Eagle309

Hello all.

I recently discovered these forums and have been reading them for a few days and find the information invalueable. I decided to register because I can use some advise on a variety of topics that have come up in my scouting experinece and maybe I can even offer some small bits of advice myself.

I was in scouting beginning in second grade with cubs and continued on into Boy Scouts earning my Eagle in 1983. When I was about 16, our Scoutmaster formed a coed Explorer group which I also was in and remained in until I was about 21.

I returned to scouting 3 years ago at age 36 when my oldest son joined as a Wolf. Midway thru his Bear year the den leader quit (job transfer out of state) and I registered and took over the role . Last year my younger son joined as a Tiger. At the Feburary crossover, the Cubmaster also crossedover with his son and I was asked to take that job too. (That would be my registered position. The first year Webelos leader would be the regestered Webelos den leader while I would still lead the second year Webelos.) Since we have a very good pack committee that plans the pack meetings and the committee chair does most of the administrative paperwork, my job would basically involve being the 'Big Kid' emceeing the pack meetings. This sounded like fun (without very much more work) and has proven to be so.

I was recently approached by our committee chair who wants to see a new Boy Scout troop start near by. (The ones in the area the prior years cubs have crossed over into are a little ways away.) The chair has worked with a nearby nature preserve to obtain a charter. They have asked me if I would be willing to take the Scoutmaster role. What we plan on doing is crossing my Webelos den over to another troop for a year and 'shadowing' them. This will give us a year to get the groundwork laid for the new troop and to get a new Cubmaster trained for the pack I am in.

I have just taken the Scoutmaster fundementals course and am going on my campout this weekend for the Basic Leader Outdoor Training.

As you can see, I am fairly new to scouting as a leader and am in the process of some major transitions, so I will probably be posting a lot of questions soon.

Dude!

Welcome to the forum. You've got some fun times ahead! I spent some time in Cub Scout roles before starting a Scout Troop last year when my son's den crossed over. Hopefully you'll learn from my (and others) mistakes and be even more successful. Good luck!

Welcome to the forum! I sure am glad not to be the "newbie" anymore.

I'm the committee chairman for a troop that is only six months old - started with the same type of group, a Webelos den - and for the same reasons, the other troops in the area are miles away. Good luck!

CBW