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DAY ONE
TROOP MEETING PLAN
(Include copies of the Troop Meeting Plan in the Patrol Leaders Notebooks.
Distribute copies to staff involved in the troop meeting.)
ACTIVITY

Preopening

DESCRIPTION

25 minutes

Skills Instruction
15 minutes

Patrol Meetings
20 minutes

TIME

TOTAL
TIME
25 min.

Patrol member introductions

Troop guide and

patrol members

10 min.

Making a woggle

Troop guide

15 min.

Opening ceremony (includes Scout

Staff

25 minutes

Opening Ceremony

RUN BY

5 min.

55 min.

Oath, Law, and Scoutmaster welcome)

New-Scout Induction Ceremony

Scoutmaster and
senior patrol leader

25 min.

Aims and Methods of the

Boy Scouts of America

Troop guides

15 min.

70 min.

Role of patrol leader, patrol totem,

flags, responsibilities

Troop guide

20 min.

90 min.

Election of patrol leaders

Patrol members

Introduction of Daily Patrol SelfAssessment Tool

Interpatrol Activity
10 minutes

Closing

The Patrol Method game (see appendix for

more information)

Senior patrol leader

10 min.

100 min.

Patrol leader installation

Senior patrol leader

and Scoutmaster

10 min.

110 min.

Scoutmasters Minute

Scoutmaster

10 minutes
Total 110 minutes
of meeting

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