This is a follow up to the Planning Conference.

The results are in and Troop 199 has an annual calendar for 2012.  I spoke earlier on how great it was to watch these guys plan and organize an entire year that would make all 124 Scouts happy.  Not an easy task but one they approached with knowledge of what their Patrol wanted and an eye to the history of the Troop on what worked and what did not.  Without further ado I give you 2012!

• December: Annual Lock In:  a closer to the year.  We spend 12 hours (7pm - 7am) in a local High School.  We invite Webelos and outside Summer Camp it is our heaviest attended event.  We swim, watch movies, eat pizza, play Basketball, Dodgeball, Volleyball, play games (Board and Video) and just have a great time
• January: Winter Camporee: A District Event for the 'Men' of the Troop.  Not only do we go up against the other Troops in the District.  Many of our Scouts challenge each other to go as it is usually our coldest campout (-4 one year)
• February: Ski Trip: They took a vote and decided to change venues and when they found out that there were no nearby cabins to stay at they made it a Day Trip and cut the cost in half while increasing the ski time by several hours.  Usually a $120 event is now around $50, much more accessable to all!
• March: Skills/Paraduct: Our first campout with our new scouts.  The Troop sets up Skills Stations to train the new Scouts and get some requirements signed off.  During their down time they love to work with Paracord, making all sorts of stuff.  They added Duct Tape as well this year.
• April: Caving: taking a dive underground and doing some pitch black, muddy splunking! 
• May: Mythbusters/COPE: this was a great one.  The older Scouts wanted a COPE Course, the younger ones wanted to try a Science type.  They combined it at the same place.  The older Scouts will attend a High Ropes COPE Course and the rest of the Troop will try and recreate their favorite Mythbusters experiments!
• June: Canoing: what is it about the river that calls to us?
• July: Summer Camp: for the first time in 15 years we are going back to the same place as last year.  The Troop loved it that much!
• August: Shooting: We visit Camp Buffalo and shoot rifle, shotgun and archery.  
• September: Rock Climbing: We go down to Red River Gorge in Kentucky and climb.
• October: Hiking: Indiana has some pretty state parks and Clifty Falls is the prettiest.  It also has MILES of hiking trails.  
• November: Pioneering: they wanted to build with lashings and visit a specific camp.  The Camp is already booked but the Towers will rise at a different location!

They also picked some High Adventure Campouts: White Water Rafting in West Virginia, Seasbase, Boundary Waters, Colorado Ski Trip and visiting Gettysburg.

They planned 4 different fundraisers (including Popcorn) and included 6 big Good Turns outside our monthly ones at campouts and anything for our Charter Organization.

A great year packed with something for everyone!