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So I was at Philmont last week and was talking to the camp director about this. He said that they are the only HA base that is always in the green. He said that even last year with the fires they were in the green. Apparently part of the Philmont endowment included real estate properties that they get rent on to cover expenses. He also told me that it is owned by a trust and insulated from BSA corporate.

I started in cub scouts and have almost zero recollection of any ceremonies. All I remember is sitting and waiting for whatever was going on so we could go play. This was for the pack events. The weekly den activities on the other hand were always fun. We did stuff, built stuff, visited places. Others I am sure have different recollections.

I am so glad I found this thread! I have 3 son's in Boy Scouts. My youngest just crossed over and is profoundly dyslexic and has Dysgraphia. My other 2 have very mild dyslexia and dysgraphia. In fact the other 2 were not diagnosed until my youngest was diagnosed. We already are members of Learning Ally and its a great program however its advertised that they have about 70 merit badge books available, problem is there are about 20 duplicates which means there are only about 30 individual books available and they are missing like three eagle required. In addition they have the scout handboo

Good point @Eagledad I'm struck by how many people do the Bobcat face painting ceremony. I suspect there are many Cubmasters (myself included) who were new enough to the role that they were just trying to figure things out. You look around or online and this is a popular ceremony to try - so people do it. It would have been helpful to me if I had seen some other good examples of the kinds of things that were well received for a ceremony like this. I wonder if it would be worth folks sharing more details about ceremonies that worked for them and why. Just a thought. As an asi

B.S.A official records used to say that I completed Scoutmaster Training (at least 21)years old) in 1910. Now they say 1912. Imaginary units with imaginary members. Imaginary advancement B.S.A. records should be up for a Nebula Award.

The split Handbook is important to a. Show the die-hard boys-only supporters that the programs are separate b. Show the girls’ advocates that the programs are identical c. Show the female Scouts that they are included and valued by featuring images of Scouts doing Scouting things d. Include female-specific information as noted

Thanks for the reply. Over the past couple of years, there have been multiple instances of this SM using the phrase "our troop requires it" and I've always let it slide although I shouldn't have. I've requested that he show me in black and white where it is a BSA rule that 2 Scouts - from different troops mind you - cannot work on separate projects on the same day at the same facility. I'm going to let him hang himself, because I know he'll reply that "it's just a rule our troop made." I already have one email from him where he states "our Troop doesn't allow it" and I've just emailed hi

that is great information. I did not know that. Thank you very much. Additional problems with Learning Ally is that the books are "old versions" as BSA regularly updates the requirements and produces new handbooks. We ran into that problem last week when I numbered the blue card requirements as listed in the handbook I just purchased from the local BSA store only to find out it, too, was out of date. Thank you again for the information, Scotty