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Once again it’s time to start thinking about the annual Troop 11 ski trip. This year’s trip will be held on the weekend of February 8-10. We will leave Piedmont on Friday afternoon and we'll return on Sunday evening.

As usual, we will be staying at the Hoyfjellet Lodge in Soda Springs (near Sugar Bowl). The lodge is a perennial Scout favorite. The accommodations are barracks-style, with a separate sleeping area for moms. This year the cost is $85 per person for two nights (Friday and Saturday), including 2 breakfasts (Saturday and Sunday) and an excellent dinner (Saturday).

With this e-mail, I need a definitive response from you as to whether you or your scout will be attending the trip. Please let me know by Saturday, November 24th.

Also, we need to send a deposit for our stay at the lodge by December 1 so I ask that you send a check for $85 per person (made out to Troop 11) to Jonathan Jacobs by November 24th. Jonathan's address is 75 Nova Drive, Piedmont 94610.

I will send out more information about the ski trip as the trip gets closer however you can download much of the information that you need from the Troop 11 web site at http://www.piedmonttroop11.org/T11SkiTrip.html
including directions, car pools, packing list, ski rental information, lift ticket information, and information about the snow sport merit badge.

If you have any questions please contact me at pbolio@ch2m.com.

Paula Bolio]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry071105-114738 We are advancing quickly to that time of year (the saturday before thanksgiving) when the scouts collect food for the annual Scouting for Food Drive. I need 3 drivers and several scouts to help pick up the food bags from homes in our allocated piedmont area. We will meet at the community church at 9:30 Saturday, 11/17 to collect the bags. It typically takes about one to one and one half hours, depending on the number of drivers and scouts.

Please let me know if you will be able to help. It's a fun and pretty painless process, and I would appreciate the participation of anyone who is able to join us.

Thank you!
Mary Heller
marybheller@yahoo.com

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Nov. 10 and 11th is a scouting event to the Moaning Caverns in Vallecito, Ca www.moaningcaverns.com (near Sonora/about 2.5 hours by car). I am trying to get a head count for this spelunking adventure so I can make tour reservations. We will be camping at Tuttletown Recreation Area which is located on New Melones Lake.

If you are planning to attend, then which one of the following tours will you be taking:

1) A 45 minute guided walking tour of the history and geology of the cave. Scouts will descend 265 stairs to the bottom and walk back up.

FEE: $11.50 for scouts 13 years and older, $5.85 for scouts 12 years and younger, $11.50 for adults

2) A 45 minute guided rappelling tour (rappel 165 ft. to the bottom), walk back up, receive the same information.

FEE: $47.00 per scout, $47.00 per adult

3) A 3 hour long adventure tour with the new zip line. (NOTE: This tour is currently full so you will be placed on a waiting list. If you pick this option you must also pick either option 1 or 2, above, as an alternative.)

FEE: $81.00 per scout, $81.00 per adult

We will be leaving Saturday (11/10) @ 8:30 am and arriving at our campsite at around 11:30 am. We plan on returning to Piedmont on Sunday around 1 pm.

Please e-mail me back as soon as possible regarding the following:

1. Will your scout be attending?
2. If yes, which tour.
3. Are you willing to drive?
4. If yes, which day? Saturday, Sunday, or both?
5. Will you be camping with us?
6. Will you be taking a tour as well?
7. If yes, which tour.

If you have any questions or concerns.


Thanks,
Steve Debacker debacker@jps.net

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Attached please find the updated signup sheet for working at the Boy Scout Tree Lot (this was attached to Oct 8 email from Becky&Becky). If you have already signed up, please check that your contact information is correct. If you haven't signed up yet, please pick at least a couple of times that work for you and/or your scout. The Council added three additional dates, Tuesday, November 27th, Friday, November 30th, and Tuesday, December 11th, so there should be a time (or two or three:-) that works for everyone. When signing up please email the dates you're available, and your contact information to us at bleichj@aol.com and McKeenfamily@aol.com.

If you have any questions please let us know. Thanks in advance for your participation,

Becky McKeen & Becky Bleich]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry071022-111600
For new scouts/parents... the work load is as follows:

* We will have a flat bed truck with side panels at the yard on Sat. morning

* We load the truck with wood
* We meet at our first delivery
* We then caravan to subsequent deliveries until we empty the truck
* Reload for the truck for next deliveries
* Clean up the yard

We are in need of Sign ups for Wood Delivery on the 3rd and 4th of November.

