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Two weeks? I'm really struggling to see that, especially over holiday weeks when there is so much else going on. -
By HashTagScouts · Posted
In my neck of the woods, we've been doing this since I was a youth. General rule is if school is closed, we do not meet (which includes days the schools close because of snow). Over the summer we meet once for summer camp prep, then summer camp, then the rest of the summer is PLC planning meeting, and a few day events (fishing derby, troop outing to an amusement park, swim night at one of our family's house or at the YMCA, movie night, a day hike, etc. - whatever the PLC agrees on, more social gathering/engagement than skill/advancement focused. Still had the PLC/Senior Scouts in charge of planning details and lead supervision at these events. While I could understand momentum loss could result, it has always been for us more of a short time of fun getting ready for the work to return for another year= understood that way by both youth and adults. Additionally, when your own kid(s) hit the age that they are working at camp all summer, and OA starts up before school does, there's enough Scouting to never really have so much of the break that others were having. -
It's a massive loss of momentum. In two weeks, I can completely switch my focus to something else because the signal I'm receiving is that Scouting isn't important enough to meet every week. It's like skipping a workout for two weeks. Very hard to get going again. I don't see how national is getting any extra money from regular troop meetings. -
I would be supportive of this. Maybe not 4x a month, but definitely a Scouting event every other weekend. I got scolded by the COR because of adult burnout. If a fully retired "Opa" and I want to volunteer to take kids camping, I don't think it should be a problem. I'm pretty good at saying "No". When it's honey bee season, there will be a lot less side quests from me. She also thinks that the Scouts will want participation credit for those campouts as leadership positions rather than the official troop campouts. So much legalese is killing Scouts. Personally, I'd say that if a youth in a POR doesn't want to be in a POR, don't put them in one. Let them stay in whatever rank they are in until they decide that this is their thing.
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It really doesn't have bearing on anything if units meet a few more weeks or few less weeks in the course of a year and isn't an indicator of unit health. This is a mindset that has been pushed by National moreso for marketing, membership, and financial reasons than for any real reason.
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