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"I'm a little hazy on an Eagle Court of Review. Can someone elighten me?" Am sure that was a typo, and he meant "Eagle Board of Review".

"Ya know, you'd think the GSUSA would look at the older girls flocking to Venturing, scratch their heads and wonder where they made a wrong turn......but evidently not. " Go take a look at their "Studio 2B" program... Also, see if you can find any info on how the girls have reacted to the program...

"I also see that a uniform can make a difference. The white dress uniform is impractical from a functional stand point but it does look sharp and seems to draw the kids in recruiting wise. " And this is why the Navy (and Sea Scouts) have different uniforms. (btw, in Sea Scouts we have 'summer white', not 'dress white'. There is a difference.) Ships around here summer white for meetings (and, yes, recruiting ). When sailing, its usually (depending on when/where you are) either t-shirts & shorts or blue work uniform (chambray blue). In fact, for SEAL the youth are requi

Donald's nephews are all highly-decorated members of the "Junior Woodchucks". Carl Barks (THE Duck artist) created that group and wrote many stories about them. His 'successor', Don Rosa, has continued this, even working in the early group into his "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". Their handbook, the "Junior Woodchucks Guidebook" is a full and complete compendium of all knowledge, in a small pocket size guidebook. Be ware that only boys can be members of the Junior Woodchucks. Daisy's neices were all members of the rival girl's group, the Junior Chickadees. The J

The term is 'hat plumes'. AFAIK, they were never used in the BSA. Here is a great document at the UK Scout Association that catalogs all the different plumes that they've used: http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs145002.pdf

"Who selects the members of the Executive Board, what are their backgrounds in scouting, and what/whose interests do they truly represent? " "Not the volunteers, I am sure most will agree. " "Who then should we hold responsible? " The voting members of a council are the Chartered Organization Reps, not the volunteers. We can thank James West for this system. In every membership organization I am aware of (or am apart of), its the members (or their elected representatives) who have this power. In the BSA, the 'members', who should be the volunteers, are instead the Cha

" "Its "netiquette", not "netetiquette"." "How can we have a forum if someone makes typo's! I think we should take knotty out behind the barn and beat him with everythnig we got. Perhaps not, it was typed incorectly twice! I think this is a killin offence. " Interesting comments, consider it was you who made the typos. BTW, its considerd bad form (ie poor netiquette) to point out minor typo/grammer issues. Major typos that leads to unclear information is a different matter. " "I've been on-line for about 15+ years, so am fairly familiar with the 'problem'. " " "so am

What is a "dime club"?? Google wasn't a help.

"No, I speak of etiquette! If I was speaking of netetiquette, I would have stated netetiquette! I am speaking of good manners, being kind to others. " Its "netiquette", not "netetiquette". And netiquette IS etiquette. Its how to act properly (and what is acceptable) in on-line communications. Email. mailing lists/discussion lists. forums. all that stuff. A BIG problem is that on-line communication is different from face to face or phone conversation. And this difference causes a lot of problems to the newbie. On-line communication is more to the point. Some newbies think

What you are speaking of is something that is called "netiquette" (net etiquette). The problem was always that newbies didn't know it, and too often broke it, as well as some newbies didn't understand how on-line discussions worked and thought they were being 'attacked' (or that people were being 'mean to them').

"I must say that the reason I steered clear of the OA is because it's dominated by haughty arrogant people " Some of the best people I know of in Scouting are actively involved in the OA (and Wood Badge and ...). I have not found that the 'haughty arrogant people' dominate the OA (at least in my area). This isn't to say that these sort aren't in the OA, or seem to dominate certain areas. (I would even say there seem to be too many of this type in certain areas of the OA, but not overall). But this is true in Scouting in general. Sadly, you will encounter such people in sc

"WOW, I didnt realize NOAC was being held at a major university," ALL NOACs have been held at major universities. "Where will they be camping?" they won't be. Everyone stays in the dorms, hence why its at a major university. "You mean the Boy Scout Honor Society, the organization that has as one of its goal the promotion of camping is housing its staff in Dorms?" Everyone stays in dorms. Were else might you put up 5-7 thousand people? This isn't the Jamboree. were would you have all the training sessions held, etc??

I found this page in the Boy Scout section that list the 8 methods: http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-503.html I think we can chalk this up to discrepencies in the webpages.

