It's time to start planning for our bi-annual troop elections which are just three weeks away. The formal elections will be held during the February 20th troop meeting (i.e. the week before the Court of Honor). Attached is a summary of the many leadership positions that are available.

Our February outing will be an overnight lock-in at Group Dynamix. Group Dynamix offers a really fun, indoor challenge and team-building program.  We've gone there the last three years and everyone has had a great time.  Over the course of the night we will take part in team building games, midnight pizza, high-ropes confidence course, giant inflatables, laser tag and video games.  A video overview can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hZ2oY8Kq4&eurl=http://www.groupdynamix.

Our next Court Of Honor (COH) is on Feb 27th and the Board Of Reviews (BOR) will start on Jan 30th and continue through Feb 20th.

The Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual Basketball Free Throw Championship on Sunday, January 29 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at the Coppell Family YMCA. The competition is open to boys and girls, ages 9 and under - 14.

This Monday we will be kicking off our Medieval Madness patrol competition. Patrols will research, design and construct a tabletop medieval siege machine of their choice, (e.g. siege towers, battering rams, ballistas, onagers or trebuchets). Machines will be constructed using tabletop logs (pant hanger rods), binders twine and your Boy Scout skills of knots and lashings.

We received word this week that the District was moving the Camporee due to facilities issues. As a result, we are making some changes to the Spring campout schedule to accommodate. The calendar has been changed to reflect the new dates, locations and activities.