[northern-trail-roundtable] Northern Trail Roundtable Reminder / Newsletter - December
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NORTHERN TRAIL DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE INFORMATION
The following is information regarding the Northern Trail District's
monthly Roundtable meetings, and, occasionally, some other District News.
To make it easier for you to find the information you need, each item is
in it's own section, and THE MAIN POINT OF EACH SECTION IS IN CAPITALIZED
BOLDFACE.
-- Sections marked with ****RED**** , are new, updated, or extra
important, and are something you should definitely read.
-- Quotations will be in purple, they're new each month, but not
necessarily important.
-- If a section is all black, or blue for links, then it hasn't been
changed since the last time you saw it.
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****THIS MONTH'S ROUNDTABLE****
The DECEMBER 12 ROUNDTABLE will be a split evening, with additional
training, and a special ceremony.
The CUB SCOUT program will be "PINEWOOD DERBY & RAINGUTTER REGATTA". Cub
Scouting is all about having fun, and these are two of the most fun
events you can do at a Pack Night. We'll go over some of the basics,
some of the things to watch out for, and hopefully give you some ideas on
how to run a successful and fun race.
The BOY SCOUT program will be on "SERVICE PROJECTS: THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR
EAGLES". We'll talk about some ideas for service projects, and how they
can keep your Troop involved in your community, which is not only good
for your community, but being visible in your area also helps in
recruiting and retention of Scouts.
The DOWN-THE-HALL TRAINING will be "YOUTH PROTECTION." In the past,
we've done Youth Protection as our main program. With its availability
on-line, our attendance for this training has decreased, so, this year,
we're moving it to our Down-the-Hall training, for those who still wish
to take it "live." Down-the-Hall training is offered at the same time as
Roundtable, and is held just a little ways "Down the Hall".
Our SPECIAL CEREMONY will be a WOOD BADGE BEADING CEREMONY, for three of
our fellow Scouters, Adrian Gaerlan, Tracy Mitchell, and Ron Feldman.
We'll be ending our regular Roundtable programs a bit earlier this
evening, and holding this ceremony immediately following, hopefully
finishing up about the same time we normally do. Wood Badge is a major
training accomplishment that requires a lot of time and effort to
complete. We invite everyone to join us for this ceremony, and to
congratulate Adrian, Tracy, and Ron.
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: T191
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"Fill a place... don't just take up space."
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****NEXT MONTH'S ROUNDTABLE****
The JANUARY 9 ROUNDTABLE will be a combined evening.
The program will be "CPR TRAINING." This is a great chance to get
certified or re-certified. If you do any activities, you should have at
least one CPR certified person along... two are better, in case the
certified person has a problem :-\ ... so why not get everyone in your
unit certified?
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: P380
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The FEBRUARY 13 ROUNDTABLE will be a split evening.
The CUB SCOUT program will be "WELCOMING AND RETAINING NEW FAMILIES".
Particularly for those who've never been in Scouting, joining a Pack can
be somewhat overwhelming. If the parents don't feel comfortable in your
Pack, they're not going to stay. The BSA actually has a Pack Leader
position: "Tiger Cub Coach," which in an attempt to help new parents feel
welcome and to give them some guidance. We'll be going over that
position, as well as other things you can do in your Pack.
The BOY SCOUT program will be "BECOMING A MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR". Almost
everyone of us has some skills or knowledge that could be used to help a
Scout earn at least one Merit Badge. We'll be going over some of the
skills that are needed to be a successful Merit Badge Counselor, and also
the BSA requirements and forms needed to become one. As a Merit Badge
Counselor, you get to share your knowledge and experience with Scouts,
and help them on their way to Eagle. If you're the kind of person that
likes to talk about their hobbies and interests, and, if any of those are
Merit Badge material, becoming a Counselor will give you a steady stream
of people who actually want to hear what you have to say :-) .
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: T351
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The MARCH 13 ROUNDTABLE will be a combined evening.
The program will be a "SUPER ROUNDTABLE." This is a sort of
"mini-expo", where those who have products and/or programs of a Scouting
nature are given the opportunity to display such, and Leaders are given
the opportunity to talk to them and learn of things their Units might be
interested in.
We'll be putting together a list of exhibitors a bit later, but if you
know of any organizations or businesses that fit the above description,
please send us their contact information.
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: P414
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The APRIL 10 ROUNDTABLE will be a combined evening.
We're going to be trying something new for Roundtable this month. Our
program will be a "ROUNDTABLE SERVICE PROJECT." We're still working on
the details, but we're looking to do some sort of service project, either
at our normal Roundtable meeting, or in place of it. We'll get the
details to you as soon as we have them figured out :-) .
