Date:        Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Location:  Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, 3816 East State Street Ext., Hamilton, NJ 08619 - directions can be found at http://mad-bsa.org/roundtable/

SCHEDULE

If you would like to communicate something to the group at the Boy Scout Roundtable, and/or Cub Scout Roundtable, please contact David Mitchko, commissioner@mad-bsa.org before the Roundtable, thanks. You will need to supply flyers to hand out. If you are in attendance, you will be introduced so that interested people can talk to you later, but verbal presentations will be limited.

BOY SCOUT ADVANCEMENT NEWS

Our district advancement web page, http://mad-bsa.org/advancement/, has links useful for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer advancement. The latest list of Mercer Area District merit badge counselors is dated August 28, 2010 – if you would like a copy, please email Bruce Wentworth (bruce@wenthome.com), identifying your troop affiliation.

NEW ONLINE TRAINING AVAILABLE

BSA National has just released a new on-line course called “This is Scouting”.  It has replaced the classroom course New Leader Essentials, which served as the introduction to the Basic Adult Leader training track.  You may access this new training from the e-learning section of the MyScouting web site, http://MyScouting.org/.

Please also note that our district training web page (http://wenthome.com/training/) provides a training overview and lists upcoming training opportunities in our area.

UNIT COMMISSIONER RECRUITMENT DRIVE

Your District needs your help!  We need more Unit Commissioners, who's job is to visit units and help them deliver a quality program.   Please consider nominating a qualified person from your unit.  Former unit leaders with program experience are good candidates.  The more Unit Commissioners we have in our district, the more each unit will get the help and support they need.  If you have someone you would like to nominate, please email their name and contact information to commissioner@mad-bsa.org.

UPCOMING MAJOR EVENTS

MAD Boy Scout Leader Specific Training & Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills

            Quail Hill Scout Reservation, Oct 1-3, 2010

            http://wenthome.com/training/flyers/BSALT-2010-10-MAD.pdf

MAD Boy Scout Camporee at Whitewater Challengers

            Camporee (Boy Scouts only), October 15-17, 2010

            http://mad-bsa.org/fall2010/

MAD Emergency Preparedness Cubarama at Mercer County Community College:

            Cubarama (all Cub Scouts), November 13, 2010

            http://mad-bsa.org/rescue2010/

MAD Scouts To The Rescue Webelos Readyman Program at Mercer County Community College:

            Webelos Readyman Program (Webelos Scouts only), November 13, 2010

            http://mad-bsa.org/rescue2010/

MAD Klondike Derby 2011 at Kittatinny Mountain Scout Reservation:

            Camporee (Boy Scouts only), January 21-23, 2011

            http://mad-bsa.org/klondike/

MAD/PAH Frontier Trek at Yards Creek Scout Reservation:

            (this will be a Mercer Area District and Pahaquarra District combined event)

            Camporee (Boy Scouts and invited Webelos Scouts), April 29 - May 1, 2011

            Cubarama (all Cub Scouts), April 30, 2011

            Power Treks (Boy Scouts and Venturers only), April 30, 2011

            http://mad-bsa.org/frontier2011/

For updated event information, please check http://mad-bsa.org/

Next Roundtable

Wednesday, October 6 , 2010

Gathering at 7:00 PM