French Bay on the Manukau Harbour at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges.
Looks like an island as this is a cropped 360 degree view (equirectagonal).
Our Scout Den is on the Portage between the Waitemata Habourand Green Bay just east of here.
No boats?! Everyone’s catching up after Jamboree down in Christchurch!
Hi all
This is a reminder that we are holding our AGM this Wednesday evening. This is just one of those things that we must hold each year. It is very important that all members of the Group are represented.
The AGM provides us with the opportunity to present the Group Report and annual accounts. It is important that you are aware of the activities in the group and its financial position, after all your children have an interest in the wellbeing of the Group.
This is the ideal opportunity to thank all the leaders and other helpers for the countless hours of work that they put in. We receive around $20,000 of grant money each year to subsidise our programme costs. The expectation of the grant providers is that they are acknowledged in the Group Report. Being able to provide copies of the AGM minutes showing strong attendance is very important for us to continue to secure the level of funding we currently enjoy.
The programme is
1900hrs Parade (7:00pm)
1905hrs Serve supper
1920hrs AGM and slide show of years activities
1950hrs Close of AGM – tea and coffee and more supper (if any is left)
Scouts – will then go over Firearm safety in readiness for the shooting competition this Sunday.
2100hrs meeting Close – Final parade
Yes there will be the call for nominations for the committee. we would like two representative from each section on the committee to represent their sections interests.
If you can’t be on the committee, then we would like you to put your name down against one of the many tasks that needs someone to look after that can be done outside the committee. You would simply report back through the person on the committee responsible for that portfolio.
The more we can spread the workload, the more time our leaders can spend on programme delivery. This directly benefits your children. If everyone had one small task to look after that suited their skill sets, then we are likely to have jobs done to a high standard with the value add through your knowledge. This makes things more efficient both time and cost wise.
Please email any apologies to Janet (janetandmike@paradise.net.nz) by 6:00pm on Wednesday evening (but I know you will not need to do that as you will all be present at the AGM).
I look forward to seeing you there
Andrew Stevens
Scout & Group Leader
A key Strategy for our Group over the next 12 months is to grow our Kea
and Cub sections. This year we have started a second Cub pack on a
Tuesday evening. We also have new leaders in both our Cub Packs, with
our previous leaders having stepped down after some 10 years service to
the Group. Now that our New Cub leaders have had a chance to settle, and
with the summer months approaching, it is the ideal time to try and grow the
membership of our junior sections.
Our Target is that the Cub sections will be around 20 – 30 members in
size, averaging around 24 (4 lots of six in each pack), and our Kea
section to be around 15-25 (averaging 20).
Currently our Tuesday Cubs have an age range for Keas through to Cubs,
the ultimate goal is to grow this in sufficient size that it can split
into dedicated Kea and Cub packs.
The rationale for the growth in the group is to provide a very stable
membership base, with a large enough membership in each of the section age
groups will enable us to be able to provide a greater range of activtiy choices (some of
which will rely on numbers to make them feasible). A second issue is
that our overhead costs do not change much with increased membership,
but increased membership means that we have a greater fees base to be
able to absorb increases in overhead running costs, i.e. increased power and rates etc (we have not
increased our fees for a number of years now).
Please take every opportunity to promote the Group when you are able
(for all age ranges, but in particular for the Kea and Cub Sections). 6
- 10 years).
FYI our Scout section is approaching a membership of 40, with the overall
group numbers likely to be in the top twenty of all Groups in NZ).
Current memberships sits at about 90 and our target size is about 120.
Increasing our membership base is one of the easiest ways that we can fundraise
to cover our overhead costs – saves us having to consider lots of fundraising for this.
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Andrew Stevens
Scout & Group Leader
