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  1. Thank you everyone! Everything’s ok with my vote. Lawyer got back to me right away. Omni hasn’t and that’s fine but I submitted the question to their online bsa section. I still would like them to reach out to me though. I wish all of you nothing but happiness and fulfillment in life. It’s okay to have bad days, as long as there is at least one good one. That day came to me in the form of my wife. I don’t know, without this person’s compassion and understanding I would still be completely broken and lost.
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  2. I’m starting to wonder if this 15% is made up of a majority of survivors who have strong claims and come from open states. They are the ones who would benefit most from a BSA only bankruptcy.
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  3. Sorry to hear that, @NJScout1980. I read and responded to your post. While we may disagree on some things, I don't recall anything not appropriate for this forum. For what it's worth... I hope you keep posting. Here's the article that was shared: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrauss/2022/03/08/bankruptcy-and-the-boy-scouts/ I urge everyone to brush up on their critical readings skills if they do read it.
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  4. "If wishes were fishes we'd eat for a lifetime." There is 0% chance this hope is realized. Also, 85% is not a good sign. 8000 holdout votes of 56,500 voting claimants is not insubstantial.
    2 points
  5. I'm undergoing a remodel. It seems endless. Painfully so. One thing after another. Overruns. Redundancies. Do overs. Inflation. Supply chain. Bid adjustments. Delays upon delays. Unscrupulous people. Sound familiar? The electrician was installing lights yesterday. He is an affable, tatted up, big-bearded biker sorta fella. I like him. Yesterday, he overheard me muttering to myself after finding the latest dumb thing one of the other sub's did. He chimed in from the other room, "You're dancing in the hotdog factory, again. Get out of there and don't come back until they tell you it's finished."
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  6. It will take a unique American scout who understands what an SDG is. The odds favor someone who’s been to world Jambo, they could have met someone whose travels there helped them meet a school requirement regarding SDGs. However, even though they might not speak the lingo, they might be occupied in meeting an SDG. I think I’ll give Son #2 a nudge. He’s into next gen municipal water purification.
    1 point
  7. The author the Forbes article writes "since the bankruptcy, these 1700-odd claims (which already seemed like a lot to me) exploded to over 100,000" @johnsch322was highlighting the biases of the author.
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  8. I scream every time I see something about negotiating for "better" youth protection. [This has nothing to do with the points in your post, @johnsch322.] I may have mentioned this earlier but that (better youth protection) was the chat answer I received from Doug Kennedy of the TCC as the reason to vote for this plan. appropriate youth protection should have been implemented as soon as it was determined to not be sufficient. This is a BSA failure (and is presumably an on-going failure until a bankruptcy case is over). that it is being negotiated as part of a bankruptcy stemming fro
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  9. Somehow, I feel like the TCC has called the other party's bluff. they got nowhere in getting additional money so in return for their endorsement of the plan they were able to get better youth protection and TDP. Are they betting that more money will have to be put on the table to get the plan confirmed and thru the appeals process?
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  10. Approximately 3,000 additional people had their votes counted (how that squares with the difference from the non-counted vote appendices is more effort than I'm willing to put in at the moment). Of the counted votes, approximately 9,000 more people voted accept and 6,000 less people voted reject. I'm assuming the bulk of the 6,000 fewer reject votes are changed votes and the 3,000 additional counted votes were predominantly to accept. Further, I'm assuming the bulk of the changed votes are the 5,000 additional yes votes are from those voting by master ballot (i.e., certain law firms chang
    1 point
  11. Looking at the updated numbers, it shows 22,004 survivors opted out of granting 3rd party liability releases. That's almost 50% of the total number of survivors who voted. I would think a district court judge and maybe JSS would consider this as not overwhelming support for the plan. At least as it relates to BSA trying to bring their friends Tom, Dick and Harry to the party. And for the indirect abuse claims, the percentage is much higher who rejected the 3rd party liability releases....
