T399 Parent Meeting Highlights

T399 Parents:

Highlights from our meeting last night:

Communication Changes:
Jan 1, 2009, I will no longer send individual emails. All my communications will be conducted via our website via the Committee Chair Blog. In order to continue staying informed about T399 activities, you must go to www.troop399.org and register. At the meeting we walked through the steps of subscribing; it is a very simple three-step process. Please contact me if you have trouble registering.

Camp-outs:
#1 Winter Camp: Detailed hand-outs were given and we discussed camp-out details. If you have a Scout attending Winter Camp and you did not attend the meeting last night, contact Nick Fox for details. email address. Thanks to Nick and Phil Condra for organizing our Winter Camp-out. T399 has 25 Scouts attending.

#2 Jan Camp-out: NASA & Camp Strake. Jan 23, 24, 25, two nights at Camp Strake and a Saturday trip to NASA.

#3 Feb Camp-out: Location change: Now the camp-out is a backpacking weekend at El Rancho Cima on Feb 6, 7, 8.

Important Dates:

#1 Spaghetti Supper is Sunday, Feb 8th (at the end of our backpacking weekend). We will need many parent volunteers. Julian Fontana is the Chair.

#2 Court of Honor, Tuesday, Jan 27th 7:00 pm TUMC Fellowship Hall. This ceremony will also include passing of leadership from Mark Marshall to Dirk Heinen. Please plan on coming to this important Court of Honor.

#3 Friends of Scouting: Nick Fox is spearheading the FOS effort and he is encouraging anyone who wants a tax write-off this year, they can make a contribution now that will count for T399 in 2009. You can make contributions on-line and be sure to put Troop 399.

Count down: 14 days to Blog only communications. Are you registered and ready?

Don B. Mauro
dmauro21@gmail.com
512/657-0195

"It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping them to install values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential.

The values we strive to install are based on those found in the Scout Oath and Law."

T399 Parent Meeting 12/16, 7pm @ TUMC

T399 Parents,
Please join us tomorrow night for a T399 Parent meeting at 7 pm, TUMC.
Parents with Scouts attending Winter Camp should consider this an important meeting to attend. Nick Fox (the Dad) will be at the meeting to discuss the logistics. Bring your questions and notepad for the details.

We also have three Boards of Review scheduled for tomorrow. If you are able to participate in a Board of Review please e-mail me to let me know. If nine parents volunteer this should only take 15 minutes. We will also assist parents who haven't signed up for our Blog at this upcoming meeting by taking the process step-by-step.

Attention** important email communication warning: On Jan 1, 2009 I will
be communicating with T399 parents via our website Blog site, and only via our Blog site. Have you signed up yet for our Blog? If not, starting in the New year you will no longer be receiving critical T399 information via
email from me. To date, 30 T399 families have registered on our Blog. So
there are remaining families/parents that have yet to register. Now is the
time (it only takes a few minutes). How do you know if you have
registered? This email will be sent via the Blog, so if you don't receive
it again from the Blog, then you are NOT registered. Need help? Attend
the Parent meeting tonight and we will do it together. www.troop399.org

Count down of 16 days until Blog only communications from Committee Chair
Don. Are you ready?

Hope you are enjoying this holiday season & hope to see you tomorrow night,

Don B. Mauro
dmauro21@gmail.com
512/657-0195

"It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping them to install values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential.
The values we strive to install are based on those found in the Scout Oath and Law."

T-399 Merit Badge University Eagle Merit Badges

T399 Parents:

Last night a number of parents asked me if Troop 399 Scouts could get credit for Eagle required merit badge work at Merit Badge University.

The Answer: Troop 399 does not allow credit for Eagle required merit badge work completed at Merit Badge University. These merit badges can be worked on during summer camp and winter camp and through a Troop 399 Merit Badge Counselor during the year.

This has been a long standing rule in T399. Please follow-up with Mark or Dirk for further explanation.