jpstodwftexas

ScoutNut wrote: And, just a side note, "ultimately" the "Owners of The Charter Equipment", and all Scout equipment, is your local BSA Council. Really Does the Local council pay registration fees on Troop Trailers? Do They Pay Property Taxes on the "Scout Huts" If They Own it all then They Need to maintain it.. We need new Batteries for the Troop Lanterns they should provide since it is their Lanterns Oh and the trailer which is their's needs a new inspection and registration and tires The Ownership belongs to whom ever paid for it.. Responsibility lies with whom e

I Volunteered , I was not Trapped.. I may be rare as a leader..I have no kids, I just missed Scouting and I wanted to give back to scouting...I regret leaving Scouting for almost 30 years. I always made excuses as to why My Jobs would not allow me time to be involved Personally I advanced from Tiger to Wolf Den Leader because I already know the Scouts and their Family Member. No since in passing them off to an un-familar leader. Scouting is a program just like a sport..a Good Team does not change Leadership every year..

If they raise the Money..They earn the right to choice what Equipment they Purchase...That is how our Troop Worked. If we wanted a particular item we earned it. When We wanted a New Dutch oven we went out and raised the Money and bought how many and which brand we wanted..We donated a lot of Great items to the Troop. And we were fully aware that items were not personal since we solicited the Funds as Boy Scout. Every Penny Left Over went into General funds. If the Funds come from a General Unsolicited Donation or Charter Organization Funds then Committee Decides what Equipment is purchas

How Many Scouts are in Each Patrol? Some Tents are designed for 6-8 People or more...But I honestly can say that very few are comfortable with gear for More than 4. If you look at the Sleeping Arrangements on Paper there is never any room for gear. Short of getting a Military General Purpose Tent which are huge I doubt you could find a Tent Comfortable for More than 4 with Gear. They will need room for Gear..Moving around.. But If they can all get along I see no problem with it.

Chuck Boxes are easily designed if you have any skills. I am Kinda OCD when it comes to My Camp Chuckbox..I want everything where I want it not where someone else thought it should go. I may want to have 4 loafs of bread instead of just two. My Spice Collection tends to be more than just salt and pepper containers. I tend to have about 20 everyday spices on Hand every trip. And I like to bake from scratch so no Box cake mixes for me, I need room for Sugar, Flour, Baking soda, Baking Powder, not to mention things like cream of tartar, corn starch, brown sugar, powder sugar..etc.. And si

Wow a lot said without saying much

missed that topic Do ya think someone in Scouting HQ is getting carried away

Who knows?? I requested more details Who What When Where and Why? Lets see if we get more details before we start Whipping the Poor Children with wet noodles

and what rule did they Violate? Is there a Rule Against Wagons? Anyone Know the Full Details of the project before ya start making accusations?

A Terrible Tragedy

Honestly I doubt to many actual scouts read the Magazines any more.. Hate to say it but they rather be doing stuff online.. I know my Pack rechartered everyone and made it Mandatory to Sign up for Boys life even if they did not want it. Several Parents questioned why the need 4 Copies of Boy's Life when their Kids just share and save then money. The Real reason so the Pack could get a 100% Boy's Life ribbon for the Flag Again

Cubtrail Wrote ""This is one of the beautiful things about an online system. The case that texas provided doesn't ever happen. Instead, this is what happens:"" What Exactly Happened in My Case.. Tiger Cub Scouts earned beads..Colored in their Paws..Reported to Me with Parents. I acknowledged the Beads Earned..I turned in Each Scout's Total beads.. Advancement/Awards person who uses an Electronic Tracker tells me in order for Beads to be awarded they had to have a Specific total for each elective before Beads could be awarded..Which is Not How the Official Tiger Cub Book does it. So

Kids are usually afraid of admitting wrong doing why because there is usually some sort of punishment Why admit you did something wrong and get punished when you can deny it and get away with it.. Adults can supervise and still let the Boys accomplish their goal..without being overshadowing and authoritive... We cooked our meals ...adults sat around and Watched We Pitched or Baker Tents...adults sat around and Watched We Built our fires.. adults sat around and watched We Watched them cook a desert for themselves in a Dutch oven...We watched and Learned we added Dutch

rldavis wrote "but what about a set time at evening campfires for all patrols to meet with the adults for stories and bonding?" Absolutely I guess being in a scout troop that usually had less than 8 scout at a Time makes for a different perspective than most people on here who's troops seemed to number in the Hundreds of Scouts..but our leaders were always around watching and Advising us, not telling us. We always welcomed their expertise. Of course I am the type of Scouter who enjoys listening and Learning. Our Camp fire talks went on for hours. We loved to Listen to the Stories of

since they Have progressed to Wolf.. I just want to give them what they earned as Tiger

Tiger Cub Book has 50 Electives...There is only One place in the Book to Sign off on Each one.....Each Elective Can be earned multiple Time..There is Not 100 places or more to sign off on each..So I can go Back and Tally the Count Remember that One Yellow Tracking Bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. Scoutnut Wrote ""What do you base the number of Elective beads/arrows your Cubs receive on?"" At the Back of the Book is a Page with Paws that once they complete an Elective that they color in a paw and the Book instructs them that once they color

What exactly is the selling point of a Program which you must pay yearly for? Is there really that Much Change to the cub scout program that you have to have a Program updated daily weekly monthly or yearly..just to add New Boys at a huge Expense.. Can the Unit Advancement Chair not already Update The Records online for advancement.. I had an issue with Tiger Beads for My Tigers because apparently the program they used required each bead to be broken down by every elective..where as the Book said for each paw do any elective and Color the Paw when Complete get a Bead...No record

Facebook is free for Most of What The programs do..

Once again I never said they are Authorizing I said they are looking into it and Will make the Decision. They Can Rule that that the Website Announcement is official and Do no further Research or they Can ask for clarification and do a little research and get a First Hand answer Sometimes A Challenge is better than blindly Following As already pointed out Not every time their ruling have been correct..It is better to be Challenged than just blindly follow It is My Understanding that the Youth are Responsible for the Rulings and that "Stole From the Official OA SITE"

Why would It be Necessary to Change Meeting information.. Simple: Location Changes, Speaker Change or Cancel. event Time Changes..or Cancellation

How Much Is Cubtrail after free trial?

I prefer pants.. even in the 100*F Temperature we get here in North Texas.. just a Matter of preference

our favorite 3 Word Phrases immediately Followed by some form of Disaster (Usually Me getting Hurt) Fellow Scout "Bet you Can't" Me: "Yes I can" Fellow Scout "I Dare You" Me: "Okay I will" usually Followed By Scout Master: "Get the Kit" (referring to the First Aide Kit)

For food, for raiment, For life, for opportunities For friends and this fellowship, We thank Thee, O Lord. Amen.

No what I contended was that My Lodge in the 1980's allowed it to be carried or stored on the Belt..which It did...right or wrong...My lodge allowed it and went so far as showing us specifically how to Fold it and to place it on the Right side so we all carried it the Same..maybe they should have had better internet back then I said I would get a New Edition of the OA Handbook and see what it said about wearing, storing, carrying (or what ever you want to call it) on the Belt...and I did and I posted what it says in the OA Handbook..Nothing in the OA HandBook says it can't I contende