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Parent FAQ Fall 2009

There are many roles and activities in the troop which means that it's sometimes hard to remember who is responsible for what. Below I've listed some of the different roles for the fall of 2009 and who is responsible for that role. Some additional information about your role in the troop and how the troop is organized are at Letter to New Families from a couple of years ago and Orientation for 2009 new families

Please see the troop roster for email addresses and phone numbers to contact people below.

Sandy Wilbourn, Scoutmaster Troop 57

  • Scoutmaster - Sandy Wilbourn. I'm who you ask when all else fails. Seriously, as scoutmaster I work with the senior patrol, the patrol leaders, and the adult leadership to make sure that we have the best Boy Scout troop possible with many opportunities for camping, outdoor activities, and leadership.

  • Senior patrol – Troop 57 is a scout led troop. That means that the boys who are in the senior patrol provide important leadership for all the meetings and outings. The senior patrol is Jasmaer Sandhu (Senior Patrol Leader), Scott Kleckner and David Lim (Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders), Greg Dunn (Scribe), Jack Wookey (Guide), and Ryan Young (Webmaster)

  • First assistant scoutmaster & first year program - John Wookey. Running the troop is too much for any one person. John shares overall responsibility for the troop, and is in charge of our 1st year program. The goal of the 1st year program is that all the boys should be given the opportunity to achieve 1st class during their first year in the troop.

  • Committee chairperson - Catherine Magill. The scoutmaster runs the program side of the troop. The committee chair runs everything else. That includes working with other adults on finances, lining up volunteers, and running the committee meetings every month.

  • Patrol leadership - Patrols are the backbone of the troop. Below is the leadership for each of the patrols

    • Patrol 1 – Lead ASM : Jim Kleckner; Patrol Leader – Brett Bader
    • Patrol 2 – Lead ASM: Phil Mast; Patrol Leader – Clay Carey
    • Patrol 3 – Lead ASM: John Dempsey, Larry Markosian; Patrol Leader – Alex Markosian
    • Patrol 4 – Lead ASM: Harry Vertelney; Patrol Leader – Ethan Look
    • Patrol 5 – Lead ASM: Jeff Harmon; Patrol Leader – Brent Schroder
    • Patrol 6 – Lead ASM: Frank Fox; Patrol Leader – Simon Fox

  • ASMs - Assistant Scoutmasters. These are adults that take a role in the program of the troop. They help out the patrols, provide the adult leadership for outings, help with community service (scouting for food , Memorial Day services, etc.). To become an ASM, you need to participate in the troop and do a training course with the PacSky council. It’s one of the most fun jobs in the troop for an adult. Here’s a link for some comments about being an ASM. The ASM’s (and anybody else who wants to attend) meet the 1st Wednesday of each month.

  • Advancement - Troop 57 is an advancement oriented troop. We try to get the scouts through 1st class in their first year and provide lots of opportunities to advance. Rebecca Fox, Barb Schroder, Joanne Westendorf, and Jen Huang are in charge of recording all of this advancement. These wonderful people keep track of advancement of the boys as they advance through the troop. Here’s a link that has more detail about who does what.

  • Merit Badges - Scouts can earn merit badges at Camp Oljato and Merit Badge Midway (in January). Patrols also organize merit badge classes. Some merit badges: Communications, Personal Management, Personal Fitness, Family Life are good examples require more time. John Wookey and Jeff Harmon organize other merit badge classes and counselors.

  • Life to Eagle coordinator - Bruce Schroder is the ASM who helps scouts make the transition to working on their Eagle award.

  • Den Chiefs - Dan DeCamp is the ASM who helps 2nd year scouts find a Cub Scout pack where they can gain leadership experience by helping a den leader lead their den.

  • Outings - We are an outings oriented troop. Chuck Sholtz. Chuck is responsible for helping organize the outings that the troop does every year. Contact Chuck if you want to lead an outing. Trips are listed on the calendar. Each trip has an adult leader and a scout leader. Chuck assigns the adult leaders. Jasmaer assigns the scout leaders.

  • Trip coordinator - Sally Prioleau. Every trip has a scout leader, an adult leader and a trip coordinator. The adult leader plans and leads the trip. The scout leader is in charge of the boys on the trip. The trip coordinator is in charge of the finances, organizing car pools, and health forms. Sally organizes all of the trip coordinators so if you are a trip leader, you need to contact Sally to get a trip coordinator for your trip.

  • Medical forms - The troop requires medical forms for all scouts and adults participating on trips. There are various rules for this. Anne Ritchie takes care of managing this information and working with trip coordinators to make sure that this information is available if necessary.

  • Secretary - Pam Rasmussen is the secretary of the Troop Committee.

  • Wreath sale chairman - We need somebody to take Pete Anderson’s place here. Please talk to Catherine if you can spend some time on this. The troop sells wreaths to the community the first weekend of December. It’s the sole fundraiser for the troop each year. This person taking this role will arrange for the wreaths, distribute them, organize the selling of the wreaths, and run the first Saturday in December when the wreaths are sold in ‘truck stops’.

  • Recruitment - Jaspi Sandhu has been in charge of working with the local packs on recruitment for the last couple of years.

  • Boards of Review - Russell Poore is in charge of Boards of Review. Boards of Review are used to review scouts’ progress when they have achieved a new rank. This happens after a scoutmaster conference and before the Court of Honor.

  • Registration - Jean Young is in charge of registration

  • Finances - John Bader is our treasurer. John organizes the spending for the troop. If you have a request to buy something, improve something that costs money, the committee will approve the expenditure, but John is responsible for the actual spending.

  • Oljato - We spend two weeks each summer at Camp Oljato, the scout camp that is sponsored by the council. Pam Rasmussen handles the registration for Oljato. Various scoutmasters will run the program there.

  • Court of Honor - Nick Tran and Tom Scarpino plan the Courts of Honor. These happen three times a year (fall, spring, summer) where we recognize the achievements of the scouts.

  • Photos - We encourage photos for each trip. Patrol Scribes are responsible for collecting photos. Byron Jones is the adult who helps manage the photo album part of the web site.

  • Webmaster - Frank Lin is the adult webmaster. Ryan Young is serving as the webmaster for the scouts. Change requests for the website should go through them. If you are an adult and have a request, send it to Frank. If you are a scout, send it to Ryan.