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NJCubScouter, Thank you very much for that bit of information and insight. I don't doubt that the release of the property you mentioned was met with unpleasant feelings by those "alumni" of the camp, previous staffers, attendees, and others in association with it. I also would like to thank you for pointing out what I made less than obvious, is the cause/effect of such actions. My intention was the selling of properties as a direct result of insufficient funding for a council, due to whatever financial circumstances, where there may only be one or two properties. The cause of such a financia

I haven't had a chance to look through all the ongoing topics, so my apologies if this is already in discussion somewhere. Anyways, I'm presently trying to prepare a speech for a class about the BSA and its current funding/financial situation, namely in support of the BSA needing funds. One thing I'm aware of is that (to the best of my knowledge) the United Way has dropped annual contributions, as well as many corporate contributers. I'm not sure if that is limited to my own council or is a national action. One other thing I know of is that many councils have had to sell camp properties, likel

As it's now winter I trust/hope your son had a good camp staff experience. I thought I'd just relate some of my own experiences of camp staff. A little background information of my own: I've worked on camp staff for 5 consecutive summers, 4 on services staff and one in program, needless to say I've done more grunt work and physical labor than most, but I thoroughly enjoy it. My council's camps are in WI and I if I'm correct, very close to the camp that experienced that unfortunate tree accident. In program mine is like most other camps, except we have one unique part; my council was a merge of

I suspect this information is rather late in coming, but it's still before the Jamboree and I would think there would be another couple meetings before then. While he's not a member on here and you would have to contact him through email, I would refer you to my father who was the scoutmaster for my troop in going to the 2001 Nat'l Jamboree. I trust he could provide some good information even now that you've likely held several meetings. He could also, if you would like, give some other tips about the week there that would pertain to only the leadership as well as advice about other aspects of

First of all, as you may notice, this is my first time posting, just joined within the last few days after coming across this place in the web while gathering information for a speech on scouting outside of the USA. In that regard, hello all. Moving, on, I've read all the replies and fully agree with all the advice given. I have some experience with JanSport by way of owning an external frame pack. Unfortunately I can't find the model name, probably because it came out sometime in 1997. I'll simply describe it as a basic external frame pack. Looking on the web it holds a similar style to the c