Summary of Troop Events, 1999-2000

Our regular monthly events for 1999-2000 were as follows:

• 2 CCP Scouting Mornings
• 1 Evening Troop Meeting
• 1 Patrol Leaders' Council Meeting
• 1 CCP Family Night
• 1 Weekend Outing, Friday-Sunday (3 days)
• 1 Troop Committee Meeting
• 1 Roundtable

Not all of the above events occurred each month. When they did, this gave us a total of 10 days of events in a month. The last two events were only intended for our adult leaders. However, even if we do not count these two events, this still amounts to 8 days of events in a month.

In addition to the above events, there were special activities that arose from time to time:

• 1 Sleepy Hollow Pioneering Campout (September)
• 1 Marscot Park Rocket Launch (October)
• 1 Troop Planning Conference (November)
• 1 Troop Calendar Presentation (November)
• 1 Fenner Arboretum Outing (November)
• 1 Camp Kiwanis Troop Good Turn Day (February)
• 1 Fitzgerald Park Nature Hike (March)
• 1 YMCA Swim (March)
• 1 Lansing City Council Meeting (March)
• 1 D.A.R.E. presentation (May)
• 1 Bottle Drive in Vermontville and Charlotte (May)
• 1 Bottle Drive in Holt and Lansing (June)
• 1 CCP Pinewood Derby and Troop Good Turn Day (June)
• 1 Burchfield Park Nature Hike (July)
• 1 Week of Summer Camp (July)
• 1 Bottle Drive in Charlotte (July)
• 1 CCP Bike Rodeo and Troop Fundraiser (concession stand) (July)
• 1 Bottle Drive in Holt (August)
• 1 Troop Planning Conference (August)
• 1 CCP Picnic (August)
• 2 CCP Planning Meetings
• 2 CCP Leaders' Meetings
• 4 Boards of Review
• 4 Courts of Honor

All these activities amounted to several days of events in a given month. For instance, not counting the meetings which were only for adult leaders, we had a total of 9 days of activities in May.

I believe that we have been overextending ourselves as a troop in 1999-2000 and we need to take some serious measures to streamline our program for 2000-2001.

Last Revised 8/20/00