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Joint Council News as reported to VAF |
December 24, 2017
Hello everyone,
The January event is going to be public skating at Jim Durrell
arena from 4:30-5:20 pm on the 14th of January. The cost will be
$2.75 per person, hope to see you all there!
November 2017 Joint Council Meeting
Hello everyone :)
The November JC Meeting was on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017.
October Event (Recap)
The October event took place on October 21st, at Saunders Farm.
Everyone had a blast at the haunted house and walks, great
success and good times !!!
November Event
The November event will take place at Walkley’s bowling on
November 18th at 1-3pm. Hope to see everyone there :))
December Event
The December event will be the JC Winter Semi. It will take place
at the Orleans United Church, Friday, December 15th from 7-10pm.
The dance will cost $10 per person, you are welcome to bring one
non-JC guest, per JC person. So bring your friends !!!
Winter Camp
The voted theme of winter camp, will be music! It will be taking
place the first weekend of march, March 2-4 at Awacamen Mino
Camp, at Chemin Mcnicoll, Wakefield, Quebec.
JC Swag
The logo was voted for and a scan is below, thank you Gabby! The
colour voted for was navy blue :) The chosen style was a hoodie,
and we will look into a hat. Registration forms will be available
at the next meeting.
DUBI
Alligators can stick out their tongues, but crocodile’s
cannot because their tongue is stuck to the top of their mouth!
Hope to see you all at the December Meeting; the at 7:30 at the
Legion!
Guiding Co Chair - Lauren McCulloch
Scouting Co Chair - Kendra Hurtubise
Guiding PR - Ella Thomson
Scouting PR - Russell Jerome
Secretary - Olivia Boyuk
Treasurer - Kiernan Lalande
The May JC meeting was on Tuesday,
May 2, 2017.
At the meeting:
MAY CAMP
Registration forms were collected. If you still have forms or
money, you need to get them to Emma, Alan, or Laura ASAP (Before
the 8th). The LAST POSSIBLE day to hand in forms or $$ is May 8th
(this Monday) at the camp runners meeting (Scout HQ, 1345
Baseline Rd, 7pm). Email Emma (emmakearns1@outlook.com,) if
you`re planning to bring forms or $$
The camp is the 19th to 22nd (May Long Weekend) and is Hawaiian
themed. Be there or be square.
Other Camp Notes
At this camp, nominations for the Ken Johnson Memorial award
happen. This award goes to someone who has shown great leadership
in Joint Council this Scouting year. To nominate someone, you
need to write down their name, why you`re nominating them, and
get two signatures. Then you give this to one of the JC advisers
(Alan or Laura).
June Event
Is a semiformal dance, same room as the JC meetings are in at the
Legion, from 7-10 pm on June 9th 2017 (Friday). It will cost $10
- y`all should definitely go!
Exec Nominations
It`s almost time to select a new JC executive team for the
2017-2018 Scouting year! To be in the running, you must be
nominated (you can nominate yourself), seconded by someone, and
accept the nomination. As well, you have to be present at the
June JC meeting. Nominations will be happening at May Camp, as
well as at the June meeting.
Exec positions are
Scouting Co-Chair
Guiding Co-Chair
Scouting PR
Guiding PR
Secretary
Treasurer
If you want more info about a specific position, feel free to
email or talk to any of the current exec about it - we'll answer
your q's.
See you at the last JC meeting (June 6th)!
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
As promised, our April event is escape rooms!!
We're going to the Escape Manor on York Street on Friday, April
21st at 8:00 PM.
If you're planning on coming, you MUST bring money to the meeting
on April 4th!! The cost is $24 per person and this needs to be in
at the meeting so we know how many spots to book. If you can't
make the meeting but still want to go, reply to this email or
message one of us and we can work out a way for you to get money
to us :)
See you all Tuesday!
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
Bonjour tout le monde,
The February JC meeting was on Tuesday the 7th.
At the meeting:
JC SWAG (clothing)
Forms were due at this meeting. If you have had a last minute
epiphany about JC clothing, send your form to Fred
(captain.fredhook@gmail.com) BEFORE THE 12th of February and
they'll get you in on the order if you arrange a way to pay.
Forms have been attached to every email since like November, and
are also in the Facebook group.
Laserquest Lockdown
needs people to register now to avoid cancellation! Registration
is now open to all! Please email Graeme
(graemehurtubise@gmail.com) ASAP if you want to shoot lasers and
such all night March 18th-19th. Form is attached with more info.
February Event
will be sledding at Bruce Pit on the 25th of February from 1-3pm,
sleds not provided.
