Gunny2862

Eamonn, Man has always had a distrust of "the other". It's so old sociologists are still trying to figure out how it started. If someone wasn't concerned in some situations, I'd think they were dumb. But it doesn't have to be about race, groups of rowdy youth (or inebriated people) do dumb things, whatever their race. But it shouldn't drive you to fear - it should drive you to continue with being aware of your surroundings and having a plan to follow if anything were to occur. Unfortunately for Trayvon, he ran into someone who didn't allow him to just keep walking. (This messa

My issue with the whole thing is (from the information I have heard or read) that the Neighborhood watch person was instructed by the 911 operator (or whatever agency he reported to) to cease following the Youth who was walking. The incident between these two should have ended there. The youth possibly wound up beating on the neighborhood watch person, well, perhaps that opens the door to the shooting.(Read following sentence,please) But Watch persons are there to Observe and Report, not directly intervene - and having reported, he was told to disengage - he failed to do so. This

1)In whether their child goes or not, always Parent final decision. 2) Personally I wasn't there I didn't see the kid, don't know his history - or med history, haven't seen if he's been in the water before or how he acted in the water. In my case, I'm not currently certified but have been a Lifeguard and a Life Guard Instructor plus significant lifetime water experiences make me fairly comfortable in the water. But every canoe trip I've taken(with BSA) so far has had at least one Currently Certified Lifeguard. I might (depending on observation of the youth) be willing to take a non-swimm

Ditto perdidochas and OldGreyEagle

Not enough to make something like this possible, we'd have to raise our Cash per Scout ratio significantly(like 14x) to have that kind of cash on hand.

On fees for volunteers I side with all that is being said on this thread. BUT... Philmont or the other HA bases may seem to be out of reach or for some may actually be out of reach for the parent and Scout to go. But if you look at the costs involved, I found our Philmont trip in 2010 to be about correctly priced, given what they give you and the actual logistical work going on behind the scenes(which were amazing) and a decent value. For me the trick is the travel to and from - we did our trip in 2010 for the Expedition cost plus $160 per individual for Travel and food(2 nights 3

Assuming the SE is in on this, a call to National and then I would have to consider my relations with the Local office.

I think you've discovered the dichotomy between those who can and do lead, and those who are natural born leaders. I am not a natural born leader. I have sought out leadership, and at times been placed in scenarios where I was required to lead. I can make it work. My experience with natural born leaders is that they do it so effortlessly they seem to not know they are leading. For us as Scout leaders, part of our job is developing those naturals to lead the right kinds of things... because they will lead someone to somewhere; and to develop the abilities of those who would lead in the

Firefox on an Mac, no Java enabled, still slower than a crawl...

Nope, Coffee is the first responsibility of the ASM - in doing so he shows his worthiness to aspire to other, "higher" callings..., snort... (This message has been edited by Gunny2862)

have Personally my nights under canvas tended to be +4 to +14 of the Troops number in any given year, after we include OLS and other training nights out, OA, pre-camp work, HA - Philmont, etc.

Over the course of the last six years, we've averaged 41 nights of outings or more (with still more available via OA or Tribe of the Lone Bear) (including 7 summer camp nights under canvas) each year, of those, somewhere between 2-6 nights would be cabin camps - usually our January outing and maybe a December (often we don't do a December outing due to our principle fundraiser conflicts and weather considerations) outing, one year we went to a far away MBU and were put up indoors.

In reading these, I am reminded of the disparity in how we do things. If giving Pack numbers, please specify, same for Troops or if you combine and are giving a total number. We are unaffiliated with any Pack, however, we have had Den Chiefs out to Packs when Troops that are supposedly affiliated with them wouldn't provided them any support, same for having a Pack camping night out with the Troop. We tend to draw a proportion of the Packs we support, but we never really expect that any of the potential Crossovers are "ours" until they show up at at Troop meeting after Crossover. If

My take on approving the major activities is analogous to the Committee approving the calendar, which is the youths assurance that the adults will provide and can see they have or will have the budget to support those youth chosen and planned activities. Not overly intrusive to me. Now if our youths could plan on driving themselves out of town, out of state, etc to do activities then maybe I'd think the approval of activities too intrusive but...

