Re: PLC Meeting Time
Lawrence \ (lawrence.tuck@GTE.NET)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:10:51 -0800
Judy Yeager wrote (in part):
>I have been following this thread and have yet to see the solution that
>seems to be the "norm" in our area. The vast majority of Troops in this
>area camp monthly and many of them have a "set" weekend for their
>campouts, e.g. the third weekend of the month. Additionally, most of
>our Troops have chosen Monday night for Troop meetings. Since the
>Scouts have just spent the weekend together, there is no Troop meeting
>on the Monday after a campout, so that is when the PLC is scheduled.
>The Scouts already have Mondays programmed in for Scout meetings, so it
>works out well.
>
Some of the troops in our area do this, too. In one case that I know of,
another organization uses the church hall on the first Monday of the month,
so it's logical for the troop to skip that week.
I've also heard of troops that skip the troop meeting one week a month in
favor of patrol meetings.
I'm curious what a typical month's schedule looks like for other people. Is
there a particular week that you do menu planning? Do you have patrol
meetings within the troop meeting one or more weeks a month (other than a
brief Patrol Corners)? And, if you have less than four troop meetings a
month, does that allow you enough time to get everything done that you need
to do at the troop meetings?
As Judy notes, it's interesting to hear about how other people work the
program. No one right or wrong way, it seems, but lots of good ideas out
there.
Larry Tuck
SM. Troop 761
Thousand Oaks, CA
"and a good old Owl, too" WM-49-98
