January Troop Meeting

The Jamboree Troop Meeting for 1632 and 1633 is January 25, 2010. The location is St. Andrews Prebyterian Church (same as September 2009 meeting) at 7pm.

Medical forms are due at this meeting. Please remember to turn in your Scout Questionnaire. We will plan the February Troop Jamboree Shakedown at this meeting. The February Shakedown is a Saturday AM to Sunday AM campout. The cost of the campout is $10.00 per person.

Calendar updates

The troop Jamboree leaders met this past Wednesday. Here are a couple of updates -

January 25th is Jamboree Troop meeting at 7pm St Andrews Presbyterian Church

February 27-28 is Troop Shakedown at Camp Wisdom. This is a change as the Scouts will now arrive Saturday AM instead of Friday night. We will have access to the Cub World building.
Cost of the Campout is $10/pp

Please remember to turn in your Jamboree Questionnaire! Email it to wbjamboree@gmail.com and everyone should have received their Jamboree bar coded medical form via email. The medical form must be turned in by the January 25th Troop Meeting.

Where do you want to go in NYC and DC?

The Scoutmasters and Assistants of both troops will meet with the travel agency for the first time next Wednesday October 21st. We will give them a basic itenerary to begin plans. If you have a desire to see a particular site please email us at wbjamboree@gmail.com before next Wednesday!

Jamboree Experience

Check out the photo on the top of the blog. The 2005 Jamboree Troop with Scouts from White Buffalo and Western Star Districts. I can count 18 Scouts who earned their Eagle badge and four more Eagle candidates who will complete this year. That is 22 Eagle Scouts!! And we have two coming back has 3rd Assistant Scoutmasters and four more that attended in 2005 coming back as participants. THAT is the Jamboree effect!

September Troop Meeting

Very productive meeting last night. We started about 7:10pm and closed at 8:34pm.The sanctuary was full of Scouts and parents.

The next Troop meeting is in January. Date to come soon. Medical forms are due by that meeting.

We made updates to the files on the google group. The troop roster is updated. There is now a sample itenerary. The Personal Equipment list is updated to include T-shirts and light sleeping bag.

We are taking designs on a patch for both troops. A patch we create and order for our two troops we sell at cost to our Scouts to trade. If you have any inspired artists please tell them to submit a design to wbjamboree@gmail.com

We are meeting with the tour agency next month. If you have places you want to visit in NYC or Washington DC please let us know before October 21st. We will submit an itenerary we want our tour agent to follow at the October meeting.

Troop Meeting Tonight!

Getting ready for our joint troop meeting tonight at St Andrews Presbyterian Church on Skillman in East Dallas. Just uploaded the power point presentation we will use to the google group. Check it out here at White Buffalo Jamboree Troops

Troop Numbers Assigned

We have our Jamboree Troop numbers!

Troop 1632 is with Brian Bennett (formally Troop 2).
Troop 1633 is with Harry Bubeck (formally Troop 1).

These troop numbers must be on all uniforms our Scouts and Scouters take to Jamboree next year (just for the Jamboree).

First Troop Meeting Set for Monday September 21

The Jamboree Troop adult leaders met last night for our monthly meeting to set dates, agendas, and continue to plan our adventure next year. The first meeting with our two troops is Monday, September 21st at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on Skillman in Dallas 75214 at 7pm. Full uniform for the meeting.

Meet Your 3rd Assistant Scoutmaster

Here is a little information on Bobby Hartmann. He will serve as the 3rd Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 2 under Brian Bennett. 3rd Assistant Scoutmasters are between the ages of 18-21.

I am a senior at Bishop Lynch High School with an interest in Purdue University and Texas A&M. I play tuba, trombone, baritone, trumpet, and piano for the Bishop Lynch Band and the Music Learning Band. I am an Eagle Scout and a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. I have worked Winter and Summer camp as a First Year Camper Instructor. I have a 4.0 at school and am very involved. I am a board member for Bishop Lynch Ambassadors, a member of National Honor Society, a leader of Student PC Technology at BL, a section leader/Quatermaster/load crew captian for the BL Band, a student director/section leader for the Music Learning Band, a founder of the Ultimate frisbee club, and a member of Mu Alpha Theta. In college I plan to major in Engineering and play in the band.

