PATROL LEADERS' COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 26, 2005

TROOP 272
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
7:00 p.m. - Opening and call to order (led by Senior Patrol Leader)
7:05 p.m. - Roll call and reading of the log (minutes) (led by Troop Scribe)
The Scoutmaster agreed to act as Troop Scribe for this meeting.
Present: Senior Patrol Leader Ethan, Rising Sun Patrol Leader Michael, Rising Sun APL Nathan, SM John McCarthy, and ASM Gary Cunningham.
The minutes for the previous meeting on March 22, 2005 were read and accepted.
7:10 p.m. - Patrol Reports (given by Patrol Leaders)
Rising Sun Patrol Leader Michael reported that no one advanced a rank at the Court of Honor on April 5, 2005; the Flyer Distribution on April 12, 2005 was cold, but we got the work done; and we collected 179 pounds of food at the Scouting for Food Drive on April 16, 2005.
Michael asked Assistant Patrol Leader Nathan to report on the outing to Yankee Springs on April 1-3, 2005. Nathan reported that this outing was successful. Others commented that they would not have missed this outing for the world, that we probably will never have such a great outing ever again, and that it was really, really fun.
7:25 p.m. - Old business (led by SPL)
The Scoutmaster reported that Mr. Rick Todd had assigned Troop 272 our first choice of country to represent at the Mawanjidiwin Spring Camporee, Ireland.
The PLC decided not to invite Webelos Scouts to the Mawanjidiwin Spring Camporee. Nate said that he thought that we would be too busy to entertain these scouts. The PLC agreed with Nate's judgement on this issue.
7:40 p.m. - Big event/monthly outing planning (led by SPL)
The PLC discussed the:
The Scoutmaster agreed to ask Mr. Todd:
  • whether we could be assigned an area about 180 meters by 30 meters for our Gaelic Football game,
  • whether we would have up to 15 people on each team at a time (30 people at a time),
  • how much time would be allotted for our game (want 30 minutes a game)
The Scoutmaster agreed to secure the materials for the Irish flag (three 10 inch by 26 inch strips of cloth; green, white, orange).
The Scoutmaster agreed to bring these materials to the next troop meeting (Tuesday, May 3, 2005).
The PLC agreed that the Irish meal for the Spring Camporee would consist of corn beef brisket and cabbage with Irish soda bread.

7:55 p.m. Troop Meeting Planning (led by SPL)
The PLC planned the troop meetings for May:
8:10 p.m. New Business (led by SPL)
The PLC decided not to schedule a special Court of Honor before our next Quarterly Court of Honor on Tuesday, July 4, 2005.
The next PLC meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, 2005.
8:25 p.m. Scoutmaster's Minute (led by Scoutmaster)
The Scoutmaster commended the PLC for their work.
8:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned by the SPL.
Minutes submitted by Scoutmaster John D. McCarthy
Last revised 4/27/05
John D. McCarthy