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FOXES ROCK!!!!

That was ours, because

FOXES ROCK!!

That is it!! It has to be it!!

Thank you very much, my frustration is over!!!!

(I am doing a happy dance, which you can not see, but rest assured it is a joyful dance!!)

Those are the e-cards that I have seen UCEagle72.

I am talking about the requirement that states "Make contact with at least 5 adult alumni, not currently registered with the BSA, engage them in a serious discussion about the Scouting program, provide them each with an Alumni Connection card and follow-up to see if they have visited the web site."

I would think that in order to engage them in a serious discussion you would have to talk to them face to face, and that provide them each with an Alumni Connection card would be a business card like card with instructions on how to register at the website.

I may be totally wrong and this is frustrating!

Yep, I am signed up and ready to go. In fact even have completed some of the requirements, but I can not find these Alumni Connection Cards? Have even asked our Council and they do not know yet either.

Does anyone know what the Alumni Connection Card (Alumni Award) is and where you can download/order?

Thank in advance!

We did our AOL Ceremony and Crossover with the OA a couple of weeks ago and were (and still are) under a burn ban. We put a battery powered lantern under a teepee fire and it worked fine. It was still a memorable experience and the Scouts and parents are still saying thank you for such an awesome job!

PS-I would love to see what you came up with 83Eagle

Thanks 83Eagle, I liked your "contact info" text box idea

Congratulations!!

And yes, FOXES ROCK!!

Thanks for the feedback and questions?

"The coolest part of the survey is the open dialog boxes where somebody can write down whatever."

I do like giving people the option to say anything. It helps get those thoughts that I would of never thought of. It also allows them to expand on what they might have said in the survey.

"What is your participation rate in the survey?"

Last year we had 12 out of 25 respond, so 48%

"Are these all anonymous or is there the option to include your info"

There is one that ask you to give your info if you want follow up. They are anonymous to the point that is does track the IP address, but we are not going to try and track it down.

"Any downsides based on your first year doing this last year?"

I do not think so. We did make some changes based on feedback. We changed the B&G to a cake and ice cream party, expanded our fundraising and organizing our popcorn prizes with the data collected.

Welcome Home!

FOXES Rock!!

I am starting to put together our Pack's End of Year Survey. This is our second year and we did make changes to this years program based on the input from last year. We are going to do the same this year and asking more questions.

This is done through Surveymonkey and we are limited to 10 questions, though we can manipulate some of the "questions" and ask multiple "questions."

I would appreciate any input you could give, or questions that you would like to ask or be asked. Thanks for any input that you might provide.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X83WK29

I can't seem to get the community to come up on myscouting.org, anyone have any idea if it is still up and going?

Last year, this is the schedule that we used for our first campout in a few year. It went well and the kids are excited about doing it again. The next fall we tripled the amount of Scouts and families that went on a Council sponsored two night camping experience.

We are going to use this same schedule, except offer two belt loops at a time, so that they get to choose.

I would suggest camping somewhere that has a playground. The older kids wanted to keep playing kickball, the younger ones were happy to go to the playground and play. Bottom line, it kept everyone busy.

The only complaint that I had was that it rained. I talked with a long time Cubmaster and his input was that the parents may gripe, the kids will love it. Well, he was right. The kids loved it and none of the parents complained.

During the family time the Scouts grabbed their poles and went fishing!

Day 1

11:00 a.m. Scout Arrival and Set Camp

Noon Lunch on your own

1:00 pm Kickball Belt Loop

2:30 p.m. Break

3:00 Hiking Belt Loop

4:30 Family Time

5:00 p.m. Dinner (Official Uniform)

5:30 p.m. Family Time

7:00 p.m. Campfire

8:30 p.m. Midnight Hike

9:00 p.m. Free Time

10:00 p.m. Lights Out

Day 2

7:00 a.m. Reveille

7:30 a.m. - Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Scouts Own Service (Official Uniform)

8:30 a.m. - Camp Cleanup

9:00 a.m. Tent Break Down and Departure

I received this in an email this afternoon....

The national NESA Committee has voted to increase NESA membership fees effective July 1, 2011. This is the first increase in nearly 20 years. The current fees are only $25 for a five-year membership and $180 for life membership. Beginning July 1, the fees will increase to $35 for a five-year membership and $250 for life membership. Now is the perfect time to receive the great value of NESA membership.

@Woapalanne the site is up and the training can be completed.

