SCHEDULE

7:00 – 7:30 PM	Gathering District Director and Commissioner's Staff members available to answer questions.
7:30 – 8:00 PM	Announcements/Joint Session Scouts to the Rescue 2008 – recap District Executive’s Joint Announcements
8:00 – 9:00 PM	Cub Scout Breakout Session Theme of the month – Holiday Lights Webelos activity badges – Craftsman, Scientist Please come in uniform or dressed as your favorite holiday character
8:00 – 9:00 PM	Boy Scout Breakout Session General Announcements Cold Weather Camping

PRESENTATIONS

If you would like to communicate something to the group at the Joint Session, Boy Scout Breakout, and/or Cub Scout Breakout, please contact Bob Jobst jobstsr@aol.com before the Roundtable, thanks. You will need to supply flyers to hand out. If you are in attendance, you will be introduced so that interested people can talk to you later, but verbal presentations will be limited.

DISTRICT RECOGNITION DINNER

Please note that we have rescheduled the district recognition dinner to Sunday, March 8, 2009 in order to get back into the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company Ball Room.

BOY SCOUT ADVANCEMENT NEWS

Our district advancement web page, http://mad-bsa.org/advancement/, has links useful for Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer advancement.

We are looking for experienced troop Eagle advisors able and willing to serve as Eagle advisors on the district advancement committee. If you can recommend anyone for this critical district function, please contact advancement chairman Gene McDermott at genemcdermott@aol.com.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Leadership training is key to providing a quality program – every scout deserves a trained leader! Our district training web page (http://wenthome.com/training/) lists upcoming training opportunities in our area. Please also see the note on updating your unit’s training records at council.