District Note: Round Table / PDACL (Thursday, April 10, 2008)

TO ALL SCOUTERS:

Additional help is needed to help with the Loop a Rama portion of the Piedmont District Advancement Camporee on Saturday, April 26.

Specific help is needed as follows:
Help Jane Shouse with Art
Someone to do Marbles
Someone to help with the Field Sports (Flag, Frisbee, Soccer)

If you are willing and able to help, please contact James Robbins at 631-2842 or via email at james.robbins@stratapult.com
 
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Our Piedmont District Round Table Meeting is TONIGHT - 7:00 PM at Maple Springs UMC on Renolda Road.

The Cub Scout topic will be "Leaf it to Cubs."  May will be "Youth Protection" training.

The Boy Scout topic will be "BSA Awards" presented by James Brown.  A meal will be available prior to the meeting beginning at 6:00 PM with a $5.00 donation requested to help defer the costs.

The Venture Scout topic will be Part 2 of Personal Safety Awareness on “Bloggers.”

Something for everyone.  Be there!

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The Boy Scout Roundtable Staff is now taking suggestions for roundtable topics/presentations for the 2008-2009 Boy Scout Round Table season.  

Please submit your suggestions to David Curtis, Boy Scout Round Table Commissioner at dcurtis12@triad.rr.com.   We will take suggestions until April 30, at which point the selections will be made, and the 2008 - 2009 Boy Scout Roundtable Schedule will be published the first week in May.  Your ideas are greatly appreciated.  
Your friend in scouting,
David Curtis
Boy Scout Round Table Commissioner

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Concerning the Piedmont Advancment Camporee and Loop-o-rama (the event formerly known as Expo):  

We would prefer checks, as opposed to cash this year at the registration check-in area.  Please spread the word to your Scouts and Leaders so that this is not an issue.  This is especially a problem during individual registration on Saturday morning.  Therefore, please ask your parents/Scouts to bring a check as opposed to paying cash.  Checks can be made out to Old Hickory Council, BSA.
 
Also, please be aware that Boy Scouts are responsible to have their Merit Badge Booklet when they arrive.  We are not planning on having booklets available on site, so plans need to be made to get them before the day of the event.
 
Please relay to your Scouts and parents that they may not get the merit badge that they signed up for.  Every year, there seem to be a few individuals that get very upset because their son didn’t get the merit badge that he wanted.  Please help them to understand, before they arrive, that there are limited seats in each class and so it is a real possibility that they will not get what they signed up for.  Classes are filled primarily on a first come first serve basis.  But also understand that we will not have a single troop fill all spots in a class.  For example, in situations where troops sign up 25 Scouts for one class, they will more than likely be given some slots, but they will not be given all of them.  This, of course, is in the interest of fairness.
 
It is highly suggested that Scouts indicate their 1st and 2nd choice of merit badges, in case the class for their 1st request cannot take any more Scouts.  Use a 1, 2 or 3 to indicate their preference.  If a Scout already has one of the merit badges offered, then it would help us to indicate which merit badges that he already has on the individual registration form.
 
Any pre-registered Scout who does not show by 8:30 AM on Saturday morning and receive his registration information will be considered a no-show and his slot will be redistributed as required for those trying to register on-site.  
 
The leader guides can be found on the new council website.  Here is the link.  http://www.oldhickorycouncil.org/padc.html
 
Once you get to the page, the links to the guides are at the bottom of the page.
 
Piedmont District Staff

PS - Dates are April 25 - 27

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Keith Huffstetler
Piedmont District Commissioner
Piedmont District of the Old Hickory Council
(336) 773-2274

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