Leader Meeting Minutes 2/22/2010
Please Note: Leaders' Meeting Minutes are provided as a courtesy to our leaders and do not take the place of meeting attendance. Your consultant will be taking attendance at each Leader Meeting and forwarding this information to Council. The Minutes will be posted on the web-site for future reference as well.
Service Unit Manager Sally O’Grady opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.
SERVICE UNIT UPDATE: Sally O’Grady
TD Bank Debit cards:
GSCSNJ allows 2 debit bank cards per troop. Troops can use TD Bank or any other bank. There is no on-line banking at TD Bank. Other banks do offer on-line banking.
Monetary Contributions to Troops:
No more than $250 can be donated to a troop. Any funds great than that go to Council. For example, if a company wanted to sponsor a troop, no more than $250 can be donated to the troop.
Cookie Booths:
Daisies CAN sell cookies at cookie booths.
Cookie Sale:
Cookie sales are up 5% from last year. New Deadlines:
3/3 – Scout cookie money and paperwork due to Cookie Mom
3/5 – Final cookie deposits due
3/10 – Troop paperwork due
3/17 – Service paperwork due to Council
Camp Brochures:
Were sent out and info is also available on-line.
Hundred Minute Challenge:
Details are supposed to be available on Council’s web-site (www.gscsnj.com). Girls are encouraged to ask people to sign-up and “unplug” all electronics for the day. Electronics still use electricity even when not in use. Patches are free. Part of the “Forever Green” Community Action project.
Juliette’s Closet (Council Store)
In order to be “green,” the Council store no longer supplies shopping bags. You can either bring them or buy one. Please remember to bring empty bags with you.
SERVICE UNIT UPDATE (Debbie Cohen and Sally
Problems with in your Troop:
If you have a problem with girls in your troop, or with parents, or if they have a problem with you, please contact your Consultant first. The next step would be to contact (call or email) Debbie Cohen or Sally O’Grady (SUMs) first before going to Council. You can call Debbie or Sally at home, as long it is done at a reasonable hour. Please do not give our their cell phone numbers.
Cookie Booth: Betsy Bloemeke
Additional booths have been set up. Final schedule went out. Over 6,400 hundred boxes have been sold at 100 booth sales. This is double than last year. There are 20 booth sales left.
World Thinking Day: Kathy Patt, Barbara Regan and Anita Jetter, Irish Penn, Betsy Bloemeke
Kathy thanked all the troops that participated as well as the Troops that hosted booths. It was a very successful event. Great job everyone!!
Post-Event Write-ups:
To assist Leaders who will be taking over the events next year, it would be helpful if the current Leaders who ran event this year wrote-up a summary. It should include: of how they planned the event, contact information, success of event and any changes they would make. Assigning Leaders (by grade) has proved to be a successful way to ensure that Service Unit events are held.
Favorite Fellow: Jayne Lenzo and Regina Shannon
Regina reported that this was a successful event. Dads and daughters enjoyed it and Princeton defeated Yale! If you wore pink, you were allowed to keep your ticket and use it for another game. Should have patches by the next meeting. Sport component seemed to go over big with the fathers.
National Girls and Women Sports Day:
Will be held on February 27 at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym. The event will feature a sports clinic behind the main court on the indoor track from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The clinic will offer participants the chance to learn the fundamentals of a variety of sports from Princeton student-athletes and coaches. It will be followed by a women’s basketball game against Columbia. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for girls under 14 years of age.
Upcoming Clowning Events – Joanne Tyne:
There will be a Daisy and Brownie Clowning Workshops in the GNR Rogers School Cafeteria this Sunday (2/28).
Daisy Workshop (1-3pm) and Brownie Workshop (3:30-5:30 pm). Joanne is looking for older Scouts to help. Please let her know ASAP if you are interested to she can give you a bigger role. Joanne can by reached at JoanneTMS@aol.com
Bridging – Ulrica Infosino - Sunday, June 6 from 6:00 -7:30 pm:
This event will be held at the Walter C. Black gym. Ceremony will be 1 hour, followed by refreshments. Ulrica’s troop is organizing this as their Bronze Award. If other troops would like to participate (sing song, etc), please contact Ulrica at anthony.infosino@erols.com. Details will be available shortly via email.
