Meeting Notes - 1/26/11

We had another great meeting! I think the new location will work out very well!

We reviewed the Girl Scout Promise, Song and Handshake for Investiture next meeting. We also made Valentine's Day cards for the Arbor House assisted living center. Nikki and Hailey are going to be arranging with the Arbor House to drop off the cards - you are welcome to go with them if you'd like. Contact Nikki at nikirisley@hotmail.com if you are interested.

There will be more information to come about cookies and Investiture. I have "Cookie Training" next Tuesday and I will pass along all information I have. Nikki and I will be picking up our initial order of cookies on Feb 8th, so we should be able to distribute them to the girls at Investiture, which will be held at Garner Bell's house.

We are planning a tea party for after our Investiture. I had everyone sign-up to bring tea-themed snack goodies at the meeting, but we could still use someone to make some finger sandwiches and sliced fruit/fruit dip. Please let me know if you could provide either of those for our 13 girls and moms for Investiture.

Also, I posted a snack sign-up for the rest of the semester. I only need someone for Feb 24th. Anyone willing to provide the snack that day?

Thanks to everyone for helping us with our group's growing pains - the girls are having a great time together!

Misty

We have a meeting location!

Truman Primary has agreed to let us use the cafeteria on the second and fourth Thursdays from 6-730 pm. Yay!

Meeting notes - 1/6/11

We had a great meeting tonight! It was so much fun to have so many new faces in our Daisy troop.

All new girls received their Daisy t-shirt and bag. They also should have received the Girl Scout Promise craft to complete at home. They don't need to bring this craft back, it is just reinforcement from tonight's lesson.

Tonight we reviewed the Girl Scout Promise, Law & Sign. We also reviewed the Daisy song and made Girl Scout Promise bracelets. We talked about fairness and sharing and how to use nice words when talking to someone.

Thanks to everyone who turned in their paperwork and dues. I'll be sending individual emails to everyone to verify that I have your paperwork and checks.

Decisions made tonight:

1. We are moving the meeting to the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, still at 6pm.
2. We are requesting meeting space at Truman Primary (in the cafeteria) - I'll let you know when that is approved. Occasionally we will still use a residence for special meetings, like Investiture. We'll let you know in advance where the meeting location will be.
3. We are selling cookies - to my knowledge no one has opted out. I will place our initial order before next week's cutoff. I'm going to order conservatively (50 boxes per girl), knowing that we can get more cases of cookies if we need them. If anyone suspects that they will be selling a lot of cookies, please let me know by the end of the weekend so that I can up my initial order.
4. Investiture is tentatively set for 2/10/11 at 6:00pm. I will confirm this date as soon as we have a location. We are thinking of doing a dress-up tea party to go along with the ceremony.
5. The Girl Scout Thinking Day Celebration is 2/19/11. We did not decide to go as a troop, but if anyone would like to go on their own or in a small group, please let me know and I'll get information to you.

Thanks for a great meeting - I'll send you more information as I get it.
Misty

Happy New Year Daisies!!

I hope everyone had a great holiday!

This Thursday, January 6 will be our first meeting of the new year. We'll meet at 6:00 at my house - please feel free to call me at 834-6247 or email me if you need directions. Our house is a little small for the new size of our group (13 girls!!), but we'll make it work.

I've sent out the Daisy enrollment form and health form to everyone who has not yet filled them out - please let me know if you need another copy. Please fill them out and bring them on Thursday along with the $12.00 enrollment fee. FYI, all new girls will receive their Daisy t-shirt at the meeting.

I have sent everyone on my email list a general troop fees invoice. For the couple of moms who have partially paid their supplies fees already, I have emailed you separately with an updated balance. As Nikki and I have been paying all fees out-of-pocket, we would really appreciate you bringing your checkbooks to this meeting. We'd prefer at least half of the supplies fees to be paid at this next meeting, with the balance due by March 1.

This Thursday we will be reviewing:

• the Girl Scout Promise
• the Girl Scout Law
• the Girl Scout Handshake
• our Daisy song
• the Kaper Chart
• continuing to read from the Daisy Earth and Sky book
• we will be making a Girl Scout Law bracelet for our craft
  

The Investiture is tentatively set for mid-Feb to early March. We will discuss possible dates at the meeting. It would also be nice to have the ceremony in a larger space - again, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know!

Other items will will need to discuss at this meeting:

• Cookie sales
• Our meeting time/day/location
• Thinking Day Celebration (Feb 19)
  

Looking forward to meeting everyone! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns or suggestions!

Misty