Meetings Tonight
Good morning scouters! Scouts will meet this evening at 7pm. Please see below for upcoming events and sign-up links.
Outdoor Committee Meets this evening.
Mandatory Shakedown TONIGHT
If you are attending the winter backpacking trip, please note that there is a mandatory shakedown this evening. The trip packing party is also this evening.
BSA National Dues
Parents and Adult Leaders, please be on the lookout starting 15th February for an email from BSA Nationals. This email is your renewal dues invoice from the BSA; it contains an online payment link which MUST be used to pay national dues. We do not yet know what email address the BSA will use to send the invoice from but please know that the invoice is real. Online payment via the link sent via email by the BSA using your personal credit card is the ONLY way to pay UNLESS a family is using Medicare benefits to pay dues (if that is the case please do NOT pay online but come see us). Unlike years past Troop 934 will NOT be collecting cash and sending it to nationals on your behalf. Also, please note the BSA National invoice does not include Troop 934 dues which will be invoiced via Square later in the year. Finally, please know that last week we scrubbed the system and updated the “Parent/Guardian” email addresses for Scouts to the address we have been using to send Square invoices; we also reviewed the adult leader list.
Adult Leaders (including College Scouter Reserve i.e., anyone currently age 18 or higher), please know (1) you must be current on YPT training in the system BEFORE you can renew (pay) online, (2) it takes 24-48 hours for the YPT system to communicate with the membership renewal system and (3) the membership system still has a glitch that can incorrectly show a leader as still needing YPT; this glitch must be manually overridden by OHC staff.
We know there will be questions about this new system and process; you should ask them. For example, there are a few new Scouts and Leaders (i.e., those who joined or re-joined Scouting after 31st March 2023) who will NOT be getting an invoice this month but rather will be getting an invoice on their 12-month anniversary. On our side we will be monitoring the system weekly for payment status updates. We WILL be chasing you for payment — if you do not pay by the deadline (which we think is 31st March) you will be dropped from the BSA’s active membership and have to rejoin later in order to participate in Troop 934 activities.
– Will Maddux
Summer Camp Deposits Due
REMINDER: 2024 CRK Summer Camp deposits are currently due (31st January). We are also collecting MB/Activity requests. Please see the troop website for the payment link, request form and other key details: https://www.troop934.org/summer-camp/
Upcoming Events
February 12, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC
February 16-18: Winter Backpacking at South Mountain State Park
February 19, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC
February 23, 6pm: New Ravens Bridging Ceremony @ MTUMC
February 26, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC
March 4, 7pm: Court of Honor
March 11, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC
March 15-17: Weekend at Camp Raven Knob (new ravens first troop trip)
March 18, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC
March 25, 7pm: Scouts @ MTUMC