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Maybe just a moment to take a break in the discussion and upvote or downvote @RememberSchiff for his diligent and faithful monitoring of this site, and all the delightful and informative Scouting news and insights he brings to us. "Diligent" is how I think of his effort. (AND, moderators, all upvotes should be attributed to @RememberSchiffand downvotes attributed to me.) Thanks all.

I'm only here because of the good, strong moderation. Unmoderated sites turn into nasty cesspools good for nothing real quick. Doing something constructive, therefore, requires moderation. Thank you, @RememberSchiff.

Hi all! I recently became Scoutmaster of our Troop in Maine, and joined this forum because our Troop has some great strengths but also some glaring challenges, and I'm sure I'll need plenty of advice. I'm trying to repair the patrol method in this troop, and bring things back to being truly scout led. I'm looking forward to future collaboration and conversation on this forum!!!

While I do in fact, tend to lean towards the survivors, from my personal experience I question really how many cases the BSA has culpability in. Is every case in the bankruptcy documented in BSA files or are there others that have only surfaced recently... When one does not have all the facts for either side it brings to mind the old adage of 'figures never lie but liars sure can figure'... not that anyone on either side intentionally lies but half truths and misinformation can lead even the best intentioned persons far astray. My personal hope it that this issue can soon be put to rest and th

I do not understand the concept that "the premise plays in both directions." National lost the Oregon case. Filed bankruptcy anticipating 8,000± claims. >80,000+ claims were filed. (Now I don't for a moment believe that 80,000+ claims is anywhere close to an accurate measure of the actual claims as the bankruptcy claims process appears to me to horribly bungled.) But, National believes 8,000+ and the bankruptcy proceeding is 80,000+. So, nowhere do either of those figures reduce to zero. That is, even National agrees that there are valid outstanding claims. Tha

Roger Krone reporting from Northern Tier... another well done.

There is no point comparing sports to scouts, either as an activity or as an expense. Ten days at Philmont can break down to be just about as much.