Attendance:

• Balance sheet distributed
• Over $8000 in pack account
• Have spent $379 more than we have taken in as revenue this year
• Doe snot include popcorn sales
• No Scout Shop sales recently

• Abbreviated agenda due to Turkey Calling and Bobcat Ceremony
• Theme for November is "Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock"
• Need to remind cub scout families to bring toys to December Pack Night meeting
• "Pie-in-the-face" for popcorn sales to be done at December Pack Night
• Turkey Call: best in each den, no winner "call-off"

• Need complete list of Bobcat candidates from dens
• Need to remind people that this is a solemn event
• Crowd viewing the ceremony usally stand, some of the boys sit on the pavement in the parking lot
• Vince to arrange for firewood

• Event well received by cub scout families
• Layout of dens at the campground was scattered. Recommend being more organized next time and pre-assigning den locations.
• Some scouts (and parents) were riding bicycles at dark at the campground.
• Propose campout behavior sheet to be handed out before campout.
• Cub scouts earned their conservation pin/belt loop except for camouflage requirement
• Some cub scouts earned their flag football belt loop

• Pack sold $11,374 of popcorn
• 23% of cub scouts did not sell any popcorn
• 3 dens had 100% of the cub scouts sell popcorn
• $7961 goes to SHAC, $3412 to Pack 1680
• Recommend ice cream party to celebrate good sales
• Lesson learned: Always collect money up-front. Don't accept partial orders/payments
• Cub Scouts selling at least $100 of popcorn will receive a free ticket to the Houston Aeros on Jan 16
• Popcorn delivery is Nov 14
• Recommendation made to take early delivery/advance of popcorn next year and sell popcorn immediately to customers. Motion carried.
• Top cub scout salesman:

• Sara to call a couple of candidates

• Discussed continuation of magazine collections
• Reece Nagai to deliver collected magazines to the Richmond State School

• Derby track received last week
• All equipment has arrived and is in good condition
• Next step is to paint (seal and varnish) the track, then test it
• Still planning an "invitational" event to test equipment more thoroughly
• Storage location of current track in the church (second floor) deemed adequate for storage of this track

• Killer Sharks to coordinate and align with earning an activity pin

• Training:
• Need people "cub scout trained"
• YPT important for all parents
• BALOO training scheduled for March 13

• Pinewood Derby has a schedule conflict with the basketball schedule
• Bob Dimon from basketball league willing to help fund an alternate location for the Derby
• Sunday, Jan 25 a possibility (3 PM)
• Kent to review dates with the church
• Blue & Gold also in conflict, moved to Mar 6