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    • Tron
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By Tron · Posted

      Correct. Most communities don't even know that they have scouts. In trying to follow your logic the best thing would be to eliminate the class b shirt and have the scouts wandering about dressed as scouts.
    • mrjohns2
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      Boy Scout Service troops

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      Yeah, not a good idea if you ask me. It just seems like people looking for attention everywhere they go. Just wear the normal uniform scout shorts. 
    • Gossmaaf
      Pack "soft merger" logistics question - Registered den leaders requirements

      By Gossmaaf · Posted

      We went through this not even 2 years ago (and the help here was fantastic).    If the Pack coming in is dwindling, there's two choices for the District, 1. Keep it as a separate unit, or 2. Merge.  If they keep it, it's not your concern that's a District Issue, but in my experience the unit will probably die if that is the path.  The other option is to recognize that Scouting isn't about the number of units, but the number of scouts in it.  So If they Merge, don't do a soft-merge it adds cost and logistical complexity.  We went through that for about 6 months until we got District permission to merge.  You don't "merge" what you do is all the scouts and leaders transfer over to the new unit, then assets are (after approval from Chartering Org) rolled over to the new unit or given back to the CO.   Now, at all times you need to not just roll in problems, so the key is keeping adults engaged from the smaller unit.   I required that one be a key three at all times (COR is always taken in that scenario so they can either be CM or CC).  We eventually consolidated resources and materials.  Recruitment is now more difficult than before.  It also took too long for District to agree to letting the Unit close and that caused majority of the unit to finish dying so only a few transferred and stayed with scouting (like 4 out of 15 scouts).   I Merge before the units struggle further, and don't do a Soft-Merger except to make sure the two units will culturally align before consolidating. If you want ideas of how we merged, I can add further details of what we did/didn't do, but overall our unit is just as strong as it was, but didn't come without headaches and navigating that process.
    • qwazse
      From On Scouting; an interview with a new guy from the National Meeting

      By qwazse · Posted

      You know what’s dumber? A council patch whose name gives zero idea where you are from! Who knows where Laurel Highlands are? A few local tour companies. It’s like going to World Jambo with a “Hemisphere of Lightning Bugs” contingent patch. If fireflies would recruit for me and donate to the scholarship fund, I might see the reasoning. But USA-anything generates excitement and recognition. The point isn’t to create a new council/district for every city, the point is to envision scouts as an extension of a community to the point that communities will care deeply to recruit as many COs as possible host units.

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