ROUNDTABLE, WEDNESDAY 5/13/2009

6:45 p.m. sign-in, Wiscasset Middle School, Rt. 218 .4 mile out of downtown Wiscasset, turn into the school parking lot at the blinking light and drive to the back of the school to park if possible (adjacent to the river). You might need to park at the front of the school if there are youth sports activities…..

This is a FABULOUS Roundtable. Join us please!!!  We will feature Summer Program booths and information, Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat, What your Key Three (District Executive, District Committee Chairman and District Commissioner) are doing to help your unit succeed, Unit Inventory analysis, Planning and Promoting your Recruiting night, and Troop/Pack Relations.

Safe Swim and Safety Afloat will take a good portion of RT time ---try to send one leader from your unit to that training!

The rest of the RT will be in rotations.  Encourage LOTS of Leaders and adults from your unit to attend.  More ears in attendance hear more information for the brain to absorb!

There is no charge for Roundtable.  We are all in this together because Every Youth Deserves a Trained Leader! (or two or three….)

Questions?  David LeTourneau at 666-0908 or Susan Kennedy 798-9358.

CUB SPRING EVENT, SATURDAY MAY 16, 2009

Downeast District

Presents

“A Taste of Space”

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Cub Scouts and Mums and/or Dads (sibs invited also)

Registration at 2 p.m.

Opening Ceremony promptly at 2:15.

Round robin games, challenges, craft and snack

Closing ‘campfire’  at 3:45 p.m.

Fraser Farm; 21 Collinsbrook Road*, Brunswick

$2 for Cub/Adult or $3 family rate—economical

Come in Space Costumes if you’d like!

Rain or shine event JJJJJJ

There will be parking signs and Cub event signs at the Farm.

Contact spacey coordinator, Susan Kennedy with questions:

<mailto:scouter@suscom-maine.net&gt; scouter@suscom-maine.net or 798-9358

Directions: Use your favorite on line tool: Google, Delorme, etc. / From the North, take Route 1 to Old Portland Road, turn R on Durham Road and Left on Collinsbrook Rd.

BOY SCOUTS CAMPOREE, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MAY 16 AND 17, 2009.

ARE YOUR BOYS READY TO USE THEIR SKILLS TO PERFORM A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION – AT NIGHT – IN MAY?

CAN THEY DO IT WITH LIMITED EQUIPMENT – JUST INNOVATION, SKILL, AND TEAMWORK?

IF SO, THEN WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE DOWNEAST DISTRICT SPRING CAMPOREE THIS MAY, 2009 (HOSTED BY TROOP 633, BRUNSWICK)!!

COME PUT YOUR SKILLS TO THE TEST.....IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

Dates:  May 16th to 17th  (Arrival will be on SATURDAY morning....not Friday)

Location: Fraser Farm, 21 Collins brook Rd., Brunswick, ME

Fees: $7/per person (Adults and Scouts)

Scenario:  Each troop will be provided information for a search and rescue mission.  Their mission will be briefed when they arrive at the rescue staging area on the 17th.  Their morning and afternoon will be spent preparing them for their rescue mission, and that they will depart on their mission that evening.

The mission will be to track, locate, and rescue an injured hiker. To do this, the team of scouts will be presented with multiple challenges, which will require them to be creative and resourceful in order to be successful.  Obviously, success will be based upon teamwork – individuals will not be able to finish the missions.  Larger troops may be split into smaller teams to make the stations easier to complete (team sizes will be around 10 youth).

Due to the time schedule of this camporee, nobody will be allowed to leave prior to 10 am, for safety reasons, on Sunday (to ensure everybody gets 6 hours of sleep before departing).

Camporee Schedule -

◦     8 – 8:30 am – Check in for 4 units, 2 at the North Trail (Durham Rd) and 2 at the South Trail (Collins brook Rd).  The groups will be released 10 minutes apart.  Each unit will be given orders to follow compass course through the woods to the staging area.  During the trek, there will be five check points.  At each check point the troop will be issued an item that the boys will need to rescue their hostage that night  The “items” will have the unit number on it, so one unit can not take another unit's).

◦     8:30 to 9:00 am – Check in 4 units.

◦     9:00 – 9:30 am – Check in  4 units

◦     9:30 to 10:00 am – Check in 4 units

◦     10:00 to 10:30 am – Check in 4 units

◦     10:30 to 11:00 am – Check in remaining units

◦     12:00 to 12:45 pm - Lunch

◦     1 pm – Units will need to report to the Rescue Command Tent for their afternoon briefing which will be to complete a series of training challenges that will prepare them for their evening mission.  Using a rotating schedule, each training event will take 25 Minutes, with 5 Minutes to transit to the next station.  The Training stations are as follows –

2:00 pm

▪     Night Signaling / Morse code

▪     Team Building (Spider's web, Shoe's Outside the Circle, etc.)