Google Group Created

We created a Google Group to send out announcements to the members of our two Jamboree Troops. Check it out at the link above.

We also created an email account for all Jamboree questions/comments and general communications on Jamboree wbjamboree@gmail.com this is the preferred email address and the eight adult leaders for our two troops will have access to review and reply to messasges

Jamboree Leaders Meet and Greet

Last night the Scoutmasters and 1st/2nd Assistants for the Council Contingent met for introductions and kick off meeting. Starting in September we will meet each month through the Jamboree Shakedown campout the last weekend in April.

From our two troops present were Harry Bubeck and David Davidson from Troop 1
Brian Bennett, Joey Castleberry, John Fox Holt from Troop 2

Charlie Holmes and Scott Ferguson did a high level review of the trip itenerary and Jamboree itself. We talked about the tour company, talked payments and talked open spots in each troop. Right now between the two troops we have 12 open spots. Three of those 12 have names but no money down. If you want to go with us let Brian Bennett know briantbennett@hotmail.com

The troop leaders for our two troops plan to meet later this month over dinner to start planning our trip.

Scout Show Tickets Help Pay For Jamboree

Don't forget Scout Show tickets as a great way to pay for Jamboree.

Sell 480 tickets and the trip is yours!

The tickets are $10 each. They offer discounts to restaurants, services and the Texas Rangers games for a year! The Scouts get the tickets in-hand so people pay the Scout and they automatically get a ticket. Sell one ticket for $10 and the troop gets $5.

There are two qualifiers!

1. Turn in Money to Council on time.
2. The unit must have a booth at Scout Show

If a troop does not turn in Money on time, the commissions to the troop go down. If the troop does not have a booth at Scout Show the commissions go down. If the money and/or remaining tickets are not turned in by May 31st there are no commissions.

I know Troop 42 takes a percentage from every fundraiser to pay for regular expenses that would otherwise be seen in increased dues or out-of-pocket. Check with your troop on how they handle fundraisers.

Jamboree recruitment comes to an end

As of today each troop has 4 open spots for youth. There are still 12 names on the list of Scouts they say they will sign up or are interested.

Jamboree Committee Meeting

Last Wednesday Harry went to the Council Jamboree Committee meeting at the Council Office and I went as a guest. We reviewed recruitment numbers and set dates for Adult Leader interviews. The National Jamboree Committee had met earlier that week and some decisions were made. Troop gateways are restricted by height to 10 feet. Subcamp gateways are restricted to 16 feet. As you can see from our picture at the top of the blog our gateway in 2005 was larger than 10 feet. I suggested we make every troop gateway a subcamp gateway and our theme is "Gateway's to the South". No one seriously considered it. Our medical facilities will combine between subcamps. Instead of one per subcamp there will be a larger facility for two or three subcamps each. If the President speaks at the Jamboree it will be in the morning. There will be more Kiosks for lunches. AT&T is the official cellular carrier and will have more power. There will not be pay phones. They are considering having cell phone power stations for a fee. The subcamp commissary will distribute food by troop, not by patrol. The deign of our patches was discussed.

Jamboree Recruitment Update

We are now at 60 total Scouts - that is 30 Scouts for each troop. We have 12 Scouts to go (6 per troop).

Jamboree Adult Leaders Selected

Harry and Brian met with the T-175 Jamboree committee last night and went through many topics. The meeting went very well and all left excited about the adventures for our Scouts. The adult leaders for both troops were selected. We have not determined the Assistant Scoutmaster positions just yet

Harry David Mark Josh

Brian John Joey Bobby

Each of the assistant scoutmaster positions has a specific list of responsibilities. David, Mark, John and Joey will fill one of the two 1st and 2nd positions and Josh and Bobby will fill the 3rd Assistant Scoutmaster positions.

In the Spring of 2010 we will have our own troop shakedown (both troops together) at the Houlb Farm. We will select the youth leaders at that time.

Jamboree Recruitment Update

Two of the Scouts under "interested" status just jumped up to registered status.
We now have 57 spots reserved. We are at a point now where every time a Scout registers that means another Scout on our total list will go with another troop.

Harry and Brian have a meeting with our friends in T-175 this week. We plan to settle our adult leadership this week.

Jamboree Recruitment Update

We are now at 53 registered, 14 yes but no form, 6 interested. If all register we are one over.