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  1. Greetings @ASMPeter! And welcome to the forum! Congratulations to your daughter on these impressive achievements! And I know what it takes as a parent to guide them on their road to these recognitions, so good on you, too! Congratulations also on your first post stirring up the old hornet's nest! I love it. You'll find here two kinds of folks: the letter of the law, and the spirit of law. The letter of the law folks will tell you, NO!, if it isn't written in the Guide to Awards and Insignia, then you are wrong to do it. The spirit of the law folks, are more aligned wi
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  2. Thank you for the kind and friendly response! My experience with the professional scouters so far has been that they are great people who are taking on a large task and doing their best to deliver a great program with very stretched resources. So I agree that getting every detail of the books and codes consistent with the big changes to Scouting after incorporating girls into the program is not always the top priority. In that sense, I certainly tend towards being a spirit of the law guy.
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  3. The article says "the committed amounts to be paid under the plan total more than $3.0 billion" which is news to me... the last I recall was around $2.5 billion. That two plus years of negotiating with the biggest insurance companies yielded $1.6 billion but "additional funds from non-settling insurance companies could add another $4 billion" always seems laughable. A restated conclusion: A payment in full plan—100%—would be impressive. I hope this plan goes into effect but I think many are willfully delusional about the required level of funding. Again, hope I'm wrong!
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  4. https://mediatbankry.com/2023/04/11/boy-scouts-plan-pays-all-claims-in-full-100-and-is-affirmed-on-appeal/ Check this out and share your thoughts on this.
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  5. Surprised no one mentioned Aviation. Have your kid fall in love with planes, and they'll never have money for drugs.
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  6. @Mrjeff, if you Google "order of the arrow national committee," here is the very first thing that pops up: https://oa-bsa.org/about/leadership/national-committee It is, as you might imagine, a link to the names and positions of the members of the Order of the Arrow's National Committee. If you go the Order of the Arrow's web page, this is also linked through the home page. It isn't mystical, and "whoever they are" is easily and readily available information to anyone who even has the slightest jot of curiosity and iota of resourcefulness. I point this out because who they are is
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  7. I have recently learned that the mystical national committee, whoever they are, voted on something concerning AIA but are keeping it a secret. A SECRET, if they have the brass to think they can dictate what every lodge in the nation can do then they should at least publicize it and be willing to deal with the push back and fall out. If they try to forbid the use of regalia and verbiage they may be in for a great big stinking and expensive 1st Amendment law suit. That may get their attention. After reading many of the previous posts I would like to remind the group that each lodge is SUPPO
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