10/10 Merit Badge Extravaganza - location TBD
10/13 Roundtable - Recharter; Troop Showcase for Troops and
Webelos Scouts
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
To: "District Yahoo Group"
<missionpeakdistrict@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:04:39 AM
Subject: Troops, Crews, and 4th and 5th Grade Webelos
Camping at Scout Day on September 23rd-24th
To: Troops, Crews, and Packs
To: "District Yahoo Group"
<missionpeakdistrict@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2011 11:00:58 AM
Subject: 2011-2012 District Calendar
changes/recommendations??; and new info on fees for Scout
Days on 9/23-9/24
To: "District Yahoo Group"
<missionpeakdistrict@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:40:18 PM
Subject: Firm 2011-2012 District Calendar and Scout Days on
9/23-9/24, save the dates
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
CC, Troop 110
From: starmstr@comcast.net
Subject: Roundtable on Thursday, June 9th
Mission Peak District Communications Commissioner
a. Trips of 500 miles or
more
b. Trips outside of council
borders not to a council-owned property
c. Trips to any national
high-adventure base, national Scout jamboree, National Order
of the Arrow Conference,
or
regionally sponsored event
d. When conducting the
following activities outside of council or district
events:
•
Aquatics activities (swimming, boating, floating, scuba,
etc.)
•
Climbing and rappelling
•
Orientation flights (process flying plan)
•
Shooting sports
•
Any activities involving motorized vehicles as part of the
program (snowmobiles, boating, etc.)
e. At a council's request
(allows council to add review times based on local
needs)
-Site rentals for Trainings, Camporees, Webelo Woods,
etc
-Insurance for Leaders
-Recruiting Flyers
-Supplement Summer Camp Costs
-Administration
-Professional Support
-Camping Facilities
District Director
510-577-9227
joe.barton@scouting.org
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
1/13/11 Roundtable (LDS Walnut - 7:00)
1/15 - EDGE Training (SFBAC YLTC, San Leandro - 8:00-4:00;
Cost $15.00)
1/29/11 - University of Scouting (Foothill HS, Pleasanton -
8:00-4:45)
2/4/11 - Indoor Rally (LDS Decoto - 6:30)
2/5/11 - Merit Badge Extravaganza
3/4-3/6/11 - Klondike Derby - <http://www.sfbac.org/files/images/2011_Klondike_-_Registration_Form.pdf>
Snowflower Resort
4/2/11 - SM/ASM Leader Specific Training (Scout House)
4/3, 4/15-17/11 - IOLS (Acorn - Scout House (indoor); Rancho
Los Mochos (outdoor)
4/9-4/10/11 - Webelos Woods (Royaneh, Cost $20.00/person -
sign up by 3/1/11)
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
510-797-3552
Ridings@pacbell.net
Personal Health Coach
Take Shape For Scouting 2011
Mission Peak District Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner's
Staff
To: "District Yahoo Group"
<missionpeakdistrict@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Steve Rodriggs" <steve.rodriggs@lmco.com>, "Steve
Armstrong" <starmstr@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, October 4, 2010 10:29:53 AM
Subject: Boy Scout and Cub Scout Roundtables on October 14,
2010
• unit #
• scouting position
• e-mail address
starmstr@comcast.net ; 510-693-7279
- Fast Start
- This Is Scouting
mission peak district
Environmental Specialist & Enforcement Officer
City of Fremont
510-494-4577 ~ 510-494-4571 fax
To: "District Yahoo Group"
<missionpeakdistrict@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:53:26 PM
Subject: Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtable tomorrow night -
Thursday, August 12th at 7 pm at 810 Walnut Ave. in
Fremont
- Why Friends of Scouting is important
- Unit Incentives
- Friends of Scouting Packets
- Scheduling your presentation and meeting the
presenters
Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
April 15-18, 2010
www.100thanniversaryjamboree.org/
Fingerprinting
First Aid/CPR
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Railroading
Personal Management
Hiking
Backpacking
Camping
Personal Fitness
Computers
Indian Lore
Electricity
Life to Eagle Rank Orientation
Merit Badge Counselor Orientation - 2 sessions (9:15am-10am
and 11-11:45)
Troop
110