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From what I see that is a big part of what this is aiming to do. Provide district, council, etc. professionals and volunteers the tools and freedom to try things that they have not in the past. For example, a take the Roundtable topic. I expect there will still be a goal to have some sort of networking and continuing training for Scouters. In years past there would be requirement that you had to have a Roundtable meeting every month that follows the standard format. Going forward, a district could come up with some other format for the meeting or other way to accomplish that goal. It sounds like there would be more support to pursue innovative ideas like that. -
I wonder if it would help to talk with the parent about the things the Scout could do to help increase her prospects of getting chosen. It's tough sometimes to simply accept - they chose someone else. While that's a useful lesson in life to learn, it also can be a good motivator to make yourself the obvious choice for next time. You mentioned: Are there somethings she could do to position herself to be the clear choice next time? Volunteer more for within the group, speak up more often, make it clear that this is something she wants? We see this in our troop. We have youth who are naturally strong leaders. They speak up more, are more vocal in setting direction, volunteer to lead things when opportunities come up, are more confident making decisions, etc. Maybe those scouts lose an election or two here and there. But, on the whole they tend to land in the leadership positions. Some scouts just show up in the troop acting that way, but more seem to develop into it. Maybe she and her mom could work on developing those traits instead of asking you to force a choice. You have to say those things diplomatically, but I think this is where I'd go with the parent. I find that I often learn more about leadership from figuring out what I have to do to get a job as I do in actually doing the job. Just a thought.
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Those are good thoughts, thanks both Eagle1993 and qwazse. We should be having our "school night for scouting" (cub scouts only) in the next week or two, so decisions need to be made soon. This new scoutmaster is doing a great job, but she was under the mistaken impression that co-ed boy scout troops started this fall. I showed her the program for separate troops and she understood. She and the parents want to keep a boys scout troop. I told them that they can, but what to do with upcoming girls from the pack?????? I would not recommend "linked" troops as this group is already stretched too thin. We're working on recruiting more adult leaders for both the pack and troop. thanks again, sst3rd
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