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yes. Education and training are the solution; not prohibition.

Had a Scout email me this past Saturday night that he completed his 5 mile hike. Included pictures of map and compass used as well as the route taken. It was the last thing he needed before his SMC and BOR. He requested a SMC and BOR. I emailed him back "Be in Class A and have your handbook and Eagle Binder at Tuesday's meeting" Sent an email to the Troop Committee and within minutes, had five Committee Members respond that would be there to conduct a BOR. Proud to say the Scout earned rank last night. Our Troop has cut off dates for our COH and September 30 is the cut off date for our

Souvenir hunters unite. We need MORE specific stuff. Change'm yearly. Wolf'18. Bear '19. Webelos '20. I only have one yellow necker and a blue with yellow piping cap in my shoe box in the back of my closet. Gee, I missed out on a lot of stuff when I was a Scout. I guess today's Scouts will need a bigger shoe box.

I was reading the post from scouter on another discussion saying that Scouts deserve trained adults leaders. I am sure that is completely true, what scouts deserve are confidence adult leaders. When I became a scout leader in 1992, training wasn't required like today. If we went great, but if you didn't nobody came after us. Training back then basically gave additional guidelines to get leaders started. Looking back, I can see the program at the national level relied heavily on experienced scouters in the unit getting new scouters up to speed. After years of being trained, leading train

Eagledad: you nailed it. Inexperienced new leaders would profit immensely from a quick, non-threatening way for them to learn the basic T-2-1 skills. YPT, troop dynamics, boy-led, and patrol method are all subtleties that can be learned after new leaders are comfortable with the basic skills. There are enough old codgers that can teach the basics and make it fun. There are plenty of young whippersnapper Scouts that could kindly teach a course of T-2-1 and not make new leaders feel like idiots. PLEASE avoid the Wood Badge mentality "We know more than you and are hence better than you u

If you're looking for cubs outside the USA I would suggest a couple of other forums Escouts is a UK based forum very similar to this one. 1st Facebook Scout Group is Facebook based with a heavy UK presence but also a decent showing of Australian, Pakistani and various other nationality scouts. Beware of the trolls though.

I can't get the multiple quote thing to work to include your entire post, but I think this falls under GTA section 4.2.1.2 The Scout Is Tested: "The unit leader authorizes those who may test and pass the Scout on rank requirements. They might include his patrol leader, senior patrol leader, an assistant unit leader, another Scout, or the unit leader himself. Merit badge counselors teach and test him on requirements for merit badges." So the Scoutmaster decides who may test and sign off the Scout on rank requirements. The Scoutmaster might decide that youth leaders or other adults ca

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I hear you about old gear and weight. I broke down and got a new pack because it was lighter and more comfortable. But I love my A.L.I.C.E. and still keep her. My A.L.I.C.E. as a lot of miles on her, and a lot of memories. As for times, definitely takes longer than my Whisperlight, and the pocket rockets other use. But you done have the "Jet Engine" noise of those stoves. I'm still playing with with the system and tweaking it. Going from memory, I can boil 1L of water faster than the 22 oz BCR pot in my Batchstovez. It's something like 8- 9 minutes with the Imusa pot versus 9-11 minutes

Asked and answered... https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2016/09/21/yes-summer-months-count-toward-advancement/

I have never heard of a Troop that does not count the summer towards time for advancement. I'm not sure how they would justify eliminating a whole season from the calendar.

LOL..reminds me of the time when I was Cubmaster and a parent called to demand to know when meetings were going to start. I said, "as soon as you volunteer to become a Den Leader"...she got furious and demanded to speak to my "supervisor"...so I handed the phone to my wife.

Tell them to go look at the scout law again. A scout is thrifty.

I was told at my council Scout Shop (Northern NJ) that they have 50,000 yellow Wolf neckerchiefs in stock. Now I don't know if that means 50,000 for our council (hard to believe), for the regional area, state, etc. But I guess the point was that there are still a lot of yellow ones around.

FWIW In our pack, one thing we did to keep annual costs down is we didn't ask scouts to buy the hats and actively discouraged parents from buying the standard neckerchief slide. So, all a parent had to buy every year was the neckerchief and the scout book. As a parent, I'm glad my son still has his old neckerchiefs and scout books. The hat & official slide - I don't miss them.

Or, the passion for wolves in yellow neckers will outlast this very bizarre quirk in fashion, reds will fold as scouters purchase yellows in bulk delivered by drones from whatever company chooses to mint them, and BSA will realize that tradition has value and start making yellow standard issue again. You read it first on scouter.com. @Momleader, get to know your council president. If the pro's make one peep about it again, tell him you want the board to start the search for a new SE.

We are staying with yellow this year. Never gonna see that red stuff. My own kid has a recycled yellow neckerchief anyway... It was mine when I was a Wolf in the early 80s.

The guideline, what the BSA put out, again in bold ... Q: Should dens for girls and dens for boys meet at the same time and place? It is up to the chartered organization and the pack or the den to decide meeting times and places. The CM should follow it. This means if the COR says "Don't be ridiculous, Bear Den 1 and She-Bear Den 2 have room A from 6-7PM 1st and 2nd Mondays. Let us know when those two dens need more space." That's what the CM should do. If the COR says "At all cost, keep that corrupting influence of a she-bear away from those boys." That's what the