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As a JASM working on my Eagle Project and having several other scouts working on there Eagle Projects I find it only proper to offer the my input. 1. What are Eagle Advisors? From what I can tell they help file the paper work for Eagles. In my council we have a District Eagle Board Chairmen who gets to approve projects and set up boards. Since he is a member of our troop he leads us through the Booklet and then we must fill it out, the actual application, and the Scholarship sheets. That is the only help we recieve with the paper work. 2. Blood Drives Now the Councils t

Okay, these Committee Members DON'T DO ANYTHING, NOTHING, NADA, EVER. One used to be our former Committee Chairmen when the Committee Meeting, in OUR TROOP, was composed of the Scoutmasters and Patrol Leader's Council. He NEVER EVEN attended a meeting or outing then. The ONLY REASON he was put on as our Committee Chairmen was because we used is parking lot for our fundraiser. For the last 5 years we haven't been doing the fundraiser and no one knows what he looks like because he isn't there. The other guy used to STORE our EQUIPMENT. Which he no longer does because it is

I have got an important question that I need answered quickly. A former Scoutmaster of our troop, one from the sixty's that no one really knows, past away and the troop was asked to help out and do the color guard. My question is should the scouts wear the Merit Badge to the Memorial Service? PS: Bob White I am raall intrested in what you have to say on the issue.

From a JASM: Wear the uniform. If scouts SEE ANYONE come to meetingS without wearing the uniform they will feel that they don't need to. In the past we had a Committee Member who went from being a ASM to being on the Committee and she continued to show up to all the meetings wearing the uniform and no one got confused. However, I will say this. In our troop it is rare for Committee Members to come to meetings. They usually put the 3 hours into the once a month meeting and take care of any responsiblities which come from that and stay away the other three meetings. So congr

Before I say anything else what is the SME committee?

Our troop has plenty of Euraki 4 men and 2 6 men Euraki tents. The only time we have a limit on how many scouts can sleep in one tent is during Summer Camp and that is because of the weather. The rest of the year it is what ever the scouts want. About bringing personal tents, we allow that. Our new Scoutmaster (been doing it since Feburary) allows the scouts to bring personal equipment just as long as they are willing to take the blame for any damage done to it and they will share it if needed. This has stopped some scouts from bringing some of the equipment they used to bring

I have got a question. Should a troop pay (registration fee) for some members, who are not active, to be on the committee? It seems like, since I have joined and before, our troop has 'honary' Committee Members who they pay for but never show up. I can understand a few of them (like the ones storing our equipment), but there are others who don't do ANYTHING ANYMORE. The same thing goes from some of our Assistant Scoutmasters. We have a few ASMs that are payed for (by the troop) but don't show up and nobody has heard from in years. The troop, however, still pays for the

I know that our Committee has all the positions filled except for Training Coordinator. All those people DO come to ALL Committee Meetings along with the COR. We do also have parents that are registred Committee Members. The only problem with them is that they do not come enough to know what is actually going on in the troop to make informed decisions, however it is a big help. The reason it is a help is because they are parents of scouts who are either new or in the 'middle' aged group. The people holding onto required postions all have sons that are Life Scouts or don't have a

This may not make sense to most of you that have to file Tour Permits every month, so try to follow. Our council has what it calls an 'Annual' Tour Permit. It requires that all vehicle information be on it, the SM and the CC or COR sign it, and that a new one be filed for 'High Adventure'(including all water activities). So basically a troop in our council can get away with just filling ONE tour permit each year and the Committee still hasn't neccesary approved the calendar.

