johngordon

Thanks for your input. Seems like the new scout patrol idea should work. My wife and I agree with your assessment but she will go find a divorce lawyer if I start a new troop so I guess that option is out. I dont know that I can accept the current troop as is and I am not sure how much change can reasonably be expected to occur. John

Well, we had our committee meeting and I have mixed feelings about the outcome. We discussed the patrol issue and the fact that the older scouts were not showing as much scout spirit as we would like. The other members of the committee are very resistant to the idea of keeping the younger scouts together in a patrol. I discussed the issue of having new scouts next March entering and dealing with the same issues but mainly got a we'll cross that bridge when we come to it answer. Thhey believe that if we put the older boys together then they will not interact with the younger scouts and continue

Troop supposedly has 20-28 boys listed on roster but many are older and rarely attend. I really do not want younger kids to be tainted by older kids view of Scouting which is not based on traditional values. John

I have not considered having someone from District come to meeting as that may be either unhelpful or overkill in my mind. I wouldn't mind having another parent or two from the new scouts with me but trying to avoid an "us vs. them" scenario although this may play out in that fashion. Have offered to run a JLT course and bought the book and video and discussed this with newly elected SPL. Current adult leaders suggested doing this in the late summer but I would rather do it sooner than that if possible. SPL seemed mildly interested and suprised to find out a lot of information existed includin

Thanks for reply. Training does not happen until the Fall here. The question remains as to how to address this issue on Tuesday night with the troop committee. The new SM's son just joined last year so he has essentially very little scouting experience and when I raised these issues with him he said that he planned on just deferring to the leaders who have been with the troop for a couple of years and therein lies the problem! I am not a political animal (which is why I chose avoid academia) and would really love to just go there and speak my mind but feel that this could ultimately prov

I have really enjoyed reading these forums and am looking for sage advice regarding dealing with some issues. My son just moved up from Webelos this spring along with 5 other boys. The Troop that we joined meets at same location as the Pack so it was a natural move to join that Troop rather than explore other options. As an Eagle Scout with fairly extensive Boy Scout summer camp experience I was very enthusiastic about my son moving into Scouting. Well, it has been a rather eye-opening experience. The Troop has a number of active parents which is a plus. Unfortunately, none of them appar