Cherokee/Pickens District
Atlanta Area Council, BSA

July 10, 2009 6 pm – 9 pm

Ahoy me Hearties! Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen or else prepare to walk the plank! The Pirates of Cherokee-Pickens are ready to set sail on The Quest for Sunken Treasure. Savvy? Grab yer eye patch, yer treasure map and scurry to the poop deck and get ready to splash into fun! Or else ye may just find yerself as fish bait on the way to Davey Jones Locker. Aaarrrgggghhhh!

Avast ye! Here’s a preview of some of the activities that will turn even the scurviest dog into an old salt before the week is out:

Blow me down, matey! In case ye be needing one more reason t' attend Twilight Camp:
We`re excited t' announce that we`ve been able t' secure th' use o' th' Star Lab from th' Chattahoochee Nature Center through th' solicitation o' corporate donations by our Nature Director, Chris Cookson, and the generous support of CNC employee, Lori Watterson. This be a great addition t' an already stellar program o' activities. Come join us in makin' some fun summertime scoutin' memories! Yo ho! Yo ho! Blimey Ya’ll! A pirate’s life for me!

FLIER

INFORMATION/REGISTRATION

Landlubbers beware cause thar she blows! Remember, dead men tell no tales. So ye’d better get yer bilge-sucking hides signed up for camp or we may just have to run a shot across yer bow, me Buckos!

Questions? Contact Camp Director Vernon Dunlap, 770-345-7224, or Program Director Deborah Gibson, 678-386-4447.

“Trash” to save for Pirate Crafts

Questions? Contact Program Director Deborah Gibson, 678-386-4447.

School Night for Scouting

Here are the materials for this fall's School Night For Scouting. Please complete the School Sheet and submit it to Dalton Smith daltonandtracy@comcast.net . If you have any questions you can email or call Dalton at 770-500-7771 or our District Executive Elliott Lam at 404-545-8761 or email at elam@atlantabsa.org

As you are planning your Pack’s fall season of Scouting events, please include the 2009 OA Trailblazer Adventure Camp. This event will be held at the Bert Adams Scout Reservation on October 3, 2010. In coordination with the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and our Order of the Arrow (OA) Lodge, we will be hosting a full day of great events. Your Scouts will be able to cast with professional fishermen, shoot archery and BBs, view wildlife shows, in addition to nature activities and playing outdoor games. This year we are adding some new and exciting programs for your Cub and Webelos Scouts.

INFORMATION/REGISTRATION

Sports Cornucopia
November 6 - 8, 2009

Varsity Team 8880 is hosting the Cherokee/Pickens Sports Cornucopia. This event is for all Cub Scouts (and their families), Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Venturers, and those involved with Learning for Life. Please see http://www.team8880.org for more information.

FLYER

There is a new Web-based Tour Permit system for both Local and National Tour Permits.

This system will go live January 5, 2009.

Preparing for Tour Permits Online
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Soon unit leaders will be able to submit local and national tour permits electronically. This new system takes just four easy steps, and it will save the transportation and training information, so leaders can easily recall it for future permit applications.

All registered unit leaders will have access to Tour Permits from MyScouting, accessed on www.scouting.org. To learn how to create your MyScouting account view the MyScouting Account Setup Tutorial. Councils will approve or return the permit applications using MyBSA.

The MyScouting account verifies that the owner is a BSA leader associated with a unit. Within Tour Permits, the leader has access only to his unit. This authentication replaces the physical signatures on tour permit applications. Other unit leaders are notified via e-mail when an application is submitted and approved.

The volunteer can submit both local and national applications, for either traditional units or Learning for Life posts. Once approved, each tour permit will have a unique tour ID number.

Unit leaders enter all the necessary information for the tour, and rules specific to tour permits are applied. When appropriate, helpful messages will advise the leader about any missing information. Once the tour permit has been submitted, the council will evaluate and approve it or return it for further work. Online features allow easy entry of driver information for transportation and required training supervision.

There will be automatic notification at all appropriate steps in the process to the permit creator, the tour leader, and the assistant tour leader. The unit committee chair and unit leader will also receive e-mail notifications if they have MyScouting accounts.

The online Help document explains how to complete and submit permit applications to the council. Additionally, the Guide to Safe Scouting is available on the site for easy reference; Safety First Learning for Life Guidelines is also available for Learning for Life posts. Other documents, such as the BSA Transportation Guidelines and the Pledge of Performance can also be accessed from Tour Permits.

Authorized council staff members will review and process submitted applications. The tour permit creator receives a PDF version of the approved permit via e-mail. The approved permit PDF can also be obtained from Tour Permits in MyScouting.

As a reminder, local tour permit applications should be submitted two weeks before the tour and national applications at least one month before the tour start date.

We encourage all Scouting units from our council to use this new service to submit their local and national tour permit applications online.

Thanks!
Donna Carr
Program Center Manager
770-989-8821 ext 2010
770-956-5980 fax