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Agenda

Leaders meeting 04/15/08

Opening:

      1. Promise

      2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm)- Passed out flyers for those in attendance.

The flyer was for the VIP program.   Please be patient with council, they had a computer

failure as they work on completing the computer merge, so if you sent emails to them

or even Kathy please resend.  We do have a new membership specialist her name is Sara

Cash. We hope to be able to meet her at the May meeting so please be sure to attend.

SU Business:

      3. Treasury update (Amy)- Amy was unable to attend due to a new job with late hours,

but she said not much has changed except for the expense of the older girl encampment.

      4. Cookies (Ryan)- Almost Done!! Waiting for incentives to arrive at the house.

Ryan will contact you when they arrive, please be patient. Way to go our service unit improved

this year by almost 3,000 boxes and almost the same number of girls GREAT JOB to everyone!

      5. Early Registration (Deb)- Due June 6^th Deb passed out early registration forms

to those in attendance if you were not there please call Tammy she has them at her house or

call Deb or just attend the next meeting in May to get the forms. If you know your troop is

going to be a troop next year please inform Deb ASAP. It is easier to get things done now then

to wait till the last min. we all get busy so let’s help each other out. To reach Deb call her

on her cell 651-341-8851 this is the best way to get her.

      6. K-6 Encampment (Michelle/Tammy)- Encampment is coming up on May 2-4^th we

have about 60 girls attending and about 30 parents. Any questions please contact

Michele Baker or Tammy Scheler. We’re not giving to much info we want it to be a surprise

and fun for the girls. We will tell you however there will be a reptile program happening.

      7. Day Camp (Sara L) June 23-27^th $75 before June 1^st, after June 1^st and until

June 14^th $100 no registrations taken after June 14^th sorry! Forms are on the Vikinaire website.

      8. Court of Awards (Sara L)- Still going to be held May 22^nd. Questions please

contact Sara Lebens. Sara is looking for troop entertainment, donations for the silent

auction. The taco dinner is $5 for adults and children over 5. Children under 5 and

Girl Scouts are free.

      9. 7-12 Encampment (Toni S)- Girls had a great time. They enjoyed a tour of the

famous Saint Paul Wabasha Street caves followed by a 1930'3 Gangster tour

all around St. Paul. Then went to dinner at Famous Daves BBQ and Blues

in Mpls and it fit right in with the theme of the gangter and underground.

      10. Adult Recognition (Toni S)—Will be held during the last meeting in May.

We have invite Jim Duchaine to join us, but that is all we can say. Come join the fun!

     Troop Sponsored Events:

      11.Powder Puff Derby (Vickie) You may come to the Lent town hall Fri night to

weigh and test car from 4pm –9pm.  Thank you to Jim Duchaine the track is done!!!

Patches for this year and last are on their way. The fire dept is coming to judge

cars for show awards. Please do not come more than 10 min before registration time

or you will be asked to wait and enjoy the concessions!  Please however do not be late

or you won’t race with your troop!! Questions please contact Vickie.

2009 K-6 encampment has begun planning already if you would like to be a part

of helping with the encampment for 2009 please see Tammy. Sara Lebens is

working on getting us Lakamaga. We will not have it on Mother’s day weekend so

she is looking at other dates in May 2009.

Annual Giving- WOW!! Council gave us a goal of $400 and we hit that goal.

However we need someone to step up and coordinate the event for next year.

Toni Stowe said she would help, but not be in charge again.

Hope to see everyone at the next meeting in May; it will be the final one for

the season. We will be giving out dates of parades, Roadside Clean up and other

summer events. Please be sure to have a rep from your troop attend

              Next Meeting May 20^th 7pm at Trinity.

For more dates please check out our website at:

                  www.Vikinaireserviceunit.com

Agenda

Leaders meeting 03/11/08

Opening:

                    1. Girl Scout Promise

                    2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm) Early registrations will be available next month.

Council Shop is having a “Fun Patch Frenzy” (20% off on all sew on fun patches sale). Any Questions

on the roll out of the new Leadership Experience? All uniforms (sashes/vests) will remain the same for all age levels.

