Attendance:

• $48 overspent after comparing revenue versus expenses but also $1500 under budget

• Good reviews for pack meeting (Pie-in-the-Face very popular)

• Conflict with Houston Aeros game (tickets for cub scouts provided as a prize from popcorn sales)
• Approximately 20 cub scouts scheduled to attend the hockey game
• Pack Night meeting will continue as planned

• 2004 Recharter fees ($40/cub scout) due now
• Medical forms due for all cub scouts (Class I) and for parents over 40 (Class III) that attend cub scout events or field trips
• Pack will pay recharter fees for all den leaders, assistant den leaders

• Map to the Sacred Heart church in Richmond is posted on the Pack web site
• Suggestion to post a sign or the pack banner outside of the church gymnasium on the day of the Derby
• Church is booked from 2-10 PM and includes a kitchen
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies will be presented for each rank and also for the Championship round
• Every cub scout will receive a participation patch, ribbon and plaque

• Blue & Gold:
• March 6 date not available at Faith United Methodist Church
• Bear Dens to search for a new location 
• Suggestions for a location include VFW building, Fleur, Swinging Door, Sacred Heart
• Need space for 250 people
• Preferred date is Feb 28

• Swinging Door seems to be the only viable location for the Blue & Gold
• Some concern over using an establishment that also sells alcohol
• No alcohol allowed to be consumed during the Blue & Gold as this is an official BSA event
• Posters on the wall will be covered
• Bears to coordinate the event
• Theme for Blue & Gold is Fiesta
• Event begins at 4:30 PM, Feb 28
• Agreed to use the Swinging Door for the Blue & Gold celebration

• BALOO training scheduled for January 10 & March 13
• All day event from 8 AM - 5 PM
• Need people from various dens to attend training to meet cub scout requirements of having a BALOO trained leader at all cub scout events

http://www.abc-cc.com/tomahawk/ (select Training option, then BALOO & OWL)

• Arrow of Light committee meeting Sunday, Jan 11 at 3 PM at Keith Hammons' home
• The Meseroles are requesting payment directly to them for the Houston Aeros tickets (game is Friday, Jan 16)
• Troop 38 campout scheduled for Jan 16-17 at Brazos Bend State Park. Contact is Kent McAllister.
• Need to make a decision on signing up for Camp Strake at the next Pack Parent's meeting. Contact is Janet Wamsley.