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Here is the link to the info. https://www.scouting.org/program-updates/cub-scout-program-updates-announced/ The four areas of improvement are the Bobcat badge, Cub Scout Adventures, Webelos, and Cub Scout Awards. Bobcat will no longer be a badge that is earned once when a Cub Scout joins. It will become a required Adventure for each rank and earned each year. The requirements for the Bobcat Adventure are different for each grade to make them age-appropriate. Cub Scout Adventures have been improved to make it easier to deliver the program to mult

"Observation" means "no participation or interference" in what you are observing. Many parents can't do that.

The main point of these changes which most people seem to have missed is that each rank is vertically aligned now. This helps a pack in 2 ways. First of all a pack suffering from lack of leadership can more easily combine grade levels into a "mixed" den and keep the whole program running. Secondly the pack leadership can align when they do the related adventures month-to-month so that the monthly pack meeting/outing aligns with what the cubs were learning all month. This brings the cub program into alignment with how a troop should function (practice in meetings, execute in outings). These

So the SM is off the mark. First of all, all aspects of the program are open to parent observation. Secondly part of the purpose of the committee is to monitor and potentially correct problems in the SM corps. My gut tells me that the SM is doing something wrong and was possibly challenged on it and is now trying to get rid of observation.

IMHO This is not a YPT issue, but a ego PT... BSA is very careful about ALL events and operations being open to observation by parents. This does not mean "manipulation" but looking on and "being there". Registration as an adult and taking the YPT is necessary, but no one can deny the parent the right/ability to "observe". Converstion wih those involved seems appropriate. The CO and COR are to be involved, and IMHO, a Troop cannot have too many WELL TRAINED ASMs... And maybe your local Unit Commish, if you have one. Right, Fred?

I won't disagree that 5.5 has been too long of an expansion; however, the alternative allows youngsters to be captured by alternative programs (Y-guides, AYSO soccer, etc.), which all have programs for small-fry. Without a BSA small-fry program, a youngster's life would already be full with alternatives before a BSA program ever gets a chance at him/her.

One of the things to consider is that a 10 year old has a much easier time learning all the knots than a six or seven year old. They aren't cramming anything -- they are simply mostly more capable of it by that age.

It is Scouting Adventure requirement #6

Locally, our Scouts participated in a number of Veterana' Day programs or recognitions. One of them was at our local county government center where Scouts acted as honor guards for Vets being recognized from each of the services, including Coast Guard. They even note the Space Force, though not sure that is ever going to be large in the short term. For our area, we actually have Vandenburg fairly close, ust up the coast. Anway, at the event we had one Gold Star family recognized, and we had two WWII Vets, one 98, and one 102. We have a photo of one of my own unit scouts shaking hand

We didn’t / we don’t. It became the Scout rank in 2015. Things change.

With due respect, are that many people going to be upset with the removal of the Bobcat Badge as a rank? I've always thought of it as a bit of an "odd duck" among Cub Scout awards. The diamond of "Lion, Tiger, Wolf, and Bear" is going to look sharp and show an intuitive progression through the program.

Read the guide to advancement. That probably has the most definitive answer. One cannot fail a BoR for not wearing the uniform alone. So, that is about as close as you can get to a position. If the uniform isn't required for a BoR, how could it be required to wear to a meeting? Are you going to turn Scouts away if they aren't wearing it? You do know the Scouts in your troop are just volunteers, right?

There may not be language in the US Flag Code or any other Federal Statute that dictates which direction the star field faces. However, there is an advisory group (exact name escapes me) on flag etiquette that does outline the current practice you see on aircraft and military uniforms. Their admitted unofficial guidance is that the star field should face direction of travel on an object that moves. This didn't become an issue for the military until we began wearing flags on our sleeves or brassards in coalition or UN-sponsored operations. IMHO, it's not a huge issue for B

We just had this discussion on the USSCOUTS foram a while back. I have included part of a response from Mike Walton which explains the flag patch issue. If you want to read the whole thing go to USSCOUTS Discuss-it page. Quoted from Mike Walton below: >Here's the bottom line: *The Boy Scouts of America makes wearing of the U.S. Flag insignia an OPTIONAL ITEM. It has been this way since 1957, when the U.S. flag emblem was first added as a piece of BSA insignia in advance of the World Jamboree in Idaho in the early 60s. *The Boy Scouts of America's National Uniform

Flag ettiquette and the BSA Handbook (pg. 44) say that when a flag is hung against a wall (or an arm, in this case), the union is to the observer's left. I would guess that in the military, someone figured out that displaying the flag this way indicates that the wearer is going backwards -- not something the military generally wants to do. IMHO, the BSA is properly applying the rule, since the flag is being displayed statically, not flying in the breeze. (All previous disclaimers as to personal opinion, political correctness, and due respect to the military are hereby acknowledged

I'll advance a theory to your question. I'm a professional Scouter with nothing to back me up, so I want to stress that it is only my own personal view, and not the view of the Boy Scouts of America. The flag on a uniform or vehicle should be portrayed as flying in the direction of the wind or viewed from left to right. On a stationary American Flag, the flag is displayed with the stars on the left --- just the way it is on the BSA uniform and in a room and on a wall. My theory is that the stars are on the right on soldiers' uniforms because they are rushing toward an enemy and