CABOT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7 JULY 2009 1. Chairman's Welcome Graham Cooper welcomed everyone to the AGM. He thanked 56 th Group for kindly hosting the AGM. 2. Opening by Steve Smith 3. Apologies Martin Horton, John Kirwan, Ron Higgs, Bob Pinnock, David Nicholls, Hilary Jones, Helen Snape, Jenny and Mike Long, Roy Jones, Mike Bamfield, Tony Burgess Parker, Undon Wooster, Richard Tilley, Bryan Parsons, Alison Parsons and Andy Hobbs. 4. Minutes of the AGM 2008 Minutes of 2008 AGM were approved by the meeting. Proposed by Doc Grimaldi and seconded by Keith Dawes. Approved by a show of hands, 5. Receive and adopt accounts Mike Capon presented the 2008/09 trustee report. Adoption of the accounts was proposed by Helen Hobbs and seconded by.Doc Grimaldi. Approved by a show of hands. 2 questions came from the floor • Are we getting the best interest rate on the capital amount with the Scout Association, could CAF offer better rates? The Cabot Exe Committee had recently checked the rates and CAF maximum rate was 0.2% and we receive 0.5% with Scout Association. So we are getting the best rate we can at the current time, executive constantly checks the rate to ensure competitive. • The Loach restricted fund was not showing correctly in the year end accounts. This figure needs to be moved from inclusion in the unrestricted to restricted column. Mike Capon to action this. Graham thanked Mike Capon for all his hard work in managing and preparing the accounts. 6. Appointment of financial scruniteer Suzanne Bishop was nominated as financial scrutineer. Approved by a show of hands. Graham Cooper expressed his thanks to her for kindly agreeing scrutineer the accounts. 7. Presentation by 62 nd trip to Belgium 8. Re-election of Presidents and Vice Presidents The meeting recorded sadness at death of Terry Farthing. The following were elected together by a show of hands: President George Peszynski. Vice Presidents: Roy Watts, Doc Grimaldi, Terry Bower, Ken . Chislett, David Nicholls, Keith Dawes, Tony Burgess-Parker, Peter Shore, Roy Jones and Mike Long. In particular graham thanked George Peszynski for all his hard work last year. Approved by a show of hands in support.
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CABOT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCILMINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7 JULY 2009
1. Chairman's WelcomeGraham Cooper welcomed everyone to the AGM. He thanked 56th
Group for kindly hosting the AGM.
2. Opening by Steve Smith
3. ApologiesMartin Horton, John Kirwan, Ron Higgs, Bob Pinnock, David Nicholls, HilaryJones, Helen Snape, Jenny and Mike Long, Roy Jones, Mike Bamfield, TonyBurgess Parker, Undon Wooster, Richard Tilley, Bryan Parsons, AlisonParsons and Andy Hobbs.
4. Minutes of the AGM 2008Minutes of 2008 AGM were approved by the meeting. Proposed by DocGrimaldi and seconded by Keith Dawes. Approved by a show of hands,
5. Receive and adopt accountsMike Capon presented the 2008/09 trustee report. Adoption of the accountswas proposed by Helen Hobbs and seconded by.Doc Grimaldi. Approved bya show of hands.
2 questions came from the floor• Are we getting the best interest rate on the capital amount with the
Scout Association, could CAF offer better rates? The Cabot ExeCommittee had recently checked the rates and CAF maximum ratewas 0.2% and we receive 0.5% with Scout Association. So we aregetting the best rate we can at the current time, executive constantlychecks the rate to ensure competitive.
• The Loach restricted fund was not showing correctly in the year endaccounts. This figure needs to be moved from inclusion in theunrestricted to restricted column. Mike Capon to action this.
Graham thanked Mike Capon for all his hard work in managing and preparingthe accounts.
6. Appointment of financial scruniteerSuzanne Bishop was nominated as financial scrutineer. Approved by a showof hands. Graham Cooper expressed his thanks to her for kindly agreeingscrutineer the accounts.