    1 point
  12. Thanks for sharing the article. I'd suggest reading it critically (and not only because it's an op-ed by a member of the Federalist Society). Here's one example: I agree that fees should be kept to a minimum but who cares how much the "original trust" was worth and why should it be a basis for comparison? In fact, the author is making a point in the opposite direction: after experts and lawyers were part of the negotiations, the current trust is going to be over $2.7B. I mean, that's a return on investment! Spending $2 to get $24 is a good deal. A 1217% ROI! To the second point,
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  13. Purdue had 120,000 and were able to get 95% on board and the district court rejected the plan. The question .... can you force someone to eliminate their right to due process against a non bankrupt organization through a bankruptcy ruling? Many district judges are saying no. Others say yes ... but only in very unique cases AND it requires overwhelming support. I've struggled to see many cases approved <90%. It doesn't matter if they would be better off or not. It is their right to chose their own path in the legal system. I question if district court was going to allow
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  14. Yikes. 85% seems low. I'm still 95% convinced Judge LSS will approve the plan. I expect some minor changes, but she could have easily changed the direction during the RSA hearing. Also, I think bankruptcy judges believe bankruptcy is the best path for compensation and dealing with non debtors. However, that 85% will provide plan opponents some fire power during the district court review. I haven't seen the 3rd circuit district court review/approve a non debtor release since Purdue. I wouldn't be surprised to see plan approval in bankruptcy then kicked back by the district. At some
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  15. So incredibly true. The story of Survivors isn't the stories of individuals. It's the stories of how what happened affected all those around them. My abuser changed my life AND the lives of my wife, children, friends, co-workers and others. I'm fighting for them even more than for myself. Give those people like her an extra long hug. They deserve it.
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  16. A lot of leaders don't realize how often they have to repeat, "We need you here. You're welcome. Get trained come camping with us. Sit and fish. The coffee will be strong and hot. Yes, we let scouts do their thing. No we don't want parents to badger kids about advancement. Yes we need you to encourage your scout. We also need you to enjoy watching him/her grow strong and good." If we don't do that enough, we will seem hostile.
    1 point
  17. Around 15 or so years ago, our Boy Scout Troop attended the Dorchester International Brotherhood Camporee in Ontario, Canada. At the time of course, the BSA youth was all male but Scouts Canada was co-ed. When we attended I had some interesting conversations with Scouts Canada adult leaders about what they thought the plusses and minuses of "going co-ed" were for them. About the only negative they sited was the difficulty in finding female Scouters to attend camping trips. An intended benefit I saw from the boys in my troop were that the younger Scouts (not yet really interested in
    1 point
  18. 1. Pray, you will need it. Scouting is having a very challenging time, and some professionals are not willing to adapt. My current council is getting rid of my District Commissioner, because he is not "effective" serving units as we are not growing in membership and units. We are in the middle of bankruptcy, COs abandoning the program, and a pandemic. Need to focus on existing units that are in trouble, and not starting new units. 2. Listen to your unit leaders. Use those counseling skills learned in WB. 3. Multiply yourself by getting good UCs to help you. 4. DO NOT USE UNIT L
    1 point
  19. Well, I can speak only for the shower houses and restrooms at my council camp and the separate show and restroom stalls are simply sterile-cinderblock walls to a ceiling. NO place to mount a camera, even concealed without being obvious to anyone looking for a concealed camera. That all being said, I do not know if my camp's shower houses and restrooms were built to National standards, or something else. So, perhaps my council camp's buildings are unique. But I agree, virtually every building is unique, wherever located.
    1 point
  20. Sadly, these types of considerations now become part of the "routine" of making camp safe, and on our list of things adult volunteers need to be alert to. So, my council camp has three separate buildings, two shower houses and the pool house. All are relatively new, perhaps the last 8 to 10 years. They are built on the single stall model, single stalls for restroom facilities, and single shower stalls. Each stall locks from the inside. All stalls open to the OUTSIDE. In full view of anyone present. Each building has a central service corridor for mechanicals to service each
    1 point
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