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This framing drives me crazy. BSA isn't being sued because BSA has money, BSA is being sued because BSA DID SOMETHING WRONG! That has been the finding of virtually every judge and jury that has heard these cases: BSA knew or should have known that pedophiles were using its program to access victims. BSA's failures, to act, to watch, to look, to enforce rules, etc. were the reason its members, volunteer and professional, were able to sexually assault children --- for decades. BSA DID SOMETHING WRONG AS AN ORGANIZATION! That's why they were sued AND LOST, over and over again. If BSA had

As long as individuals or groups try to paint a picture of Child Sexual Abuse in the BSA that is not the truth, then these untruths will continue to be called out. That is the minimum that those victims who have died or have gone down deep dark holes as a result of their abuse deserve.

Go ahead. Just no sad faces please.

It seems to me that the horse, has been beat until it is no longer even good for the glue factory. Perhaps we can work on doing our best to stop it from happening. There still cannot ever be absolutes, and if it does happen, the response needs to also follow the guidelines, and work to punish the actual perpetrator, and holding any who bent to pressure to overlook or something to accountability.

Sure. What concerns me is when there becomes an issue that is credible and in some way can be tied back to an error that someone slipped through, the PR alone is going to be the end of this organization, and the financial impacts for that are going to be just the icing on the cake.

As long as individuals or groups try to paint a picture of Child Sexual Abuse in the BSA that is not the truth, then these untruths will continue to be called out. Absolutely true; and the premise plays both directions.

Welcome. Pull up a stump to the virtual campfire and grab a cup of coffee.

Another example "Julia Totora, a 12 year old from Pitman,NJ keeps a passion for environmentalism behind her shy smile and soft-spoken voice. Most recently, Julia became the youngest recipient of New Jersey's James J. Florio Emerging Environmental Leader award. The James J. Florio Emerging Environmental Leader Award, which was introduced last year, recognizes a New Jersey resident currently in high school or college who demonstrates exceptional leadership and has experience coordinating environmental sustainability events. At only 12, she'd already successfully ran a petitio

Number one this is not a lawsuit it is a bankruptcy initiated by the BSA to avoid more lawsuits. Number two if the BSA was an open-sourced product then the local councils would be facing all the lawsuits and would have to make the decisions of whether or not to go bankrupt. Number three nobody targeted the BSA. Not one person has as a youth knew a pedophile in the BSA signed up as a member and allowed the pedophile to molest them so they could 50 years later sue the BSA. In fact, the BSA set themselves up with their history of cover ups and lies (BSA official testifying before congr

The leader is question wasn't a US citizen at all, which is what the question was about, but since I've had to look at this myself I happen to know that this isn't accurate. The US government does recognize dual citizenships. https://www.usa.gov/dual-citizenship

There is some merit to the sentiment that, “All’s well that ends well.” A scout whose effort on a particular requirement was not as hearty as they could have done or should have done, and that they have recognized their shortcoming, and used that as a springboard to improve or perfect their future efforts, toward their future scout advancement or later as an adult scout mentor… Well, the Scouting program thereby produced a responsible adult. Meeting the program’s goal. And, everyone follows a Scouting Trail personal to themselves. Unit leadership, summer camp staff, m

I find your discussion astute, and agree that age is, as many say, just a number. Of course, in parts of the world that number in regard to youth is varied in its validity for some involvements. In over fifty years in Scouting, more than 45 as an adult, I have had the pleasure of meeting many fine youth and even mentored a fair share, or I hope so. Part of that has been as happened sitting on local Eagle boards, likely at least fifteen or so. Also attended numerous Eagle dinners of recognition and visited with Eagles of all ages, from 13, completed just short of that age, to actually

I got a response from National - wear the std UC patch on the SS uniform. OK ...

I agree with previous leader who's name I can't copy because of special characters. #1 Email - My thought is it enables the term limits. Scouts and families get used to emailing scoutmaster@mycharter.net. When scoutmaster changes, the communication change is invisible to them. It's a good idea. #2 Banking - Lots of extra work for CO treasurer. "Account" can be interpreted many ways, but the CO agreement does strongly strongly infer a separate bank account. IMHO, if the funds can be cleanly tracked separately, then perhaps it's okay. I'd still strongly prefer a separate troo

I commend this young man for his maturity and hope that many others follow suit. Having spent 20 years in political opposition to the National Movement, I can tell you: They don't care what you think. They are moving forward with great purpose and intent and you can take it or you can leave it. A Scouting career of bitter intransigence hurts the Movement, and this guy gets that. I left 20 years ago as I felt Scouting was out of line with my values. Now I'm back for Scouting 2.0, with my kids, and couldn't be happier. I was away from Scouting long enough to know that the finest folks