The John Ross district Roundtable meets at Cloud Springs Elementary at 7 pm the second Tuesday of each month. 

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Roundtable notes

We had 2 guests tonight to discuss Eagle projects and camping and hiking opportunities in the area. 

One speaker was Nate Thomas with the Lookout Mountain Conservancy and they have several potential Eagle projects as well as Troop projects.  Here is a handout he provided with just a few of the projects.  His contact info is Nate Thomas – 423-424-3882.  The web site is lookoutmountainconservancy.org. 

Our second guest was Walt Hodges who is a volunteer with Lula Lake Land Trust atop Lookout Mtn.  Walt is an Eagle scout and previously was the Land Manager of Lula Lake.  Lula Lake is open to the public the first and last Saturday of each month.  They will also let scout units camp on the property when available.   Noel Durant is the current Land manager and can be reached at 076-639-3099 for more info related to camping opportunities.  The web site is www.lulalake.org.  Walt also discussed the Nickajack Connector trail which is the first part of a trail that will link Lula Lake Land Trust to Cloudland Canyon State Park, more info can be found at www.lulalake.org/participate/events.asp?event_id=501.  This is a multi use trail (hike, bike, and horse) and the first section is currently open with a 5.5 mile out and back trail, total of 11 miles.

Handouts

Aquatics program

Aquatics meeting plan

Backpacking program

Backpacking meeting plan

Special Cooking program

Special Cooking meeting plan

Leadership Program

Leadership meeting plan

Forestry Program

Forestry meeting plan

Physical Fitness Program

Physical Fitness meeting plan

Citizenship Program

Citizenship Troop meeting plan

Citizenship test

Citizenship test answers

Boy Scout Literature

Troop Program Features Vol. I - III

Troop Program Resources

Previous Notes

We discussed the US Mint Scout coins.  They can be purchased here.  Also discussed was that a questionnaire will be sent out soon to get some feed back on Roundtables.  This will be anonymous so feel free to provide your thoughts.  We discussed the months theme of Leadership in a round table fashion.  It seemed to go well.  We also discussed the new Historical Merit Badges (here) and the new Geocaching Merit Badge (here).

April's theme is Forestry and we had Alan Orth and Ed Lang from the NF come in and talk about the Conasauga NF and what opportunities are available for the scouts in the area. 

For those interested in the Knot Master program check out Troop 994 in Woodstock, GA.  This is where I got my info and it is in MS Word format so you can edit the info.  They also have a PowerPoint form for a tracking card for the scouts to keep track of knots tied and when they were signed off.  Troop 994's site is here.  My copy is here and I added 2 knots to the list and some additional info I felt was important.

March's theme is Physical Fitness.  Are you familiar with the Scout Fit program?  Learn more here.

February's theme is Citizenship.  I found a sample of questions from the Naturalization test along with the answers.  See how many of them you can answer then give see how many the scouts get.

The January theme is Winter Camping.  On the BSA web site there is supplemental training called Beginning Cold Weather Camping.  Check it out.