Here are the boy scout interest topics and program features that we have penciled in for the rest of the roundtable meetings in the 2017-18 program year.
February – Other High Adventure Opportunities and Communication program feature.
March – Supplemental Training and Living History program feature.
April – National Outdoor Awards and Fishing program feature. Cooking
May – What to Do With an Eagle? and Backcountry Skills (Outdoor Ethics) program feature
We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday January 9th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
Combined Big Rock topic will be Adult Awards and Recognition
Boy Scout leaders’ breakout session will focus on High Adventure Opportunities on an Individual Basis and Games program feature.
We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday December 12h 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
Combined opening will be an updated on Scoutbook.
The topic of our Boy Scout leader breakout session will include an interest topic discussion on Camping Trip Activities and the program feature of the month: COPE.
http://www.campmattatuck.org/cope.html
https://campworkcoeman.org/boy-scouts/program-areas/
http://www.gotowebster.org/uploads/4/4/8/9/44890675/jnw_2017_part2.pdf
We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday November 14th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
The topic of our Boy Scout leader breakout session will include an announcement about OA elections and feedback from troop leaders on participation in OA, followed by a panel discussion on “Helping Scouts succeed in leadership positions.” The panel discussion will be moderated, with audience input on this topic. Please bring your ideas and questions!
We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday October 10th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
A combined big rock discussion with all leaders will focus on Webelos-to-Scout transition. Here is a summary of resources on this topic.
The boy scout leader breakout session will follow, covering the Winter Camping program feature.
***Update***
Here are Dan’s slides and the double bagging insulation calculation spreadsheet. Thanks to Dan, Robert, and Noah for leading an excellent discussion!
Download Slides
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We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday September 12th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
A combined big rock discussion with all leaders will focus on unit commissioners, information regarding an increase in the national registration fee, and updated youth protection training (YPT) policies for leader registration.
During our Boy Scout leader breakout session, we will focus our discussion on the Orienteering program feature. Here are some links to local orienteering resources and courses:
https://www.wcocorienteering.org/
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/rdewitt/wcoc/permanent%20courses.html
Below is an outlined plan for our 2017-18 roundtable program year. This plan can and will be adapted as needed to arrange for particular presenters or your interests or to adjust to weather events. I am still always open to your input on select program features and training topics that are of most interest to your units. Please fill out a brief online survey at https://goo.gl/forms/
| Month | Big Rock Joint Training Topic | Boy Scout interest topic | Matianuck Program Feature |
| Sep | What is a unit commissioner? National fee and YPT policy updates | (none to accomodate longer big rock session) | Orienteering |
| Oct | Webelos-to-Scout Transition | Winter Camping | |
| Nov | Chartered Organizations–who owns your unit? | Camping Trip Activities | Helping Scouts Succeed in Leadership Positions |
| Dec | Scoutbook | OA Elections: Just the Facts | Project COPE |
| Jan | Opportunities for High Adventure on an Individual Basis | Troop Games | |
| Feb | Other High Adventure Opportunities | Communication | |
| Mar | Supplemental Training | Living History | |
| Apr | National Outdoor Awards | Fishing | |
| May | What to Do With an Eagle | Backcountry skills (hygiene, cooking, etc.) | |
| Jun | Program Launch | Program Launch |
We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday May 9th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
During our Boy Scout leader breakout session, we will focus our discussion on:
Just one month ago, a blizzard wiped out our March Roundtable meeting. This next week, we’re looking at 80F! We will meet for Roundtable on Tuesday April 11th 7:30-8:30pm (with crackerbarrel to follow) at East Granby Congregational Church.
The program feature to discuss this month is Cycling. We are fortunate to have a local cycling enthusiast who will visit our Roundtable meeting to share with us some of his experience and knowledge. Below is a detailed outline (more than we’ll be able to cover on Tuesday) of topics related to cycling. We’ll focus on:
Here are some informational handouts to go along with the outline below.
https://www.adventurecycling.org/about-us/40th-anniversary/bike-your-park-day/
