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  1. Ooh. A Hawaiian themed event. I could go for that!
    3 points
  2. Our troop had a crew return from a backpacking trek with MOHAB. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch is a truly beautiful base camp with the best view of any high adventure base and the staff was all super friendly. Our guides, Stephen and Conner, were awesome with the scouts from the minute we walked in the door through training as well as along our trek and all the way to getting up at 6am to have breakfast with us before we headed home. Having completed a Philmont trek I though I was prepared for the hikes but some of these climbs were kicked my butt but every view was well worth it. The
    2 points
  3. Uniform, if you were a Scout leader while he was a Scout.
    2 points
  4. If "Dad" dresses in tank top, swim trunks, and grass skirts ... go with the uniform. I wore my ASM uniform to my Sons' E-CoH's. This is nothing new. My dad was a committee member, and in our troop, MC's never wore uniforms. Sunday best for CoHs. However, it's a big country with a lot of history. There are pictures in the archives of dads in uniforms at scouts' ECoHs. Heck, I think I remember one of a scout in uniform at his dad's ECoH! Some dads who are pros wear the professional dress uniform. Whatever you put on, don't forget the most important part: smile! It's a great d
    2 points
  5. I wore my uniform. Partly because I wanted a nice photo of me and him in our "formal" uniform (necker & beads for me, MB sash for him). Most other folks in my Troop have kind of followed the "how active are you" thought process. If they regularly attend Troop functions in uniform then they wore their uniform for their son's ECOH. Even if they are very active, if they do not usually wear the uniform then they have not worn it for the ECOH.
    2 points
  6. If he is really into make lists and deadlines, then stop him from focusing on the RANK. Have him list the knowledge, skills and training he will need to reach each recognition point. Other words, I will camp and make my own tent on my first night under the stars by xxx, 2019. I will volunteer to make the menu and cook the food on the second outing by xxx, 2109. I will earn my whittling chip and fire making skills at next camporee which is on xxx, 2019. I will attend my troops leadership course on xxx, 2020. My first merit badge will be in xxx and will be done by xxx, 2020. He will (
    2 points
  7. Ask the Eagle scout......
    1 point
  8. Good point, if the ECoH is at the beach, and surf's up, bring your board and hang ten!
    1 point
  9. What does your son want you to wear?
    1 point
  10. This is one I'm somewhat wrestling with as well. My son's ECoH is coming up in six or seven weeks. I'm a committee member, and I come to nearly every meeting. Generally I wear a class B, but I do don the class A for Courts of Honor and when we go on outings and campouts. Because of that, I'll probably wear my class A at my son's ECoH, since that's what I normally wear to Courts of Honor.
    1 point
  11. Excellent question. I ran into the exact same situation. My personal opinion is the Scoutmaster wears the uniform because they by default represent the BSA Mission of the program. Anybody else can go as mom or dad. But, if the SM wants to go as mom or dad, I'm OK with that too. Barry
    1 point
  12. I second the use of metal pans. One chicken feed pan on top another (bottom to bottom) will insulate your coals from the cold wet ground. Any idea what the ingredients are in a Crisbee stick?
    1 point
  13. Yep! 🙄 Reminds me of our flight to Europe last year. Note to Travel Agent (Miss Barry), no seats near the bathrooms/kitchen(alcohol) area. Barry
    1 point
  14. $24,000?! That's at least fourteen bags of popcorn right there.
    1 point
  15. I have known Scouts who did not want a full blown special ECoH. I have known Scouts that settled for an elongated "normal" Troop CoH. I have known Scouts that relished the notoriety of the hotel catered dinner with speech from the State Senator. I have known Scouts that "went thru" the CoH for their parents and were never seen again at any Scout event. My favorite was a pair of brothers. The older waited for his younger to pass his EBoR and then they planned a campout on their grandparents' farm. Everything and everyone had to hike in to the site about 500 yards. Tables set up, ca
    1 point
  16. After doing Eagle Scoutmaster Conferences for 30+ years, one of the questions I always asked was "When did you decide you wanted to become an Eagle?" And one of the most popular responses was "When I was at so and so's Eagle COH." So it is not only for the eagle candidate. but is a great inspiration for younger scouts. Dale
    1 point
  17. Exactly right. I'm the ASM in our troop tasked with guiding the PLC in implementing the First Class program. I've been doing it for a few years now. Things changed quite a lot in 2016. Before that, Scout rank was a slam-dunk that could easily be done in the first meeting or two. The 12-month target was realistic. After 2016, it took more work to get past Scout, and most scouts needed closer to 18 months to reach First Class. Scout rank is still mostly easy, but the new scout patrols typically take a few weeks before they figure out their patrol identity (patrol name, yell, emblem
    1 point
  18. I suspect that what they observed is that Scouts who become engaged in the program tend to stay and scouts who do not tend to leave. Too much inaction leads to boredom and loss of interest. At a national level, they saw that emerge as trends such as First Class First Year. We see that in our troop. Scouts we get started and get engaged stay. Those who get started but never really get going leave. In our world, an active Scout tends to advance. I translate all of this as: getting a scout to first class in 12-18 months isn't the goal. having a program in which Scouts
    1 point
  19. HEAR YOU SCOUTS, AND YOU PARENTS TOO, OF THE ... TALE OF TWO EAGLES! Once there were two Eagles. The First Eagle was the son of a "Double Eagle," or an Eagle Scout and Explorer Silver recipient. "Double Eagle" dad pushed and pushed and pushed his son to earn Eagle at the ripe old age of 13. Since the Silver Award was no longer around for Exploring, dad did no pushing for that. Since the First Eagle met his dad's expectations, and thought his journey was over, he quit Scouting at 13, only to rejoin many years later when his own son became a Tiger Cub. Now the First Eagl
    1 point
  20. So the existence of the Ineligible Volunteer files is old news. This feels like a couple of ambulance chasers trying to get law suits into the courts before the BSA files for bankruptcy.
    1 point
  21. So, desert, from your post (and note, I might agree with some of the general sentiments you express) I gather that the purpose of requiring the full uniform at weekly meetings is to ensure that boys will know how to dress properly in the adult business/work world. Suppose a boy joins a troop in February of 5th grade, and stays all the way through 12th grade, at which time he ages out. Suppose the troop holds 40 meetings a year, each 2 hours long (for sake of argument). Suppose also, that this boy attends each and every meeting. He will have attended something like 300 weekly troop me
    1 point
  22. As a youth, I was a member of two fully-uniformed-at-all-meeting troops. We looked good, but guess what? We rarely went outside. And 50some meetings in the Legion hall or church basement can get boring real darn quick. No wonder they leave. Today, I would have no problem with a troop meeting in Class Bs, if the purpose is to facilitate troop activities. Where I would draw the line, however, would be on the jeans front. Not because they look bad, but because they're generally utterly impractical for the outdoors - hot, heavy and if you get them wet, fergitaboutit. As adults, we ought to be
    1 point
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