Re: A Cautionary School Night Tale (long!)

You had a great learning experience. One lesson is that your pack relied
too much on "council" and the DE to do things that the pack should be
doing. A DE has about 40 packs to contend with and most councils have
several hundred, so no flyers could possibly be printed tailor-made to
the needs of each pack. The second lesson is that the folks from your
pack should do the presenting - not a professional. You know what to say
to sell your pack and Cub Scouting. It sounds like your pack has a great
program and good leaders from the effort you put into it. About alll you
need help from the professionals is on being sure your school and the
others in the area will be open for school night. Let the professionals
know what you plan, if they ask and listen to any advice they have, but
you need to keep them out of the detail part as much as possible - not
because they arent comepetnt, but because a) they have many units to
deal with and the "big picture" to keep in mind, and b) you can do a
better job because you know what to sell. Of course, you have learned
the first basic lesson - get the flyers to the school early and talk
with someone in authority abut timing on distribution. If there any
room-to-room presentations, arrange to do these yourselves. Think about
how much work this is and then multiply by 40 - it is physically
impossible for a DE to do that!

Speaking as a veteran of many school nights and a former school night
chairman.

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