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: RESERVED
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The MAY 8 ROUNDTABLE will be a combined evening.
The presentation will be our annual "PROGRAM KICKOFF".
This presentation will cover the Council and District resources that are
available to individual Units. We'll cover such things as recruitment,
camping, facilities, fundraising, &etc. You'll learn what Council and
District have to offer, that can help your Unit deliver a quality
Scouting Program.
The better your program, the more Scouts you'll get, the more Scouts
you'll retain, and the more fun you'll all have. Even if you've already
got a great Unit program, join us for this presentation. You just might
learn something that could make your program even better.
OPENING FLAG CEREMONY: C2020
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The JUNE 12 ROUNDTABLE will be our annual District Dinner, so there won't
be a regular Roundtable that month. You'll receive more information on
this, both from this e-mail list, and directly from District, when this
gets closer.
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JULY IS OUR ONE MONTH OFF A YEAR... at least from Roundtable :-).
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"Blowing out another's candle won't make yours shine any brighter."
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ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED LEADERS AND OTHER
INTERESTED ADULTS.
Roundtable is the second Thursday of the month, at 7:30pm.
Just remember the "Double-STAR": Second Thursday At Roundtable --
Seven Thirty At Roundtable
Roundtable meetings are held at the Technology Center of DuPage [TCD],
301 Swift Road, Addison. [Swift Road is one block West of 355. The TCD
is about 1/2 mile South of Army Trail Road.] Park on the North side of
the building. The door we use is about in the middle of the North side.
Go in the door and straight down the hall until it opens up into a
"sunken" meeting room... or just follow the people in the tan shirts :-).
If our Roundtable time or location ever changes, we'll make sure to state
it very clearly in these notices, so you'll always know when and where.
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DOWN-THE-HALL TRAINING
This is additional training offered at Roundtable as the need arises. It
will be held at the same time and location as Roundtable, but just
"down-the-hall".
"Youth Protection" will be offered Down-the-Hall in December.
If there is any type of additional training that you or others in your
Unit are interested in, please let us know, and we'll see what can be
arranged.
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ORDER OF THE ARROW MEETING REMINDER
ORDER OF THE ARROW meetings are normally held each month at the same time
and place as Roundtable. All OA members are encouraged to attend.
For more information, or confirm meeting dates: contact Lodge Chief,
Ronald Feldman, cftmonkey@xxxxxxx or 630-894-1053.
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"It's better to try to do something and fail, than to try to do nothing
and succeed."
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If there are any Leaders in your Unit, or any other interested adults who
aren't getting this Roundtable Reminder, please have them sign up for it,
or have someone on your Unit Committee sign up everyone in your Unit.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET 100% OF OUR REGISTERED LEADERS ON THIS E-MAIL LIST, SO
THAT EVERYONE GETS NOTIFIED EACH MONTH. Whether they ever choose to
attend a Roundtable is another matter, but everyone should want to know
about it. We don't want anyone to miss a presentation they were
interested in, simply because they didn't know about it.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NORTHERN TRAIL DISTRICT E-MAIL LIST:
--- Send an e-mail to northern-trail-roundtable-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with "subscribe" in the Subject field, OR
--- Visit our List Page at
www.freelists.org/list/northern-trail-roundtable , OR
--- Visit our e-Mailing List Web Page at
www.freelists.org/webpage/northern-trail-roundtable , OR
--- Send your e-mail address, or a list of e-mail addresses for everyone
in your Unit, to boyscoutrtc@xxxxxxxxx . (You don't need to include
people's names, only the e-mail addresses get entered in the e-mailing
list.)
This e-Mail list is a private, announce-only list. Other members will
not have access to your e-mail address, nor will they be allowed to post
messages to this list. It's strictly for announcements from Roundtable
Staff, regarding Roundtable meetings and information.
To Unsubscribe an e-mail address from this e-Mail List, please send an
e-mail to northern-trail-roundtable-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word
"unsubscribe" in the Subject field.
PLEASE NOTE: If someone in your unit has signed up, and isn't getting
these reminders, please have them contact me. Each month I get four or
five that "bounce" back to me as "undeliverable". Since I don't have
people's names on the e-mail list, only their e-mail addresses, most of
the time I don't know who the "bad" addresses belong to, so I can't
contact them.
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BRING-A-FRIEND-TO-ROUNDTABLE CONTEST
All this year, we'll be holding a "Bring A Friend To Roundtable" contest.
To enter, all you need to do is attend Roundtable, and "bring a friend".
