SN4S and September Roundtable

It has been busy the last two nights. We had our district wide School Night  For Scouting on the 3rd.  My district, Keystone picked up a few more than 300 scouts. I turned in 15 scouts with one withheld for payment of fees. We had a great night in my opinion, but not on the same level as last years when I transfered packs. We had half of a cafeteria table for space. We didn't have enough room to give a presentation at all.  It was also our schools parent oreintation night for Kinder through 2nd. That was awesome, if scouting has a target audience we had it walking right past us.  My son's den was there to have a den meeting and had games for the new scouts to play.

For a break down: we had 8 boys sign up for Bears, 6 that signed up or are coming back for more information on wolves, 2 signed tigers and 3 coming back for more information, two signed webelos and three possibles. I admit I should have better numbers for the breakdown but haven't had a chance to sit down and look at the applications. The district met at a local Pizza Hut for turn in. That took nearly two hours plus time to network. That plus having lingering effects of a bad restuarant  from last Friday  has kept me wiped out.

Last night was  the roundtable for September. I was worried about  my wood badge ticket as being on roundtable staff is a ticket item. I jumped in and helped out.  The theme "Adventures in books" was difficult to pull together in the very short amount of time we had.  In our joint session,  we had all the usual plus a Wood Badge Beading. If you've ever been around for a beading ceremony you know that add at least 20 minutes to the agenda. As I'm working my ticket, I understand the importance of beading. But when your only working on an hour a week, it makes it tough. We also had announce ments about training, etc.  tha gave us about 3 minutes for the theme.  As all of us non district folk knew in our heart the district does have secret meetings. I was invited by the District Commissioner  and My UC  to drop by have a bean nacho and a tea. It wasn't really that big of deal  the Boy scout staff planned out who had what topic through December.  They started to go into the new year, but were reminder that our one district will become three seperate districts in January with new roundtables and the whole nine yards. 

Ok so we know  that we  are being redrawn other than that we do not have many details yet. Here's how this huge news got out. First some time in August, the DE said it was going to happen as of January 1, but everything was in the air. Then I went to TDC and one of the guys there said 2 districts were getting chpped in half, one of them being mine,  and the new districts were like pie slices around the metro area.  I think I was at the a district training meeting  when some one offered  the center point was  around  the intersection of I-35 and I-37. Then over the last two nights  it came out the new districts would  have no more than 40 units in each that means  my district which has 137 units  will be no less than 3 districts with a small area going into another district.  I am going to have to go to the district committee meeting this month.  With  not enough people to run the current district committees people are going to have to step up.

Speaking of Committee Meeting, I have one next week. I better get cracking on the agenda tonight.