The Individual Scout Account (ISA) balances have been updated and posted on the Troop Website for 2017-2018.  This is money that a scout has earned by either selling Popcorn or Camp cards.  The report can be found at:  Home » Files » Troop Administrative Records » Treasurer Matters: Budgets, Fundraisers, ISAs, Things we Buy

This Monday, May 14, is a Troop Meeting.  It is not a Court of Honor like in past years (or like was initially planned last fall), because going forward we'll do 2 a year, at the beginning of the School Year, and in the Winter.  So, not this May.  That will make it easier for volunteers to do food at Courts of Honor, because ... there's only two!!  It is not possibly a pool event (which was noted as a possible event last fall), because that was done April 23 instead.  So, a Troop Meeting.   With a PLC before.  And during the Troop Meeting a New Parent Orientation (new and old parents invited). 

See the attendee list at https://atlanta631.mytroop.us/node/9417/signup/attending, and if you see a Red Circle with a White Plus Sign to the left of your name, please pay.  Bought food for your patrol?  Email receipts to treasurer@atlanta631.mytroop.us for reimbursement.

Lance B's Eagle Scout Service Project Work Days are open for signups ... see May 12 and May 13.  Spencer S has one on May 12 too.   Get busy after graduation!

Currently, "Boy Scouts" are boys 11 (or end of 5th Grade) to 18, in a "Boy Scout Troop".  In February 2019, Chartered Organizations like Woodward Academy can open Troops for girls 11 (or end of 5th Grade) to 18.  So ... what do we call this?

Answers (mostly from this announcement: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/05/02/scout-me-in/):

• Scouts are "Scouts".  Whether "boy" or "girl".  
• That way, girls in a Troop don't need to say "I'm a girl Boy Scout".
• The program called "Boy Scouts" (like "I do Boy Scouts") is called "Scouts BSA".  
• What do you call a "Boy Scout Troop"?   How about a "Troop" or, if you want to be specific, a "BSA Troop".
• That way, girls in a Troop don't need to say "I'm in a girl Boy Scout Troop".
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FYI, a BSA Troop of girls can be "paired" with a BSA Troop of boys, and they can do common meetings and activities.  Or not.  Up to the youth.  They run the program.  Adults advise.  

From SM Taylor: 

Very good election tonight and though I wasn’t there for all of it, it seems the parents meeting also went well.

Here are the results of tonight’s PLC elections:

1. SPL — Jackson Armstrong;
2. ASPL — Elliott Anderson;
3. ASPL — Cameron Hughes;
4. ASPL — Caleb Taylor;
5. Chaplains Aide — Alex Chambers;
6. Quartermaster — Cohen Horne;
7. Scribe — Val Johnson;
8. Historian/Publisher — Aaron Richardson;
9. Librarian — Ellis Stewart;
10. Owl PL — Ryan Smith;
11. Osprey PL — Colin Elam;
12. Hawk PL — Jack Pilger; and
13. Falcon PL — Chance Bootstaylor.

Well done to all the guys who ran and were elected to positions of leadership!! 

Many thanks to everyone who helped steer the discussion tonight and to Phil and KP for supervising the elections.