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Re: BSA:Women at camp
Susan Ganther (susan@EMAIL.UNC.EDU)
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 10:45:09 -0500
Christopher L. Rankin states
> (which has happened a few times) is that it becomes increasingly likely that
> you'll get many of the adults with too much free time on their hands that they
> don't know what to do with-- so they waste it standing by the fire drinking
> coffee and shooting the breeze instead of running the program.
Oops, Chris, I know you meant to say "instead of facilitating *the boys*
running the program". Some of the most successful Scouters I know
deliberately cultivate the attitude among the adults of relax and let the
PLC handle it. Thay stand by as 'resources' for the PLC to use if they
wish, but do NOT try to run the program. The worst problem I have seen
crop up on a troop outing was caused by a young take-charge type ASM. He
usurped all of the PLCs prerogatives for running the program and forced
his decisions on them. He alienated many adults and caused a near
mutiny by the Scouts. We would have all been better off that day if he
had sat down with a cup of coffee (decaf) and chewed the fat with the
other adults instead of trying to prove to everyone there that he was the
greatest leader since Napoleon (he still thinks he is BTW, but the troop
thrives in spite of him, not because of him).
YIS, Susan
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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