7. Presentation by 62nd trip to Belgium
8. Re-election of Presidents and Vice PresidentsThe meeting recorded sadness at death of Terry Farthing.
The following were elected together by a show of hands: President GeorgePeszynski. Vice Presidents: Roy Watts, Doc Grimaldi, Terry Bower, Ken .Chislett, David Nicholls, Keith Dawes, Tony Burgess-Parker, Peter Shore,Roy Jones and Mike Long. In particular graham thanked George Peszynskifor all his hard work last year. Approved by a show of hands in support.
9. DC nomination for District ChairmanDC asked Graham Cooper to stand again as District Chairman. The meetingsupported this with a show of hands.
10. Presentation by Ten Tors
11. Election of District Secretary and TreasurerAppointment of Mike Capon as District Treasurer was proposed by GrahamCooper and seconded by Roger Harvey. Appointment of Helen Hobbs asSecretary was proposed by Graham Cooper and seconded by ShaunHolmwood. The meeting also approved this by a show of hands.
12. Receive DC's Nominations & elect members to District ExecutiveJohn Gilliard, Ron Higgs and Luke Jones were elected to the executive,proposed by Graham Cooper and seconded by David Goodall. The meetingalso approved this by a show of hands.
Along with Steve Smith the District Commissioner, John Kirwan sits on theExecutive Committee as Appointments Chair as does Dave Walton, DistrictExplorer Scout Commissioner.
13. Nominations to Avon County Scout Councillan Churchill and Luke Jones were proposed as Cabot's nomination to AvonCounty Scout Council. Executive will continue to seek more 18-25representation. This was approved by a show of hands at the meeting.
14. Review of 2008/09 by members of the District team.
15. District CommissionerSteve Smith DC presented awards to Kay Shuttleworth (15 yrs), Mike Caines(20 years) and David Goodall- Chief Scout's Commendation. Steve Smithreminded all sections about the new Activity Fund to promote adventurousactivities and how to apply for a grant of up to £500 per year.
16. Address by County Representative, Pete Tamblin
17.Any other business (none) meeting closed at 9.25pm
CABOT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCILANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TUESDAY 7th JULY,,/h 7.30 FOR 8.00 AT Lawrence Weston Baptist Church, Long CrossW~ by invitation of the ss" Scout Group
It has been another year of huge activity and development within the District. Your District Executivecontinue to work to support the vital work being done by those adults in uniform who work either directly orindirectly with our young people.
This has been Steve's first full year at the helm and we have been pleased to note the gradual build of histeam. Following the earlier consultations with the District, and in line with the feedback received, your DChas agreed with the District Executive to put aside part of our funds for the development of new experiencesfor our young people and our Scout Groups. The policy for this fund was discussed and circulated during theyear and funds became available for this current year. The message is quite clear. Funds are available forGroups and there is a quick acceptance process in place via the DC.
Following comments made at last year's AGM, the Executive debated the need for a District Levy. It is notour intention to generate funds un-necessarily and we felt that reserves were at a sufficient level to notimplement a levy in March. We will continue to monitor our expenditure plan to ensure that we balanceusing the funds we have for the benefit of our young people, whilst having in place a mechanism to ensurewe are meeting the District running costs.
Dave Walton is an important addition to Steve's team as District Explorer Scout Commissioner. The DistrictExecutive are the Executive for Explorers and we are concentrating help for Dave in ensuring he has supportfor the administrative and financial tasks.
In addition to Helen Hobbs who works tirelessly as secretary for the District, we are grateful to Mike Caponfor the work he undertakes as Treasurer. Thanks too for the support of John Gilliard and Ron Higgs on theExecutive, and also this year for Luke Jones who represents the 18-25 Age Group. We were also delighted togain the considerable experience of John Kirwan who has taken on the role of Appointments Chairman. Witha backdrop of more changes to the Appointments Process, John has recruited more members to his teamand brought our District close to being 'up to date' with new leaders and existing leader reviews. TheExecutive would benefit from another couple of members and particularly at least one from the younger agerange.
