Re: Historical Societies
JASON CRUSE (jcruse@DU.EDU)
Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:00:16 -0600
It was nice to hear that piece about how well things work in Ohio and in
the Longs Peak Council. Unfortunately, one of the societies we tried to
work with as IN the Long's Peak Council, but was in Colorado, not
Nebraska.
Unless the groups are telling us massive lies, I don't think that the
problem lies in past relations with scouts. We were told by both that
they had never had scouts do work for them and were (at the outset)
anxious to give it a try.
It seem that the problem was more that they didn't want to get organized
enough to give us a project (we were more organized than they) and
suddenly got cold feet when they realized that a commitment of resources
(to do the work, to have someone there to supervise, etc) was necessary
on their part as well. As a former museum director, it really sounds as
though these historical societies are more societies than historical
(social groups).
Like I said, as far as I know, there haven't been any past troubles with
scouts involved. We got caught in internal politics. Kudos to those of
you who have local historical societies that aren't like this. You're
lucky.
Jason
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