Re: When to get Bobcat?
Jim Peterson (jpeterson@TZNET.COM)
Fri, 31 May 1996 11:24:43 -0600
At 08:35 AM 5/30/96 -0600, you wrote:
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>But what should we do if the boys do learn their Bobcat material this
>summer? They have no Den Leader to sign their books. We can do awards
>after next weeks HIghway Cleanup or during the Pack Family Campout in
>August. But with no leader it could be October's Pack Meeting
>before books are signed.
I would NOT allow a simple matter of bookkeeping hold up the presentation of
the Bobcat Awards. If you look at the book, there are two signature lines
for each requirement, one for "Akela's OK" and one for "Recorded by Den
Leader". As there is no den leader at this time, I would have *any*
registered leader sign the book as "acting Den Leader" (in my particular
case I would go to the Cubmaster for his signature, but you may want to
discuss this with your CM, Committee Chair, etc.). I would make sure that
everyone understood that the "acting DL" was only the DL for purposes of
recording the Bobcat advancements and that someone else was going to have to
sign on the dotted line before the Den became active in the fall.
> It sounds like from other posts that most new
>Wolfs earn Bobcat right away. My experience was that it took some of my
>Scouts until April just to get that far.>
And, IMO, that is a matter of Parental involvement and that is a whole other
matter.
YiS,
Jim Peterson /\
Cubmaster, Pack 379, Auburndale, Wisconsin ("\/")
Advancement Chair, Troop 379, Blenker, Wisconsin ~''~
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