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If you are on linked in, there is commissioner support forum run by Irving. This just in. This has a hot due date for any new leaders, and you can bet your bottom dollar it'll be required for all when units recharter.

If you're certain of that, then you should let the COR that you'll move on and will encourage your boys to do so. It's no hard feelings. You two have very different leadership styles and you'll only aggravate him if he's SM. This ain't congress. What to move to? Well, see if someone wants to have a crack at a linked BSA4G troop. When life throws you sass, sip sarsaparilla.

Aaah, two countries divided by a common language.

I wanted to say it is awesome that your son joined up, without any of the prods (no parent kicking him into it as a "legacy"). For Cubs, you hit it exactly right as to what the solution is to helping Cubs thrive- make it fun! Going back to my days as a Cub, to what I see now in that program, there are awards and pins, belt loops, arrowheads, beads, yada yada. Way, way too much focus on awards than just keeping it simple and getting the activities fun. And when it isn't fun, the kids are not sticking it with it because they want to, they are in effect being forced to stay. What challe

Get to get asked "who are you" when the elusive UC is spotted at an actual unit meeting

Get to wear nifty "Platinum" Shoulder loops

To answer your query, I must go back to my Wood Badge. I signed in as a Assistant Scoutmaster, but I helped a lot with my wife's (she was the CSDC Director) Day Camp. When we began to discuss my possible Tickets, I proposed some ideas that included Cub Scout things . My WBGuide told me "oh no, you're a BOY Scout person. Your Tickets can't do Cub Scout things. Ummmm. Let me talk to the Director." He came back with the Director, and they both praised my ideas, but again , said, "so long as you are registered as a Boy Scout Leader (ASM) you can't do Cub Scout stuff. HOWEVER (conspir

I have finally found a few friends in Utah who know this situation personally, both on the side of the family and a few people working in the council (it helps being part of the tight-knit LDS community sometimes ), and it seems clear that his merit badges were never revoked, nor was his membership in any kind of jeopardy - these were all fabrications of his lawyers who didn't understand how the BSA works and wanted to generate press to evoke public sympathy. In reality, what happened was that his project was initially approved, but then rejected the next day so that his standing could be revi

He is still on probation with the courts. I think it is fair if the scout unit considers him to be on probation with them as well.

Oh baloney. We are going to our library's wine tasting party next month and sponsoring a table. (It's not very expensive to do so.) A local liquor store and their vendors donate all the wine and spirits, and local restaurants donate all the food, and it's a wonderful event, and the names of the donors are on the tables. It's a great way to do fundraising. Some charitable giving is quiet, other giving is not quiet. Neither is wrong.

The message of a charitable giving knot IMHO: A scout is thrifty. He manages his finances for that rainy day ... and so that he can return some of his earnings to the people who he sees doing good in the world. But, this knot may also be given to the person who inspired a donor to act. From http://councils.scouting.org/Council440/Donate/James West Award So when you see someone with that knot, ask more about their story. Find out who made the donation in order for them to wear it and why.