EWAGs Girl Scout Family Day - June 27th from 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm. at Black Bear Lake Camp:
All members of the family are invited to join in the fun. The cost is $40 per person and children under 3 years old are free. All food and activities will be included. Food includes 20 different choices all made fresh. Activities include climbing wall, pool, lake and more. . Invitations should be extended to parents who always help out with the troop (Cookie Mom, QSP Mom, Treasurer, Mom who always drives) and are registered adults. Visit www.blackbearlake.com to see what it’s like. This will be opened to everyone in the Council if EWAGs can’t fill it. Details will be emailed out shortly.
Interfaith Service: Lisa Grillo - March 7 from 4:00 – 5:00pm at the Peddie Chapel:
If your troop is interested, please register with Francene Brown at francenebrown@verizon.net. This non-denominational service open to all levels of Girl Scouts and their families. Please bring a canned good which will be donated to a local food bank. Event is eligible for a Rocker.
Badge/Patch Exchange - Rosellyn Cassidy:
Rosellyn suggested that Leaders bring in any patches, badges, pins or discs that are no longer needed. She’ll keep the box and bring it to every Leader meeting. Great idea, Rosellyn!
Open Discussion:
TD Bank requested to come in and do a presentation. If this bank is allowed to come in, we should open it to other banks as well. A suggestion was made to allow this but do it before or after the Leader Meetings. Please email Sally O’Grady or Debbie Cohen with your opinions.
Term Limits for Service Unit Positions:
Council will be putting limits on terms. This is a great way to get fresh ideas into any Service Unit. It was suggested that we institute 3 year terms going forward. The next group can shadow the current group so they learn the “ropes.” Please email Debbie Cohen or Sally O’Grady with your comments.
Service Unit Jeopardy:
Debbie and Sally treated us all to a fun-filled and engaging round of Jeopardy which challenged our knowledge of Girl Scout trivia, policies and procedures. Congratulations to the winning group: the Thin Mints!
* Next Leader Meeting: Monday, March 22nd *
Service Unit Manager Sally O’Grady opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.
SERVICE UNIT UPDATE: Sally O’Grady
TD Bank Debit cards:
GSCSNJ allows 2 debit bank cards per troop. Troops can use TD Bank or any other bank. There is no on-line banking at TD Bank. Other banks do offer on-line banking.
Monetary Contributions to Troops:
No more than $250 can be donated to a troop. Any funds great than that go to Council. For example, if a company wanted to sponsor a troop, no more than $250 can be donated to the troop.
Cookie Booths:
Daisies CAN sell cookies at cookie booths.
Cookie Sale:
Cookie sales are up 5% from last year. New Deadlines:
3/3 – Scout cookie money and paperwork due to Cookie Mom
3/5 – Final cookie deposits due
3/10 – Troop paperwork due
3/17 – Service paperwork due to Council
Camp Brochures:
Were sent out and info is also available on-line.
Hundred Minute Challenge:
Details are supposed to be available on Council’s web-site (www.gscsnj.com). Girls are encouraged to ask people to sign-up and “unplug” all electronics for the day. Electronics still use electricity even when not in use. Patches are free. Part of the “Forever Green” Community Action project.
Juliette’s Closet (Council Store)
In order to be “green,” the Council store no longer supplies shopping bags. You can either bring them or buy one. Please remember to bring empty bags with you.
SERVICE UNIT UPDATE (Debbie Cohen and Sally
Problems with in your Troop:
If you have a problem with girls in your troop, or with parents, or if they have a problem with you, please contact your Consultant first. The next step would be to contact (call or email) Debbie Cohen or Sally O’Grady (SUMs) first before going to Council. You can call Debbie or Sally at home, as long it is done at a reasonable hour. Please do not give our their cell phone numbers.
Cookie Booth: Betsy Bloemeke
Additional booths have been set up. Final schedule went out. Over 6,400 hundred boxes have been sold at 100 booth sales. This is double than last year. There are 20 booth sales left.
