Committee Meeting January 2016

Date: Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 - 7:00 PM
Location: Carmenita Middle School

Minutes of December-2015 Meeting link:
committee-meeting-december-2015

Troop Agenda

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Eagle Project Presentations:

- Michael Cho: Painting various area at Concordia Church – March 26, 2016
Car wash for fundraising on March 5, 2016
Committee approved project

- Isaac Szu: Building signage structure at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Tentative date: February 27, 2016
Committee approved project

Committee Chair: Carl Wong
- The Rose Parade fundraising did not happen – no interest from troop members
- Friends of Scouting fundraising at Green & Gold ceremony by Eric Aune; no time to prepare separate fundraising for troop at ceremony.
- Carl proposed Scripps as additional fundraising for the troop.
- Looking for ASMs or other adults to take turn attending Roundtable Meeting. Scott Kotake volunteers for January 14, 2016 meeting.
- Carl will roll out Scoutbook Web App to better manage troop and scouts’ matters.
- Announced National Jamboree (July 19-28, 2017) at Summit Bechtel Reserve.

Scoutmaster: Dennis Gorospe
- 2 scouts completed Scoutmaster Conference for different ranks
- Finished Snowshoeing Training – will propose outing to troop

Treasurer: Eliza Ma
- Financial Report on File.

Quartermaster: Scott Kotake
- Purchased 5 Backpacking tents; propose for adult use due to design of frame.

Registration: Jenny Song - Not in Attendance
- Recharter for 2016 done on time; 57 scouts and 68 adults
- Journey to Excellence - GOLD

Eagle Guide: Ashok Chauhan
- Andrew C, Chris G, Jefferson M in the pipeline to work on eagle project
- Victor P will do his project on January 30, 2016
- Samuel C will go for District Eagle Character Board on January 14, 2016

Trail to 1st Class: Mike Simko - Not in Attendance
- Dec 12: Camp Gadget & Cooking Fire - Completed
- Dec 19: First Aid Requirements - Completed
- Feb 20 & 28: Orienteering + Map & Compass Scheduled
- Constitutional Rights Training – Date TBA

Cub Scout Liaison: Steve Clinton
- Troop 693 will send 8 scouts + 3 adults to Blue & Gold ceremonies:
- Pack 529 Blue & Gold – February 5, 2016 (10 Webelos)
- Pack 673 Blue & Gold – February 24, 2016

Advancement: Joseph Antonio
- 4 scouts completed BOR in December; 3 confirmed for January

Webmasters: Minchi Cheng
- T693 new website planned soft-release date: February 19, 2016
- Will do training for Webmasters and Outing Coordinators

Medical Chair: Glenn Hiu
- Ski participants medical records are complete – good to go.
- 1st Aid MB – almost complete; only 1 more requirement to do (Mark Ingram – Counselor)

Community Service: Henry Lee
- Compton Initiative scheduled for January is canceled due to conflict with Victor P Eagle Project

Adult Training: Chandy Gunawardhana
- No Adult Training in February & March because of new parents orientation sessions
- Youth protection Training scheduled for April 11, 2016

Trailmaster: Art Chang
- Philmont 2017 Deposit due January 29, 2016. Not many sign-ups to date.
- Log Cabin (July 23 – 29, 2016) waiting for Greater LA Council decision to open or not.

Outing Chair: Charles Cho
- No report

Unit Commissioner: Henry Lee
- Fundraising idea: renting a movie theater and sell tickets.

Events/Outings

Holiday Party:
Jackie Lee - 36 scouts participated; $112 net surplus
Ski Outing – January 15 – 17, 2016:
12 scouts + 6 adults confirmed to go
Field Sports – February 5 – 7, 2016:
Charles Wei - 10 scouts signed up as of to date
Green and Gold – February 19, 2016:
Minchi Cheng - no exchange of money allowed at Cerritos Library; Raffle tickets sale must be done at troop meetings. Fee is $10/person; Raffle tickets $5 for 6 tickets.
Needs gifts donation for raffles; patrols will donate theme gift baskets.
Backpacking – March 19, 2016:
David (Yong) Choi proposed Spruce Grove; will do survey hike on January 23, 2016.

Grand Canyon – March & April 2016:
LA Crew: 5 scouts, 3 adults; Jonathan Hu presented a budget of $175.00/scout. Committee approved.
OC Crew: 3 scouts, 2 adults confirmed.
Northern Tier:
Frances Gorospe will make March backpacking mandatory for participants.
Summer Camp 2016 – Camp Kern:
Steve Clinton deposited $3,000.00 ($75/scout) by January 18, 2016.

Next Meeting: TUESDAY, February 9 @ 7 PM – Carmenita Middle School

ATTENDANCE LIST:

1. Steve Clinton
2. Santos Kadi
3. Rajiv Agrawal
4. Art Chang
5. Greg Tecson
6. Glenn Hiu
7. Yong (David) Choi
8. Charles Wei
9. Ashok Chauhan
10. Chandy Gunawardana
11. Charles Cho
12. Eliza Ma
13. Jonathan Hu
14. Glenn Nishibayashi
15. Jacqueline Lee
16. Frances Gorospe
17. Marcia Antonio
18. Joseph Antonio
19. Henry Lee
20. Dennis Gorospe
21. Alok Sancheti
22. Tom Lam
23. Carl Wong
24. Scott Kotake
25. Minchi Cheng

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