The only enhancement will be that Girl Scout Daisies will have both their traditional blue tunic or the choice of a soon

to be introduced blue vest.

SU Business:

                    3. Treasury update (Amy)- no changes same as last month

                    4. Cookies (Ryan) Make sure all cookie money is turned into cookie

moms by March 31st

                    5. K-6 Encampment (Michelle/Tammy) May 2nd-4^th at camp Jim in Pillager MN.

If you have not responded with your girl count please do so ASAP. This was due on March 11^th.

 We need to know who is going and NOT going so all counts are important.

Cost is $30 person. There will not be a bus. It is too expensive so please look into carpooling.

Any questions please contact Michele Baker of Tammy Scheler.

                    6. Day Camp (Sara L) Information is on the Vikinaire website.

                    7. Court of Awards (Sara L) May 22^nd. However there is talk of many conflicts

 wit this day. Leaders should have received an email requesting a response to determine what troops

CAN come and which troops CANNOT. Please be sure to respond to the email ASAP. If you have not,

it is very important to help the service unit determine how to proceed.

                    8. Delegates (Connie, Kathy F) No delegates in attendance, no news to update.

                    9. Annual Giving (Toni S)- March 13^th Hope to see everyone there. We are sure

to have a good time. Any questions please contact Toni Stowe. Starts at 5:30pm at Lent town hall.

More details on the Vikinaire Website.

     10. 7-12 Encampment (Toni S) March 13 deadline is here. Please contact Toni Stowe to let her

 know if your troop is going or not. Very important she needs to call with head count.

Troop Sponsored Events:

                    9.Powder Puff Derby (Vickie) April 19^th at Lent town Hall. Vickie will be

emailing or calling with times so please be patient as she works on this. Any questions please

contact her at 651-583-2011.

                    Next Meeting April 15^th 7pm at Trinity. For more dates please check

out our website at:                   www.Vikinaireserviceunit.com

Agenda

Leaders meeting 02/19/08

Opening:

      1. Promise

      2. Council Announcements (Tammy)-Due to Kathy’s absence, Tammy went through some

events that were available to the girls. You can find events on the main Girl Scout website.

We also went over the changes coming up with the new Leadership Development Program.

Age levels remain largely the same except for some minimal tweaks. New program journeys

will be introduced. Previous age level materials will also still be part of the program.

A detailed handout of information was available. If you would like to have the Leadership

Development Program info emailed to you or if you have any questions, please contact Kathy Alm.

SU Business:

      3. Treasury update (Amy)-Any issues with accounts? Did everyone remember to switch to new

Federal ID# on accounts? Deadline past was Jan.31^st. The amount in the checkbook currently is $2,500.

Please make sure that your new checks (if you got new checks) are encoded on the bottom with

your account number and routing number. Please get in your new bank account records to Amy ASAP,

if you wish you may drop them off at Tammy’s house inside the Girl Scout box located outside the

front door. You may also mail them to Amy.

       4. Cookies (Ryan)-Pick-up on Fri. Feb 22^nd. Please be on time and ready to go. The success

of the assembly line system depends on everyone observing their chosen time. Early arrivals will be

asked to please wait until their scheduled time. Any questions about Fri please contact Ryan ASAP.

      5. K-6 Encampment (Michelle/Tammy)- Michelle, Tammy and Amy drove

up to Camp Jim on Sat the 16^th and found it a wonderful place to hold

encampment. Camp Jim is located in Pillager MN, just outside of Brainerd.

The cost is going to be $30 per person. You can arrive as early as 5pm on May 2^nd. T

he dates for encampment are May2nd to May 4^th. Pictures were included in

the email distribution of these notes as attachments and more pictures were

passed around during the meeting. The camp is located about 2hours from us,

but what an exciting time to come and bond with your troop and daughter.

A strong count of girls and adults is needed by our next meeting on March 11^th and money will be due

at the April meeting. We are working on fliers and will have them at the March meeting. Questions

please feel free to contact Michelle Baker or Tammy.

