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I have problems as it is falling asleep and staying asleep when camping. I am not really sure its me or if its an equipment issue. Meaning, I havent found what I need to get a good nights sleep yet. Anyway, last night at camp we had to listen to this ALL NIGHT!!! Joked about having it for breakfast.

So glad we could do our mulch fundraiser this year, although my back might have a different opinion. (Not me in the forklift).

Three cheers for this point. CO shopping is just another word for "finding someone to let us get away with stuff and stay out of our way." COs refusing to exercise at least a modicum of control and/or oversight is at least a partial reason for the sexual abuse scandals. Of course now COs are starting to overreact and throw units out when what should have happened all along was a happy medium.

It isn't anger. It is a realization that the CO-BSA model has been a joke for years. The theory back in the early days of BSA was that a group of locals of good moral character would select what we now call the Key-3 from among themselves or others in the community that they personally knew/could vouch for. In theory. In practice what you now have, and had for DECADES, is COs who were under the impression they were just there to give free space for the unit, not be involved, etc. Of course, units were often only too happy to let that impression stick because it meant they could

As an FYI, victims should rest assured that the TCC has a handle on the insurance issues. This is the firm the TCC retained at the start of the bankruptcy as its insurance professionals. https://pasichllp.com/ Specifically, this founder is the lead for the TCC: https://pasichllp.com/attorney/kirk-pasich/

We did it on our own. I'm not sure there are any guides. It's fairly simple. But there's really no way to resupply. Our only mistake was the timing. Go later when the skeeters aren't around. It was absolutely beautiful, and just as steep. My GPS said we were doing 500' vertical, up or down, per mile. Even if that wasn't too accurate it was stunning scenery.

Great topic ! We've discussed this a bit and we're looking to switch to the new approach of a council chartered unit by a "group of citizens". At the same time, we're hoping our current CO still lets us use their space on a priority basis. I really don't think the CO sees a difference as they've never actively overseen the troop. It's more a liability issue. At the same time, your criteria is a good starting point. Much of the criteria is similar to choosing a scoutmaster. .... "Does he have a truck that can pull the troop trailer? Yes. Great. Then he's the scout

1) Tax status is automatically extended to the unit because, for legal and BSA purposes, the unit is simply an appendage of the CO. If your CO is tax exempt, so is your unit. It if is for profit, so is your unit. 2) Extending insurance coverage is again not up to the CO. If they are volunteers APPROVED BY THE CO, they are automatically covered by whatever insurance National and the local council have AND (by virtue of being volunteers) whatever the CO has. THIS was a huge problem and why many COs are getting sued into oblivion because they thought they could charted a unit and were n

I was in insurance my entire career. Years ago, there was no aggregate limit. Therefore if you had a $1 Million per occurrence liability policy, the policy was not exhausted after a single occurrence payment in that amount. Later, Aggregate limits were introduced to limit the total value of payouts. I would venture a guess that there are some old policies without aggregates that cover acts occurring during the coverage period, rather than when the claim is made.

When my son Joseph was much younger (he earned his Eagle, and is now a strapping young man of 26), I was helping him one night with his homework, he said to me, "dad, you had it easier than me in school." I said, what do you mean? He replied, "you had alot less history to remember !" I had to agree with him. And so he became interested in the history I had lived thru, that I had actually seen. I have to plead guilty in not asking more questions of my parents and grandparents. The "elders" I grew up with, who knew the world I inherited. My grandparents lived thru the flu epi

Look at Schedule 2 and 3 here. https://casedocs.omniagentsolutions.com/cmsvol2/pub_47373/876518_2293.pdf This shows all of the various insurance policies for National and LCs. The question is what is coverage of each of these policies. Then someone would have to see how many claims existed against that specific policy. Then add all of those up. The problem for Hartford (and others) is that have a ton of exposure through multiple policies. I think the TCC is asking (through Discovery) how they came up with $650M. The collation has already concluded the that $650M is not ad

The problem was they got started at 10:30 and didnt stop. Still going at 6:00 am when I got up. I think there was one right above my tent. 😂

We were out at Cooper Lake State Park last night and had the same lovely neighbor... perfect night otherwise!

They don't, these days. Years ago they estimated with a factor for expected occurrences.