Ideally, this should be someone who's new to Roundtable, or at least
someone who's not been there in a long time. The idea is to encourage
new people to come and see what Roundtable is all about. We'll leave you
"On Your Honor" as to whether anyone you bring qualifies :-) .
There will be a tally sheet at each Roundtable meeting. We'll be keeping
track throughout the Roundtable year (August - May). The highest total
will win a prize (yet to be determined).
You get one credit for each new Roundtable friend you bring each month,
so, if you bring two new Roundtable friends to a meeting, you get two
credits.
Since we're opening this up to everyone in the District this year, rather
than just those who are already attending Roundtable, we've added the
following "rule": If both of you are new to Roundtable, you may "bring"
each other, and each get one credit for the other. If you're part of a
group of all new people, you may choose how you wish to apply the
credits, by how you enter the names on the tally sheet. Please note that
the total number of credits for a meeting can't exceed the number of
people in your group :-) .
If anyone has any questions, please ask, and we'll do our best to figure
out an answer for you :-) .
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PROMOTE YOUR UNIT'S ACTIVITIES --- AND HELP SUPPORT OTHER UNITS BY
ATTENDING AND PROMOTING THEIRS.
If your Unit is holding a fundraiser [spaghetti dinner, pancake
breakfast, car wash, &etc.] or an event that Scouts or others from
outside your Unit might be interested in attending, we'd like to hear
about it.
Any and all Units may place fliers for their Unit's fundraisers and
events in the Roundtable Bins. Just create your flier, with all of the
necessary information [see below], and put them in the bins at the
beginning of any Roundtable. It's probably a good idea to come a bit
early, to make sure you get your flyers in the bins before everyone
starts taking their stuff out :-). There are currently about seventy
folders in the bins, so you'll need that many fliers.
Things to include in your flier [seems obvious, but I've see fliers that
were missing important information :-( ]:
WHO - Unit Type, Unit Number, Contact Information [e.g. Troop 33-1/3
555-5555 contactme @ mye-mail.com .]
WHAT - Description of the fundraiser or event, including cost.
WHERE - Location of the fundraiser or event. [Include driving and/or
parking instructions if necessary.]
WHEN - Date and Time of the fundraiser or event.
WHY - If the fundraiser or event is for a specific purpose [e.g. a
fundraiser for a trip or new equipment; an event for a specific group],
include that. It might encourage others to attend.
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"When you help a person up a hill, you'll often find yourself closer to
the top."
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FIND A HOME FOR YOUR UNIT'S "EXPERIENCED BUT UNWANTED" EQUIPMENT --- AND
HELP OTHER UNITS GET THE STUFF THEY NEED.
Does your Unit have equipment that you don't use anymore, but that's
still in usable condition? Would you like to get it out of your storage
space? Are you looking to sell it [good], trade it [better], or just
give it away [best]? Don't just leave it to the dust and the rust.
There may be other Units that could really use it.
If your Unit has upgraded, or moved on to newer equipment, and your old
equipment is just taking up space, let us know. There may be a Unit
that's struggling to get the stuff they need, and would love to have the
stuff you don't. As long as it's still usable, there's nothing too big
or too small... if your Unit used it, there's probably another one that
could as well.
You can make up a flier, and put a copy in the Roundtable Bins. There
are currently about seventy folders in the bins, so you'll need that many
fliers, or send me an e-mail at boyscoutrtc@xxxxxxxxx , and we'll print
out a display sheet for the sign-in table. Make sure to include your
Unit number, and someone's contact information.
NOTE: This is meant for Unit-owned items only, not for individuals
trying to sell their personal equipment. Privately owned items, of a
Scouting nature, may be included only if those items are being given
away. Any sale or trade items must be Unit-owned.
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"EXPERIENCED" UNIFORMS --- THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED AT LEAST ONE SCOUT
ALONG HIS SCOUTING TRAIL, AND ARE NOW READY TO HELP ANOTHER.
The District maintains a small collection of "experienced" [gently used]
uniforms, that were donated by various Scouts and Scouters. These are
available, free of charge, to anyone who might need them. I normally
bring them to every Roundtable. If you don't see them, just ask, they
might be out it my car :-).
If you have any unneeded uniforms, and your Unit doesn't maintain it's
own uniform bank, please bring them to any Roundtable meeting to help
replenish our supply.
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"The strongest words are usually used in the weakest arguments."
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If anyone has any questions or comments regarding Roundtable, please
contact me at boyscoutrtc@xxxxxxxxx . We want to get as much information
about Roundtable as we can, out to as many people as we can, so that we
can make this a better Roundtable for everyone in our Northern Trail
District. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP AT ROUNDTABLES.
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Yours in Scouting,
Rick Franzen
Northern Trail District
Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner
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