            6. Day Camp (Sara L)-June 24^th-27^th for 1^st-4^th graders. 5^th-12^th graders can come as

helpers. The cost is $75 before June 1^st and $100 after. There is going to be lots of fun and

excitement at day camp. There is a flyer and more information on our Vikinaire website. Also

please feel free to contact Sara Lebens for more information and questions.

      7. Court of Awards (Sara L)May 22^nd, there will be a Taco dinner. The cost is $5 per person

and the Girl Scout and anyone 4 and under are free. Any troops interested in being a part of

the troop entertainment please contact Sara Lebens.

      8. Delegates (Connie, Kathy F) Connie gave a brief overview about the meeting that had

standing room only. She noted it was a lot of voting and getting things started and for the

National Delegates. There was a lot of interest in Girl comments and interest.

      9. Annual Giving (Toni S)- March 13^th 5:30-8:30 at Lent Town Hall.

Toni is looking for volunteers to help out at the event. This event can

be done as a troop or individual. All ages are welcome to participate

even our youngest girls the Daises!

     10. 7-12 Encampment (Toni S) March 29^th, not an overnight, but a historical

Gangster tour in St. Paul. The cost was set at $25 per person. Dawn and

Toni are looking for feedback and need to get a count soon. Please refer

to the email Toni has sent out. Any questions please contact Dawn E or Toni S.

Troop Sponsored Events:

      9.Powder Puff Derby (Vickie) Cars and instructions were passed out at

the meeting. Please contact Vickie with any questions about the Derby.

New Business: Tammy asked that leaders email a picture (nice business shot/head and shoulders) for a

secret project. If the pictures can be emailed that would be great. Any pictures will not be returned.

        Next Meeting March 11^th 7pm at Trinity.

This meeting is being held on the 2^nd Tue due to Spring Break.

For more dates please check out the calendar page of the our website.

Agenda

Leaders meeting 01/15/08

Opening:

        1. Promise

        2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm)- Reminder to get your bank accounts switched with the new tax

ID numbers no later than Jan. 31st

SU Business:

        3. Treasury update (Amy)- $2891.06 in account

4. Spaghetti Dinner (Ryan, Tammy, Deb)- Profit from the spaghetti dinner $1109.74. Dinner brought in total of $2025.00. $915.26 was spent prior to the dinner for supplies and food.

        5. Cookies (Ryan)-If you don’t have your cookie materials call Ryan ASAP to set up a time. We start

selling cookies Sat. Jan. 19^{th .}Our delivery date is Fri Feb. 22^nd in the AM; once a time is given to Ryan he

will let you know.

        6. Registration/Volunteers/Training (Deb)-Reminder that there must be two registered adults in

every troop. This is for the safety of ALL the Girls. Please if you have not attended your age level

training please do so, we can’t make you, but the girls with thank you for the wonderful Girl Scout

experience you will give them by having the proper training. Questions or comments please contact Deb Dubina

at 651-408-0151 or by email either at gscomanager@hotmail.com or debdubina@frontiernet.net

        7. Encampment (Michelle Baker)-We discussed an Elk River camp however they didn’t have enough

building space for us on the dates we were looking at. There is another camp being looked at so please

be sure to attend the next meeting to here about the new possibility. Where ever encampment is held all

troops attending will be responsible for being in charge of a station that could be doing a craft or doing

an activity toward a badge.

        8. Announcement of new Delegates (Tammy)- We are please to announce that Connie Sim, Kathy &

Sami Forsyth will be our three delegates this year. Thank you ladies for being our voice, we appreciate

everything you will pass to council for us. All three will be attending the annual dinner on Jan. 26^th.

We will look forward to their comments at the next meeting.

Troop Sponsored Events:

        9.Powder Puff Derby (Vickie)- April 19^th

If you are still interested in being a part of the derby please contact Vickie at 651-303-9380 she needs

to have sign up and money no later than Jan. 31^st. All checks are to be made out to troop 51380. The cost

is $10. Even if you don’t want to participate as a troop you may participate as an individual so please

pass this information onto all girls. Cars will be passed out in Feb to all leaders to give to girls.

