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ScoutTrack -> ScoutManage

May 27, 2009

We are moving our scout tracking information to a new system at www.scoutmanage.com. All parents (that we have on record) have a new userid for the new website in the format of (firstname)(lastname). Your password will be your lastname with a 1 on the end.
Example:

Name: Joe User
user: joeuser
pass: user1

There are some usernames in the format of (first letter of first name)(last name) due to length limitations. If your first name and last name combined total more than 14 characters then your login will be the following example.

Example:
Name: Joe User
user: juser
pass: user1

The move will save the pack money and give us better capabilities to track awards earned/given out. Handle online event registrations, offer a more public calendar that ties in with our website and many more features to better support the pack! This is a step forward for the pack and your continuing support is appreciated.

The move officially happens after the pack graduation (June 6th) and scouttrack will be disabled for all users at that time. This information is being offered in advance in the hopes that the transition will be easier.

Please input all new information after the end of May 2009 into the new scoutmanage system.

There is a large amount of information for help in getting around the new system offered online at The ScoutManage Online Wiki.

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May Pack Meeting Announcements

May 27, 2009

Church Spring Cleaning:
Will be the Afternoon/evening of June 2nd here at Lord of The Hills.

Rockies Game:
The Pack will be attending the Rockies game on the 21st of August (Rockies vs. SF) at 7:10 pm.
Cost is 13.00 per ticket. Deadline for sign up and payment will be at the May Pack meeting (May 26th).

Pack Graduation:
Event will be at Castlewood Canyon on the 6th of June.
There is a State Park entrance fee of $6 per vehicle.

Magness camp:
Pack will be attending session 5 which runs from June 21st starting at 1pm and running to the 23rd at 6pm.
Cost is now $10 more per participant.
Event will be held at the Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch.
Pack registration is closed but you can still register online until 6/14/2009.

Pack Family Camp Out:
Will be on July 21st to the 23rd and will be held at the meadows campsite in pike national forest.
Cost is $20 per family.
Deadline for signup is the May pack meeting.

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Pack 803 Graduation

May 22, 2009

Our graduation picnic has been organized! We will be having it on Saturday, June 6, from 10 am-2 pm at Castlewood Canyon State Park (see below for directions). We will have 1 of the main shelters for our party. The pack will be providing grilled hamburgers & hot dogs, as well as drinks, and smores for everyone attending. The rest will be potluck, and we’re asking that each family bring either an appetizer, side dish, or dessert to the party.

We will be providing a sign up sheet at this month’s pack meeting. That’ll be the only opportunity to let us know that your scout & family will be attending, & what you’d like to contribute unless you otherwise reply by email. We would like to get a somewhat accurate head count so that we may be able to provide enough, so please make sure to visit the sheet that evening or let us know through email.

Besides the actual graduation & picnic, we will also provide numerous activities to entertain. It should be fun for the whole family. We’re also providing many volunteer opportunities to help us make this graduation a success, so please let us know if you’d like to provide your services to help us in any capacity. We would greatly appreciate it & we’ll discuss this more at pack meeting.

Our tentative schedule is as follows:

* Pre-graduation hike organized by Paul Schaum. If any other adults is interested in helping Paul with organizing this & he’ll appreciate the help, please let him know. Also, if you’ll be interested in joining the hike group, please let him know. More details about this should follow.
* 10 AM-Picnic officially starts. If there is any one that would like to help with receiving & organizing the food and subsequent buffet please let either Ann Adams or Maria Chen know.
* 10:30 AM-The pack will start grilling. If you’d like to help out on the grill, please let us know.
* Eating & being merry should be around 11-ish to noon-ish.
* 1 pm-Start of our Graduation ceremony.
* After ceremony, there’ll be some important pack announcements + pack graduation photo.
* 2 pm-End & Clean up. We would appreciate any one interested in staying a little behind & helping us to clean up. Let us know.

Throughout the picnic, & besides the other things to do at the park, there’ll be other activities we have organized such as a Scavenger Hunt, games, & general play for both the scouts & lil ones. Please see Maria Chen if you’d like to be a part of this. Any help in this department would be greatly appreciated.

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April Pack Meeting Announcements

April 28, 2009

Church Spring Cleaning:
Will be the Afternoon/evening of June 2nd at Lord of The Hills.

Rockies Game:
The Pack will be attending the Rockies game on the 21st of August (Rockies vs. SF) at 7:10 pm.
Cost is 13.00 per ticket. Deadline for sign up and payment will be at the May Pack meeting (May 26th).

Dinosaur ridge:
We have 6 open slots for the Dinosaur Ridge outing on May 2nd at 10:15am. Please see our Treasurer, Paul Schaum for details. Those attending will need to check in as a group. Clay Conner will be in charge. We suggest everyone meet as a group at or before 10:00 am.

Trailblazers:
Will be on Saturday the 16th of May. The cost is $15.00 per person, siblings 5 and under are free.
Tonight is the deadline for signing up.

Twilight Mini-Camp:
Will be at the Coal Creek Arena. Runs from June 9th to the 11th, from 4pm to 8pm. Registration is $50. Tonight is the deadline for signup. Please complete and bring with you the Colorado Boy Scout Camp Health form sections 1 through 3 for all attending the event. There is a link to the form on the right hand side of our website.

Pack Graduation:
Event will be at Castlewood Canyon on the 6th of June. There is a State Park entrance fee of $6 per vehicle.

Magness camp:
Pack will be attending session 5 which runs from June 21st starting at 1pm and running to the 23rd at 6pm. Cost is now $10 more per participant. Event will be held at the Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch.