Myself and two of my Den Leaders are dues paying members of our local Lodge.

In the past, our Pack had leaders that wore no knots or were not involved in the Order. That is changing. My Tiger Den Leader is an Eagle and past Lodge Chief, I am the Cubmaster and Wolf Den Leader, Eagle and Lodge member, and my Webelos I is an Eagle and member of the Lodge. We all wear our knots and we are paid members of the Lodge that proudly wear our Lodge flaps.

If for nothing else than to hear a kid say cool patch, what is it for? This allows you to have a conversation with the Scout about the Order, or about Boy Scouting, or about the Youth Religious program or more.

Like you I was an Ordeal as a youth and never did anything with it. I sealed my Brotherhood when I was 26.

Your involvement will happen when it is right for you. As DLister said, your primary responsibility is to your Unit.

My suggestion, as it would be if you were one of my leaders, would be to register with the Lodge and seal your Brotherhood, and sew on the Lodge flap.

The requirement says Be active in your Webelos den for at least six months since completing the fourth grade (or for at least six months since becoming 10 years old), and earn the Webelos badge.

It does not say stay active for 6 months as a Webelos Scout or after stay active for 6 months after you earn the Webelos Rank,

There are resources to help.

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Webelos_Scout_Program#Webelos_Who_Start_in_Fifth_Grade(This message has been edited by jzweiac)

Before we start working on the Bear badge next year, I want to get direction on the Arrow Points for the Bear badge.

Cub Scout can go back and do requirements from the Achievements section of the book and use them as requirements for arrow points, as long as they do not count any requirements from achievements that they used to earn the Bear badge. Unused parts of achievements that were used for the Bear badge may NOT be counted toward Arrow Points.

I take this statement as this.

Toward the Bear Rank, if you are completing Country and you are to complete three of the Achievements and you decide to use 5. Sharing Your World with Wildlife for one of the three, and the four of five requirements you choose to complete are a, b, c, and e.

Then after earning the Bear rank you cannot come back and do d, and make a trip to the zoo and count it as an elective.

But, if you do not use Achievement 4, Tall Tales, to satisfy the requirements of one of three, then you can use a, b, and c as electives for a total of three toward an arrow point.

Is the correct interpretation?

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If you could tell National about a change in the Cub Scout 2010 program, what would it be?

In Wolf Den meeting 15, you are supposed to earn the Marbles belt loop. In Arrow of Light meeting 15, you are supposed to earn the Marbles belt loop. I know it is not that big of deal, but I would think that you would develop what is basically a set of lesson plans that would not be a duplication of previous years.

I have also found where with just a few small tweaks, you can accomplish more than the meeting plan.

Meeting 11-Making Choices: You can have the Scouts do additional Electives from 2. Be an Actor and make this requirement much more fun. They can make sound effects and a paper bag mask pretty easily.

The other thought that I have is sequencing. It makes more sense to me to put all of the requirements in meetings as you work toward the rank, and then do electives. For the Wolf plan, that would involve doing meeting 11 before meeting 10.

What thoughts have you had?

Have a contest to see who can dress with the most green. As Cubmaster wear all green and paint yourself.

In April our District will be hosting a Scout-O-Rama. The idea is to get Scouting into the public eye and showing all the great and fun things that we do.

The Troops are doing cooking demonstrations, setting up a camp, bringing a trebuchet, etc. They have asked the Packs to particiapte as well. One Pack is setting up their Pinewood Derby track and we are now starting the process of gathering ideas.

What have you done in the past? What have you seen or heard about working at a Scout-O-Rama? Any ideas that you might have would be greatly appreciated.

Any and all help is greatly appreciates.

This year we have switched from the big banquet to cupcakes and ice cream.

Our Pack goal is to have our Ranks completed to be presented. We also do a special program. This year we are inviting past Cubmasters and school administrators to come and be a part of the celebration and hope that it will be a tradition.

For us it lines out having the Pinewood in January, B&G in February, Crossover in March, a fun meeting in April and a Pack campout in May. Our Spring is almost planned before we start.

Our Troops are the ones who directed us to do the crossover in March for reasons previously stated above.

OwntheNight that is a great idea, it might have to become a new tradition for our Pack.

When I was TDL I took each achievement and elective and wrote in where they could accomplish it. I used local museums, stores, etc. I had a friend who wrote one for his Wood Badge ticket as well. You might ask some of the people who have gone through Wood Badge and maybe one of them has done the work before.