Area II Program Planning

The Area II event is set for 6:30pm on May 15th at Kodak United Methodist Church. The agenda will be the same as previously discussed.

Camp Pellissippi

If you have not been to Camp Pellissippi lately, you need to plan a trip. Ranger Rick King and his loyal group of volunteers are hard at work making what was old, new again. The newest jewel is going to be a new campmaster cabin. The campmaster program is another posting on its own so I won't go into that here. The cabin is the important item. The estate of Fred W. Bruce left a $63,000 gift to build a cabin in memory of his wife, Anna Mary. Construction will begin soon. Here is a drawing of the cabin:

Bikers for Scouts

If you happen to be a biker ( the motor type, not the pedal type), the 1st Annual Camp Pellissippi Benefit Ride will be held this weekend. This is a fund-raiser ride to help fund expanding the electrical service to unserviced areas at Camp Pellissippi. The ride starts at 8:00 on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from Tommy's Motor Sports at I-75 and Exit 122 or 2401 Andersonville Highway. Entry is $15 for a single, $20 for a double, and T-shirts are $10. Lunch will be provided and there will be door prizes and a silent auction.

New National Website and 100th Logo

If you have not viewed the BSA National site lately you won't recognize it when you do. The site has recently been totally rewritten. The overall look and feel changes are dramatic. It will be worth a look. Just follow the link to the left.

Also, here is the new 100th Anniversary BSA logo. The design was chosen from over 4000 entries. The designer is an Eagle Scout from California.

Welcome! I have thought about starting a blog for Council Activities for some time. It seems that we always talk about improving communications but it ends up just that - talk. This will bypass all those problems since it is all talk from the beginning. Well, that solves one problem!

GSMC units leaders need to place a couple of dates on your calendar. On May 1 and May 15, the Annual Program Planning Conferences will be held. The May 1 date will be for the Area I Districts and will be held at Crown College at 6:30. Here is a list of topics to be covered:

* Unit Planning Materials

* 2008-2009 District/Council Calendar

* Internet Advancement Information

* Highlights - Fall Recruiting

* Key Adult Leader Training Information

* Guides for Funding your Scouting Year

* District Breakout Meetings

On May 15, the Area II and Area III Districts will meet. I will post the time and location in the next blog entry.