Winter Camp
needs one more offer of service/dayrunner. Email Alan
(clapp4times@gmail.com) or Laura (garrow@rogers.com) if you're
interested. Registration package is attached and has also been
sent out along with all the information. It's all due at the
March meeting (the 7th), and the camp is the 10th-12th of March
ScoutCon
is a conference for Scouters and members of senior sections
(That's y'all!)
It's on Saturday, March 4th from 8:30am-4pm at A.Y. Jackson
Secondary School. The cost is $15, which includes a crest and
lunch (catered by Ope Crew)
There are a bunch of workshops that you can register for, as well
as a FOCUS course (which also has sessions on Friday 6-10pm at
Scout HQ). If you're going to CJ this is for you.
Kanata Venturers are wanted as offers of service.
Link to ScoutCon/FOCUS registration
Outdoor Adventure Show
is an expo the 1st and 2nd of April (Saturday and Sunday, with
setup Friday night), and Scouts Canada has a space to fill. Chuck
Fraser is looking for volunteers who are willing to help run
activities and such to promote Scouting (Last year, we got to
teach kids how to use a flint and steel, had a bunch of camping
stuff set up, etc.).
You can commit any amount of time you want, it's a pretty cool
event.
Email Scouter Chuck at fraserchk@rogers.com if you're interested
in either this or ScoutCon!
Paddle Nights
Offers of service are still needed! Train The Trainer night is
7:30-10:30pm on February 25th. Come on out and learn how to teach
adorable children how to paddle! The paddle nights themselves are
March 11th,18th, and 25th and April 8th, and you don't have to do
allllll of them. Email or talk to Ash (eihposrenrut@gmail.com) if
you're interested or have questions.
Hey all, quick change to the minutes. If you have questions about
offers of service for Paddle Night, or want to volunteer your
time, you should email VCSApaddlenight@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Winterlude
needs volunteers for Lost Children Services with Service Corps.
The dates for this are February 17th (5-9pm), 18th (9:45am-1:30pm
or 1-5pm) and 19th (9:45am-1:30pm or 1-5pm).
You'd be looking for lost children outdoors (but you can go
inside and warm up). Bring skates if you can skate, and you NEED
a helmet if you have skates.
There's also a party on the 22nd for volunteers and it has food!
Registration + more info here!
January Event
was skating at Walter Baker on the 28th of January. Shoutout to
Emma for coming, it was cool (laugh at me I'm funny), we got food
afterwards.
DUBI
8000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year!
See y'all March 7th for the next episode,
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
Hey all,
Here's the registration package for the
Ancient Mythology themed JC winter camp (March 10-12th)! Info is
on the package, and everything is due at the March JC meeting
(Tuesday, March 7th).
Also a reminder that JC clothing orders can still be brought to
the February meeting (Tuesday, Feb. 7th). After that, you're out
of luck if you want an awesome hoodie or cool sweatpants.
Feel free to email if you have any questions, and hope to see
y'all at the February meeting!
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
Great news!
We have a date and venue for Winter Camp! It will be
held from March 10th-12th at Opemikon. The cabins we have are
Clements, Armstrong, and McManus.
But we still need volunteers to run the camp! So if you are
available that weekend and would like to help out with Winter
Camp, please let us know! Just email jcottawaexec@gmail.com with
your name, group/unit name, and which day you would prefer to
run. We need people for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and all camp!
Thank you!
Dec 14
So apparently Cineplex decided to change their times, so the
movie is now going to be the Original 3D showing of Moana on the
same date, Friday December 16th, but at 7:40 pm instead of the
original time. You should still show up early enough to buy your
ticket beforehand, we'll be there.
Sorry for the confusion, hope to still see y'all there!
Dec 13
First announcement:
JC winter camp now has a location! We will be at
Opemikon on the weekend of March 10th to 12th (first weekend of
March Break). The theme will be Ancient Mythology. It's gonna be
a good time.
Alan (clapp4times@gmail.com) and Laura (garrow@rogers.com) are
still looking for volunteers to be all-camp and day runners - if
you expressed interest earlier, you should email them to confirm
whether or not you're able to go, and if you're interested now
you can do the same.
Second announcement:
Our December event - watching Moana at Cineplex Odeon
South Keys - has been confirmed to be Friday, December 16th. We
will be going to the Regular 3D showing starting at 6:45 pm. Come
early enough to buy your ticket, or buy one online. Tickets will
be around $11.50
See y'all at the movie! (And at Winter Camp!)
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
Dec 11
The December JC meeting was on Tuesday,
December 6th.
At the meeting:
November Event
- was on November 20th from 2-4 pm, board games at The Loft.
- 7 people showed up; one was very small.
