Happy New Year!  Hopefully everyone has had a great holiday season capped off by a jump into a brand new year!  For the Troop here are some of the things to keep an eye on:

• First Troop meeting of the year is this coming Thursday January 7th
  
  
• First camping trip is our Winter Campout next weekend January 9th and 10th (more information below)
  
  
• Requirement changes - As of January 1st BSA has release revised requirements for the Boy Scout ranks.  Please see the separate note about how these changes will impact you
  
  
• Patrol changes - The Patrol Leader Council has worked with the Troop and has decided to reorganize Patrols for the upcoming scout year. To help make this process as successful as possible, scouts should make sure that they attend the Troop Meeting on January 7th. Coming to this meeting will help the PLC to create the most effective Patrols while keeping friends together.
• Elections - annual leadership elections are coming up in January.  nominations for SPL will be held on January 14th.  The elections will be two weeks later on the 28th.  This is one week later than planned to account for WA mid-terms on the 21st.
  
  
• Winter Court of Honor - will be held on February 11th.  This has also been moved out one week due to the shift in the elections.
  
  
• Ski Trip - Our February trip will be a ski trip to Pats Peak on February 5th and 6th.  Sign-up will be distributed shortly.
  
  
• Summer Camp - Not too early to start thinking about summer camp.  Our camp dates are now confirmed to be July 31st through August 6th.  We will once again be in the MEdicine Bow camp site.  All scouts will need updated medical forms so now might be a good time to schedule annual checkups!

Best wishes to everyone for a great new year!  It looks like the Troop has a lot of great things in store!