Context. Look I know we have to have some MD's, probably some RN's and LPN's and EMT's reading this. I'm the next best thing to a lay person, I've had either a Military or Red Cross or AHA cross certification of some type since 1984, mostly the Basic First Aid and CPR certs because I work in electronics... I've also kept current the AED cert for about a decade, and was an early trainee in the Combat Lifesaver program, and kept it as long as I was able to. WFA, for the past 3 years. None of which makes me a medic, or even what I consider a real first responder, especially since having r

JMHawkins and Eagle732, Exactly! Ding, Ding, Ding! Why is an EBOR second guessing all of the pre-approvals and the SM sign-off after it's all done. Which is what it should be when the SM gives that page 20 signature, which shouldn't go on until after the benefiting organization signs that it has met their expectations. What was the point? If that's the way it's going to work the Scouts EBOR members should also be his Eagle project counselors...

KC9DDI, I'm not saying it's even a last resort nor that it shouldn't be an option. It's not that you have to do them in order, but you should think of them and pick the appropriate tool, too often lay folk go for the sledgehammer when a roofing hammer might have been appropriate. What I'm saying is that for too many people it's always the first resort when you place them under the real stress of a real situation (and then some still can't do it right) or even when they know it's not a the real deal but a stress training scenario. Concur with John-in-KC and jblake47.(This message has

Bottom line, issue is that when taught they need to be last or next to last (Cauterization) and for actual settings where they are appropriate. I had folks even in the military who didn't think about pressure points, direct pressure, bandage, Quik clot, dressing, or using them in conjunction with each other, who went straight to the tourniquet when given "realistic moulage" scenarios. Stress somebody and they tend to go for the big dog rather than just going thru the procedures in order..., ongoing frequent training is key, which is why teaching lay responders advanced procedures is prob

We had had People in the Council who were more than happy to recommend changes/additions/deletions to Eagle projects at the District and Council level to ensure a Boys plan was going to meet muster before the new change - and when it came out they formalized it with the same people doing the DEPC positions. But as JMHawkins notes: "That means, however, that approval of the basic plan is not sufficient to ensure that the project will pass muster at an EBOR Hmm, this is perilously close to what, at my old company, we used to call "playing fetch a rock." The Boss told you to fetch

For us, when the Scout is ready for or wants a SM conference they ask for one, in almost every instance unless they waited until I am literally picking up my last things and starting to turn out the lights after a regular meeting, I give them one right there. Same thing for campouts - I 'll do a SMC just about anywhere, or anytime(did one walking on a Trail at Philmont - he had to wait for his BOR). If I truly can't do it right then, then I ask them if they are free during the week and can we set an appropriate time and place, otherwise they get to wait a week. The BOR is handled pretty m

I'm lucky, I'm actually seeing stronger projects from within the Troop, but, we're definitely vetting in advance with our Districts Eagle Project Coordinator(DEPC) (these four appointed older Volunteers sign and pre-certify for the DAC on Eagle Projects in our District - we can use any of the four). For us, the Scout comes up with an idea, tentatively pitches it to a recipient, comes back and asks the SM for a read on whether the rough idea is worth fleshing out, The Scout works out the major framework (basic outline) and pitches it to our Troop Committee including our Advancement Chair

Can't address this specific case without specifics, duh. but in general all boys deserve the opportunity to earn an Eagle Award. Now whether or not they can capitalize on that or not, well, that's up to them...

Well, linearity IS important in calibration... and the follow-on weighing operations.

At the risk of being ridiculous(maybe reDUMBculous) and having been a certified scale technician. 1) Properly certified scales, handled properly, subject to the same environmental conditions, and certified in place will read together barring scale malfunction or misplacement of the weight. So unless you can't properly certify the scales including performing ACCURATE and PRECISE calibration, there isn't a problem using multiple scales. 2) Proper certification, even of a gram scale, includes cornering. Even a scientific scale in an air box, unless otherwise directed in it's manual, should

Well clearly we've forgotten the Important discriminator - Which of the Troops haven't had a FOS presentation this year, and doesn't have it calendared either???