May RT 2013 – Program Launch!

Don’t miss out on RT this May – it is our Program Launch – if it is happening in our District, someone will be there to talk to you about it.

Membership – Check!

Recruiting – Check

Summer Camp – Check

Venturing – Check

etc, etc, etc

February RT – Agenda and Topics

 

Here is/was our agenda for RT for February:

Opening

The Core Value for December is Compassion.

CUBMASTER: Welcome to our “planting seeds of kindness” Roundtable meeting tonight. It will be an exciting meeting as we watch compassion GROW!

C is for caring about others. (Seedling Grows out of Ground)

O is for the opportunities when we can help. (Limb 1)

M is for the many needs of our community.  (Limb 2)

P is for understanding how a person feels. (Leaves 1)

A is for the action we can take. (Leaves 2)

S is for showing concern through kind thoughts and words. (Flowers)

S is for that someone we may not know but we can become friends. (Leaves 3)

I is for the interest we share in our environment. (Squirrel)

O is for the giving of ourselves to others. (Birds)

N is for being nice to all people, plants, animals, and our Earth. (Butterflies)

(You can use a poster with a tree trunk base drawn on it. With each letter below, make “limbs” to attach to the poster tree trunk. The final product will be a full tree. You can add leaves, flowers, birds, squirrels, butterflies, and so on, if you’d like to the branches.)

Cub Announcements

• We-BEAR-Ree – Lisa Wokeck
• District Pinewood Derby
• Day Camp Registration June 24-28, 2013
  • Wild Western Adventure.  Occoquan Re-gional Park,
  • For more information, join us on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 7 pm at Pohick Regional Library
  • Online” BEGINNING MONDAY, FEB. 20

Group Announcements

• Jamboree Hosting – Peter Lagerberg
• District Dinner – MARCH 21, 2013, Tracy Flores-Goodwin
• University of Scouting February 23, 2013
• SCOUTStrong 5K Run/Walk . April 6, 2013,  t-shirt and special patch. The cost for this event will be $20. Camp William B. Snyder

Program Campfire Programs.  We will look at designing and performing a fun program, Traditional Songs, Ceremonies, Run-Ons, what is appropriate and Not Appropriate, Stories and Games.  And the most challenging aspect of campfires– FLASHLIGHTS!

Certified Camping Areas for Pack Overnighters

Cub Scout Outdoor Program Guide

Pack 1853 Spring Family Campout Plan 2009 05

Splits

Cubmasters – Storytelling\Den Leaders – Best Field Trips and Tour Plans, Rainy Day Activities

Webelos – Best Field Trips and Tour Plans, Engineering Activity Pin

Committee — Unit Commissioners

March Topics – Cub Scout Cooking Dutch Ovens, foil dinners VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Commissioner’s Minute (1 minute)

Once upon a time there were two brothers who decided to leave home and move to the city. Just outside the city, one of the brothers met an old man.

“How are the people here?” he asked.

“How were the people in your town?” the old man replied.

“Oh, all of them were cross. They grumbled all of the time,” the brother answered. “That’s why I decided to leave.”

“Well. You’ll find the people here are exactly the same,” the old man said and walked down the street.

A little while later, the second brother met the same old man and asked him, “How are the people in this city?”

“How were the people in your town?” the old man replied.

“They were very nice—always cheerful and helpful. I hated to leave,” the brother replied.

“Well, you’ll find the people here are exactly the same.” The wise man smiled, and the two walked on down the street together.

2012 – 2013 Program for Roundtable and December Program Notes

Hey folks – here is the RT plan for 2013 (2012 is now behind us!), and the December Program notes.

YIS

Bob Colella

RT December 2012

RT Program Plan 2012-2013

Balloon Rocket Car

Materials

• 16-20 oz. plastic water bottle
• Drinking straws
• Wooden shish-kabob skewers
• 4 plastic bottle caps
• Balloon
• Duct tape or masking tape
• Nail, hammer, knife, scissors

Procedure

The water bottle forms the chassis, or body, of your balloon car. You can start by mounting the wheels on this body.