Vickie is working with people to build a track. She is also working on getting software and a timer for

the race. There will be hot dogs & sloppy Joes served at the event. Troop 51380(the troop running and

hosting the event) is also looking at having donuts and coffee at the event too.

Very important that the girl is there and registered ON TIME, if they arrive late then they can still

register, however they will race with another troop. Any questions please contact Vickie. All decisions

about this event are settled by the hosting troop, not the service Unit.

Court of Awards- May 22^nd- more info. To follow at the next meeting

Lisa Munns passed out some parade patches.

Pastor Ed of St. Johns church in Stacy is opening up his time to any Girl Scout wanting to earn the Religious

award. The cost is $17 per girl and this includes the award medallion. If you are interested and want more

information please contact Tammy by email at gscomanager@hotmail.com and she will get the information for you.

Please pass this onto all girls, you do not have to participate as a troop this is very individual and

voluntary.

Anna Munns and Katie Munns will be in charge of daycare at the next leaders meeting. They will have some

activities to do with the children.

Hope to see everyone there!! Next Meeting Feb. 19^th 7pm at Trinity

Agenda

Leaders meeting 11/13/07

Opening:

      1. Promise

      2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm)—Kathy had limited handouts of the new bank information.

Everyone should receive these via email or mail from the council, if you do not you may go to the

council website and down load the information. Questions on that please let us know.

You have until Jan 31^st to change over your bank account. You will then need to submit a

new bank record to Amy.

Kathy also spoke about delegate elections. Vikinaire can have 2 delegates and 1 alt.

Michelle Johnson took one, she believes she may have two people that could do it.

If we do not have people as delegates our service unit doesn’t have a voice at delegate meetings.

SU Business:

      3. Treasury update (Amy)- Amy was unable to attend, however Tammy was given

the following information from her. Balance $1,163.41 will change Fri due to final

shopping for Dinner.

      4. Spaghetti Dinner (Ryan, Tammy, Deb) Roughly spent about $600 on food so far.

On Friday Amy will be picking up bread, milk, and juice thus increasing the total.

Anyone who has taken tickets and sold them may turn in the money the night of the dinner,

but ALL money MUST be in a sealed envelope with your troop number, leader name and amount

of money. If it is not I cannot and will not accept it that night, I don’t want to loose

any money. Everything needs to be turned into Tammy either that night or no later then 2

weeks from the dinner. Any questions please contact Tammy by email at gscomanager@hotmail.com,

at home 651-408-8936 or cell phone 651-246-4583

      5. Cookies (Ryan)—Ryan handed out blue cards for cookie mom/dad information. These

need to be completed ASAP so he can start cookie trainings after Thanksgiving some time.

He also passed out a cookie press to everyone in attendance; these have information about

changes to the program. If you have any questions at all about cookies please contact

Ryan by email at gscookiedad@hotmail.com or by phone 651-408-8936

      6. Registration (Deb)—Deb asked that everyone get all registrations to her by the

spaghetti dinner (she will accept them the night of the dinner). Deb wants to get

them all turned in so everyone is in the council system in time for cookie sales. Any

questions about registration please contact Deb Dubina by email at gscomanager@hotmail.com

by phone at 651-408-0151.

Troop Sponsored Events:

      7.Powder Puff Derby (Vickie)—Vickie spoke about the Derby and passed out

flyers. This information will be on the service unit website www.vikinaireserviceunit.com

All troops must sign up at the spaghetti dinner, if you won’t be at the dinner and

want to participate you need to contact Vickie ASAP by 651-583-2011.  Troops will

register at a specific time the day of the race, if they miss that time and the sign

in sheet has moved out of Sara Leben possession, the Girl Scout may still sign in,

but she will NOT race with her troop she will be put with the next troop.

$10 per car kit, same rules as last year. You may come to Lent town hall the Thursday

 night before starting at 5pm to have your car weighed and maybe get a pointer or two

for your car.

New Business:

Toni had a recap on the following events: Adult Recognition and The older girl encampment.

