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Phone? Que es Phone ? I get emails, and have to remind the Scout to copy to another Scouter for YP requirements...

Bigger troops are not the issue. My ideal troop size is 35 to 50. Baden-Powell said 32, but corrected for society changes, I think larger troops of 75 to 100 are okay. One great benefit is to do more campouts / activities and a greater variety of campouts / activities. The issues are ... Not recognizing long-term existing BSA policies, etc. MBC is not a troop position and has never been a troop position. MBC has always been a council approved position. MBC app allows to say what troops to mentor, but also has bold stating counselors are encouraged to work b

Not True. Volunteers always know before Council Employees lol. One of the reasons i'm on this board, actually.

If I'm 'waiting with baited breath', does that mean that I have to put worms in my mouth? Do Red Wrigglers taste better than Night Crawlers?

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away." The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet. "How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."

I wouldn't single out BSA. Our society doesn't trust male leaders.

I generally agree with the quantitative vs. qualitative arguments. That said, I think JTE creates a lot of make work for leaders. For example, if I submit a charter in year 1, and again in year 2, then things like retention and recruiting should be automatically recorded for my unit. Same for advancement and Webelos-to-scout transition. Leaders have already turned in all the paperwork required to calculate those numbers. Requiring unit leaders to gather a bunch of data for a paper form at the end of the year is crazy. The metrics for things like weekend camping are of limited va

To boldly camp where most will not camp anymore!

I have a James E West knot and I have no idea who donated the money for it. I put it on my uniform as a way to say thank you to the donor. So please don't assume it's someone that wants to buy recognition.

Good question...unfortunately, we volunteers will be the last to know.

.....holds dominion over people when they understand little, and need simple stories and legends to comfort and explain. But legends and the ignorance that give them birth are a house of limitations and darkness. Knowledge is freedom, freedom from ignorance and its offspring fear; knowledge is light and liberation. Knowledge that the world contains itself and its origins, and the hope of knowledge again. Dare to know, that is the motto of enlightenment." A.C. Graying, The Skeptic's Bible....