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We decided to add dining flies to our camping gear, partially as a team building exercise, partially as a Scout skill exercise, but mostly to help build patrol identities and provide shelter. I used the instructions found here: https://troop279.us/patrol-dining-fly/ My wife and son helped hold the poles while I tied the knots for the adult fly so I could do a test set up. Poles need straightened and we need to get hammers for the troop, but otherwise, it looks like it will work. -
I do not disagree, there are certainly savings to be found. However we can say that even louder for National HQ. -
While I tend to agree that much of the bureaucracy in local councils can be reduced, certain parts that include real people with real voices are critical, especially with confusion or disappointment. We are fortunate to have a couple of office people that can carry that torch well, probably better than the few remaining actual executive types of which we have none that fit the traditional role. But every council has issues, and money seems to be at the top for most. Sadly, that affects the actual programming on council levels, but it also is forcing units to do more on their own which seems to often be better in the long run. We will never be back to the original structures of even twenty years ago, but we can continue to work on putting our best feet forward and become again recognized positively in communities. Chaallenges will continue, some totally un expected. Having people work from home with local councils can be positive, but the big barrier continues to be aging gacilities and too much "top down" interference. JMHO of course. -
What we need is fewer councils. There's a lot of executive staff that can be eliminated and their salaries can be used to fund program. In this age of telecommuting and cloud computing I am not sure if we even need council HQ buildings anymore; just shift that maintenance line item to camps and let everyone work from home in the communities they are supposed to serve. -
There are several charging over 200 just for the council fee.
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