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The best part of Scouting is some of the people you meet. The worst part of Scouting is some of the other people you meet.

My apologies. I did not mean to indicate you had not communicate. Sometimes our scout's families subvert the very program we are trying to establish. My key points were about this should not be in G2SS.

First, who "on a national level" indicated you were not worth a crap? Exec committee? National Staff? I know this came up last fall, but if even half of what you said happened at that WB weekend occurred you really, really owe it to yourself and others to ask for a review of what went on. Second, and this is something that I have learned oh so often. No one "on a national level" could care less about anyone at the unit level. I know I see lots of people with knots on their chest indicating that once upon a time they held a unit level position (den leader, cubmaster/scoutmaster, etc.) but

They have driven BSA into bankruptcy. Why would anyone listen to them?

Plus a violation of camp policy by not signing out when leaving camp.

I agree with your disruption point and your example is meaningful. My issue is putting the rule in Guide To Safe Scouting, Abuse, etc. Are we saying the scout is not safe with the mom? Are we saying parents should not be allowed to take their kids out of camp because it endangers the troop? ... "barring medical exceptions" Are we saying a non-emergency medical condition allows ignoring Guide To Safe Scouting rules ? Radically, I'm going to assert ... Scouts are safe with their mom and dad. Troops have zero authority to override parents in such decisions on the basis of "safet

I gave you an upvote for using an appropriate expression on the first Friday of Lent.

A council can prohibit an activity. It cannot require one. Maybe someone should ask the council what they mean by "family camp." I suspect it means, due to covid, families are eating and tenting on their own. So if you're going to camp then eat and tent by families. It makes sense to me. It is also not requiring an activity.

A good lifeguard should always be ready and willing to demonstrate his knowledge and skills.

Yes. The safety of my swimmers is too important for me to trust to anyone whose knowledge and skills we have not personally verified. Even if the scout had already earned his lifesaving merit badge, he would still need to demonstrate (to us) his competence as a lifeguard.

It is really an effort to do anything Scout related. I just can't get into it. Without getting into to much detail, I have always had self confidence, anxiety, and depression issues. Being a leader was helping me a lot I think, I was talking to leaders outside my unit, getting out of the house going to RT, After my WB experience in October that I will not rehash here. things went south. I went from mad to disappointed to really depressed. At the beginning of December. I left all the Scout FB groups, I unfriended everyone on FB that wasn't family. I have removed myself as an adm