World Thinking Day: Kathy Patt, Barbara Regan and Anita Jetter, Irish Penn, Betsy Bloemeke
Kathy thanked all the troops that participated as well as the Troops that hosted booths. It was a very successful event. Great job everyone!!
Post-Event Write-ups:
To assist Leaders who will be taking over the events next year, it would be helpful if the current Leaders who ran event this year wrote-up a summary. It should include: of how they planned the event, contact information, success of event and any changes they would make. Assigning Leaders (by grade) has proved to be a successful way to ensure that Service Unit events are held.
Favorite Fellow: Jayne Lenzo and Regina Shannon
Regina reported that this was a successful event. Dads and daughters enjoyed it and Princeton defeated Yale! If you wore pink, you were allowed to keep your ticket and use it for another game. Should have patches by the next meeting. Sport component seemed to go over big with the fathers.
National Girls and Women Sports Day:
Will be held on February 27 at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym. The event will feature a sports clinic behind the main court on the indoor track from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The clinic will offer participants the chance to learn the fundamentals of a variety of sports from Princeton student-athletes and coaches. It will be followed by a women’s basketball game against Columbia. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for girls under 14 years of age.
Upcoming Clowning Events – Joanne Tyne:
There will be a Daisy and Brownie Clowning Workshops in the GNR Rogers School Cafeteria this Sunday (2/28).
Daisy Workshop (1-3pm) and Brownie Workshop (3:30-5:30 pm). Joanne is looking for older Scouts to help. Please let her know ASAP if you are interested to she can give you a bigger role. Joanne can by reached at JoanneTMS@aol.com
Bridging – Ulrica Infosino - Sunday, June 6 from 6:00 -7:30 pm:
This event will be held at the Walter C. Black gym. Ceremony will be 1 hour, followed by refreshments. Ulrica’s troop is organizing this as their Bronze Award. If other troops would like to participate (sing song, etc), please contact Ulrica at anthony.infosino@erols.com. Details will be available shortly via email.
EWAGs Girl Scout Family Day - June 27th from 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm. at Black Bear Lake Camp:
All members of the family are invited to join in the fun. The cost is $40 per person and children under 3 years old are free. All food and activities will be included. Food includes 20 different choices all made fresh. Activities include climbing wall, pool, lake and more. . Invitations should be extended to parents who always help out with the troop (Cookie Mom, QSP Mom, Treasurer, Mom who always drives) and are registered adults. Visit www.blackbearlake.com to see what it’s like. This will be opened to everyone in the Council if EWAGs can’t fill it. Details will be emailed out shortly.
Interfaith Service: Lisa Grillo - March 7 from 4:00 – 5:00pm at the Peddie Chapel:
If your troop is interested, please register with Francene Brown at francenebrown@verizon.net. This non-denominational service open to all levels of Girl Scouts and their families. Please bring a canned good which will be donated to a local food bank. Event is eligible for a Rocker.
Badge/Patch Exchange - Rosellyn Cassidy:
Rosellyn suggested that Leaders bring in any patches, badges, pins or discs that are no longer needed. She’ll keep the box and bring it to every Leader meeting. Great idea, Rosellyn!
Open Discussion:
TD Bank requested to come in and do a presentation. If this bank is allowed to come in, we should open it to other banks as well. A suggestion was made to allow this but do it before or after the Leader Meetings. Please email Sally O’Grady or Debbie Cohen with your opinions.
Term Limits for Service Unit Positions:
Council will be putting limits on terms. This is a great way to get fresh ideas into any Service Unit. It was suggested that we institute 3 year terms going forward. The next group can shadow the current group so they learn the “ropes.” Please email Debbie Cohen or Sally O’Grady with your comments.
Service Unit Jeopardy:
Debbie and Sally treated us all to a fun-filled and engaging round of Jeopardy which challenged our knowledge of Girl Scout trivia, policies and procedures. Congratulations to the winning group: the Thin Mints!
* Next Leader Meeting: Monday, March 22nd *
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