▪     First Aid – splints / bleeding control

▪     Land Navigation, not using a compass

▪     GPS 101

▪     Star Identification

▪     Tracking

▪     Map reading

▪     Rescue Fire Building (3 minute fire)

▪     Rescue Knots(lashing a litter)

◦     5:00 pm – Units will have an hour for supper.

◦     6:00  pm – The units are to report to the Fire Ring for their Night Mission.

▪     OA Tap Out

▪     Duty to God (a blessing before the mission)

▪     Songs and Cheers for Courage

▪     Appreciation for the afternoon trainers

▪     Appreciation for the Camporee Hosts (Land Owners)

▪     100th Anniversary Promotion

▪     Night Orders Given to each unit (in sealed envelopes)

▪     Troops pick the 10 items to take with them on their mission

◦     7 PM – Troops fall in for muster.   

◦     7:15 pm – Depart on night missions.  There will be ten stations, and each station will have  a clue to whom or what they are rescuing (ID'd with the Unit # on it) – 25 minutes per station and 5 minutes to transit to the next station -

▪     Scale a wall

▪     Find a Geo cache

▪     Navigate to a check point using Stars & Landmarks

▪     Cross a field with out being detected (Minefield)

▪     Track a person down a trail

▪     Man Down – stem the bleeding, splint, and stretcher a person to safety

▪     Retrieve the Container from the tree (with out climbing the tree)

▪     Matchless Fire Starting, with wet wood.  (5 minute emergency fire building drill)

▪     Joust – challenge the enemy to combat

▪     Transmit a message across a distance using Morse code and lights

◦     12:00 am – Report to Command tent.  Rescued persons/objects for each team verified. Members of the units are awarded a patch and a Battle Star for their flags.  Awards will be given to the units who accomplished the following tasks the best (consensus form station captains) – Teamwork (Gold Stars for Uniforms), Resourcefulness (Bronze Stars), and Scout Skills Knowledge (Silver Stars).  Best overall team will be given Fleur Du Lis.  A qualifier to be eligible for the awards will include being able to guess who or what they had rescued.

◦     12:45 am – Taps

◦     1 am – Lights Out

◦     8:00 am – Breakfast

◦     1000 am – Closing Flags & Dismissal

Items to Bring (Per Unit) for use at the Camporee -

•     Troop Flag

•     List of Order of the Arrow candidates elected for the Down East Order of the Arrow Chapter Leadership (only list those youth who were elected and are present at the camporee)

•     10 Items to use for the challenges.  You make pick any 10 from the list below (per team) -

A Knife           a Hatchet         8 ft of rope/twine per Scout A Compass

Two Walking Staves      One Liter of Water      Matches (3) w/ Striker  A Magnesium Block

A Space Blanket   Star Guide (booklet)    Morse Code Chart        A Flashlight

A Backpack        A Blanket         Cravats (4)             Handkerchief (3)

Topo Map of Area  A GPS Unit        Bow & Spindle Fire starter    A Tinder (in 1 film canister)

1st Aid Kit       A Bow Saw         Signal Mirror                 Tracking Guide

Scout Handbook    Scout Field book  A Pencil                A Notepad

A Wrist Watch

•     Mobile Phones MAY NOT be used to fulfill any of these functions above.  In fact, Scout leaders will be asked to collect all electronic devices (besides GPS units) from all Scouts prior to beginning the night missions for the camporee.  This is for a few reasons -

#1 – So the devices will not get lost

#2 – So the devices will not get damaged

#3 – So the devices will be used for alternative methods of communication

#4 – So the Scouts can focus on their tasks, not instant messages or MP3's.

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Below is the registration form for the Down East District Spring Camporee.  Please e-mail or mail this information to Matthew Randall, at Mrandall@bsamail.org or 131 Johnson Rd., Portland, ME  04102.  Phone number is 797-5252 x21.  Check can be send to the address above, made out to “PINE TREE COUNCIL, BSA.”  Please make sure you put a note with the check referencing its application to the Down East District Spring Camporee.

DOWN EAST DISTRICT SPRING CAMPOREE REGISTRATION FORM – 2009

Unit Number____________________     Scoutmaster ____________________________________

# Of Youth Attending ____________         # of Adults Attending ____________________________

Home Phone ___________________      Mobile/Work Phone _____________________________

E-Mail Address _________________________________  Hometown _________________________

FEES -  ( # of People Attending x $7 = Fees Owed to Pine Tree Council)

_____________ x $7 = __________________ (Total)

YOUR CHECK IN TIME, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE E-MAILED TO YOU

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For Camporee Host Use Only -

Campsite Location _________________________     Arrival Time _____________________________