Tejas District - Longhorn Council

The Tejas District will not meet on it's normal 3rd Tuesday of the month (16 th) because of the annual Scouter Recognition dinner on March 23. The committee will resume it's normal meeting on April 20th.

April Cub Roundtable theme is "In the Spotlight". As you know requesting your assistance with Roundtable is not my standard routine, but I would like to shake up our usual format. This theme gives each unit the perfect forum to showcase leader talent via songs, skits, jokes, and the like. Although this is an adult meeting, presentations need to be clean and Scout appropriate -- and no long melodramas, and no long set up of backdrops, props, costumes, etc.

The Tejas District Spring Camporee is scheduled for 9-11 April 2010 at Sid Richardson Scout Ranch.
Each unit should print a copy of the attached Camporee Guideline document for all details.
Event Director - Mark Kanady, 817-707-4589, mdkanady [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Pack 184 needs a den chief for a den that meets on Monday night from 6:30-7:30 at St. John the Apostle United Methodist Church. Any Boy Scouts interested in this leadership opportunity should have his Scoutmaster contact Stephanie Alexander at: 817-729-0813

What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Celebrate 100 years of Scouting at the National Jamboree with 45,000+ fellow Scouts & Scouters. Tali Ploetz, Scoutmaster of a Longhorn Council sponsored Jamboree troop reports that there are 11 spots still open on the contingent. See the attached Longhron Jamboree flyer for more information.

More importantly, she says they need 2 or 3 young adults, ages 18-20 (must be 18 but not yet 21 by September 1, 2010) to serve as 3rd Assistant Scoutmasters.

Louie Nash has again volunteered to make the slideshow honoring all of our 2009-2010 Eagles (since last year's dinner). He has provided the following guideline for submitting pictures for your Eagle Scout.

Deadline for submittal is Tuesday, March 16th. Please send the pictures in .jpg format. You may submit several pictures, but not more than 5MB at a time, since that stresses his network. Submit to louie [at] nashfolk [dot] net. If you have questions, you may e-mail Louie or call him at 817-538-5755.

Your Webmaster, with assistance from the District Committee, has made an attempt to update the unit information on the Tejas Units' pages. New fields have been added for your Unit Commissioner and Charter Organization Representative (COR). Please check all the information posted for your unit and let the webmaster know if there are any errors or omissions.

The District Dinner will feature a silent auction with many exciting items. Among the items listed so far is a super Vineyard Grand Auditorium model acoustic electric guitar. This guitar features a solid spruce top, a built in electronics package, including not only a pickup system, but an electronic tuner as well. The guitar comes complete with a plush lined, hard shell case.

Justin Wilburn was formally introduced as Tejas District's new District Executive (DE) at the Cub Scout Roundtable last night (Tuesday, 5 Jan '10). The DE is a professional Scouter, employed by the Longhorn Council and assigned to provide direct support to the district. The DE along with volunteers District Chairman and District Commissioner make up the district's "Key Three".

The District Merit Badge Counselors list is currently being updated by the Advancement Committee and the official list has been submitted to the webmasters and is now (2-5-10) being uploaded to the on-line system.

Note, only approved counselors can sign a Scout off on merit badge requirements, so please verify those signing off your Scouts with the official list, once it is available.

FYI, Roger Boettger is our District Advancement Chairman.