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HI All I have to laugh at the first time we had a backpacking expert come in and talk to our familes. We were going on our first big backpacking trek in six months and we wanted to give the families and idea of their sons needed. Well by the time he finished his talk, each family needed to cough up $1500. That almost ended the trek, but we started all over and found someone who showed us how to get what we needed at less than a third the cost. You dont need to go for the expensive gear. For example you can find fleece vest, jackets and even pants at Walmart really cheap right now. Many

Happy Scouting All >>I'm now trying to figure out how to best address the dad's feelings.

>>you raise excellent points calico. The BSa and 4-h seem to share two out of the three basic principles, I am just not sure that I would be willing to give up God in order to be able to say that the BSA has X number more members than the 4-H has.

Umm, you need to go study up on the Girls Scouts, Campfire, and Canadian scouts and measure their success after attempting the same progressive design. Not one of those organizations has recovered to the success they had before they changed and I hear the Canadian Scouts is hanging on by a thread. That is a considerable feat considering that the Canadian Scouts had one of the strongest Scouting organizations in the early 90s. In fact, I have not heard a lot about Scouting outside US and Canada, but I wonder if any scouting program in other countries has done better after radically chang

Sunny Oklahoma Wednesday All >>Not to take anything away from the cub scout program but from an adult leadership position the Pack should have less drama than a troop. The CC and CM run a show once month and help set-up a calendar for the year.

Just before I got back into this scouting stuff, our district use to participate in an Emergency Drill simulation that evolved all the Troops (maybe packs, I dont know), police, and fire departments. Everyone was give a designated two week period where they would get a disaster call. Usually in the middle of the night the city leaders would call a disaster emergency, (probably tornado since that is typical for our area) and then the police, fire, scouts and volunteer emergency clubs would all gather at the local armory for further instructions. This usually involved a 24 hour period wher

>>It sounds like the problem was with the 91 year old chairman more than the district.

I have not been on the EBOR board, but I have attended many as a Scoutmaster. One that sticks in my mind was the EBOR for a deaf scout. Our scouts personally set up their EBOR dates with the district EBOR Chairman, but I called the chairman to remind the board members to look strait at the scout so he could clearly read their lips. I guess I started the conversation wrong because the 91 year old chairman cut me off and said that he didnt want any information that would give the scout an advantage even if he was deaf, and he hung up without giving me a chance to give another word. OK, that was

>>Folks who live in white-collar and strongly religious communities may have a very strong aversion to incidental use of 4-letter words.>This has nothing to do with morals

>>However, it is simple enough to do and costs nothing. So why not file one anyway to cover all bases.

Hi All You guys are missing a very important part of April's post. >>we will all be going separately and just sitting together to watch the race.

You will get several answers because each council is a little different, but our council would say no you don't need a permit. Probably best to Call your scout office. Barry

Hi All >>My observation is that parents (around here, anyway) are anxious about letting 13-year-olds go to the mall without adult supervision. A lot of the parents are anxious about letting their boys camp overnight WITH adult supervision.

>>What a wonderful day.

>> Anyone know anything about the Suzuki Boulevard? I have yet to hear anything good or bad about it.

>>He was appointed by the old Scoutmaster as a JASM, but that is causing some members of the Troop Committee heartburn. (The old Scoutmaster left abruptly. We have a new Scoutmaster who is still getting up on the learning curve.)

Have you'll looked at Triumphs lately? I've a got a friend who took me to look at the new Rocket Tour he is thinking of trading for. Very nice bike, big and fast. But all their bikes have a romantic old school flair about them. I do remember the BSAs. Havn't seen one in a long time. Of course I haven't seen a Datsun Roadster like I had in high school in several years either. le Voyageur, did you get the zeros wrong? 75000 in one year? Very impressive. I drive 60 miles round trip to work each day and can't rack up that kind of mileage. Barry

I'm riding a Harley Road King Classic. Had a bunch of bikes when I was younger but took a break to raise kids and do scouting stuff. Now two of the three are on their own and I wanted to get back on the road. I have lived on HW66 most all my life and still do. So while this part of Oklahoma is flat, the riding is good. Barry

>>I grimace when a scout leader says "my scouts are not ready or able to do activities on there own." What they do not realize is that what they are saying is "the adult leaders of our troop have not seen to the development of the scouts we are supposed to be serving".

>>I truly believe that some are so intent on not liking what the scouting program is that they do not actually take the time to read posts that support the program methods.

>>You format your post using the "Format this post" link below the Your Message on the left side of the message input screen. << WOW! That is really cool. Thanks John. Barry

Great Scouting All >>It isnt an either or- Just more Its ME than Bob White.

Great Friday All >>I would think that this issue would be the #1 goal of every leadership program.

>>I think a good compromise........

>>I dunno. That sounds to me like youth lead the program, eh? In fact, I'm not sure we could find a place in the SM Handbook that suggests otherwise.