Re: Attitude
Jim McMaster (mcmaster@SWENG.STORTEK.COM)
Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:49:32 MST
Ed Schmitt <easchmitt@penn.com> said:
>
> Yesterday while talking to a scoutmaster, discussing pack / troop
> relationships, the scoutmaster felt that if a troop and pack were chartered
> by the same organization, that the pack out of loyalty to the chartering
> organization should encourage the Webelos to only join the troop attached
> to the chartering organization, and not allow them to visit other troops in
> the area. An additional comment made by the SM was that if you allowed
> them to visit other troops, the boys would go to a troop with a relative,
> friend, etc., and not to the troop the pack was affiliated with. He also
> indicated that he has a good program. Your comments.
>
>
> YIS ... Ed
>
I strongly disagree with that Scoutmaster...Every Webelos leader has the
responsibility to check out several troops, and to encourage the prospective
Scouts to visit more than one troop. The most important thing is for the
boy to end up in a troop that is right for *HIM*. If that means going to
a troop with a friend or relative, all the better. I am more interested in
the welfare of the Scout than in making a particular Scoutmaster's recruiting
easier.
I have eight Webelos right now. Three are going to Troop 70, two to Troop
72, two to Troop 77 and the last is still thinking about it. I am in the
middle of restarting a Troop, and would love to have all eight. If I had
made some sort of "loyalty" pitch, I could probably have gotten almost all
of them to follow me. I chose not to do so. Each boy is aware they are
welcome in Troop 70, now or later. Some are going to be with friends or
relatives, others are unsure about joining a new troop. Some are following
me. In all cases, it is their decision.
Jim McMaster
mcmaster@tonagra.stortek.com
WL Pack 179
SM Troop 70
Boulder, CO
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