1. Cut a drinking straw into two pieces as long as the water bottle is wide. Use strips of tape to attach them to the bottle – one near the front and one near the back. The axles for the wheels will run through these straws, so line them up carefully so the wheels won’t be crooked.

2. Use a hammer and a small nail to poke holes through the center of four bottle caps. Cut two pieces of a wooden skewer about an inch-and-a-half longer than the pieces of straw you taped to the bottle.  Push one end of each skewer through the hole in the center of a bottle cap.  If the cap doesn’t fit snugly on the skewer, use some modeling clay to hold it in place. Next, thread the skewers through the straws on the bottle and attach the other wheels to the other ends.  Make sure your car rolls smoothly.

3. Stretch out a large balloon by blowing it up and then letting the air out of it a few times. Next, make a nozzle. The size of the nozzle is very important. If it is too small, the air can’t escape with enough force to propel the car forward.  If it is too big, the air will escape too fast and the car won’t go very far.  Create the nozzle by taping four drinking straws together. Insert the straws into the mouth of the balloon and seal the opening by wrapping a strip of duct tape around it several times.

4. To mount the balloon/nozzle on the car, use a knife to cut two perpendicular slits (to make an X) in the top of the car about 4″ back from the mouth of the bottle. Thread the nozzle through this opening and out through the mouth of the bottle. Leave about an inch of the nozzle sticking out of the mouth.

5. Find a hard surface, like a long table, linoleum floor, or sidewalk.  Blow up the balloon through the straws at the mouth of the bottle. Pinch the base of the balloon to prevent the air from escaping too soon.  Set the car down, let go of the balloon, and watch it go!

The air in the balloon is gas under pressure.  The air pushes against the balloon, causing it to expand, but the balloon is also pushing back on the air. The pressure of the balloon pushes the air right out through the nozzle, which creates thrust that propels the car forward.

Keep track of how long the car rolls and how far it goes. Try it several times, then try changing the design to see if you can get it to go farther or faster.  How will it work if you only use three straws for the nozzle?  What if you use a bigger or smaller balloon?  Does the car go farther on linoleum or the sidewalk? Why do you think this might be?  Will the car go farther if you start it at the top of a ramp?

Decorate your car and have races with siblings or friends.  Try to figure out why one car goes faster or farther than another, and keep experimenting to make your design better!

August RT – In Case you missed it!

RT Notes from August:  Aug 2012 opening  & RT Aug 2012 agenda

Jim Stewart’s Commissioner’s Nuggets — ODD DC Nuggets 12-08

— The links you need, the links that make you smarter without even clicking on them!

 

 

July RT – virtual meeting

Agenda -

Discusson:

May RT – If you missed it!

Unit Program Planning 101  – Highlights with Mark Burrows: Program Planning 101

And Highlights from Jim Stewart: (and check out updated links in “Jim’s Nuggets” link to the right!

What an awesome camporee this past weekend!  Thanks to Scott Staron as overall Director and Mike Kidd for Boy Scout program and Lisa Wokeck for Cub Scout program as well as the many, many who volunteered for staff.  Altogether we had about 670 scouts, cubs , and adults participate.  Your evaluation comments will be very useful to our Program VP Dennis Wokeck and are being carefully reviewed.  Your service Sunday of setting up tents really endeared us to the Camp Snyder Camp Director and got us a come back anytime (normal for Old Dominion District, but not to all Districts).

This month’s Nuggets has some good links once again.  Of note is the new online tour plan capability starting tomorrow.   I am sure you are either getting or have numerous questions about it and we don’t have all the answers yet.  With Summer Camp season approaching we cannot just go from the “Tour Plan” to the “Tour and Activity Plan” overnight.  So to help the leaders ease their way into the “Tour and Activity Plan”, NCAC will still be accepting the paper “Tour Plan” until September 1, 2012. Here is the training information on the new plan: http://youtu.be/dCPZ0NM0Kpc <http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/ShowPage.aspx?3232313830337L333039313630>, it’s pretty good.

See you at program launch during our regular roundtable time next week.

Schedule a charter presentation with your unit commissioner if you have not done it yet.

Yours in Commissioner Service,

Jim Stewart

Old Dominion District Commissioner