VISTA 3:

TBD

VISTA 3 Leader Meeting
November 28, 2006
1. Sign-in and check information table
2. New Business
a. VISTA Lock-in-Saturday night to Sunday morning, January 27-28, 2007-Gina F-Elk Grove Pavilion, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Climbing wall, pool, gyms, carnival room with prizes, crafts, food. All ages invited. Carousel, jumps & jiggles room. Girls will follow a schedule. Early dismissal at 11 p.m. for younger girls, older girls stay overnight. Patches will be available. Need 200 girls to participate. This will be a VISTA fundraiser! Opportunity for older girls to help and provide service hours. Parents are free, any girl scouts sleeping over pay fees. Registration flyer will be available on the web this week. $20 for overnighters, $15 for those who leave at 11 p.m. Includes food, snacks, games, prizes, etc.
b. YMCA Event-Thinking Day--March 3, 2007-Gina F. YMCA, climbing wall, hot dog & chip meal (extra), gym, pool. Family event! This is not an overnight event. Registration flyer will be available on the web this week.
c. HUB Happenings-Loretta H (not here)
3. Old Business
a. VISTA Fundraising Issue-Decided to forego requiring 5% donation. We'll see how the VISTA events turn out as money makers for the VISTA.
b. FALL Products-Done, continue collecting money, deadline December 7 is deadline to turn in money to your community partner.
c. PADS-Anne B-going great, every Sunday night except Christmas Eve could use some help, 45 min commitment, 5:45-6:30 p.m. Christ Luthern Church on Rohlwing Rd in Palatine.
d. Palatine Street Fest-Gina F-went to promote Girl Scouts. A good turnout last year, and, $225 proceeds have been donated by Gina to the VISTA from this event last year!! Thank you Gina!
e. Junior Achievement-Samantha-Here again tonight to provide materials or information for leaders. Contact Karen or Sandy for Samantha's contact info.
4. Upcoming Events
a. DCFS Stocking Project-Carrie B-due tonight!
b. Skating Party-January 15, 2007-Teresa I
c. Vertical Endeavors-January 20, 2007-Julie S
d. VISTA Lock-in-January 27, 2007-Gina F
e. Waterworks-February 17, 2007-Sandy C-Cadette Girl Scout Troop 1558 will also have a "booth" to sign-up to attend Camping Training in the spring for girls and leaders (how to make a fire, cook in a Dutch oven, pitch a tent, make a shelter, use a compass, etc.) (Silver Award project).
f. YMCA Event-March 7, 2007-Gina F
g. International Fair-March 17, 2007-Karen D-Reg 328 only until deadline or full. More information when openings occur. Linda G has flags.
5. Cookie Training-Trish F & Karen D. Sales begin January 5, 2007. Grab materials, one box of cookies, order forms. Site sale training on December 4 (for VISTA volunteer) and paperwork training will occur in January. January 8 Leader meeting will include paperwork training on projector, if you feel you need it. Trish's electronic spreadsheet in Excel will also be made available on the VISTA web site!!! Otherwise the form is the same. Incentives, can opt out and take the extra 10 cents per box. Cookie sudoku game available.
a. Cookie Training-available online
b. Remember deadlines-make deposits, keep profit unless you want to wait for the Hub to send it back. Call if you have any questions. Don't wait for one girl's paperwork-turn it in on time. Your coordinator can help. Money is due March 27-30 (over spring break). Also, cookie permission slips must be signed by each girl's parent before she can sell.
c. Site Sales/Coordinators-Karen D-form to apply for site sale is due January 8 (start turning in at any time, first come first served for locations and times). Site sales are Feb 24 - March 25, 2007. Within your community, sites are first come first served. Three choices where, when, age level of troop, (senior girls get priority). You should know your site sale before placing orders for your troop. Site sales are in March, earlier dates usually sell more. Please do not contact businesses on your own. Let the site sale coordinator contact the businesses for availability. Site sale coordinators will work with you to get those cookies sold. Cookie teams will get e-mail blasted to all leaders (cookie teams for each registration area) so you know who to contact for site sales, cookie questions, etc. If you want a location out of your area, you'll need to contact that reg area's site sale coordinator for permission. Jewel, Dominicks, Hardware stores, Walgreens, Ace, CVS, banks, Wal-Mart, Harper College (big event nights), train station (no Target, Home D). If you've tried places and have feedback, please let site sale coordinators know so we know if it's good/bad for next year. Please stay in area first for site sales, then it will open up to other areas.
d. Site Coordinators-(contact Karen or Sandy for phone numbers)
i. 327-Patty S
ii. 328-Julie S
iii. 329-June H
iv. 334-Kathy L
e. Korene P, Reg Area 327-Materials were shipped to Trish, not Korene. If you did not pick up your materials at tonight's meeting, you can pick them up at Korene's house. Please call Sandy or Karen for address.

Next Meeting-Monday, January 8, 2007
Happy Holidays!