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I really appreciate all of the points of view expressed here. I have learned a lot about what people think about this issue. Often when this issue is brought up during the Wood Badge course it is done poorly. The course I am on staff for makes it clear in the application that there will be separate sleeping areas for men and women, and we let the potential participant know that this particular course has this regulation and that other council sponsored courses do not, so they can decide if they are comfortable or not. The majority of the participants that attend that course wish to h

This is getting ridiculous. Providing separate sleeping areas for Men and Women for the 6-7 hours you sleep, is in NO WAY the same as segregating Blacks and Whites. The reasons and motivation is completly different. It is insulting that you would even try to equate the two. OK now would you please tell me how sleeping in the same campsite helps "Team Building"?

Hello bmchugh, I don't want this to become a debate I understand you have strong feelings about this issue. I wrote my response from my experience and understanding. Your opinion comes from yours and is also valid. I would like to know how does sleeping in a tent 5 feet away have to do with team building? Why is it different than being 50 feet away? I am going to be on staff for my third year, I am going to be in charge of the "Facilities and Arrangements". We have this issue in our course. Our course has separate sleeping areas for men and women. I would like to underst

There are many religious groups that have express charge that married persons cannot attend an overnight trip/training course with persons of the opposite sex without their spouse. BSA National working with those groups wanting to make a way for those groups to be able to attend suggested said that a council could make separate sleeping areas a rule for their Wood Badge Courses. The BSA policy calls for separate facilities. Is a tent a facility? A campsite? Since there is no agreement on that, National came up with this option to settle the argument, so that people wouldnt argue the Separa

We teach infant children to speak by repetition, by encouragement, they soon realize the noises I make make Mommy and Daddy very happy, they pick me up and hug me, they laugh. Communication is a huge accomplishment met with tons of praise. Under the constant assault of I want and what is that and the infamous why, when talking is an everyday occurrence, many parents treat communication as a annoyance or nuisance. And what was met with praise and attention is now met with Dont bother me now, or the familiar wait a minute which translated means, please go a way and I hope the forget to

Estimado Raul, I thought you might be interested in this. I am on staff as Assistant Course Director for a Wood Badge Course in Los Angeles. I am a Unit Commisioner that works with 32 Spanish Speaking Units in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area. We have recruited a lot with the Spanish speaking Scout leaders. We have about %60 of the particpants are Latinos. Some of them speak perfect English and some strugle a little. We the staff have been trying to translate as much as possible into Spanish. We are hoping to have an all Spanish Wood Badge in two years. I would be inte

I am an assistant Course Director for a Southern California council and the rule is here that once you finished being Course Director you are effectively retired from Wood Badge. The reason is according to the New Wood Badge Administrative guide is to promote new Scouters to work on Wood Badge, that staff shouldn't be a clique, they same staff each year. Each course staff should consist of 1/3 new staffers. This will allow more Scouters to have the opportunity to be on staff. I guess the thinking is more people that go through Wood Badge the better it is for Scouting and the more people

I am an assistant Course Director for a Southern California council and the rule is here that once you finished being Course Director you are effectively retired from Wood Badge. The reason is according to the New Wood Badge Administrative guide is to promote new Scouters to work on Wood Badge, that staff shouldn't be a clique, they same staff each year. Each course staff should consist of 1/3 new staffers. This will allow more Scouters to have the opportunity to be on staff. I guess the thinking is more people that go through Wood Badge the better it is for Scouting and the more people

In many parks in California, bear canisters are a requirement to obtain a camping permit. Yosemite and the John Muir Wilderness area are the most strict. True they are a pain in the neck, add extra wieght don't hold much etc... But I haven't heard of one losing to a bear, maybe losing your food is more of a pain.

When I started working with my current troop 1 or 2 of the boys wore their uniforms on a consistant basis. What worked for me was, I would bring in snacks or sodas to the troop meeting to give to the boys after the meeting. Only the boys in uniform could have some. I also got some of the parents to watch the Fast Start video, seeing the troop in there uniforms made an impression on them. Now only the newest boys don't wear there uniforms, and I have not needed to keep suppling treats to those that comply. This may not work for you, you know your boys. Give them an insentive, challange

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I am a scouter in Los Angeles, whenever we have activities we use our uniforms, I have never had a problem. I think that the Scout uniform is more of a proctection than anything. It distiguishes the group, allows you as a leader to quickly identify your troop, many times people are suspiscous of a large group of boys, but when they see the uniform they know these boys are different and lastly I think the boys act different when they are wearing there uniform. This is just my experience. -John