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Re: Proper place for tradition (was:OA Callout Ceremonies)
allogagaw (allogagaw@MEGSINET.NET)
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:57:54 -0600
> From: Bruce E. Cobern <bec@pipeline.com>
>
> But, WHY NOT??? Tradition is fine, as long as it doesn't stand in the
> way of improving the program. The role of the lodge in the Ordeal
> experience is to provide the best and most meaningful experience
> possible for the CANDIDATES. And it is the CANDIDATES' experience that
> needs to be first and foremost in the minds of ALL Arrowmen when
> designing the experience.
>
Has nothing to do with tradation! It has everything to do with the
burocratic
amebia of progress. In my original post I told you how enormously large our
Lodge is. Our chapter is bigger than most lodges. If fifty people get
together to complain, it is like fifty fish swiming in a sea of apathy.
Having a big Lodge allows us to accomplish remarkable tasks. Service
projects take on a whole new meaning, but you have to have some
trade offs. One of them is that it is harder to steer the direction of the
masses.
>
> Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now (again)!
>
I gave up years ago.... my soapbox never seemed to be tall enfough.
Besides it is the job of the youth to make changes.
Mark Wilbur - Allogagaw (He who serves)
"Used to be an OWL NC-513 (312-35-1984), Always be an Eagle (1973)"
Scoutmaster (since 1986) Troop 374 St. Louis, Mo.
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