Jay K

Go, Cito!

I used to be a Bobwhite, and now, I'm going to be a Staffer. I'm feeling (happy!) pressure to do my part to make it a good course experience. Gilwell at Philmont would be just too cool...

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

It comes up every few months. The Scouts do the push ups with no complaint. The Scouts came up with it, the Scouts (SPL) run it, it's a non issue.

We go to Scout camp for a week, and none of us adults are willing to give up another week of vacation. This past weekend, we canoed to a island on a lake and camped. It was our second canoe camping trip this year. The other one was over a weekend in the spring, and on a river. We did a weekend backpack hike/campout, and we ride bike trails, on the weekend.

I got a small three ring notebook.It was about the size of the handbook, not one of the kind that is for 8X11 pages. I put the pages that were falling out in the handbook, and drilled holes through the book. Then I used reinforcement rings on the pages that had fallen out, and put the book in the three ring binder. That's when I realised that I'm cracked. I was told that the Scout's Eagle Board of review got great amusement from examining his handbook in the three ring jury rig.

What happened was:

The Scout was stopping and standing in the shallow end for an unacceptable period of time.I kept telling him not to stop. I also told him not to pull himself along the side of the pool; but the big issue was stopping and standing in the shallow end.

Skunkfeet, I am the counselor who told him that he had not successfully completed the requirement. (1b.) Also, there is no partial becuase no requirements were fulfilled. So, more than the original poster knows what happened.(This message has been edited by Jay K)

The Scouts that won't go camping with us bug me. The ones that won't show up for service bug me too. But,if a Scout completes the requirements, he's an Eagle. I'd grumble too.

WHO gave away the secret about the prison uniforms?

Stripped uniforms are still in vogue at some courses. I'd guess that it is up to the Course Director.

"It is reccomended that Wood Badge staff members not wear more than nine square knots on their uniform." Wood Badge for the 21st Century 2012 administrative guide, p 26. Doesn't say anything about the District Award of Merit, though. 9 + DAM, or 8 square knots + DAM? The thing that most people forgot at my course was warm clothing. It was rainy, windy and temps around upper forties lower fifties a lot of the time. I HAD warm clothing, and I was cold some of the time. Ah, the memories. Ear plugs to mute the snoring. They teased me about it, but I had a box of them and I gave them ALL away the second night. (Except mine.)

It sounds an awful lot like it was at my May 12 SWIM that this happened, and if so, I was the Counselor. The Scout was pulling himself along on the wall, but what caused the cessation was that he was stopping and standing on the bottom at the shallow end. I'm always open to do remedial work. He also kept getting in line to do other requiremants, but the requirements specifically say that the 400 has to be done BEFORE starting requirements 2-15. The reason that I didn't want the Scout to try again in the middle of the pool was that I really didn't think he was a strong swimmer (I'd say it is just a confidence issue,) and I didn't want him to get in trouble out there and need to be rescued. I know the Scoutmaster, and he's concerned that this Scout is racking up Merit Badges right and left, and the Scoutmaster wants the Scout to experience things in greater depth. (Pun) I'm a little miffed at the comment about "Not about instruction." I just expect that a Scout who shows up for Lifesaving Merit Badge won't need to be taught how to swim. In any case. I'm the Counselor, and it's up to me to determine whether a requirement is fulfilled or not. I'm sorry if there are hard feelings, but that's the way it's got to be.

If I'm wrong about it being me, whew, but the principles still all apply.

The easiest way to think of what a troop guide is, is that a Troop guide is to a patrol as a den chief is to a den. It's more than that, but that's a good starting point. We had young men in our Unit set Venturing Crew who were dual-registered and served in the troop as Troop Guides. Some of our Boy Scouts served in our Unit-set pack as Den chiefs. It made for cohesion among our unit set.

:~)

1. One does five or more "goals" to complete one's ticket. They are often submitted on worksheets (sheets)to a ticket counselor for a signature, indicating approval. I'm not sure; How else it would be done?

2. Scope creep is a term meaning, in this case, a situation in which a person thinks they did everything that was agreed to, as noted on the sheet, and is told that they need to do even more. I would like to see situations like that be avoided.

3. On a Wood Badge staff, we're all accountable to each other in the effort to put on a top notch course that will be a good experience for the participants and will stretch them, but not crush them. I didn't "Direct" them, I suggested.

"We" raise the flag inside our Council "Base Camp" (former Ft.Snelling Cavalry barn.)

C1-296-12-1: I'm AQM (cook.) Also teaching the Project Planning module. At our Staff Orientation meeting Yesterday, I spoke briefly to the Troop Guides and said "no scope creep on goal sheets. Please don't sign them until they have everything you want on them." "Don't come back and require stuff that is not on the signed goal sheet." They more-or-less agreed.

I asked my church heirarchy to "appoint" me, and they did, and that fulfilled any requirement. I also cleared it with the pastor at our Charter Partner's facilty. I did it for four years, and then got demoted to Scoutmaster. I stll do services on campouts, though.

If you're qualified to wear a knot, wear it. Would a four star general wear a major's oak leaves? Or, only 3 stars? You only get to wear knots by qualifying for them.

Hardly anybody recognizes the West knot anyway.

Since the BSA/ARC summit a few years ago, after which BSA Lifeguard became more complicated, (not harder, or better, in my opinion;)

ARC lifeguard + ARC waterfront = BSA Lifeguard.

I've had a few ARC (basic)Certified guards come to me to get cross certified. They don't have to take the whole course. I teach them the waterfront piece and take them through other requirements, and they're now BSA Lifeguards. That's part 3 in the Completion Options section on the Application for BSA Lifeguard.

Jay

BSA Aquatics Director.

I've had people come to the dorr and start telling me everything that is wrong with Scouting.

The glass is clearly 5/8ths full!

I just tell them that I was an Air Explorer, and they leave me alone.

WOW! I haven't laughed this hard in weeks.

Thank You!

Wait: Is pulled abdominal muscles covered?

I've posted my take on Camping Merit Badge camping elsewhere. I agree that it's the Counselor's decision, but I say Hurrah! That's a creative campout! The other 19 can be the "Same old" camporee, Scout Camp, and wilderness survival events.

By the way, did everybody notice the change from "You may use a week of long-term camp toward this requirement " (in the 2011 requirements book) to " One long-term cdamping experience of up to six consecutive nights may be applied toward this requirement." (In the 2012 requirements book?)