Can we also commend to you the work undertaken by our District President, George Peszynski, who workstirelessly to support individual groups and the wider District.
Finally can we once again pay tribute to those adults, both in and out of uniform, who give of their time sounselfishly to work with our young people.
Graham Cooper. District Chair.
Cabot District Scout CouncilDistrict Commissioner: Steve Smith 98 Westover Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3LP. 07855961864District President: I. George Peszynski MBE, JP, KSS 132 Eastfield Road,Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS94AL. 01179624109District Chair: Graham Cooper 12 Downs Cote Avenue, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3JX. 0117 962 0618District Secretary: Helen Hobbs 33 Downs Cote Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3TB. 01179623615District Treasurer: Mike Capon 22 Pear Tree Ave, LongAshton, Bristol, BS71 9FF. 01275393148
Explorer Scout Section ReportDave Walton
This has been a very exciting year for Cabot District Explorer Scouts as ourmembership has increased significantly due to both the opening of a new Unitand word spreading about the opportunities that Explorer Scouting has to offer.In early 2009 a new ESU named Brockmead opened at the 4th Southmead andthe membership of the other three Units increased across the board. We havealso been joined by 4 new adult leaders. At the 2009 census Cabot District hada total of 84 Explorer Scouts including members of Units and Young Leaders, anincrease of 22% on last year. One of the most notable features of thismembership rise is that the number of female Explorers has risen substantiallywith the gender ratio heading towards 50: 50. Two of our Units have ExecutiveCommittees with the Explorer Scouts setting their own programme and takingthe lead in running several nights each term. This provides the Explorers withan opportunity to develop their self confidence and leadership skills in a safeenvironment.
Cabot Explorers have taken part in a range of adventurous activities this yearincluding, caving, skiing, shooting, archery, climbing, kayaking and gliding.Twenty Five Cabot Explorer Scouts also took part in Ten Tors this year andperformed admirably.
Cabot Explorers have taken part in a number of District, County andInternational events. 2009 saw the first Cabot District joint Explorer Scout campwhen twelve Explorers from two different Units camped together at the DistrictSt George's Day celebrations at Woodhouse Park. Brabazon ESU attended OneNight Stand which is an Avon County Event held in September at Chelwoodfeaturing live music, a disco, campfire and movies late into the night. The eventwas a talking point for some time afterwards for those who took part andhopefully this will encourage Explorers from the other three Units to attend thisyear. Cabot Explorers have also been a lot further afield with four taking part inlast August's trip to Uganda.
At present there is no Network in Cabot District but given the number of ex-Explorer Scouts and adult leaders in the 18-25 age range I am hoping, withsupport from County, to assist in re-starting the Cabot Network so that youngpeople within our District can continue to take part in Scouting past the age of18 without necessarily having to take an adult leadership appointment until theyare ready to do so.
The four Units we currently have are all fairly centrally located and over the nextyear I hope to recruit more adult leaders with a view to opening another Unit in
one of the more outlying areas of the District. My other key goal for the comingyear is to ensure that Young Leaders who are not members of a Unit have theopportunity to take part in the full range of activities that are available to therest of the District's Explorers.
fel/owshi +Fellowship ReportMargaret Harvey
The Scout Fellowship has enjoyed a busy and enjoyable year. Some of ourmembers are heavily involved with the Gang Show and some with the Children'sHospital Scout Group. We all enjoy our social times together going out for meals,playing Skittles, having speakers and quizzes.
Last year we held a Bring and Buy Sale to raise money for a District ExplorerScout, who was going to Uganda with other Scouts, to continue the work startedthere by Avon Scouts. The Bring and Buy was very successful. In May at ourA.G.M. she gave a very interesting talk on her experiences in Uganda.
