Re: Introduction
Susan Wilcox (slwilcox@ucdavis.edu)
Mon, 05 May 1997 16:46:30 -0700
Wow Cliff,
That is a lot of positions! Whats an RTS?
I agree with you on the excuses. Im a single mom who has been involved
since cubs. Now as my youngest is almost too old for exploring I still
can't stop scouting!
Unfortunately many parents just don't understand the gift scouting is
waiting to give them. Where else can you be with your son and let some one
else do the supervising?!? In our Troop, the parent is never leader of
the patrol in which their scout belongs. That way you get to observe your
son from afar while he is on task and you get to have fun with him during
the rest of the day! The best way to get a parent invovled is to ask and
ask and ask. Sooner or later you will find a job they feel able to do or
will accept to get you to shut up. then hopefully, they are hooked. Most
of the adults I know are too polite to keep asking. that is unfortunate.
Keep up the good work.
YIS, Susan Wilcox
ASM Troop 111
CC Post 111
At 04:14 PM 5/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I'm new to this message list and thought that I'd introduce myself. I've
>been active as an adult Scouter for some 12 years now, holding at one time or
>another the positions of: WL, CA, CM, RTS, CC, MC, SA, SM, EA. I was
>involved in resusitating a dying Pack, and we went on to start a Troop and
>Post! Having had a great experience in Cubs and a poor experience in Boy
>Scouts as a youth (poor troop program) I was determined to provide a great
>program in our units. My three boys have enjoyed the program, and it has
>allowed me to spend lots of quality time with them. Yes, I'm a believer.
>
>I am a widower and am currently raising my three teenagers alone, while
>holding down a job and serving as both Scoutmaster and Explorer Advisor (no
>it's not so bad- the Explorers run their own program!). So I don't buy
>excuses from people who say that they're too busy! And yes, I'm having a
>blast!! Best jobs I ever had.
>
>It looks like this list is kind of lonely. Is it safe to assume that all
>Explorer-Net subscribers are Scouts-L subscribers? Otherwise, maybe it would
>be a good idea to plug this list there. And maybe pass along some wisdom
>from Scouts-L for those who don't have enough time to sift through all the
>non-pertinent information.
>
>
>Yours In Scouting,
>
>Cliff Egel
>Scoutmaster, Troop 39
>Adviser, Post 39
>LaGrange, IL U.S.A.
>
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