I think we can do it in three shifts as follows:
Saturday November 3 - AM 8:30am - 11:30am
Saturday November 3 - PM 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Sunday November 4 - AM 8:30am - 11:30am

Please let Ken know know...
Scout Name(s), Adult name(s) and preferred shift. I will circulate final schedule next week.

Scouts/Families should bring the following:

* Work Gloves
* Sturdy shoes
* Sun Screen and water
* Recycle Bin(good idea to label with sharpy pen)

Thank you all in advance for your help with this years Firewood Sales!!!


Kenneth W. Meyersieck
kmeyersieck@colliersparrish.com]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry071009-141800 Here is this week's news flash of what is upcoming with T11.

1) YOSEMITE!
Wow! Great time! Great place. Great weather. Thanks to scouts, adult participants, drivers, shoppers and Dick Turney, for leading. Watch for pictures on the web site later this week.

2) NEWEST EAGLE!
Congratulations for Andrew H.! He passed his Piedmont Council Board of Review for Eagle with flying colors and BSA HQ in Texas will soon be certifying our newest Eagle Scout. All congratulations to Andrew for great job on a long road to Eagle. Watch for news on Andrew's Eagle Court of Honor.

3) BOARD of REVIEW--SCOUTS
The next T11 meeting is next Monday, Oct 15 at 7:30 in the Kettlewell Room. This will be a ONE-HOUR meeting and it is a Board of Review meeting. If you are ready for rank advancement, then you need to affirmatively let me know that you want to schedule a BoR. If you are not sure if you are ready or not you should a) review your scout book to see what is signed off and what is needed and b) ask me to send you a printout of what we have listed for you in Troopmaster. Attendance at this meeting is key for: i) scouts who are ready for rank advancement and BorR, ii) older scouts who can help do some skills instruction to the younger scouts and iii) scouts who want to work on some scout skills. If you are in not in any of these categories, then the meeting is optional and we won't be offended if you stay home (as long as you are doing your homework!).

4) IF YOU ARE NOT READY.
Some scouts get stressed out about rushing to finish their remaining requirements at the last minute. Did you know that you can request a BoR at any time? So that if you finish that last pesky requirement a week or two after the BoR meeting or Court of Honor, you can still request a BoR at that time and advance as of that point. Subject to our ability to put together a BoR (not too hard) you can be reviewed, and (assuming all is in order) you can advance in rank at that point. You do NOT have to wait for the next Board of Review night or the next Court of Honor night. The Court of Honor is a nice event to recognize the advancement(s) that have been made, but the actual advancements do not happen then, they happen as each scout completes all of the requirements listed in your scout book. That is a continuous process and can be finished any time.

5) BOARD of REVIEW - ADULTS
The members of the Board of Review are to be drawn from the adult members of the Troop Committee. So who is on the Troop Committee? If you have one of the volunteer jobs from Mary Carter's list, then you are on the Troop Committee. We will soon be adding a page to the T11 web site to explain this further. The purpose of the BoR is not to "re-test" the boys on the requirements for the scout rank, but to talk to them, find out how their scouting experiences have been going, and get feedback on how the program is being managed for them. Requirements for becoming a BoR member are that you are knowledgeable about the scouting program basics and are on the Troop Committee. We will train you by letting you sit in on one or two just to see how they run. Bottom line, we would like to get more parents involved and I want to invite those of you who are interested to become a member of the Board(s) of Review, at this next meeting (10/15/07) or at another time. Time requirement is just an hour at at time, when you are available. We do these several times a year on a scheduled basis, and put together some ad hoc BoR''s, as mentioned above. Its a great way to contribute to the life of the Troop, to see the other scouts in the troop and how they are advancing. Please contact me if you are interested and available for next Monday night.

