Re: ACTIVE, PART2
Robert Gerhard (ZonieCat@AOL.COM)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:06:30 -0500
In a message dated 97-02-27, Linda Clossen wrote:
<< For 3 months of the 6 months he is doing his PL job
and for 3 months he is gone playing baseball. Do I count both the
baseball and leadership as his six months, even though he was not at
the meetings? Do I count the three months he is active in the troop
and make him do three more? >>
If he's playing baseball *and* actively serving as PL, count the second three
months. If he's playing baseball *instead of* actively serving as PL, he
needs another three months. Nowhere does it say the time served needs to be
consecutive.
I think the larger question is one of commitment, which is something else we
need to be teaching our charges. Why did he commit to serving for six months
if he knew he would be unable to fulfill half of that commitment?
As for cutting some slack, I think most would agree that any slack cut should
be limited the quality of work. I mean, these are boys, not professionals,
and we need to realize that our expectations may be above their capabilities.
(Although I am constantly surprised at what they are capable of!) So long
as they are doing their best, that should suffice. I don't believe in
cutting slack by bending the rules. If we bend the rules for one we have to
do it for all. And if the requirements are not fulfilled and we give out the
ranks anyway, what value are they?
Your Scout needs to understand that when he takes on a position like PL, it
is a commitment and responsibility, and his performance in that position
directly affects the rest of troop as well as his opportunity for
advancement.
YiS
Robert Gerhard
Pack 83
Ft. Worth, TX
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