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Thank you for that link. I watched a few of the videos describing the cooking requirements. They are informative and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the Leave No Trace idea.

Great insight, Bart. I recently volunteered to be a den leader next year and my one and only stipulation - no cub day camp. I can't handle the chaos. Weekly den meetings - no problem. Monthly pack meetings - can handle those. Day camp - my prescription for Adavan will need to be renewed.

I would say no. The req. says 'study a tribe that lived/lives near you'. If you are in AZ then you may not use the Cherokee because they were/are not in your area. If you use the Cherokee you are changing the req. The req. doesn't say 'study any native american tribe or trace your native american ancersty'. If your son wants to do that he can work on the Geneology merit badge; that would be cool. There are many other tribes you may use: Navajo, Apache, Hopi, to name a few. 1. Give the history of one American Indian tribe, group or nation that lives or has lived near you. Visit it, if

Let me get something straight? You have a boy plan a menu, prep the meals and cook the meals on his own? For advancement? I love that idea. In our old troop the meals were planned and voted on by the entire troop (and often times vetoed and/or influenced by the adult leaders); lots of lazy man oatmeal and boxed donuts for breakfast. The Quartermaster then purchased all of the ingredients and was in charge of making sure all of the necessary cooking equipment, etc was loaded for the campout. Different boys were supposed to be selected to prepare the meals and clean up but the QM was r

Quote "Our standard for Badge earning is not the attainment of a certain level of quality of knowledge or skill, but the AMOUNT OF EFFORT THE BOY HAS PUT INTO ACQUIRE SUCH KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL This brings the most hopeless case on to a footing of equal possibility with his more brilliant or better-off brother. " This has been an interesting conversation to read. I am amazed by the passion expressed in the various posts. Here's my .02. Even without an expressed proficiency level the part of the quote in all caps is problematic. Boys know how to work the system, especially in this

Well...it was memorable and no one will forget it. -- I took the OP to be less of an objection to the breastfeeding incident and more like a a "now-I've-seen-everything" attitude. It reminded me of my college interview. Since I was more than 150 miles away from the main campus the school asked a local alumnus to do the interview. We met at a local restuarant and during the interview the interviewer got up to use the restroom. As she was walking out her skirt fell off. She just walked right out of it, picked it up, and continued to the restroom. It was all I could do to finish the

Yes. The weekly meetings go on as planned as well as the monthly events (for the old troop and the new troop). Summer is the best time for scouting. No pressures of homework or other school obligations. Boys can relax and have fun. I never knew reducing the schedule or doing an abbreviated summer program was an option. The ideas seems silly to me.

It was posted by The Summit along with this link http://www.scouting.org/filestore/marketing/pdf/eaglescoutsinformationgraphic.pdf

There were only 3 ECOHs in the 5 years my son was in his previous troop. I think the parent's paid for everything for all three. There were no shared decorations, themes or traditions. From what the families told me they paid for all of the food and the pin set. If the troop paid for anything it was kept quiet. For my son's new troop, I don't rightly know. Since my son should be earning his Eagle within the year it is probably something I should know.

Basement - You bring up something else I have been wondering. Should boys passively earn awards or do they need to actively persue the achievements? (after typing a long post I have decided that it should probably be a new thread.)

Thank you for the replies. I have found them quite helpful as I continue to ponder this question. I am currently reading the book Quiet by Susan Cain so the introvert-extrovert dichotomy is fresh in my mind. I realize that each troop and program is going to be different but in my experience it is the extroverts who do well and advance quicker. The Es seem to be elected to OA at a younger age, spend less time in BORs, and be elected to the 'desired' positions of leadership (SPL, ASPL, Scribe, PL) more times than not. The Board has shorter post-BOR discussions regarding the Es and few

Message sent. Will let you know if/when I hear anything.

I don't mean to be a pain but I am a tad concerned and confused. My son is dual registered as a Boy Scout and Venture crew member. THe Venture Crew is geared toward high adventure and the opportunities are wonderful. If he wants to earn the NOA Camping segment will the time spent camping with his crew count toward the reqs? Venturing is a BSA organization and his SM has told my son that those trips will count. What about the Adventure segment? My son went to Sea Base last summer for the Live Aboard program with the crew. They also go rock climbing on a regular basis. AS

Re: neckerchiefs The neckerchief isn't a part of our troop's uniform so I didn't think about it from the perspective of uniformity with the troop. I know there are adults who are working through or who have earned woodbadge that wear special neckerchiefs. That's more along the lines of what I was thinking.

I can assure you that if anything was done contrary to the spirit of the award it was not intentional. All of the rides were completed following the standards set forth in the Cycling merit badge book (registered bike, helmet, buddy sytem followed) and were okayed by the SM and a registered MBC (non-parent). All rides have taken place within the last two years while DS has been a registered Boy Scout. It began as a troop badge but as soon as the other boys hit the longer rides (15+) they began to drop out. Partly due to the types of bikes the boys were riding; the little dirt bikes and tric

Thanks for replying. NEPA - I like the neckerchief idea, really like it. I think I'll check with the SM and see if that would be okay to do for my son (if my son would agree to it, that is).

Do any of you know of a scout who has earned the National medal for Outdoor acheivement? I just looked through the reqs and my son is about half way there. He earned the Leave No Trace Trainer in April. That was a long weekend of training but he completed it.

I did a forum search regarding the NOA and noted that some of you said your sons were interested in earning this award (or portions thereof). How is it going? Are scouts earning the award? My son earned the center segment and the Riding rocker with three gold devices. With the bike rides he put in this week he is well on his way to the silver device. He is currently working on Cooking MB and wants to earn the Camping rocker as soon as he can. His third choice will be the Adventure rocker, which appears to me to be the most difficult to earn. Please update. I am curio

I was just logging in to share the link. The requirements seem just a hop, skip and jump more than the Kayaking BSA award. Not at all what I expected.

I have been thinking about this for awhile now and wonder if, like so much of modern society, scouting has based its program on the Extravert Ideal. With the emphasis pointing toward overt leadership, are introverts at an inherent disadvantage? I am not speaking about the 'shy' scout who might benefit from a little encouragement to develop his leadership/public speaking ability but rather the boys with demonstrated introvert qualities, like the desire to work in small vs. large groups, leading by quiet example and not through boisterous behavior, one whose ideas reflect quality but not n

In my experience... 1)relying on his experience and training as a scout and refusing to go through adult leader training 2)focusing more on the fundraiser and not so much on scouting 3)playing favorites with the scouts 4)recruiting more adults for the troop than boys 5)telling the boys the troop is boy led and then overriding and vetoing everything the boys want to do so that the current program looks exactly the way it did fifteen years ago when the SM was a scout 6)vocalizing the weaknesses of the current group of boys and comparing them to the boys of 10-15 years ago 7)vocaliz

I have been lurking on the site for a few months now and have appreciated and benefitted from the wisdom and knowledge of many scouters. Thank you to the powers that be for hosting this invaluable site. I am a mom of a Life Scout beginning his Eagle Project process. I am a District Committee member and working on becoming active in my son's new troop (he recently transferred troops) and his crew (joined over a year ago). I am also thinking about volunteering with a local pack because I love the CS program and miss it.

I am a mom of a current scout and a registered MB counselor. I am here to gather information to help my son's Troop move forward and to help my son become a better scout.