6) LOOKING AHEAD

a) Court of Honor / Pot Luck Dinner
This event is scheduled for Monday evening, October 22nd. This is always a fun, family event and we hope you will make it. You will be hearing more from our organizers, Sasha Match and Marilyn Weber (thanks to them too!). Put it on your calendar if you haven't already.

b) Merit Badges
After the Board of Review / Court of Honor meetings we will be doing some work on some Merit Badges ("MB"), probably including Emergency Preparedness, First Aid, Communications and Space Exploration. Most of the MB work will be done outside of troop meetings but we will devote some time in the troop meetings to getting organized, reviewing individual progress and meeting with MB counselors. Thanks to those of you who have volunteered as MB Counselors, including Scott Corvin, Peter Harvey and Jim Yeh.

c) Spelunking.
Our Nov outing is scheduled for Nov 10-11 and is planned to be a spelunking trip. If it is pouring rain, as it sometimes is in November, we can still do the spelunking part (underground); we can decide at the time about the camping portion of the outing.

d) Snow Camping.
Is scheduled for January. Greg Andreas has agreed to be the adult event coordinator, but he and we need a scout to be the scout coordinator. This is a great opportunity to learn from the master about snow camping and a great opportunity to "learn-by-doing" by organizing a significant event for the Troop. We invite interested volunteers to contact me or Burr promptly!

Thats all for now. Thanks!
Mark Dukas]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070227-133552
We will be moving back into the Community Church using the new Youth Room for regular meetings soon - we believe beginning in April.
This will allow us to push our meeting start time back to 7:30 (like it used to be) which allows more scouts with sports to make the meeting.
SM Wietelmann
]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070227-133214 Saturday March 3rd, from 9 am to 12 pm. The project is through Friends of Sausal Creek, or FOSC. March 3rd is a restoration workday. Here is a description:
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Grassland Site Restoration, Joaquin Miller Nursery , 9am-noon

We need volunteers to help with control of invasive plant species at our Grassland Restoration Site. We will be cutting and covering cotoneaster stumps, pulling broom, and whacking acacia resprouts.
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This project will be worth 3 hours of community service for those who need it. And also, if you just want to come anyway, that works too. Everyone who is under 18 must have their parent or guardian sign this liability form:

http://www.sausalcreek.org/volunteer/resources.html

It would also be helpful to have some parents attend this outing.

Get back to me if you hope on participating, or for questions. For more information, look at their website at sausalcreek.org.

Thanks,
Gabe S
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I'm sorry to have to say that I failed at Tree Lot Patch protocol 101.

By assuming that everyone who worked at the lot earned a patch, I made a fundamental mistake - so at the court of honor, our Tree Lot patches were snatched up willy-nilly when they should have been passed out to specific individuals.

I have informed the council office of my mistake and we can get some more patches if necessary, but it would be very much appreciated if anyone who took a patch who is not on the list below would kindly return it (perhaps let me know you have it and bring it to a meeting?).

Scouts who worked more than 5 hours earned a patch.
Scouts who worked more than 10 hours earned a patch plus a special semicircular patch that goes around the round patch.

I know this is all my mistake, but parents, if you wouldn't mind checking in with your scouts on this I would appreciate it!
Apparently, I'm not the only rookie scout leader who made this mistake and the council is on standby willing to order a few more patches if needed.

The following list is the scouts that the patches were intended for.

5+ Hours
Jacob A, Scott A, Jake B, Matthew B, Jack C. Ian C., Burr F.
David G., Simon J., Matt McK, Drew M., Stephen T., Nathan W.
Tom W.


10+ Hours
Cory A., Mike C., Will C, Derek D, Alan L.

Thanks!
Mr. Wietelmann
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I’m organizing the 2/25/07 Day Hike.

We will be doing the Wildcat Creek hike in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park which is a short ~20 minute drive away. It is a 6 mile hike of moderate difficulty. There is about 1200 ft of elevation change and there will be water features along parts of the hike which should be in its full splendor this time of the year.

I would like to get a preliminary show of hands as to which trained adult leaders think they will go on this hike. The assumption is that if you’re going that you’d also be available to drive and take a few scouts with you.