  Adult recognition—Only 5 attended, they had fun and only went over budget by about $5.

  Older girl encampment—The girls went on a nature hike, went to the corn maze, spent the

night in a hotel, cooked their food over an open fire, went bowling and had a ton of fun.

The encampment came in under budget by about $80. There were about 24 in attendance

and this included adults.

These two events will be held this year before court of awards; Toni and Dawn are

looking for ideas.

With this all said, Toni and Dawn will be stepping down from these events after this year.

No meeting in DEC!!!! See everyone back here Jan. 15^th 2008.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!   Happy Thanksgiving!!

October Leader meeting notes

Agenda

Leaders meeting 10/16/07

Opening:

      1. Promise

      2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm)-Kathy passed out flyers for events

coming up from the council.

SU Business:

      3. Treasury update (Amy) The checkbook balance was reported. For security reasons we

do not post the total on the web page but you can inquire about the total by contacting

the co-managers if you desire.

      4. Spaghetti Dinner (Ryan, Tammy, Deb) Still looking for people to help

out during the dinner. Troops may sign up for tables for FREE as a troop money earner,

however if your troop decides not to help out during the dinner the table will cost

$25. All money including that $25 is put into the funds for encampments. Tammy and

Ryan are working on getting tickets and flyers. Please contact Tammy to sign up for a

table and/or helping at the dinner.

      5. Cookies (Ryan) Passed out Cookie Q cards, these will be at the next meeting too.

He also passed out Cookie manager forms. If you have not received a form yet please

contact Ryan to make arrangements to get these completed. The sooner he gets them

back the sooner information can be entered into ebudde and he can keep everything

on track for you again this year.

      6. Registration (Deb) Deb asked who was able to take more girls. We are

still looking for a home for: 2^nd grader Kathryn very open availability

     3^rd grader Brittany avail T-F at 6:30 Sat&Sun 1pm

     3^rd grader Jessica avail TWF afternoon & evening

     5^th grader Donna avail. M-Thur.

If any leaders can help us please these girls that would be wonderful.

I would hate to see them left out of Girl Scouts.

New Business: Sign up for Powder puff derby will be at the

Spaghetti dinner only. You must pre-pay for car kits and event at that time.

The derby will be held on April 19^th at the Lent town hall.

 Leader meeting was followed by Cover Your Assets Enrichment

Sorry for the delay. Here are the minutes from the Sept meeting.

Agenda

Leaders meeting 9/18/07

Opening:

      1. Rededication Ceremony

      2. Council Announcements (Kathy Alm)There were tons of announcements with the re-alignment

	for the council. We have some extra flyers if you would be interested. There are VIP programs,

	Mystery dinner at Lakamaga, GS go green. Realignment announcements can also be found on the

	council websites at www.girlscoutscv.org or www.girlscoutrv.org. Many of these announcements

	have already been communicated via blast email to the volunteers.

SU Business:

      3. Treasury update (Amy)

	Nothing has changed as of this meeting from the last.

      4. Call for Volunteers (Tammy/Deb)Volunteers are still needed for Sundays event in the park.

	Thank you to those at the meeting who said they would be there. Even if you can help for

	1hour  that is great. We will need volunteers through out the year so the girls have

	a wonderful year and get the most from Girl Scouts. We still need daycare at meetings,

	this is a great time for girls to get their service hours in that they may need. If older

	girls are not available any registered adult may help that is from your troop, so pass the word along.

	5. Cookies (Ryan)Handed out troop/group cookie manager cards. These will be at the next

	meetings until everyone gets them.

    	6. Delegate announcements (Toni S)

     	 7. Recruitment (Tammy, Deb & Amy)Deb was kind enough to send an email to Tammy with open house

	results, she was unable to attend the meeting. The results are as follows:10 Kindergarten,

	10 first graders, 7 in 2^nd & 3^rd and 9 in in 4^th & 5^th. These are great numbers, means the girls

	are out there telling their friends how much fun they are having (Thanks to great leader like all of you!).

	We will let you know the results from the park event at the next meeting.