Pack Family Camp Out:
Will be on July 21st to the 23rd and will be held at the meadows campsite in pike national forest. Cost is $20 per family. Deadline for signup is the May pack meeting.

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2009 Pack Graduation

April 27, 2009

The pack graduation for 2009 will be held at Castlewood Canyon State Park. The graduation will be on the 6th of June and we will occupy Shelter #3. For directions to the park go here. There is a $6 park entrance fee per vehicle so car-pooling is encouraged but not required.

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2009 Scout Show

April 27, 2009

The pack had a great booth for the 2009 scout show this year. We followed a doctors and medical theme this year. We’d like to thank the fine folks from The Little Clinic and Code Blue for their time and support with our booth!

Pictures from the show can be seen here.

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Pack 803 needs volunteers

March 23, 2009

Pack 803 needs volunteers. Pack 803′s leaders and committee members are trained by the Boy Scouts of America and offer a quality scouting and educational experience. We can not do this without a ready supply of volunteers across which to distribute responsibilities. We are finding ourselves in a position of needing to do more and more with fewer and fewer people. Our current volunteers have finite time and energy to devote and like the rest of us have normal jobs and lives to lead.

We need volunteers to run various activities. We need volunteers for specific events the pack holds. We need volunteers for specific pack administrative functions. The bottom line is that pack 803 needs more volunteers. We are an entirely donation and privately funded organization. We can not maintain debt or pay employees. All that currently work for the pack do so of their own free will and good nature. The current volunteers are finding that their time is rather stretched doing so many things for the pack. We need more volunteers to spread the load out more evenly. We need more committee members to represent the pack more effectively.

You can become a committee member or leader by simply attending meetings and filling out an adult application. Committee members all contribute to the decision making process of the pack and it’s activities. Leaders directly implement the scouting program and instruct the children. Pack 803 will pay the adult application fees. Some basic web based training is required at a minimum which takes about 20 minutes to accomplish. Some may wish to adopt more active roles with the scouts and will require further detailed training that the pack will also reimburse the volunteers for upon completion of the training and the pack receiving a copy of the training certificate for our records.

We help your child develop into a mature well-respected member of the community through the scouting program. We can not do this alone! You are a critical part of your child’s development and as such should take opportunities to further this development by volunteering.

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Blue & Gold Banquet Update

February 28, 2009

We need everyone to arrive between 11:35am & 11:50am to check in,and get your scouts cake registered in the cake contest. EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO SIGN IN. We need to be seated no later than 11:55am and will commence the Blue & Gold program immediately at 12:00.

Scout Cakes: We will have a table set up for all the scout cakes. Registration forms will be at the table and ensure your scouts cake is registered for the contest.

Lunch/Dinner will commence shortly after 12:00. The Meal is Potluck with the Pack providing plates, utensils, chicken & the beverage. We ask that everyone brings a side dish for the potluck. To ensure we have enough food everyone should bring enough to cover how many is in your family/group attending.

We need adult volunteers for the following:
2 adults volunteers to help with the check in process prior to the Blue & Gold
1 adult Safety Observer prior and during the Blue & Gold.
1 person to help with the cake registration
1 or 2 people to volunteer to pick up the Chicken at Walmart & Albertosns around 11 am on Saturday.
We plan to start setting up at 9:00 am and should be finished around 10:00 am and request 6 adults Volunteers to help out with the set up.

Immediately following the Blue & Gold request 6 adult volunteers to help clean up, will take about 45 minutes to put everything back into place and clean up.

Thank you to all who worked on the Blue & Gold Banquet. We appreciate your hard work!

If you would like to help out in any of the above areas please let us know!

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Pinewood Derby Update

January 28, 2009

The pinewood derby is schedule for February 7th at Lord of the hills from 12-3. This date may be pushed back 2 weeks if we do not receive our track timer on time.

There will be a preliminary weigh-in on February 3rd at canyon creek from 6:30 – 7:30pm and a final weigh-in at noon at lord of the hills.

The pinewood derby rules are as follows:

  1. The car weight shall not exceed 5.0 ounces.
  2. The overall length of the car shall not exceed 7 inches.
  3. The overall width of the car shall not exceed 2 ¾ inches.
  4. The car must have 1 ¾” clearance between the wheels.
  5. The car must have 3/8” clearance underneath the body.
  6. The wood provided in the kit must be used.  The block may be shaped any way that is desired.
  7. The wheels supplied with the kit must be used.  The wheels may not be cut, drilled, beveled or bounded.  You may remove the seam from the wheels.
  8. The axles (nails) supplied with the kit must be used.  They may be polished or lubricated.
  9. Wheel bearings, washers or bushings are prohibited.
  10. The car must not ride on any type of springs.
  11. The car must be freewheeling, with no starting devices.
  12. No loose material of any kind, such as lead shot, may be used.
  13. The front of the car may not be shaped to a point or fork.
  14. Scout needs to do the majority of the work on the car.
  15. Car must be built this year.
  16. Details such as the steering wheel, driver, decals, painting, and interior detail are permissible as long as these details do not exceed the maximum length, width and weight of specifications.

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Blue and Gold Banquet

January 7, 2009

The annual pack 803 blue and gold banquet will be held on February 28th, 2009. The banquet will be held at Trinity Baptist Church (15555 E Qunicy Ave Aurora, CO 80015). The banquet will start at 11:45 am and end at 5pm. We need volunteers to assist with both setup and cleanup for the event.

This is a potluck event and each family should sign up to bring at least one dish to ensure there is enough food to go around. Cub scouts are free and adults are $3 each. Please see one of the blue and gold comittee members to R.S.V.P so we can get an accurate count as the pack will be providing some food for the banquet this year.

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