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By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I guess folks at national don't realize that some places have school until mid-June. -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I do not know, nor care about my local summer camp, despite being a former staffer. It was not a great experience as a staffer, and was worst the only time I went there as a camper. I cannot recommend it. And it has gotten worse since I went from folks who have been recently. IMHO, and that of many others, it is the camp that should have been sold. especially since any time there is a major storm, there is a lot of damage to the camp due to its location. Now the local council camp that was sold was a different story. Because of it's location, folks from 3 councils used it. Heck I remember trying to plan a district event, and the prime weekend was booked by another council for their district event! Also because of it's location, units travelling up and down the East Coast would use it. I do not know the attendance stats on capacity and usage. But I do know the camp made enough to pay all its bills year round AND support the summer camp. That camp actually made money for the council. -
I think this is an important point, "hadn't been in unit-level positions in 2+ decades". There is another part of this, the unit level leader without current or any historical experience at the district or council level. I got "in trouble" recently when I failed to constrain my voice. A unit leader who has never been a district or council level volunteer wanted to know "why our district sucks so much and never helps the units" and I just blurted out in response at the meeting "who the F@#$ do you think the district staff is and where do you think they come from?" which apparently this dude, who supposedly has been involved in scouting for 40+ years though the district committee was a paid staff of professionals. -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I have seen, met, and in a few cases know personally regional and national OA officers. Bill Hillcourt said it best, "Train 'em. Trust 'em. LET THEM LEAD!" (sic) -
By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
I am skeptical of BSA's IT systems, as they have had major issues in the past. Twice in a five year period, BSA's IT system lost every single person's training, first in my district, second time was the entire council. It took me 18 months to recreate everyone's records the first time, and I am glad I kept a hard copy and electronic copy. That saved me a lot of work the second time. But I lost my trained status a few months ago, despite having everything up to date. I have seen every MBC in the council disappear. I have seen advancement records that I personally inputted later go missing, or have the wrong information. And don't forget there were issues with SYT a few months back. People were taking it, and it wasn't registering. And don't get me started on camp staff training. I spent half a day doing it because of issues with it.
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