To add to my comments. When I received my staff beads a couple of years ago, I found that the leather thong is thicker then my participant beads I got 15 years ago. I actually like my old bead thong better, but I put it away and wear my new staff beads. The stuff from Gilwell is nice. I was given a leather woggle from Gilwell from our ASM-TG. Very nice, with a nice saddle leather smell. It went in my box with the rest of my WB stuff. I also like the fact they have presentation items such as the portfolio with the neckerchiefs, leather bag for the woggle, presentation box for the

In terms of current groups, there are several. There are only 2 councils that do not have OA lodges. They use Tribe of Tahquitz (Long Beach) and Tribe of Mic-O-Say (Pony Express). Several councils have groups alongside the OA: Firecrafts, Mic-O-Say, Wolfeboro Pioneers, and several MOS-based groups. Here are two sites with info on these groups: Scout Honor Societies (past and present): http://usscouts.org/usscouts/honorsociety/honorscout.html MOS-based groups: http://www.flyingember.com/mic.html

AFAIK, you should be purchasing the neckerchief, woggle, beads and certificate from National Supply. You can also purchase them from the UK Scout association. There is a website you can use: http://www.sbuk.org.uk/info.centre/catalog.php?cat=190 But these may be more costly then the ones from National Supply.

"So enlighten us as to what the issue here was?" Agree. this is one thing I have yet to see.

"Never knew there were medals for tenure knots or the like." 'tenure knots'?? There is no such thing. Service stars show your tenure in scouting. They are training awards. Tenure only plays a part in their requirements. The medals are the awards, the knots are the every day uniform wear for them. You are probably not aware of the medals as they are only worn at formal occasions, if that.

Well, I will only add this. My first exposure to traveling with proper uniform et al was when I attended the 1981 National Scout Jamboree. That is were I learned the terms 'class A', 'class B', etc. All 'council' level scouting trips from then on, in councils I've dealt with (OA sectional events, jambo, high adventure, etc etc) have all followed this. (I had never heard this before in my troop, but after this my troop pretty much followed this). Neckerchiefs, for the most part, aren't very popular in my area. Most don't wear them, unless they are required to. For me, its been th

SR540Beaver pretty much said what I was going to. One thing they DO get sticky about at most scout camps is the wearing of 'open toed shoes/flip flops' around camp. My experience is that its usually at events such as National Jamboree, NOAC (they seemed to have gotten very picking about everyone being in full uniform most of the time), and OA Sectional Events that they expect ONLY full and field uniforms, and nothing else, during the entire event.

People have their beading at an event that is meaningful to THEM. I've seen a lot at roundtables, but have seen it done at camporees, district dinners, woodbadge breakfasts/reunions, university of scouting, troop meetings, etc. One patrol in my course worked to all complete their tickets around the same time, and the whole group got beaded during a camporee (at a separate event, so to speak, to not take away from the main goings on).

The way it was taught to me, and which is usually how it goes here in Florida, the "field uniform" (which some call 'class b') consists of the following: * a scout-related t-shirt * scout shorts * scout belt * scout socks * scout-related hat If its 'any type of short', how can it be a 'field uniform'? And any scout-related t-shirts are ok. Doesn't have to be a troop t-shirt, doesn't have to be the camp t-shirt. Also, your camp's request is not unusual. That's pretty typical of all camps I'm aware of.

Maybe this will help. Its been awhile since I was directly involved in OA elections, but am pretty sure this is how it goes. An election team from your lodge, made up of 2-3 youth will come to your troop meeting. This should have been arranged in advanced, not a surprise, etc. (you need a majority of your troop youth members present). The election team will confir with the Scoutmaster as to the candidates for election. Candidate must meet the following requirements: * First Class Scout * 15 days & nights of camping, including ONE long-term (6 days) camping exper

" interested in working on the Ranger Award- then possibly the Bronze Outdoor." Actually, you have that backwards. The Outdoor Bronze is actually half of Ranger. While working toward Ranger, they will in fact earn the Outdoor Bronze. Yes, Venturers can use the stuff they do for Outdoor Bronze to count toward merit badges and Eagle. There are rules about double credit and what is/is not allowed. You might want to get a copy of the Advancement Requirements book, that can help. Your Star Scout can earn Life & Eagle in the Crew. Its quite do able. I think that what you

There seems to be some confusion as to the OA election process. There are NO nominations. There are requirements for boys to be candidates for election. Long Haul has given them, but there is ALSO approval of the Scoutmaster. All the boys who are candidates for election are put forth to ALL the youth members of the troop to vote on. Any boy who gets a majority of votes is now an ordeal candidate for the OA. You will need an OA election team from your Lodge to come in a run the elections (usually this is done at the chapter level, but who knows with your lodge). It may ALSO be