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I fear much written here does not reflect the comments I hear from active members. The one point that I will fully and enthusiastically agree with is that we have way too much focus on advancement. Advancement is important as a motivation, but it's just one part of the program. The outings and activities are more important. From the outings, advancement should be a natural result of actively going on outings. In recent years, I've seen multiple youth aging out going for Eagle that need help fulfilling their camping requirements. This always baffles me as the best parts of scout

Let’s change that. We can’t have too much of a good thing. Stupid adult, always making rules. Barry

Guess I don't really see what the big concern is with coed rules and the like - there has been co-ed Scouting in the US since the 50's; the Polish and Ukrainian Scouts (ZHP and Plast, respectively) have been coed in this country since they "moved" here in the 1950's - not sure why we just don't confer with them to see how they've been dealing with these issues for the past several decades in the US. I'm sure they've figured out most of the 'bugs' by now. Ukrainian "Plastunka" - female member of 'Plast'

So . . . I am one of the newbies interested in BSA4G. Why? Because my daughter has compared the Boy Scout handbook with the various "Girls Guides to Girl Scouting" and GSUSA "Journeys" and she wants to switch. (And I agree with her opinion.) While I want the girls to have a better program than they do now, I certainly don't want to diminish the boys' experience. I see the place for a single-gender male environment (and one for a single gender female environment also). And it's not like the sixth grade girls actually want to have anything to do with the sixth grade boys, they'd rather