Hi -- here are my notes from the Colonial District Round Table meeting September 14, 2005:

• The main topic of this month's Round Table was training.
• Please see the troop calendar on our Troop 680 web site for details including contact persons, course titles, dates and locations for currently scheduled Colonial District training for adults (adult leaders = Scouters).
• For example, Back Country Outdoor Leader Skills (1) is offered April 1, 2006 and session 2 is April 8-9, 2006, location to be announced.
• To request in-unit committee training, please contact Larry Creech at Larry.W.Creech@verizon.net or Larry.W.Creech@usbs.gov.
• Future topics may include:  Membership (older boys); Operations (preparing for outings; games at troop meetings; the patrol method; prepare for summer camp); Advancement (Eagle; new Scouts; effective boards of review; Merit Badges in the troop); Troop Support (parent involvement); Training (adult leaders).
• The October 15 Colonial District activity will be a hike on the C&O Canal Towpath instead of a camporee/campout.
• The Spring Camporee will be determined by input from Scouts and Scouters in the Colonial District. Possible locations include: Fredericksburg; Harper's Ferry (the former George Washington District went here in the 1990s); Gettysburg; Manassas; Sharpsburg; Petersburg.
• Troop 680 was one of six troops that had 100% attendance at the 2004-2005 Round Tables; a ribbon was given and that can be added to the troop's ribbon collection.
• One troop representative discussed a trip to Northern Tier / canoeing to Ely, Minnesota near the Canadian border this past summer. A group to Northern Tier can consist of up to nine Scouts/Scouters. Portages can be tough.
• Info needed for Saturday February 18, 2006 Colonial District Merit Badge Jamboree:
• Which merit badges Scouts would like to take (send to harvey.dahljelm@itt.com
• Again, the new Eagle Committee Chair is Don Bobby, mailto:Donald.Bobby@hqda.army.mil, phone 703-681-1033.
• The OA Ordeal Campout, for those Scouts elected to Order of the Arrow who still need to complete the campout/service part, will be October 21-23, 2005 at the Coast Guard Station on Telegraph Road. Contact Sue Crane for more information at mailto:acc77@cox.net, home phone 703-765-2280 or cell phone 703-298-1312.

Thank you.
John Millikin