John-in-KC

Cubs on Expedition (Lewis and Clark anniversary) (current year) Cubs in Camelot American Adventures (post 9/11) Cubs Around the World Barnyard Adventures What can you tie in that's related to Hawaii???

If he's the Trading Post Commissioner, I'd add in... 1) Making sure the Reservation HQ replensishes inventory constantly, right up to the last day of the last session. There's nothing like running out of T-shirts for the last session (something MY council manages to goof up on annually). 2) Making sure the Trading Post staff are up on the supply of ice and cold drinks (including the slushees). Yes, I know they are a profit center, but iced water in the camp sites goes down Scouts and Scouters throats faster than warm stuff. The slushees also go down faster. 3) When he does ci

Excuse me... It seems to me that this stone has rolled far from the path of OPEN DISCUSSION of the PROGRAM (how do we work out the 12th point in our units, districts, and councils). It sure looks like a discussion of the ISSUE of belief in a Godhead being a condition of membership in the BSA. May y'all take this to Issues and Politics please? Respectfully, John

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Laurie and all, I can see one reason tour permits were denied: Specific safety TRAINING on the part of leaders in T376 Part of trip planning is identifying trained individuals. In some cases, like shooting sports, that person can be from outside the unit while a registered Scouter provides the 2 deep. There are adult leader needs for aquatic activities (Safe Swim Defense/Safety Afloat) NOTE: THESE NEEDS ARE A MUST HAVE IN THE UNIT. There are adult leader needs for shooting sports (NRA isntructor qualifications!) There are adult leader needs for climbing sports (A

I'm not a RTC. I'm staff, on the Boy side. Many of the ideas listeed in previous posts we also do. Others include: ONE STOP SHOPPING for unit serving Scouters. Every month, our Roundtable has: - OA Chapter meeting (OA owns) - Eagle Project review and approval (Dist Adv comm owns) - New Leader Essentials common core (training comm owns) - Youth Protection (two certified YP trainers own) - Merit Badge Counselor (training comm owns) - Professionals Corner (big district, 3 pros) - Venturing Corner (Venturing RT is quarterly, VRTC attends Scout RT monthly with her mailbox

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Nope, not here.

God Bless Them for the hell they went through. If you have a young Life Scout seeking an Eagle Project, collecting the oral histories of these great men is an ongoing project of the Library of Congress. Your local American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars posts will help you find the Veterans: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ YIS John

This weekend, those of us who are soldiers or are Veterans honor our comrades-in-arms who fell "supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...", who fell because they were told to "take that hill" or "knock out that machine gun nest" or "keep the Japanese from taking over the Phillipines" or ... I'll shed tears for these heroes, men and women alike, who gave their all for our Nation. John

I wanted to thank John (Eagle in KY) for his support: That saved council my atrocious printing!! It's worked like a charm, cutting and pasting from one work product into the report!. Thanks again! I also wanted to close this thread out. Overall, about a man-week of evenings went into the records audit. I have a total of Four Advancement reports ready for program leaders signatures, then they go down to council: - One is for the next Eagle up... his crew advisor is spending quality time with the young man checking the app. I've given them an updated Troopmaster individual hist

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Three comments here... First, going into our District Day Camp, many of the areas have elements of Achievements and Electives as elements of our program. Our PD had to take my proposal and crosswalk it against Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelo books. Second, Wolf is easily doable in just a few months. These newly arriving Cubs, be they new recruits or graduated Tigers, have a year in front of them. There's plenty of program for parent/child as well as den and pack in those Cub Scout books Last, July 4 is coming. Cubs LOVE to walk in parades! The dog days of August are coming

Part of this goes back to a lesson I've just

packsaddle write, "We go through a painstaking audit to reconcile these records well before every eagle BOR or at least once per year. However, I have noticed that the troop, at least, seems to be able to keep these records intact and accurate. This means that approximately each year, we use our records to recreate and correct the council records. We accept this as routine." AMEN. It's part of the learning curve. I will do this annually at recharter time going forward. FOG, wrote: "In this world of advanced computer systems that allow you to do everything on-line from ord

We discussed this at PTC last summer, in the conference I attended. Granted, my conference was during Relationships Week, but... As I recall, we pretty well agreed: Anyone wearing this knot deserves to get his dues remitted by Council, and invited never to return to Scouting. As a parent, ensuring my child understands the facts of life fall solely in my lane. WITHOUT MY EXPLICIT PERMISSION, it's not for my childs' Pastor, Scoutmaster, coaches, or schoolteachers. Does that mean I go it alone? No. I evaluate what his Church, Scouting, athletic organizations, and his schools are g

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While the immediate nned is to see if someone has a 4403 in WORD format!!!.... The work of advancement, which the Scouts should never see, is a shared responsibility. Program Leaders (Cubs: DLs/CM)(Boys:SM)(Ven:Adv) share responsibility with advancement coordinator for unit level data entry and production of reports for Council. Council has responsibility to accurately enter the data. Seems to me the best way for the long haul is for units to send ScoutNet compatible electrons to Council. Unit have responsibility to double back around, check what's entered, and make sure

Two comments: 1) Maybe, just maybe, Packs can get a huge "hand-me-down" uniform closets going ... and loan for the Tiger year these shirts, pre-done with unit numerals and CSPs. That way, parents don't have to fork out for a shirt that'll be outgrown waaaayyy too early. 2) Ditto on all other Cub and Scout uniforms (I've already sent to the local closet my son's first two Scout shirts, one pair of shorts, and one pair of trousers.) John

Need some help. Short version: I have the BSA 4403 pdf file. Bloody thing is locked from direct input using Word (or like the IRS, typing data in on the form itself). Sooo... does anyone out there have a home-made shell of a 4403 in MS-Office format? If so, either tell me here, and I'll hit you in private message, or hit me in private message, please. Long version... (Per a private message with BobWhite, the hits that are fair on Council's are annotated, as are the hits that are fair on our unit): Among my other jobs, I'm the advancement coordinator for my Troop.

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Our Council had been doing a Council-wide Good Turn day for some years. For many years, the standard Good Turn was Scouting for Food. As a Council, we literally collected tons of goods for the pantries in our metro area. We abandoned the practice about three years ago ... gave units the option of "Do a unit Good Turn, any Good Turn..." This year, Council went back to Scouting for Food, but did it a bit on the cheap: Door hangar cards instead of shopping bags we could drop off. The neighborhoods we canvassed three years ago gave, when weighed out, about 1 ton (gross weight) of foo

Having listened to my Council's professional CPA staff CFO at Commissioner's College ... The requirement (in this part of flyover country) for a tour permit begins when the travel crosses a District boundary. That said, the PROCESS of planning a trip using the Tour Permit method is always viable and valuable. John