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  1. When would you not let your scout go? 1 2 3

    By Tampa Turtle,
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  2. I think that I shall never see, a sight as lovely as...

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  3. A very sad news story that we might learn from

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  4. Boy stops coming to scouts - What to write mom 1 2

    By Thomas54,
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  5. Boy / Girl Leadership

    By Venividi,
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  6. Mild autism

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  7. If Scouting were left up to the Scout 1 2 3

    By SSScout,
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  8. A scout is obedient. 1 2

    By fred8033,
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  9. How do you handle willful disobedience? 1 2

    By chaoman45,
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  10. Headem up, movem out

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  11. what DO I get for doing this?

    By SSScout,
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  12. R.I.P. Colonel Charles Murray, Medal of Honor, Eagle Scout

    By RememberSchiff,
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  13. The Power of Leading By Example

    By LeCastor,
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  14. Handling Death 1 2

    By Engineer61,
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  15. Hail, Hail, The Gangs are all where?

    By SSScout,
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    • Eagle94-A1
      New Induction Ceremony

      By Eagle94-A1 · Posted

      IMHO, the OA made a mistake in the 1990s when they changed the election process. Prior to the change, I saw only 1 troop, get all three elected, and the SM told them how to vote so that it was possible. Now having everyone elected is the norm. And they doubled-down on adults with SMs automatically getting in. As for old blood running things instead of the youth, I agree, but it needs to start at the national level first.  I do not know what the current stats are, but at one time maybe 10% of the National Committee were youth.
    • PACAN
      camp usage

      By PACAN · Posted

      My friend's camp runs 3 weeks of Scouts BSA at less than 50%.  Don't know the $$ side.
    • Tron
      New Induction Ceremony

      By Tron · Posted

      I get the whole shift away from anything first nation related/culturally appropriated; it's an unnecessary headache. I don't think it's the biggest issue at hand though, useless lodges and garbage advisors should be the #1 priority to fix. National was supposed to fix the advisor issue this year but decided to just make it easier for adults to join the OA. There really needs to be some sort of max tenure for advisors to get the old rotten blood out of the lodge leadership structure (yes, let us face it, the youth are not leading the lodges). 
    • Tron
      What?? You've Got to Be Kidding Me with These Membership Numbers!

      By Tron · Posted

      You're correct. Commissioners are supposed to go into units and basically figure out what is going wrong and helping the unit identify solutions.  Again you're correct, no stick; the lack of action in part by professional staff means there is zero motivation for a unit to correct even the easiest to correct issues. 
    • Tron
      camp usage

      By Tron · Posted

      Unknown at this time. Most camps in my neck of the woods will continue to run traditional resident camp until the last week of July or first week of August. I can say that the camp my troop went to this year was at capacity the week we were there. Reports were that they are running an extra week this year and that so far the camp has been at and is scheduled at capacity. 

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