If anybody wants more information, direct your web browser to:

http://www.bahiker.com/eastbayhikes/wildcatcanyon.html

Mr. Wang, ASM
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1) Bleich: Old Navy black fleece jacket size 10
2) Honda car keys with remote entry, 2 master lock keys, chalet key, Sargent key...
3) 2 ski poles Scott Axis 42" black w/ red
4) 1 black and grey Motorola Talkabout T5710
5) White New Balance shoes size 8
6) Wool oatmeal colored wool crew neck sweater size L
7) 1 pair grey Wigwam socks
8) black fleece pants High Sierra size L
9) Old Navy black sweat pants size 12
10) black ski pants Size L White Sierra
11) red stuff sack Big Agnes Steamboat Springs CO
12) Green bandana Sugar Bowl
13) Black fleece gloves/ gray palms and finger tips
14) black w/ red accents skycap impact gloves size S
15) Red Lands End turtle neck Size M
16) Northridge tennis Camp T-shirt Beige Size L
17) Sunglasses black S4 frames
18) Nike short white socks
19) grey bath towel
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Here is the important troop news for this week.

NEXT MEETING:
No meeting Monday 1/29 (because of ski trip!)
Monday 2/5/07 Board of Review:


Note from Mr. Wietelmann:

If you expect to earn a rank, you MUST bring your scout book and come in COMPLETE uniform. This is an important meeting and we need lots of help, both from adult leaders and older scouts. Please come prepared to teach skills and/or help with Boards of Review. Thanks!


CLIMBING FUN NIGHT:
Hopefully, you have received the email from Mrs. Caruso and already RSVP'd to her. Don't forget to send in the $.

Check out the website for details www.piedmonttroop11.org


PINNACLES OUTING:
This is a two night overnight 3/23 - 3/25. We will drive down Friday evening (stop for quick fast food dinner or bring bag dinner), so as to be able to spend the entire day Saturday enjoying this fantastic place (and maybe cook a hot breakfast over an open fire - Second Class req. 2g).

So far, we have 3 people interested in doing a guided rock climbing program, and there is a minimum of 4 required to hire the professional guide/outfitter. If there isn't a fourth signed up by 2/1/07, we'll have to cancel that activity. Adults are welcome!

Please RSVP your plans for attending this overnight and/or climbing to Mrs Carter cartersun@comcast.net.

Note from Mr. Wietelmann:
RSVP'ing to Mrs. Carter is a convenience which allows for her and the PLC scouts to help plan troop activities. Please let her know your intentions with respect to these activities as soon as possible. However, I'd like to emphasize that doing this now does not replace the need for scouts to communicate directly with their patrol leaders and participate in the outing planning meeting the Monday before the overnight. It is critical for the implementation of a "Boy Run" troop, that the scouts realize that it is their responsibility to come to outing planning meetings, talk to their patrol leaders and participate in meal planning, and not rely completely on adults to send emails back and forth doing all the work to arrange their good times for them!

MR. HARVEY'S ROCKET LAUNCH:
This is still on schedule for Thursday Feb 15 at 3:07pm. Mr. Harvey will try and make sure the troop has a chance to see a recording of the launch video.

If, by chance, the launch is delayed to a time that doesn't conflict with school (check your email Thursday afternoon on the 15th), Mr. Harvey will keep us posted if there is a chance we could watch the launch live at LBL (like during the evening or on the weekend).

Note from Mr. Harvey sent 1/28/07:

Just a note that tomorrow the THEMIS spacecraft will be mated to
the 3rd stage of the rocket. You can get video of this by clicking
on the link "AE Video 1 Streaming Feed" at the following URL:

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/

Currently, the 3rd stage is on AE Video 2 and THEMIS is under the
tent in AE Video 1.

- Peter


DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE T11 WEBSITE!:
Next time you have a question about anything (or even if you don't!), please don't forget to check out the wonderful T11 website (Kudos to Burr F. and Mr. Dukas).

Thank you,

Derek D
Troop 11 Scribe]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070125-112755 Monday (Jan 22). There was no name in it (there's a lesson there). Please let Mr. BISHOP know if you lost your book.]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070123-130645
Congratulations to Forrest for COMPLETING this badge.

Burr is close, having completed his community service (8hrs!) part of the badge, but he still needs to make a presentation about his community.

I think Jessie is working at the Alameda County food bank and is hopefully close to completing that part of the badge (remember, while only 6 hours are needed for rank advancement, 8 hours for the SAME organization are requred for this badge!).

For the rest of you, what can I say? Certain parts of the badge (the hardest and most time consuming) are things that take a little initiative and a lot of hard work!

