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We're moving ahead with girls-only for now, we have 2 boy troops in town already, and we are already moving along with the AOL boys preparing them to select one of those troops to join at crossover. I could be convinced to change that at some point, but that's not the plan for starting out next year regardless of what we find out in February. -
It may be kind of dated, but the original Fieldbook (from late 1940s-50s) is basically a step-by-step manual of activities (called pow-wows) for a fledgling patrol (or troop of patrols). Table of Contents page 1 One could easily modify it with more modern equipment and skills. I bet a good prompt into ChatGPT while uploading a PowWow would be an easy way to do this. Then hand the newer version to the PLs. -
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While I would "Be Prepared" to create a new, all-girls troop, February will be when the announcement on coed troops comes out. If I was a betting man, I would put my money on coed troops. -
We're in the early stages (working with CO and Council) to kick off a girls troop for a small group of girls completing their Cub Scout journey in March. I'm going through the SM training and trying to start to formulate a plan to hit the ground running in March despite having a roster of 11-year-olds and no older scouts to teach skills and lead younger scouts. We have a CO on board already, same CO as our Pack and CO of a boys troop, and we initially have agreement with the boys troop to have a shared Committee. From a high-level perspective, I'm just curious if anyone who has been through this or watch new troops get started have any advice, recommendations, tips, tricks, cautionary tales, etc., that could help along the way in these early stages of creating a troop and thinking about those first few months and first meetings. What worked well? What would you do differently if you had to do it again? I know there is only so much I can do with limited resources to start, so what should a new SM in a new troop prioritize? Program? Recruiting? Fundraising? Events/activities/summer camp? All of the above?
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I guess it depends on how exactly Council is approaching this. From the OP it was described as "the council went after both the troop's money and equipment," which doesn't really sound like they were asking for stuff, more like demanding it or suggesting that it is their property. Even at that, maybe theft still isn't the right word but it still seems borderline criminal if they are effectively making a CO believe that stuff that belongs to them doesn't actually belong to them and should be handed over. Unless the Council rep doing the demanding is ignorant of the policy and thinking they have the right to those assets. But I have a hard time believing that would be true when money is involved. If someone in their professional capacity is asking a unit to hand over money, they should be darn sure that they are in the right to make that kind of a demand and that the funds are handled appropriately.
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