Centenary District Camp 2007
Newsletter No. 2
Welcome to the second edition of your District Camp newsletter. This event is now only some eight months away, not very long for an event of this size.
I would to start by saying a very big thank you the Groups and Explorer units who got back to us by the date requested to tell us if they were intending to support this event. If you were late telling us or worse you still haven’t replied we urgently need this information. It is vitally important that information deadlines are kept as time taken chasing information is very costly. Just to remind you here are all the other important information dates for your diaries.
| 1st February 2007 | Estimated Numbers |
| 1st April 2007 | Final Numbers |
| 1st May 2007 | Final Payments |
At the time of writing I am happy to say that 15 of 24 Groups and 4 of 10 Explorer Units have replied with a positive yes. I hope that in edition 3 to be able to say that all Groups and Units have positively responded. I look forward to lots more positive replies.
Situations Vacant
Transport Manager
We are very happy to say that we have appointed a treasurer to the main committee after our plea in the first newsletter.
We are still seeking one other member to join the main committee for this event. The role is that of Transport Manager, we are looking for someone that is good at organizing, the main responsibilities would be the management of all forms of transport, Booking coaches, negotiating with Groups re the use of minibuses, scheduling minibuses for off site activities, running the car parks with a team of people. So if you think “I could do that”, then I would very much like to hear from you.
Activity Instructors
Do you hold an activity authorization, training for one or just keen on a particular activity- well we need you -, the more Instructors/support staff that we can provide the more activities we will be able to offer. Activities will be occurring all day Saturday and all day Sunday, so if you can help for just some or all of this then please do get in touch.
Activity Equipment
Do you have any activity equipment that the District may be able to use- again this will help keep our costs down, thus enabling us to put more on offer. If you can help with either of these two items then either contact me or Simon Keen.
District Support
Do you have any parents within your Group that might like to help out at this event, either within your Group structure or on the district team. We are looking to put together a team of about 15 to 20 people to support the main team running the camp, for all those jobs that come up, car parking, fire building, supporting bases and the other 101 jobs that always seem to crop up. Well we want to get them signed up now as they will all need to be Criminal Records Bureau checked and the sooner the better as the system is likely to get very clogged up the nearer the event we get, and you never know they might enjoy themselves much that they might want to get more involved afterwards !
Badge Competition
No event like this would be complete without a commemorative badge for the camp blanket. We would like all of our members to have the chance to have a go at designing this badge, it should contain the event, District etc., other than that we will leave the rest up to you.
So get started on those designs and please return to your sectional Assistant District Commissioner Or direct to me no later than Monday 27th November 2006. We will be making our decision at our meeting the following week, as we need to get these badges on order early in 2007.
And Finally
Just to prove that we do listen to your feedback- there has been some grumbling about the cost of this event, so we will re-look at the camp costs, but unfortunately the only areas that we can cut costs from is activities and the camp memento as all the other costs are fixed, but we will try and reduce it if we can.
Look out for issue 3 of your Centenary District Newsletter at the end of the year, when we hope to be able to give you a progress report.