Meeting Agenda for January 28, 2013

Hey Guys!

Really sorry this is getting so late to you guys!

Tomorrow we will be having our first merit badge meeting night. It's part of a campaign your PLC put in place to make sure 427 is active in attaining ranks and both merit badges. This night will happen once a month on the schedule and be completely dedicated to merit badges.

See schedule below:

Merit Badge Counselor	Slot 1 6:00 – 6:35	Slot 2 6:50 – 7:25
Mr. D	Camping	Snow Sports
Mrs. Eichhorn	Family Life	Personal Management
Mr. Rhoades	Personal Fitness	Golf

Participants are listed below:

Camping: Neil

Family Life: Ben

Personal Fitness: Chris, Seth

Snow Sports: Seth

Personal Management: Ben

Golf: Chris

Also a reminder to Mrs. Eichhorn to bring her BSA Personal ID Number (On membership card)!

See you Tomorrow!

Ben

Meeting Agenda for January 22, 2013

Hey all! Last saturday's snow shoe expedition was awesome! Thanks for all who attended, I hope everyone had as good a time as I did. I'll put some more pictures up later today or tomorrow, for now I've put some at the bottom of the post!


At our meeting tomorrow we will be doing the following:

1. Discuss Our Goals for Scouting in 2013 both adults and scouts. Think in terms of where you want to see yourself with ranks as well as outings.
2. Neil and Ben will hopefully each get time to meet with Mr. Pohl who will be arriving at 6:30.
3. Discuss the new merit badge program.
4. Resolve any date conflicts for outings during February and March.
5. Of course some basketball :)

Upcoming Events:

February 9-10 : Ski (and Sledding) Camp in at Stuhleck! Hopefully it will be a joint outing with our new venturing crew which now consists of 7 members!

Let's make the first official meeting of 2013 a good one!

Your SPL,

Ben

Updated Information On Snowshoeing!

Hi All!

Our snowshoeing expedition is ago! I hate to do this to you guys but unfortunately we could only book the expedition Sunday, so I went ahead and did it. The Eichhorns have already confirmed they can attend Sunday, Seth, Jack, Mrs. Stanton and Mr. Rhoades did for Saturday, will this date change to Sunday work for you? Neil, you should also have the opportunity to go since this won't get in the way of your basketball trip now.

My father and I will also be attending. If those who said yes to Saturday can also go Sunday, that leaves us at 8, with 2 bringing their own equipment.

Please confirm if you're going and or renting shoes. Event Information is below.

Snow Shoe Expedition Info

What?

We'll be going snowshoeing in the Wienerwald at Purkersdorf. We will be led by a guide who will teach us how to snowshoe properly and take us on the route.

Where? 

Treffpunkt in 3011 Tullnerbach Irenental, Irenentalstraße 30 -

Kirche Maria Schnee (16˚06΄08˝ Ost, 48˚12΄15˝ Nord – WGS 84)

When?

We meet at 13:45. We meet the instructor at 14:00. It will be approximately 2 hours and thirty minutes.

Cost?

15 Euros for those renting.

7 for those who bring their own equipment.

What to Bring/Wear?

Clothing:

1. Snow Boots
2. Ski Pants or other water proof pants.
3. Long underwear
4. Thick Ski Socks (Pack an extra pair)
5. Sweater/ Sweatshirt/ Fleece
6. Ski Jacket
7. Hat that covers your ears and is warm. ( I always bring two)
8. Ski Gloves
9. Scarf or neck cover

Pack:

1. Bring a day pack not too big, you're going to be carrying it!
2. Snacks (Healthy for on the road eating)
3. Water 
4. First Aid Kit (If you have one that's portable)
5. Pocket Knife (If you're allowed)
6. Extra Sweater or hat.

Awesome!

Make sure to reply and let me know if you're attending!

This Saturday's Snow Shoe Expedition!

THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM THE ORIGINAL EMAIL!

A Photo from the Purkersdorf Snow Shoeing Place.

Hi all,

After talking with the adult leadership, as well as with the PLC, and taking a look at the weather report, we've decided that instead of camping this Saturday, we'll be going snow shoeing if the weather permits or a hike.

What this means is that THIS SATURDAY, we will either be snow shoeing at Naturpark Purkersdorf (provided they're open) or have a back up plan to go hiking by the Eichhorn's or at AIS (Mrs. Eichhorn and group, tell me what you prefer.).

The snow shoe place I have found is in Purkersdorf (30 min. outsider of Vienna). It is a 2- 2.5 hours long hike and the place provides the equipment for 15 euros. If you have your own equipment that is fine too. 

I have spoken with the place and reserved a place for us as long as there is snow. At the moment there is only 8- 9 centimeters, we need a minimum of 20 centimeters. According to the weather report there should be enough snow by Saturday but if not then we will go to plan b (hiking).

They will provide a guide as well and while they do speak a little bit of english, we will need your help, Interpreter strip people!

For now who is interested in attending this outing, this coming Saturday?

Either event, you will all be getting a list of clothes to bring (to use as a guide but if I forget something be smart and bring it ;))

Thanks,

Ben

Meeting Agenda for January 8 Meeting

Dear All,

I hope you've all had an excellent winter holidays and are excited to get started for this New Year! Those last weeks were tight and were our "crunch time" but it proved successful

Our Meeting Agenda: 

1. Discuss Campout (Scheduled for January 9-10 tentative, might be pushed back a week).
2. New Year's Resolutions for Scouts (what you want to gain in the next year in terms of MBS, ranks, and outings) (Long term planning)
3. Get an official PLC Meeting Date (Very soon hopefully.)
4. Find new MBs to work on currently (short term planning).

Upcoming Events:

• Campout January 11-13 (Might be pushed a week forward because of exams)

See you all Tuesday @6!
Ben
Troop SPL

Welcome To The New Troop 427 Website!

Dear Scouts, Leaders, Families and Friends,

Troop 427 now has a brand new website in blog format that will be the home to all of our meeting and outing information as well as many pictures and our calendar. Instead of sending out many emails in large chains, we will be posting on the Troop 427 blog. All scout leaders and PLC members will have access to posting on the website.

Whenever there is an event like a campout, a post will be made just like there were emails and any follow up questions can be made as comments on the blog post.

 To stay up to date and notified you can subscribe via email, RSS Reader, or Facebook, on the right hand side. Doing this will send you notifications in your desired way every time something new is posted on our site

Advantages of the site include:

• One page that can easily be followed and referenced with all of our campout information and advice well documented (No more surfing through emails to see what food to bring next campout or what we're doing next meeting)
• It integrates with our modern day lives. Notifications aren't limited to email.
• The blog presents an archive of everything our troop accomplishes. 
• Comments on posts keep us from having bundles of emails.
• The active webpage provides an excellent way to advertise Troop 427.

I'm looking forward to trying this out with all of you! If the site does well, then awesome! If we find it's too hard or doesn't have enough benefits the PLC can vote to go back to E-mails!

Any questions please comment below!

Yours In Scouting,

427 SPL,

Ben D.