We are once again looking forward to next year and its new challenges.
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Scout Section ReportRich Tilley
July saw the re-launch of Star City Trek an overnight incident hike on theMendips 7 teams took part. Each team visited 6 checkpoints and were given atask to complete. Thanks to Mike Long and all those who manned the bases ona very damp night. The Winners were 62nd
The summer break saw camps in Swansea, Huish Woods, South Devon,Glaisbury, Ilfracoombe & The Biblins. I managed to visit 2 of the camps whichincluded The 18th camp at Biblins which got very close to being flooded as theRiver Wye rose, And 62nd's Camp at Silver Cross, Pennllegaer, which was verywet and muddy as it had rained the week before and most of the camp so far.Despite this the Scouts were in high spirits and I joined in a very slipperyvolleyball game.
2009 saw the re-launch of 169th Scouts. With three new leaders, Chris Gould,Vikki White & Antony Milward and a new GSL Phi! Taylor the group.
12 teams entered the District Wide game in February. 25 sound activated tagswere hidden around Blaise Castle for the teams to find. Joint 3rd were 1stFriday and 62nd, followed by 18th and won by 90th
In March 62nd Scouts organised SuperSplash at Henbury swimming pool.Rather than the usual races teams of Scouts were various challenges includingIilo and ball collection races. 90th teams came both 1st & 2nd.
May saw the Ten Tors event with 4 35mile teams competing with the full 6members and 2 45mile with 1 member dropping out. Many thanks to all whomake this happen.
At the beginning of June first District Cooking Competition organised by the 4thScout Group took place. All teams prepared a 3 course meal for 6 in 2 hours.All dishes were very tasty but the overall winners were the 227th.
Finally Thank You to all the leaders who make Scouts happen every night of theweek. Your continuing enthusiasm and hard work ensure we inherit responsibleyoung people for our future.
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Farm themed on Red Indians. Activities in evenings included recording 'Picturesin Sound', archery and a sponsored Night Hike (for Clinic Nepal).
The 169th have increased in numbers recently following new leadership. AHalloween sleepover was held in November. They had a great morning at St.George's Day at Woodhouse Park. Several badges from Road safety tocommunity Challenge have been completed.
The 191st joined other packs at District camp and on St. George's Day. They'vealso been busy with Chef and Home help badges
Meanwhile 227th Kestrels have been busy raising money for Claremont Schoolthrough a 'Sing and Sign' event. They have also held an entertainment, hadsleepovers at the HQ and been along to District camp.
A number of District Cub Scout events have taken place.In November the Indoor hockey tournament attracted several entries with the62nd taking both 1st and 2nd places Unfortunately the Cub Scout Badge Day inFebruary had to be cancelled due to the snow. It is to be re-run in September.
The Swimming gala (in March) was exceptionally well attended, with 13 packsentering a team. The proud winners were 227th Eagles with the 26th and 1stBishopston in joint 2nd place .closelv followed by 227th K in 3rd place.
St. George's Day, at Woodhouse Park, saw over 100 cub Scouts attending toenjoy a morning or afternoon of varied activities which included: lots of differentquizzes on an international theme, the blindfold sisal trail ,lots of games,decorating woggles, map reading and compass games and lassoing andhorseshoe throwing.
District Cub Scout camp, at Woodhouse Park in May, was attended by 8 differentCub packs.