- Games, tons of fun.
- Deep fried mac and cheese balls are great.
December Event
will be a movie (Moana) on Friday, December 16th at Cineplex
Odeon South Keys, as we couldn't book anywhere for a dance.The
start time is TBD, but we're shooting for between 6 and 8pm, and
we'll let you know when the times come out (should be quite
soon). Tickets will be about $11.50
January Event
will be skating at the Walter Baker Centre (indoors) on Saturday,
January 28th from 1:00 to 3:20 pm. It'll be $2.75 per person.
Even if you can't skate, show up - we can attempt to teach you!
Winter Camp
The advisors are still working out a location for winter camp, so
we don't have a weekend yet, but it'll be in February. The camp
theme will be Ancient Mythology. Volunteers are needed for day
and camp runners (Since we don't have a date yet, full commitment
isn't needed, but let Laura (garrow@rogers.com) and Alan
(clapp4times@gmail.com) know if you're interested!)
Couch Rally Prizes
were given out! Eyyy! Also, RARC wants to thank everyone who went
to the Laserquest Lockdown
JC SWAG (Clothing)
The order form is due next month at the January meeting. It's
attached. ALLLLLL the info with respect to logo, clothing types,
payment, etc. is on it.
Buy the JC swag so you will have swag. No pressure though.
On that note, the January meeting will be on January 10th. If you
show up on the 3rd, we won't be there because its still the
holidays.
DUBI
It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas in the UK
Enjoy celebrating, and see you on the 10th day of 2017,
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson
Nov 15
Here's a message from Fred:
Hey guys,
Bit of a change of plans! The January meeting will be held the
10th instead of the 3rd, as the 3rd is still during the holidays.
(This also means that your JC clothing order forms will be due
January 10th.) Thank you for your understanding!
Hope y'all are having a good week!
JC Clothing Order Form 2016-17
Email for JC is jcottawaexec@gmail.com
Laserquest Lockdown
will be Saturday, December 3rd at 11:00 pm to Sunday, December
4th at 6am.
This will be happening at Laserquest (1800 St Laurent Blvd.)
All-night Laserquest event run by RARC, it's $50 per youth, it's
a great time.
Forms went out at the meeting, there's also a copy attached to
this email (note that there's a typo, price per person is $50).
Register early, because there's only 75 spots and they sell out
fast. Info on payment/other helpful stuff is on the form
This is a Scouting event (Guiding members are welcome if they
deal with their own forms). Email Travis
(travis_laramee_21@hotmail.com) or Graeme
(graemehurtubise@gmail.com) with questions.
RoVent Lost/Found
was brought to the meeting. If you still don't have things you
lost at RoVent, email rovent.voyageur@gmail.com to figure that
out. Good luck!
Scouts Canada food drive
(Y'all got an email about this already, but I'm putting it in
anyways)
is this Saturday (Nov. 5) at the Ottawa Food Bank, volunteers are
wanted to sort food - you'll get volunteer hours if you're in HS
and need them. It's a good time.
People are especially needed for the 11:30-1:30 and 3:30-5:30
shifts.
To sign up, vcsa.yolasite.com is the website. Guiding members (or
anyone with questions) should email emmakearns1@outlook.com with
availability (it's mostly a Scouting event)
October Event
was the Original Haunted Walk on the 22nd of October. 20some
people showed up, Fred said it was scary, it was a cold night,
but still interesting.
November event
will be board games at The Loft (14 Waller St, in the Byward
Market) on Sunday, Nov. 20 from 1-3pm. Cost is $5.50 per person
(bring more dollarbucks if you want to buy food or drinks)
December event
will be a dance on either December 16th (Friday) or 17th
(Saturday)
Location and start time TBD, we'll let you know at the December
meeting or before.
JC SWAG (Clothing orders)
Thank you to everyone who submitted logos! We voted at the
meeting, and the logo below was chosen.
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We also voted on clothing types and colours. Your item choices
are:
1. Forest green hoodie with logo
2. Black sweat pants, probably without logo
Personalization options and prices will be on the forms going out
next month (If we have them, names on pants will be across the
seat. For hoodies, names could be across the back or down the
sleeve, we'll let you know on the form)
DUBI (Brought to you by Alex)
Jack o' lanterns on Halloween were originally put out to ward
off evil spirits.
See you all at the December meeting (Tuesday, December 6th),
?
--
Your Joint Council Executive,
Scouting Co-Chair - Fred Hook
Guiding Co-Chair - Ashtyn Turner
Scouting PR -Hamster Morey
Guiding PR - Susan Philpott
Secretary - Andrew Stevens
Treasurer - Evan Dickson