Home.16 December 2001
Greetings to All.
This is an Action Item for All Chain Bridge District Scoutmasters: If interested, you Must Respond by No Later Than COB Monday, December 31st. THIS IS A HARD DATE!
This is the formal solicitation of interest for the Spring 2002 Projectoree. At present, we are planning on holding one Projectoree, on Friday - Sunday, April 26th - 28th, 2002, at Camp Wilson (Pohick Bay Regional Park). If there is overwhelming interest, we will split into two groups, and hold a second Projectoree on Friday - Sunday, May 3rd - 5th, 2002. Based on last year, this does not appear to be likely.
The Projectoree is first come/first serve for the first 30 Patrols who submit deposits. Patrols MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF SIX SCOUTS, and a maximum of ten Scouts; remember your expected new Scouts (now Webelos II's) in your Patrol totals, but also remember that your Senior Scouts will be needed to run events, and therefore should not be included in your Patrol totals.
The deposit is $50 per Patrol, AND IS NON-REFUNDABLE. Also Note, FORFEITED PATROL DEPOSITS WILL NOT BE CREDITED TOWARDS A TROOP'S REMAINING FEES. The intent is to avoid frivolous signups which may unnecessarily force a second Projectoree, or cause late registering Troops to be unnecessarily excluded (as has happened at past Projectorees). Please sign up only for the number of Patrols that you KNOW you will have.
Deposit checks must be made out to "Troop 111" and mailed Dr. Bob.
The memo line of your check should include your Troop # if it's not in the header, and also "Proj. 2002 Deposit."
Please also send me an email AFTER you have mailed your deposit check, so I have a fail-safe "checking" mechanism to compensate for letters lost by the Post Office. This issue is not trivial with the mail delays we have experienced since September 11th - and note that the Post Office has warned that delays may be substantial this year. The following information must be included in your confirmational email:
Troop #
# of Patrols
Scoutmaster's Name
Email address
Projectoree Contact Person's Name*
Email address*
Date your Deposit Check was mailed
[* If different from the Scoutmaster]
For your consideration, the basic registration fee for this year's Projectoree has been raised back to $6, due to increases in the Camp Wilson reservation fee. Basic Registration and T-Shirt will therefore be $14, and Basic Registration, T-Shirt, and Staff Food will be $22.
Again, I MUST HAVE your selection by COB Monday, December 31st. This is because Camp Wilson will sell out within an hour or two on Wednesday, January 2nd, and I have to have solid numbers in order to make proper reservations. If I have not heard from you by COB 12/31/01, I will assume that your Troop has declined your invitation.
As always, I recommend each Unit form a Projectoree subcommittee to ensure that no deadlines or meetings are (fatally) missed. A number of Units missed out on last year's Projectoree because everyone in those Units assumed someone else was handling reservations and meetings.
Projectoree Newsletters will be sent only to select members of the District Staff and to the members of those Troops who have submitted deposits. There will be at least 2 and possibly 3 Organizational Meetings, all mandatory, all on Sunday nights, TBA.
Four and a Half Months to Go!
YiS - Dr. Bob, SM-111
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