The Alameda County Food Bank, and Friends of Sausal Creek (see our troop website community service page!) are two local organizations that have an ongoing need for help and they have service opportunities on a very regular basis (just about every weekend for FOSC!). If any of you arrange to work with any local organization in order to satisfy this requirement, please review your choice with me beforehand. I hope no one would mind publicizing who they are working for and when, so the opportunity to work for that organization (if appropriate and welcomed by the organization) might be extended to other scouts working on this badge.

Good luck! As always, please bring any completed work to meetings and I will mark you off for those requirements!

-Mr. Wietelmann
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Troop Meeting:

There is a regular meeting this Monday. Items on the agenda:

1) Fitness Merit Badge Written Test (study your merit badge books!)
2) Library presentation from our new troop librarian
3) Website presentation from our troop webmaster
4) Fun and game(s)


PLC Meeting:

The Patrol Leader's Committee is meeting tomorrow night, and among other things, we'll be trying to discuss leadership (how to help interested scouts find appropriate positions of leadership - what's currently available - new ideas for useful leadership roles, etc...). I hope this will produce some concrete information and suggestions that can be communicated early next week.

At this PLC meeting I hope to enlist the services of our new Troop Scribe to author these weekly newsletters for the remainder of the Spring season.
Please look for (and do not ignore!) emails from him. I'll preface the first one or two to try and make sure everyone is paying attention.

Patrol Roster:

The new Patrol roster is attached (sent out by email). There was a change to the PPA patrol which needed a "re-vote" and the results of that new election are reflected on the roster. Please print this out so your scout can know how to call patrol leaders, patrol members, who does what, etc...

Calendar Changes:

Remember that parent's meeting we cancelled? Well, it's back on the calendar for a new date. Part of the reason for the change was that the adult leaders needed to meet to figure out what to have a parents meeting about. Now we are a little more clear on what needs to be talked about and why. Sorry for the inconvenience. The meeting is during the regular troop meeting on Monday 2/26. I'm sure we'll be talking about summer camp among other things.

http://piedmonttroop11.org/T11Calendar.html


NYLT Training courses for older scouts - it's time to start planning for summer!

I would like every upper rank scout (1st class or higher) and their parents to be aware of the Boy Scout youth leader training program called "NYLT" (New Youth Leader Training). NYLT is typically a week long outdoor training course - sort of like a camp but very focused on teaching leadership skills. There are links on our troop website which point to information and schedules for several different specific courses offered by various local Scout Councils. These classes are GREAT! As a troop we like to talk about being "boy run," but it takes involved, trained boys in order to make it happen.

Although the intent of the class is to train a scout how to be a leader, we (the T11 adult leaders) were unanimous in the opinion that a scout should have an incentive and reward for attending and completing this course, so scouts who do so will receive a month of leadership credit towards rank advancement (I might even consider making it two!).

http://piedmonttroop11.org/T11Training.html

Thanks and see you Monday.

-Rolf Wietelmann]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070116-130801
Next Troop Meeting, Monday 1/22/07
As per Mr. Bishops prior email. Scouts working on fitness merit badge should study the merit badge book and come ready to take a 40 minute written test!

Other important things on the horizon (this is NOT a complete list, but some things we need responses on soon).

Sunday Afternoon/Evening 3/11/07
- Fun Climbing at Ironworks in Berkeley ($15 per scout)
- Optional Belay class + certifiate ($25 per scout - not sure if this is "total" or "in addition to" the $15 fun climbing fee)


March 3/23-25 Overnight
- Two night overnight at Pinnacles National Monument
Up to 10 scouts/adults have the opportunity to spend Saturday doing technical rock climbing with licensed guides/instructors. This would cost $110 per person. Scouts/adults wishing to do this must have completed a belay course at Ironworks (or equivalent) prior to the outing. I think there may be an age requirement for this program in addition to the belay certificate (13 years old?). Younger scouts who are interested will have to double check with Mrs. Carter. The climbing would start early Saturday (9am?) and last through the afternoon. We need a minimum of FOUR (solo quatro!) participants to be able to sign up for this.

