Joni4TA

Our family uses Trails End Popcorn tins as "Scouting Canisters." They hold patches, pins, neckerchiefs, slides, MB Blue Cards, Training Cards, and anything else you can think of that fits into a tin.

Maybe it's just me, but I had the same thought Hunt did: "But...the boy stayed home to "help clean" when he urgently needed these signatures? This is all after his 18th birthday, when he had turned in the wrong application...which he found online and filled out the day before his birthday? This story doesn't really make sense to me...maybe we need more details before we leap to his defense." The boy sent very important paperwork with his little brother to get signatures? Was house-cleaning more important than straightening out his Eagle paperwork? Regardless, appeal needed ASAP

From what I understand in our Unit - two years ago the Troop paid for 2 Scouts to attend. Last year, it was half the price for 2 Scouts. This year we're so broke, we can't even afford to pay attention! So we are looking at possibly paying HALF for 1 Scout, and the Scout's parent coming up with the other half. And of course if anyone else wants to go, they pay full price. I think that's what we're talking about doing anyhow. From the list of boys I have heard attended in recent years, not one of them has applied what they learned to the troop program. As far as I know, every older boy in o

Well I verily agree with LongHaul on the issue of over-priced Popcorn! It can, and usually is, a nightmare of a fundraiser. And it only gets worse if you don't have the participation coming from the boys and their families. Every year at Popcorn time I see the numbers of boys showing up, drop from about an average 14 per function, to about 4. They (and their parents) just don't want anything to do with it. I don't blame them much - I don't want to either, but two years in a row one of the adults in my household has been the Popcorn Kernel! We've picked the stuff up, housed it, been respo

I was ready to choke myeslf or others a couple days ago when I posted that Council lost a boy's paperwork - it was a request for Alternate Requirements, specifically the First Class (BSA Swimmer Test) Requirement. First I had major run-around that I posted about, trying to get the request in the proper form with all the necessary signatures. Then I got all the stuff in to the Council Advancement Committee. A few weeks went by and we called on it. First we were told there was "a problem" with the paperwork. Then we got a call back that said nevermind, they were talking about the wrong kid

LOL you guys!

A Webelos Scout in his second year as such, is what I call a Webelos II. Yes, the little brother will count when he is eligible to join Boy Scouts in a few weeks. He is already 11, and is about to earn his AOL, is at least 10 and not yet 18. Thanks.

A helpful and friendly fellow Scouter has added up the square miles in my District. Thanks eolesen! 6608 sq. mi.!

I think I view the whole MB and rank process a bit differently than most because of military service and having moved around so many times during both my son's tenure as Scouts. As Eamonn said, a SM should pretty much know his Scout well. But when you get a boy that transfers into your Troop at the age of 17 and his official record isn't straight, it gets difficult. This is what happened to my oldest son. He had to "prove" his Eagle worthiness in a short period of time. He was fairly close to 18. What the newest Council had for his record was basically only what he earned in that Council!

I had regular old white rice tonight and it was pretty filling. I used about 2 cups uncooked and it fed my family of five. 10,000 plus grains? No wonder I am full!

I wonder how many people 2,457,120,420 grains of rice will feed! This is cool.

Well honestly my issue is a compound one. 1. A boy shouldn't even begin working on a MB without a signature from his SM, on a blue card! 2. If #1 doesn't happen - the next in line is the MBC, who shouldn't even be accepting the boy as a MB candidate, WITHOUT his signed-by-the-SM-blue-card. 3. If the MBC or Summer Camp counselor doesn't deny the MB work because the kid has no blue card, but instead lets him continue, marks the MB complete, and provides the Council with some piece of paperwork saying the boy completed the MB, the Unit and the Council shouldn't allow it to go thr

I get it Packsaddle... probably because after living in Alabama, and seeing the old lady down the street wear a bib because of her snuff drool running down her chin and staining all her clothing, I have learned there truly ARE worse things in life than smoking a Pall Mall. My husband (who was not my husband at the time), knew me when I lived in Alabama. He graduated from Augusta State in GA and then had the nerve to tell me a joke - "How do you tell a married couple in AL?" I said I have no idea. He said, "There's tobacco stains on both sides of the truck floor." hardy har har. I hav

In my Eagle Scout son's case, he had to have all his blue cards going through the Eagle process. I don't remember exactly at what stage of the game he had to furnish them, but he did. Why? Because throughout his tenure as a youth, he was involved in 7 different Councils. No way his record could have followed him around all those Councils, without error or missing something! It happened to be missing quite a lot by the time it caught up with him and he was gearing up for Eagle status. My second son, a Star Scout, is on his 5th Council. Same thing with him unfortunately, but lucky for us mo

