February Roundtable

  February 3, 2011

 

Commissioners Announcements (10 minutes)

Dates:

• 2/9 - OA Chapter Meeting
  
• 2/9 - Nominating Committee Meeting (Bill)
  
• 2/17 - District Committee Meeting
  
• 2/18-20 - Winter Camporee
  
• 2/24 - Leader Specific Training
  
• 3/5 - University of Scouting
  
• 3/3 - Roundtable
  
• 3/9 - OA Chapter Meeting
  
• 3/17 - District Committee Meeting
  
• 3/18-20 - Outdoor Leader Training
  
• 3/26 - District Pinewood Derby Race
  
• Announcements from District Executive
  
• Announcements from District Commissioner
  

 

 

Commissioners Story or Activity (1 minute)

Letter from Scout Camp

 

Dear Mom & Dad,

 

We are having a great time here at Camp CatchaCough. Our Scoutmaster is making us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away.

 

Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Charlie when it happened. Oh yes, please call Charlie's mother and tell her he is OK. He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the search & rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning.

 

Scoutmaster got mad at Charlie for going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Charlie said he did tell him, but it was during the fire so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas could blow up? The wet wood still didn't burn, but one of our tents did. Also, some of our clothes. John is going to look weird until his hair grows back.

 

We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left. Scoutmaster said that a car that old you have to expect something to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on it. We think it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the tailgate. It gets pretty hot with 10 people in a car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman stopped and talked to us.

 

Our Scoutmaster is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Travis how to drive. But he only lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All we ever see up there are logging trucks.

 

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scoutmaster wouldn't let me because I can't swim and Charlie was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake. It was great. You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood. Scoutmaster isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets.

 

He has to spend a lot of time working on the car so we are trying not to cause him any trouble. Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit badges. When David dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Also Raymond and I threw up. Scoutmaster said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken.

 

I have to go now. We are going into town to mail our letters and buy bullets. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.

 

Love,

Your son

 

P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?

 

Commissioners Presentation
(15 minutes)

• Recognition Awards PPT.
  

Scout Games (10 minutes maybe)

Learn the names

 
 

• Stand in a circle
  
• Holding a ball of yarn, call out your name.
  
• Throw the yard to someone across from you
  
• That person must call out your name and then theirs.
  
• Next person must call out the names in order until the yarn has made it around the room
  

Commissioners Recipe (Pass out while PP is shown)

Chicken Quesadillas

 

• Ingredients
  
  • stove, dutch oven, can opener, fork, small pot, aluminum foil
    
  • 2 10oz cans white chicken meat, 2 Tbsp chili powder, 2 tsp minced garlic, 12 large soft flour tortillas, 8 oz shredded Mexican-blend cheese, salsa
    
• Directions
  
  • Heat dutch oven to 450.
    Pour chicken, undrained, into small pot on stove.
    Add chili powder and garlic.
    Shred chicken with a fork and mix well.
    Stir chicken while it heats for about 5 minutes.
    
    To make quesadilla:
    Place tortilla on square of aluminum foil.
    Spread 1/6 of chicken over tortilla.
    Sprinkle cheese over chicken.
    Top with second tortilla.
    Place in dutch oven.
    You can place a second quesadilla on top of the first.
    
    Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, then lift by corners of foil.
    Cut into 1/4s or 1/6s and add salsa if desired.
    
    Serves about 6 people
    

 

 

 

 

Commissioners Minute (20 minutes)

 

Big L and Little L

 

Which position leads in this district?
Anyone else?
OK, those are the Leaders of the district, the guys that run the show, the guys with the cool patches, the guys in control.

This is an 'l' (hold left index finger up vertically)
This is an 'L' (stick left thumb out horizontally)
Do you see the difference?
This 'l' is a Little L.
This 'L' is a Big L.
(from now on, make the Big or Little L sign as appropriate)

This is a key difference, especially when we're talking about 'l'eaders. The ones you mentioned are 'L'eaders - guys in a position of 'l'eadership. You think of them as 'l'eaders because of their position.

But, a 'l'eader is someone that leads because some 'l'eadership is needed, not because he is in a position. A 'l'eader is proactive - he sees a need and takes care of it. A 'l'eader steps up and makes decisions.

All of you can and should be 'l'eaders, whether or not you're a 'L'eader.

So, basically:

• 'L'eaders don't always 'l'ead.
  
• 'l'eaders aren't always 'L'eaders.
  
• the 'l'eadership of this district is not limited to the 'L'eadership