It seems, from the replys that I have recieved, that you all need a little bit more information. 1. The troop did go, but this District/Troop leader tried to get his other adult leaders to cancel the event. 2. He had said that "the troop exist to assit the Council/District" and his mother, our COR, said that "District and Council activities come first. The guy said it to the Outdoor Coordinator and the COR said it to me when I was the SPL and was outlining the calendar from the Annual Troop Planning Conference. At this time we had planned on going caving in southern IL. Sh

I have a quick question. The District planned a Merit Badge Opp. Day, with non Eagle-Required Merit Badges. The troop knew about this and then planned a Biking trip since only six scouts signed up. One of our leaders, whose mom is the COR, and has no scouts in the troop, and has been SM, Troop Outdoor Coordinator, and is now the Advancment Chairman, and District Eagle Board Coordinator, disapproved of the trip. He also went as far as to say that the troop is there to support the Council/District and his mother had said before that District/Council Events come first. The Tr

Hi, I'm a JASAM in my troop. I want to give you some advice, scout to scout. In any troop there will be an adult who is disruptive or just plain annoying to the scouts. Sometimes it's the scouts fault for not understanding and sometimes it is the parents fault for not understanding the idea of 'Boy Run'. Some parents find it very hard to understand, more so mothers, that 13-16 year olds run a troop when they got used to Cub Scouts. My advice is too let it go. Nothing can be blocked out from parents, not even an OA Ceremony. I would attempt to take her advice and, if

During the years that I have been with my troop we have had several 10 year olds join the troop. Plus this one time two fourth graders earned the AOL and joined the troop. The first one is still in our troop. He's an OA member,Life Scout, been ASPL for six months, held that PL position, and has been able to socialize with all the scouts in the troop. The second one was an only child. He's parents spoiled him and then his father went to become SM after his mother and her ASM friend decided that having a SM without a son in the troop was setting a bad image. When the decide

I guess I'll have to start by saying that our troop didn't do things the Boy Scout way until 2-3 years ago. I also have to say that this book was created during that period. Before then the troop was ran as a "Boys Group". Therefore the information that is in the book isn't accurate and the biggest majority has to be altered if I do keep it. So, what I should ask, is what do you have in yours. What is included? Do you have a copy on the internet?

I have just been assigned my first task as a Jr. Assistant Scoutmaster. It was to redo our Troop Handbook. The Scoutmaster handed me the handbook and basically said to have a new done As Soon As Possible. I have the handbook, the Scoutmaster Jr. Leader Training Kit, and the Troop Committee Guidebook. The only problem is I don't know what I should put in or take out of the Handbook. What does your book include or disclude. Do you have a copy online? Please help me put together a good handbook to make my first task a success.

Person to ask would be your Council or District Advancment Board. The Council Advancment Board Coordinator, in Laura's coucnil, is ??Bob?? Dalton. You can see him at Roundtables.

I have talked to our District Eagle Board Coordinator, also the troop Committee Advancment Chairman, about SM Conferences and Board of Reviews. What he said has that the final stage for the troop to test your skills for the rank is Scoutmaster Conference. If you can do it then good, if not then they should hold you back until you can do what the rank ask of you. He also said that one too many times he has had to stop Eagle Boards because they started to test skills. The board had to be reschulded with different memembers. So what he basically said that any board of review, f

When I made the decision on doing a third term as the Senior Patrol Leader I took a few questions into mind. 1. Do I have the time needed to do the position the same that I have done it in the past? 2. Do I have the energy to do hold the position again? 3. Who has more of the troop's respect, me or the person I was running against? 4. Do I want to concentrate on earning the rank of Eagle of running a troop? 5. Would it benefit the troop if I was to be the Senior Patrol Leader agian? When I answered these questions I realized that some answers were yes and some wer

As you said, your son, Jon has ADD. This causes him to become unorganized. If this is the case Patrol Leader might not be the position for him. He might, in fact, do better in one of the positions that is appointed by the Senior Patrol Leader. He might find that he enjoys it and really has the skills needed to perform one of those positions. However, a Tenderfoot scout, that, by the sounds of it has only been in the troop for a few months, should not be a Patrol Leader either. If he has been there only a few months it isn't possible for him to have learned the skills needed t