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Six out of the last eight years there has been a Republican in the White House and majority Republicans in the House and Senate. The national dept has increased by estimates of up to 11 TRILLION dollars. We have been duped, O Lord. And we are about to be duped again this week. Thanks, George.

The president is four months from retirement and he asks congress to give his friend, Hank, 700 billion dollars, to help fix the mess he has left us with. Here is a three-page request that congress is supposed to pass in less than a week. It just seems very disingenuous. Isnt the president supposed to be smarter than that? It isnt just socialism, it is greed. What a mess!

We privatize profits; we socialize losses." Listen to the whole explanation here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94686428

Thanks, BobS, for your words of wisdom, spoken from experience. And welcome to the forums. ...Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind ...

It sounds like you already know a lot about this. Go to Google and type in nonprofit bylaws of incorporation in California and see what you get. Let us know what you finally come up with, since this question will probably come up again.

I havent heard of the fictitious 100-page rule, but I have heard rumors of the fictitious 100-hour rule for Eagle Scout projects. Seems that in our District, Eagle candidates are encouraged to create projects that will be about 100 hours of total service, by the scout and the volunteers he recruits to help with the project and that he leads in the completion of the project. This rule isnt written down any place, but it gives the scout some idea of the scope of a potential project. But the total hours DOES get reported on the Eagle application. The Eagle application now asks for the `Gra

Lisabob..."send them a quick letter mid-week." That made me chuckle! I can hear it now, "A letter?!" Now that I have sent my son off to Boy Scout summer camp at least eight times in the last six years (a couple times with friends in other troops, because he liked it so much) I am beginning to understand that the order of the week, for some scouts, includes phone calls (sometimes), emails (maybe), text messaging (probably). If you can't beat it join it, and, yes, it will change the summer camp traditions, but we (adults) might as well wake up and smell the cappuccino! We can pre

Hello cubdadinnj, When it comes to writing checks to scouts and parents from the troop account, without any receipts for legitimate scouting expenses, you need to just STOP IT NOW! This can spell big trouble! It doesnt matter that this has been the practice for years. It is plainly wrong, and clearly untrustworthy. Your committee needs a WAKE UP CALL! None of this money BELONGS to any individual scout. If the head of the chartering organization learns about this, and has two ounces of financial sense about them, the troop could be history in no short order and rightly so. When a

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Thanks for the limerick. We had a whole thread of them a couple years ago. As for the Eagle palm approach..lets see. There are 121 merit badges (or so). Minus 21 for earning Eagle, leaves 100 more. Each palm requires 5 additional merit badges, so 100 / 5 = 20 potential palms. Each palm requires 3 months additional service in Scouting, so 20 palms times 3 months equals 60 months of service or 5 years. Palms can be earned only until a Scout turns 18, so 18 5 = 13. A Scout would need to earn Eagle by his 13th birthday in order to leave enough time to earn all

Great idea! Go for it! Get'er done! You will probably be getting a letter from BSA National soon. Then you can decide if your good idea is worth the struggle. All best wishes... Have fun scouting.

Will the BSA, or a BSA Council, approve an "unincorporated association" as a Chartering Organization? Just wondering.

You may be interested in this old thread.... http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=40484

Dear dpicarelli, Welcome to these forums. And thank you for volunteering to help your pack and troop. Since the issues you describe are now in the hands of the police, and a lawyer is involved, it sounds like the matters will eventually be worked out. The chartering organization structure has many good qualities and it has its challenging qualities, too. Local control usually works pretty well when all the responsible people are pulling in the same direction. Unfortunately, a couple of bad apples can really spoil the whole basket. The quality of the scouting program is ul

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-fernandez12feb12,0,2361925.story From the Los Angeles Times Scouting's merits The group's homophobia presents a moral dilemma: to join or not? By Jay A. Fernandez February 12, 2008 I recently received in the mail an urgent request to support the cause of something called the Scouting Legal Defense Fund. "Hey, I'm an Eagle Scout," I thought cheerfully. "How can I help?" According to the accompanying letter, my financial assistance was "desperately needed" to prevent the American Civil Liberties Union from using

Hi gwd-scouter, So.your troop is about to inherit (absorb) another troop of 8 or 9 scouts who are in the 9th and 10th grade. The one active parent in this group has indicated a desire to give these scouts more opportunity to earn Eagle. Your troop will need several well-trained Eagle Coaches; otherwise you will find yourself being the Eagle Coach for many teenagers you dont even know yet. And these scouts will each need an Eagle project. The focus of these scouts will be to finish up those last required merit badges, put together and complete an Eagle project, and pass the Eagle Board of

Speaking of "plants".... Please pass the beans (with ham).

BrentAllen: Your point is well-taken. From the Communications Merit Badge Book: 2007 Printing, page 4. 8. Plan a troop court of honor or campfire program. Have the patrol leaders council approve it, then write the script and prepare the program. Serve as master of ceremonies. This requirement puts a lot of responsibility for the court of honor into the hands of a Scout working on the Communications merit badge. It also puts a lot of responsibility on the PLC. This may have been interpreted, over time, to mean that the Scout working on the Communications merit badge should

Hello Bear12, Welcome to these Scouting forums. Your question and comments have really hit a nerve. Other posters have offered some good suggestions and examples. First of all, congratulations to your son for passing his Eagle Board of Review. This is a major accomplishment and your son deserves a lot of praise. And congratulations to your troop, too, Scoutmaster included, for helping to provide a Scouting program where your son can earn Eagle! Wow! This is a major accomplishment. From what you have said, it could be that it is overwhelming the Scoutmaster and other leaders. To

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The issues may not be all that different than they were in the 60s (and before) but our UNDERSTANDING of the issues is quite different. We now know at least a couple of things about abuse that we didnt know before (or that we just didnt want to admit before). These are outlined in The Parents Guide at the beginning of the Boy Scout book. Please, EVERYONE, read it again, and again and again. THIS ISNT ABOUT STRANGERS! Its about people we KNOW and about people our CHILDREN know. Children are most likely to be molested by someone they know and trust Eighty to 90 percent of sexu

Scouting Youth Protection resources are all listed here: http://www.scouting.org/pubs/ypt/resources.html An explanation of the Three Rs of Youth Protection can be found in the front of every newly-purchased Boy Scout book. This is in an attachment to the scout book and is called How to Protect Your Children From Child Abuse: A Parents Guide. The big problem is that this removable attachment is too often taken out and easily lost. The Three Rs are Recognize, Resist and Report. These are used as they relate to various forms of abuse, but they also work when trying to deal w

"help a scout leader get over his/her luddite tendencies and understand the world our kids live in" How observant! I'll second that motion even if it is a little on the "sharp" side.

This is the first I am hearing about these new requirements. I think these are GREAT ideas. It is about time! There also need to be corresponding new requirements in the Cub Scout program. And the requirements should include a discussion of what abuse is, not just bullying. According to the Parents Guide in the front of the Scout book (page 6 in the 2005 printing) most sexual abuse occurs between the ages of 7 and 13. We need to start dealing with this at the Cub Scout age. These requirements need to be part of the scouting program from the get-go. The information in the Parent Guid