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CPAC...Round them up and Send them to Camp Gitmo 1 2 3 4 7

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Didnt take him long... 1 2 3 4 13

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We Need Larger Families 1 2 3 4 5

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Pro Life requires personal responsibility 1 2 3

By scoutldr, January 31, 2009
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Save the Sea Kittens!!!! 1 2 3 4 6

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Birthday Greetings

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Two Cows...

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Obama op ed in Washington Post today

By eisely, February 5, 2009
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More Change You Can Believe In 1 2 3

By eisely, February 3, 2009
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How is the economy impacting you? 1 2

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Obscure topic possibly impinging on BSA 1 2

By eisely, February 4, 2009
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potential Supreme Court appointees

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  By Eagle94-A1 · Posted Yesterday at 04:53 PM
  
  I too hate the term.
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  By DuctTape · Posted Yesterday at 04:41 PM
  
  I cringed when I read the term "Family Troop". My initial reaction was, "there's the final nail in the coffin of the Patrol Method".
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  By FireStone · Posted Yesterday at 04:40 PM
  
  This is so poorly worded and tone deaf. Family Scouting was a smart concept for Cub Scouts. It makes no sense as a marketing tool for Troops. And like Jameson76 mentioned, it's not what 11-17 year olds want. Also pitching this as a solution to inadequate numbers needed to start a single-gender troop is just pure nonsense. This didn't come about to solve that problem and we all know it. I'm 100% in favor of this all happening, it's long overdue, but I don't get this particular marketing pitch to roll it out as "family scouting". It makes no sense.
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  By qwazse · Posted Yesterday at 04:14 PM
  
  I like your attempt at not swallowing the doublespeak. I would encourage everyone to be more direct and use the term “mixed sex troop.” The last thing the youth who participated in the mixed sex troop pilot need is for their efforts to imply that parents and siblings and extended family will all be part of the troop. No! These girls and boys weren’t testing the hypothesis that every scout’s family members would facilitate successful implementation of the program. The issue at hand was a neighborhood of boys and girls (not biological brothers and sisters) working the program together with beneficial outcomes that outweigh proposed detriments.
- It appears that the decision is done; see letter.
  
  By MikeS72 · Posted Yesterday at 04:12 PM
  
  It was forwarded to all District Commissioners on Saturday by our Council Commissioner.
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2961 topics in this forum

What are you doing to "Obama-proof" your future? 1 2 3 4 6

Pro-choice quandary 1 2 3 4 15

CPAC...Round them up and Send them to Camp Gitmo 1 2 3 4 7

The Community Organizer in Chief and the BSA Report to the Nation 1 2 3 4

Didnt take him long... 1 2 3 4 13

We Need Larger Families 1 2 3 4 5

Pro Life requires personal responsibility 1 2 3

Save the Sea Kittens!!!! 1 2 3 4 6

Birthday Greetings

Two Cows...

Obama op ed in Washington Post today

More Change You Can Believe In 1 2 3

How is the economy impacting you? 1 2

Obscure topic possibly impinging on BSA 1 2

potential Supreme Court appointees

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