Attendance:
Stephanie Geiser,
Membership Specialist from GSEM;
ST Members and/or
troop Leaders:
Kristin Puliafico,
SU Coordinator and 85118; Debbie Nearing, Corresponding Secretary & 73891;
Ruth Kennedy, Recording Secretary & 73899; Anne Valade, Treasurer; Barbara
Gravel, Registrar; Kerstin March, Cookie & Fall Product Manager; Lindsay
Felix, 76211; Sarah Stetson, 76213; Amy Kelly, 71901 & 73897; Jodi Sponzo,
73897; Kelly Desousa, 66232; Melissa Lally, 85118; Sandy Griffin, 71900; Lynne
Alley, 85336; Kristin Lamont, 85193 & 71880; Michelle Rosenthal, 71902
& 78181; and Jennifer Dee, 78188 & 85122.
Meeting called to order 7:35
Introductions of service unit and Stephanie from GSEM N.
Andover office.
Anne V: New leader Orientation training on Wednesday, Oct.
23 at 7:30pm. 24 Abbott Road. Basics on organizing a troop meeting,
field trip protocols, setting up a troop bank account, over view of Girl
Scouting program. Things needed to get started with your troop.
Other training beyond Orientation is available through council.
Barbara: Father/Daughter Square Dance Saturday, Nov.
23. Open to any important male adult (grandfather, older brother, uncle,
etc). Times will be announced. If there is a lot of interest, there
may be two sessions, but that will be determined by number of girls attending.
Open to Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels. Cost is $8/couple,
additional girls $4. Each girl will receive a fun patch. Flyers
will be emailed. Please distribute to girls in your troop. Girls
should turn in forms to leaders by Nov. 15. Troop leaders should return
forms/payment at the Nov. 20 Leaders' Meeting.
Barbara: Registration - all seems to be working
smoothly. Most girls are placed. 3 new kindergarten troops, 1 new
first grade troop. 50 new girls registered this year. On line
re-registration was cumbersome. There is a delay in notification of about
a week from the time a new girl registers on line to when Barbara receives the
information.
Ruth: Daffodil planting party Saturday, Oct. 26 9-11am
at North Parish Park. Bring a shovel and work gloves and dress
appropriately. Rain on Shine. All girls in attendance will receive
a community service patch. Please email: ruthekennedy@gmail.com with a number
of girls to ensure we have enough patches.
Debbie: Corn maze at Marini Farm, Ipswich wrap up:
Older girl corn maze had 15 girls attend. Beautiful weather made
for a nice night.
Troop Directory: please check your troop information
for accuracy.
Encampment: Town Wide at Camp Cedar Hill, Waltham.
Date in May or June. Friday/Saturday. Check out Sunday.
Looking at either weekend of May 16/17 or June 13/14. June 15 is
Father's Day, but the girls would be home early Sunday morning. June
13/14 is the preferred weekend. If you know of an important conflict on
either of those weekends, please let the Service Unit know as soon as possible.
The window for making a spring reservation opens in November, so a
decision on the weekend date will need to be made soon.
New leaders will need to be either "camping
certified" or "lodge camping certified". Debbie will look
into organizing a local camping training through GSEM.
"Mitten" Project: Christmas project through
Christian Community Services. The "mitten" lists the number and
ages of children from a local family. Girl Scouts provides toiletry and
household products for these families. Troops are asked to
"adopt" a family and provide necessary items as a service project.
A list of suggested items is provided at the time the mittens are
available. More information on this subject will be at the November
Leaders' Meeting.
Fall Product Sale: ongoing. Open until Oct. 27.
A more detailed email on Fall Sale will be sent in a few days to those
troops participating.
Cookie Update: Early cookie training is Nov. 9 at
9:30am and Nov. 13 at 9:30am and 6:30pm in North Andover. Cookie Rally
Dec. 7 in Waltham.
Juliette Lowe's Birthday is Oct. 31. Wishing the
Founder of Girl Scouts a Very Happy Birthday!
Trivia with Kristin: Kristin led us in a round of Girl
Scout Trivia. We all learned something new about Girl Scouting.
Thank you, Krisitin!
Meeting adjourned: 8:25
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