Over 130 Cub Scouts and about 30 adults enjoyed a range of activities based ona 'Space' theme such as:
Making bamboo cane rockets and then firing them ..., lots of different spacegames, climbing, abseiling and archery, Moon buggies ....and 'space 'obstaclecourses and amazing water rockets.All of the 130 Cub Scouts on camp also gained their Astronomer badge
All of these fantastic activities at pack and district level would not be possiblewithout the hard work of the leaders of the Cub Scout section who worktirelessly to give their Cub Scouts a great programme every week and enrichtheir programme with lots of camps and visits.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Beaver Scout Section ReportChris Gavriel
It has been another busy and successful year for the Beaver Scouts in the CabotDistrict. Since taking up the post of ADC Beavers back in November last year, Ihave been kept busy 'Beavering' away visiting the colonies, and getting to knowthe young people and their leaders. It has been a real pleasure to witnessfirsthand how Scouting within this section is being implemented on the ground,and how much fun the Beavers (and their leaders!) are gaining from taking partin the adventures of Scouting.
The colonies throughout the District have undertaken many exciting and variedactivities over the past year, which has allowed the Beavers to gain lots ofbadges, and find out more about their local communities and the world aroundthem. Activities have included trips out to fire stations, Bristol Blue Glassfactory (62nd), a Buddhist temple (77th), Clifton Cathedral and a Sikh Temple(26th). It seems the list is endless!
There have also been the District events that have taken place, which has beenan excellent way of getting the different colonies uniting together in the fun.There was a hugely successful Fun day back in March themed around the sensesof the body, which saw participation from 10 of the colonies around the District.The Beavers were able to do a whole host of things such as make shakers,tactile face pictures, a blindfold trail, and we even had a visit from Gus the guidedog and his owner, who showed the Beavers the different gadgets she had tomake her life that little bit easier. Many thanks to all the leaders who helpedwith this event.
There was the St George's Day promise renewal and activity day held atWoodhouse Park, where the Beavers made swords and shields, played on abouncy castle, took part in space hopper Jousting and did a treasure huntamongst other things. The Beavers also recently put on their 'creative hats' byhaving a junk modelling competition - my thanks to Steve Grant (227th) fororganising this event.
Finally, may I take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to all the Beaverleaders and their supporters for the sterling work they are doing within theBeaver Scout section. It is, of course, the first leg of a young person's journeythrough Scouting, and I have no doubt that you are making a really worthwhilecontribution to the development of the young people within your colonies. Yourcreativity and extraordinary commitment is truly appreciated, so once again,thank you on behalf of all our Beaver Scouts!
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Cub Scout Section ReportMargaret Postlethwaite
Cabot Cub Scouts have once again had a busy year. Several district activitieshave taken place and lots of exciting activities have been happening in individualpacks
The 4th have been camping at Spanorium. They also took part successfully inJOTT. Other activities have included visits to Southmead police station andclimbing at Tytherington. They've also been sailing and canoeing and still foundtime to gain lots of badges.
The 7th Cubs have been celebrating their centenary year as a group andmaking use of their camp site at Stiles.
The 18th raised £400 for street children in Bolivia by holding a sponsored silenceand from their Entertainer's Badge. They also had 2 excellent camps at Chalfontand on District camp.
227th Eagles won the swimming gala. They also hiked with donations of food tothe 'Feed the children' centre in Stokes Croft and the 'Crisis centre'
Both of the 26th packs also recently held a joint weekend camp with some of theCubs from the 44th at their site in Berwick Lane.
The 43rd have had a very successful year with a few changes in their leadershipteam. Their highlight was an excellent camp at Woodhouse Park enjoyed by 22Cub Scouts and a visit from the Beavers.
The 44th joined other packs at District camp. They've also been joining withBristol Rugby club for fitness sessions as part of the Fitness challenge.
The 62nd have had a change of leadership .They produced some excellent spaceactivities to share at the District camp.
The 126th have been as busy as ever with Communicator and DIY badges andattending all the district events.
The 167th have also had lots of badge work going on, including several ChiefScout silver awards being gained. They enjoyed a good camp at Stiles in Junewhere lots of Den building took place. The summer term ended with a tubingsession at Gloucester Ski slope.
The 1st Bishopston pack has been busy. Highlights included.: a weekend Campat Glenny Wood themed around the Celts and an Autumn Camp at Spaniorum
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