Committe Meeting tonight 6:30pm,Caving this weekend

We had an excellent Annual Planning Conference yesterday with a total of 36 attending. We had hot dogs for lunch and went to the hoover Golden Corral for dinner. Thanks to Mr. Bolding and Mr. Lepianka for spending the night

We had a problem with the air compressor line/compressor not being functional for the bus so we loaded several cars for dinner. Will check status of the bus as the weather warms and the air lines that may be iced will thaw regarding the trip this coming weekend to Tennessee.

Weather pending and there are no issues with the bus, we will leave at around 10:00 AM on Saturday 16th for Raccon Maountain, get fast food lunch, ride the Incline Railway to Lookout Mountain, then dinner, then into the cave at 7:30 PM for the night. They will provide breakfast and we will return before Noon on Sunday. If the weather remains too cold or wet for the incline railroad and a walk on top of Lookout Mountain, but no ice or precipitation for good driving conditions, we will leave at 2:00 PM (CST), have a fast food dinner, and enter the cave at 7:30 PM.

Final details if any will be discussed at the Troop Committee meeting, Monday, January 11, 6:30 PM along with final approval of the Troop 2010 Agenda.

Option One: Cost per person Fuel 12.00 (25 persons @360 miles) Fee for Cave 38.00 Fee for Incline 11.20 (adult) $5.60 (Scout) $62.00 Adult $57.00 Scout ....Cost for meals per individual provided by individual.

Option Two: Cost per person Fuel (25 persons at 360 miles)) 12.00 Fee for Cave 38.00 Total $50.00 Cost for meals per individual provided by individual.

The issue about leaders with CDL's to drive the bus is again coming up...we currently have a bare minimum certified now (4) and we need at least a minimum of six consisting of active leaders who can help out with this....Mr. Bolding is currently preparing for it. Please think about this to give us the flexibility the Troop needs. Right now we only have two drivers scheduled for the Trip to Canada and only one to Chatanooga. Not good. It took six cars without hauling any equipment just to get to the Golden Corral...imagine the numbers of vehicles to get us to summer camp for the week.....

As usual, Thanks for all your support and encouraging attendance.

YiS Dan s "Delivering the Promise"