For scouts/adults who do NOT do the technical climbing program at the Pinnacles outing, we will be hiking and focusing on nature (perhaps completing the nature requirements for tenderfoot, 2nd and 1st class among other things!) this is the MOST popular time of year to visit Pinnacles National Monument for the following reasons:

1) A chance to see wild California Condors - an extremely rare and amazing experience
2) This is the time of year when tens (hundreds?) of thousands of bats nest in the caves at Pinnacles. We may be able to arrange a special ranger-guided hike to see the bats exit the caves at sunset.
3) Pinnacles is a spectacular place, and at this time of year it is not yet extremely hot like it gets in the summer. It is the high season for wildflowers, nesting birds, and aforementioned wildlife activity as well as other animals/birds to see.
4) The two night outing will allow some of us to "cook a hot breakfast over an outdoor fire you have made" on Saturday morning (2nd Class requirement 2g).

If you are interested in doing the Climbing Program at Pinnacles, please RSVP to the following two coordinators ASAP.
Mrs Carter, Mrs. Caruso.

Thanks,
Mr. Wietelmann
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On Saturday, January 20th, at 3:30 PM, we will meet at the Piedmont
Community Pool, rain or shine, and work on getting the achievments complete. If you are working on 2nd Class, after you complete the achievement, you can then also complete the 1st Class achievement.

Wear regular clothes, but bring a bathing suit and towel and your Boy Scout Handbook. Eye goggles are optional.

For 2nd class read pages 100-107 before coming to the pool!
For 1st class read pages 154-163 before coming to the pool!

If you are planning to come, please let me know by email so that we know
who to expect.

Thanks and cross your fingers for a warm day.

Malcolm Talcott]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070107-203712
I'd like to remind everyone of the key points for tomorrow's troop meeting.

1) Fitness Merit Badge students arrive at 6:30pm dressed to exercise.

2) The patrol list has had one minor change (Jessie D. moved). Please review the updated attachment.

3) SPL and PL elections will be held tomorrow night, followed by patrol meetings (led by the new PL) to decide Patrol name, assistant patrol leader, patrol quartermaster... perhaps even a patrol yell or the likes!


A reminder of requirements for serving in these roles:

Senior Patrol Leader: Must be Life rank and member of Senior Patrol
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader: appointed by Senior Patrol Leader
Patrol Leader: Must be First Class rank prior to the elections (and preferably 7th grade or higher)

There currently are no term limits for serving as Patrol Leader, but I will strongly encourage a scout who has already served as Patrol Leader (long enough to advance a rank) to defer to a scout who has not been Patrol Leader before and who really wants to be one!

Thanks and I hope to see you tomorrow!

-Mr. Wietelmann
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We will once again be offering the snow sports merit badge during the annual ski trip. The badge can be earned by both skiers and boarders and requires a skills test on the mountain and a written test (study in advance) back at the lodge. The badge is targeted at solid intermediate skiers/boarders. In order to qualify, applicants must be able to:

Skiers:
Make short, medium and long parallel turns
Navigate groomers, off-piste, and moguls

Boarders:
o Make skidded, carved, and jump turns, including riding fakie
o Demonstrate an Ollie, Nose-Grab and Wheelie
o Ride various terrain, including off-piste and moguls.

All:
o Read the merit badge book- Chase is our new troop librarian. He has a few Snow Sports merit badge books for your reading pleasure

o Take the written test at the lodge on Saturday evening

Also: If there are any adult snow boarders who would like to help administer the boarding skills test, please let me know

Bob Bishop]]> http://piedmonttroop11.org/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070102-165116
Subject to weather, the second skills test is scheduled for Monday, January 8, at 6:30 PM, at Witter Field, before the regular troop meeting.

In addition to demonstrating improved physical skills, each scout must read the merit badge book and pass the Personal Fitness written test. This test will be administered during the regular January 21 troop meeting.

What each scout must do:

January 8
o Meet promptly at 6:30 at Witter Field prepared to run a mile, do
sit-ups, push-ups, and chin-ups
o We will start promptly so as not to delay the regular Scout meeting
o Scouts should wear appropriate workout clothes. Uniforms are not
required on this date.

January 22
o Prepare for written test by reading the merit badge book and
carefully studying the attached study guide
o I will grade the tests during the meeting and provide blue cards for
the boys who pass]]>