Thanks to all who participated in our February Roundtable. Slides from the session are posted below. Also, please find the Weather related safety and when to cancel an event information sheets, a recap of the comments on converting Scouts BSA troops to family troops along with the intent to convert form, and the presentation on Mayflower Summer programs including the Camp Squanto specific items discussed in the Troop/Crew/Ship breakout. The Cub breakout slides are included in the main presentation in the Cub Announcements & Events section.
Next roundtable is Wed. Mar. 11 at the Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield. Our main presenter is Blake Dinius, Plymouth County Entomology Extension Educator who will discuss insect hazards and invasives. This promises to be an interesting and informative presentation, I hope you will join us.
FebRT-Slides_FinalPost
Weather-Related-Safety
When to Cancel an Event Due to Weather
Recap of converting Scouts BSA units to Family Troops comments
Intent to Convert to Family Troop Form
SummerOfAdventure_MayflowerSummerCampPrograms

Slides from our January Roundtable session are posted below. Please note the Wood Badge Online information session, Tue. Jan. 20 at 7:30 PM – see the separate Wood Badge Information sheet for more information. Also posted please find the January safety moment on risk assessment, a Cub RT AOL to Scouts BSA transition information sheet, a sheet on Troop visits for AOL Scouts, a sheet on parent engagement, one on welcoming and engaging Scouts and parents, one on Parent engagement to boost membership, references on Cub youth and adult recognition and ceremonies from the Pack breakout and from our December RT, the Troop/Crew/Ship breakout presentation on integrating Scouts and parents in your unit. Our next session is Wed. Feb. 4, 7:00 PM, at the Mayflower Council Service Center in Milford. Lauren Barone will be presenting on summer programs at our camps. I hope to see you there.
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Wood Badge 2026 Info Sheet
Jan-Safety-Moment-Risk-Assessments
Cub-RT-AOL-to-SBSA
Troop-Visits-for-Arrow-of-Light-Scouts-
RT-HT-Welcoming-and-Engaging
Parent-Engagment-Helps-Boost-Membership-Retention
Cub-YouthAndAdultRecognitionAndCeremonies
FromDecRT-Troop-Crew-Ship_breakout-Integrating Scouts and Parents in Unit

Presentations (including Rue Wilson’s Scouting and Mental Health presentation) are posted at the links below. Also posted is the Woodbadge 2026 flyer and the text of a Troop 28 Cohasset parent talent/interest survey. Thanks to all who participated. Non-working (expired) QR codes have been removed (I hope) from the posted copies. I apologize for the issue during the session and will try to get this resolved for next month. ALSO NOTE THAT THE DATE FOR NEXT MONTH’S ROUNDTABLE IS CHANGED TO TUE JAN 13 AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CURUCH IN NORWELL. Planned topic is AOL-to-SCOUTS BSA Transition. I hope to see you there. Have questions or comments following the roundtable? Use the “Parking Lot” form (link in the slideset) to submit.
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Scouting and Mental Health
SampleTroopParentTalent-InterestSurvey
Wood Badge 2026 Flyer

Thanks to all who participated in our November Roundtable. The slide presentation from the session is posted at the link below, as are the SAFE checklist, the Age Appropriate Guidelines sheet, and the Safety While Gaming Sheet. Please plan to participate in our December session, Dec. 3, 2025 at the Furnace Brook Middle School Cafeteria in Marshfield. The main topic will be Scouting and Mental Health presented by Dr. Rue Wilson.
NovRT-Slides_Presented
SAFE_checklist
AgeAppropriateGuidelines
Safety-While-Gaming

Slides from our September Roundtable are posted at the link below. Thanks to all who participated. Also posted is the key steps for membership and unit renewal info sheet along with flyers for the “Our Inspiring Women” event, the Spartan event at Fenway, the Clay Shoot sponsorship opportunity, the Squanto Halloween Fun Day, and the Squanto 100th anniversary patch order forms. Our next roundtable is on Oct. 8 in Norwood. I hope to see you there.
Sep_RT-Slides-Final
Key-Steps-for-Membership-and-Unit-Renewal-11-13-24
Mayflower Our Inspiring Women Flyer
Mayflower Fenway Spartan Event Flyer
Clay Shoot Sponsorship Opportunities Flyer
Squanto Halloween Fun Day Flyer
Squanto 100th Anniversary Patch Order Form
Squanto 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Gold Patches Order Form

Slides from the Mayflower Council June Roundtable are posted at the link below. Our next roundtable session will be in September. Current plans for 2025-2026 are to rotate roundtable locations (3 locations, one session per quarter in each location) to make it easier for in-person attendance throughout the council at least once per quarter. Look for additional information (dates and locations) as we get closer to September.
June_RT-Slides

Thanks to all who participated in our May 7 Roundtable. Slides from the session are posted below, along with some recipes and order forms for the Camp Squanto 100th anniversary patch sets. Our June Roundtable is Wed. June 4, live at the Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield with hybrid broadcast on the Mayflower Council Zoom platform. Please plan to join us.
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Campfire Cones
One-Pot Ranch Mac and Cheese Recipe
Dutch Oven Monkey Bread Recipe
Camp Squanto 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Gold Patches
Camp Squanto 100th Anniversary Patch Order Form

Slides from our April 2 roundtable are posted at the link below. Also posted please find the SAFE transportation checklist, Info/Order forms for the Camp Squanto 100th anniversary special issue patches and the religious emblems discussion handouts. Thanks to all of you who participated in our session.
The May roundtable will be live at the Furnace Brook Middle School Cafeteria on Wed. May 7 with hybrid broadcast on the council Zoom platform (see the council calendar for the link to sign up for the broadcast). We are planning to discuss “Menus/cooking for Scouts of all ages”, more information on that will follow. I hope to see you in May.
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SAFE-Transportation-Checklist
Camp Squanto 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Gold Patches
Camp Squanto 100th Anniversary Patch Order Form
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Take Home Handout on Religious Emblems_0001
Scout’s Guide to Earning & Wearing a Religious Emblem_0001
Increasing Membership through Religious Emblems_0001
Scouting Anniversary Month Helpful hints_0001

Slides for our March Roundtable are posted at the links below. Also posted is information on Campfire Safety and our “mini-hot-topics”: Leadership Succession Planning and Annual Unit Planning. Links to Scouting References are on the slide in the presentation. Thanks to those who participated.
Our April Roundtable will be held on Wed. April 2, live at the Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield and hybrid on the Council’s Zoom platform (see the council calendar for the link to sign up for the hybrid broadcast). This session’s planned topics include presentations on International Scouting Awards, Religious Awards, Other Non-advancement-related Awards, and the Camp Squanto Summer Program. Good news for you – these presentations are led by people other than me!
There will be no breakout sessions in April, the main session will run from 7-8 PM, and the hybrid broadcast will terminate at that point. Cranberry Harbors District will be presenting its final set of District Awards from 8-8:40 PM. Headwaters, Metacomet, Post Road and Sachem District Scouters should check with your District Leaders for your awards presentation schedule.
I hope you’ll join us in April.
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CampfireSafety
ScoutingAmericaSafetyMoment_CampfireSafety
RTHT-Leader-Succession-Planning
RT-HT-Annual-Plan.docx