    	 8. Younger Girl Encampment (Michelle Baker)

	Camp Lakamaga April 25^th-27^th Dawn and Toni

	will run the kitchen. More info to follow

     	 9. 7-12 Encampment (Toni S/Dawn) Oct.13^th $20per girl.

	This is for girls that were at this age level last year.

	We are working on getting both encampments to fall around the same time so there

	is less confusion. Questions please contact Dawn or Toni.

	10. Donated items (Tammy/Deb/Kathy) We ran out of time, but some items were

	taken home by individuals. There is still more and leaders you can go through and see if your

	troop could use it, otherwise we will store games for any troop to use if no troop takes them.

	You will be receiving in a separate email where the items have gone and are being kept.

      Troop Sponsored Events:

      10. Powder Puff Derby-April 19^th (Vickie)No new updates, will have more at next meeting

      New Business:

Court of Awards will be on May 22^nd, if changes happen we will let you know.

Daycamp will be June 24^th-27^th at Camp Lakamaga the theme is GROOVY.

Meeting Minutes Aug 21

Opening--Girl Scout Promise

Council Announcements--Icebreaker game/troop idea, upcoming training dates and training options, Silver Award workshop flyers.

Business:

Council Guides, flyers, brochures, catalogs etc. were distributed at this meeting. Early registration patches were distributed to troops that registered during the early campaign.

Treasury update--provided by Tammy on behalf of Amy who was unable to attend. Current account activity was discussed.

Delegate announcements--Toni shared that there would be a delegate meeting on Sept 6th for voting and discussion about realignment. On a side note a question was asked about the Girl Scout Council of Saint Croix Valley website and the new Girl Scout Council of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys website. Both sites will continue to operate and will be linked.

Recruitment--Tammy, Deb, and Amy will be working on recruitment activities. Tables are approved for Primary and Sunrise Open Houses September 4th. Help is needed to staff shifts at tables. There will also be an event on Sunday, September 23, noon to 4:00 at Central Park, North Branch. It would be especially good to have Girl Scouts from several age levels assisting at the event in the park. Some ideas include simple games. Please consider helping out. Call Tammy to volunteer for either date. Leader Orientation dates have also been chosen and will be promoted to adults at these events in hopes of having a strong turnout and timely start up of troops. Dates selected are October 4 and October 6. More details to come.

Spaghetti Dinner--Tammy and Ryan. Will be held November 16. Reservation at Lent Town Hall is confirmed. Event will be extended until 10:00pm. It will be troops choice if girls need to go home earlier than close. We may have an opportunity to do clean-up the next day instead of the night of the event.

6-12 Encampment--Toni and Dawn. Looking at many options. Possibly October or November. Unable to make decisions yet due to the fact that not all eligible troops are registered (membership registration) yet, so the committee is unable to get a printed roster with an accurate number of members to make estimates for. Dawn and Toni are asking that if you are planning to attend the 6-12 encampment to please contact them within the next two weeks so they can get a firmed up number of girls/adults to plan for. Also, remember to turn in your membership registrations right away! Thanks!

Troop Sponsored Events:

Powder Puff Derby--Troop 1379 Vickie DuChaine. Date April 18th. Boy Scout car kits will be used. (better quality than last year's kits) All participants must sign up with troop 1379 by November 16 to be included--A lead time for securing car kits is needed.

New Business:

Child Care at meetings--older troops please sign up to do child care during leader meetings. This is a wonderful service opportunity for the girls and gives leaders with children a chance to attend the meeting. Call Tammy to select a date.

Adult Recognitions--suggested to bypass having a structured event and instead get together informally at a restaraunt to socialize and enjoy an evening out. This seemed to be a well received option. More details to come.

Cookie Dough-Ryan still has some unclaimed cookie dough. If your troop has not yet picked up cookie dough please see Ryan ASAP.

Wrap up:

Court of Awards wrap up--many leaders commented on the wonderful job done on the court of awards by Sara Lebens. Everyone unanimously had great feedback on the dinner and the event. Some suggestions were shared regarding seating and length of program for next year.

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