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Welcome, @AmberG! Thanks for the post, and for reviving an old thread. Trust is extremely important. It is earned, and can be easily lost through inconsiderate acts.

Article is now posted on official BSA scouting newsroom site (link below). Apparently, the BSA sent this important press release to Globe NewsWire earlier which Google Search found first posted at a Chinese (Hong Kong) news website and then later on Yahoo Financial where I linked and backtracked to authenticate. Odd to me. Anyway, https://www.scoutingnewsroom.org/press-releases/bsas-new-ceo-visits-the-national-center-for-missing-exploited-children/ Reference: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/press-release-distribution

1/8/2024(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In one of his first official visits, BSA CEO Roger Krone met with Derrick Driscoll, Chief Operating Officer of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) at their headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. He was accompanied by the BSA’s Youth Protection Executive, Glen Pounder, Chief Marketing Officer Michael Ramsey, and the BSA’s General Counsel, Joseph Zirkman. In addition to Driscoll, the team met with NCMEC’s Stacy Garrett, Vice President of Content and Community Engagement, Staca Shehan, Vice President of Analytical Services and John Sheha

Fine lines exist on how to challenge young people, or even adults. Many, likely most, would not be damaged by once common stunts like the snipe hunt. But, in the modern era, too many youth are unprepared for even a small amount of teasing, and too many parents overreact to it when it occurs. Society will not protect us from our own mental challenges and fears. Care needs to be taken, but much of that is the so called responsible adult being aware if someone is showing stress and removing them from the focus at a minimum, and maybe reviewing things with other adults and even the youth. It

An owner was sorting through a box of her deceased mother’s antiques. Among the items was a 1936 Girl Scout first aid kit which contained two picric acid gauze pads. ... Orovile, CA police were called for proper disposal. https://www.facebook.com/OrovillePDOfficial/ Friday, January 5th, 2024, at approximately 1:19 pm, the Oroville Police Department received a call for service regarding a possibly explosive substance in the downtown area. The business owner advised they were going through antique items, which they had bee

So I guess the DE would need to be actually visible in the district, maybe make an effort to get to know the units, and not be an arrogant and condescending person in communications with units.

My mother was SIX when my scout master grandfather sniped her. He left her in the woods in the DARK with no flashlight with a bag and told her to catch the big white bird. She wasn't scared at first, but after about 15 minutes she was terrified. She knew her way back to the camp, but not in the dark. He got in trouble with the wife for that, and the wife told my mother to get him back. So one day she jumped out and scared him. He dropped the trash bag, and remained angry the rest of the day at her. My mother never, I repeat, she never did it again to him. Isn't that so hypocritical? S