Attendance:

• Financial situation is in good shape
• Food, trophies, etc. for Pinewood Derby was $564
• Derby Diner sold $325

• Good reviews for pack meeting (Pie-in-the-Face very popular)

• Good idea to continue with the January Pack Night meeting despite the conflict with the Houston Aeros hockey game
• Guest speaker with bloodhounds well received.

• Recharter papers have been submitted
• Still pursuing a couple of cub scout families for their recharter fees

• Good reviews for this year's Derby despite the equipment failure and the need to revert to a manual points procedure
• Need to approach Faith United Methodist Church re scheduling the event for next year (also for Blue & Gold)
• Sacred Heart staff appreciative of our efforts to clean up the gymnasium and kitchen
• Laser equipment failure occurred midway through the Derby.
• Laser will be returned to the vendor for repair or replacement (2 year warranty)
• Recommendation to share diner preparation work  with a larger group of people
• Recommendation to add additional padding to the finish line area of the track to protect the cars

• Motion to terminate the magazine drive and recommend cub scout families to use the recycle bin at the school...motion carried
• Notice for magazine drive removed from the web site

• Keith Hammons is the main contact
• Approval received from Carl Baumgartner to use their property for the Arrow of Light
• Discussed making next year's AOL date earlier to get the graduating cub scouts into Boy Scouts earlier
• Suggestion to bring canopies to this year's AOL/Campout
• March 27 is primary date, April 3 is the backup date for this year's AOL

• Scheduled date is May 22
• Suggestions: Zoo sleepover, skating, picnic, pool party
• Motion to have a picnic for the May activity....carried
• Cindy Garza to reserve Pitts Park
• Recommended time for the event: 12-4 PM

• Scheduled for April 24
• Recommendation to add request for volunteers to the pack web site
• Need ideas for the booth
• Problem in past years with people showing up to manage the booth
• Need individual time slots with specific people assigned to each time slot
• Vince to coordinate overall event

• Reece Nagai requested Pack 1680 to donate the old Pack 880 Pinewood Derby to the Urban Scouting organization at the Jackson Elementary school
• Jim Barnfield is one of the people involved with this organization
• Motion to donate track to this organization....carried

• Swinging Door booked for this event on Feb 28 (4:30 - 7:00 PM)
• Swing Door holds up to 275 people
• Pack 1680 not responsible for setting up or taking down tables/chair
• Cost is $5 per person.
• Money is due by Feb 19
• All cub scouts will receive a Blue & Gold patch
• Theme for Blue & Gold is Fiesta
• Kent McAllister agreed to create a slideshow for the event
• Feb 19 is the deadline for submitting pictures (preferably digital) to Kent

• Need to help new Tiger Den Leaders get started after Rally Night
• Recommend parent orientation meeting to help new Tiger Den Leaders
• Also recommend assigning a current Den Leader as a mentor to each new Tiger Den Leader

• Sara announced her plans to resign as Committee Chair as soon as that position can be filled
• Sara agreed to continue her duties until a replacement is found and will help to train this person
• Need replacements for the following positions:

Committee Chair
Assistant Cubmaster
Webmaster
Training Coordinator

• Requested all current Den Leaders to approach appropriate people as replacements