We are forced with the same kind of decision in our Troop right now. I just came to the Troop last May. Apparently they have sent 2 boys the last couple years in a row, making it 4 out of the 18 active in the Troop right now who've been to this youth training. I am sort of torn on this because I don't see where the 4 boys that went have applied anything that they've learned at their training, here at Troop level. It could be that we didn't have the member numbers back then to operate with Patrols, and the cedar badge or nylt they went to was geared toward patrol method? I am honestly not

Well I did get a clarification on what training I would need from the District. I apparently don't need the Outdoor Leader Skills, as I am not a SM or an ASM. I already have the NL Essentials and Troop Committee. I took SM Specific just for craps and giggles a few years ago, and I was planning to take OLS but never got back a round tuit. I'll complete that some day as well. I don't know if I am the one our Committee is trying to establish funds for sending to WB, we haven't named names or anything. I just know our CC is WB trained and so is my husband. There's only a few more MC's left. One i

I admit it, it's been over 18 years since I went to a business seminar or skills improvement course. And the few I went to were probably at a discount rate through my employer at the time. So the cost "was" about the same as a modern-day Wood Badge course. I wasn't aware of the serious incline in cost of attendance to business management seminars/courses. My mistake - I apologize for the grouping of the two types of training. I don't know anything about the other threads about Wood Badge except that I went in a couple, looking for some answers, but quickly backed out of those threads beca

Ever hear the saying, "If you have nothing nice to say, how about saying nothing at all?" I came here asking for help and to understand, not to be continually addressed by a chip on someone's shoulder. It's the "I know it all - you're an idiot - and let me tell you why" chip. I don't appreciate it. In my Council, the youth training IS ONLY called Cedar Badge, and has never been referred to as NYLT, so who are you to tell me in a condescending manner, "Uh, there is no such thing as "Cedar Badge"? Completely uncalled for. Also, my Council's Wood Badge is not a 7-day deal, it is 4 days

Thank you! I printed out the one from Scouting mag. This boy started his 1st class in June 2006, so he definitely needs to complete requirement 11. He won't have to send an e-card, he has a Webelos II little brother he plans to invite to the troop. Thank you CM Randy, ePalmer, et al. I appreciate it! P.S. epalmer???? Why do all your posts show up twice?

Thank you GW and Lisa. I have 6 children (3 still living in the home), 3 grandchildren, and a spouse that was our breadwinner but hasn't worked in full capacity since October 2005. I don't know why folks get so nearly rude, and can't seem to believe just because it's not expensive for THEM, maybe it IS for "the other guy" when the other guy says it is. Expensive is a relative term, depending on what one's personal financial status and priorities are. When my car insurance and property taxes are due in the same month as Wood Badge, Wood Badge is TOO expensive! I don't know if I am eligibl

I think there are going to be quite a few that DO the snack. My GS Daisy Troop did snack every meeting last year, and as Brownies this year we do a snack too. I haven't been involved with Cubbies in a long while but when I was a DL we did snack at every meeting up until Webelos 1 if I remember correctly. Our Troop doesn't snack though It's certainly worth looking at - do we really NEED all that snacking? In our GS case, we meet at 6pm so a snack at 7pm could have either ruined the dinner the girls didn't get before the meeting that Mom was saving til after, or effect bedtime routine depe

I see in Alamo Area Council, Cedar Badge is taught "by volunteer Scouts and Scouts of the Alamo Area Council." Is this the case wherever this is offered?

The cost of Wood Badge seems to run between $150 and $300. That's expensive to me. So are other training courses outside of the BSA. I am not saying it's not worth it, I am just curious as to who teaches these courses and why the cost is what it is. And yes there is such a thing as Cedar Badge. Read on: http://www.grandtetoncouncil.org/Forms/Training/Cedar%20Badge/CBApplication.pdf http://www.grandtetoncouncil.org/index.cfm?pageid=1492 http://www.bsatroop107.com/training.html ---------------------------------------------- CEDAR BADGE: Cedar Badge is a week long Jun

Thanks Cubmaster Randy! So now I wonder, is that a Central Wyoming Council decision or does that apply nationally? I can already tell you I am going to have a hard time convincing this particular person that because Wyoming says so, it's true for TX

Yeah... I have the Requirements books dated 2007. I also have the ACP&P #33088 dated 2002, BS Handbook dated 2002. I don't see anything about 1st Class and #11 related to a grandfather clause. That's why I asked here. Thanks!