Kamelian

I have no interest in being involved in pack activities, except to ensure that (a) the program is being run effectively, fairly, and with the boys' future best interests at heart, and (b) the Cub Scouts and their families know they are able to go out and select a troop that best fits each boy and makes him feel most comfortable and accepted. It rubs me the wrong way when I hear about kids who are being TOLD to go to THAT TROOP, who are discouraged from visiting or joining other troops because their DL has other plans for them, and who are treated like some kind of unwanted rubbish by on

We aren't so unrealistic that we expect all the CO's pack members to join us automatically. That doesn't happen except on rare occasions, unless there's only one troop in town. We aren't demanding to have all the cubbies join us from that pack... we simply expect the simple courtesy to be extended of having the pack leaders promote ALL THE TROOPS in town equally, without showing favoritism. We also expect to NOT BE IGNORED, and to have the opportunity, when we send out an invitation for them to join us, to see the cubbies from time to time at our activities. It doesn't matter a wh

John/KC: Yes, I'm CC. 2-cub-dad: we are ih process of evaluating our BS program to see what its past flaw are, trying to rectify them, but having such hostility and disinterest from the people in the CS pack who are under the same CO has been a little hard to deal with. A major boost in the right direction was the elimination of 2 adults and 2 kids who attended so infrequently that no-one amongst the active members knew who they were. One of those 2 adults was a trouble-maker in the unit, so getting him gone will be a big plus. Eagle92: All we expect, and all we ask for, is the opp

CO is a church... The pack doesn't attend meetings in the CO church building, doesn't attend CO church services, and doesn't involve themselves in the church or troop activities in anything else. There have been problems in the past with getting the CO to put troop info in the church newsletters or on the Sunday bulletins - and pack info never appears anywhere. Information we've put on the church's bulletin boards in the past has disappeared. The pack meets at a school across the street, allegedly because they have a larger gymnasium and closer proximity to the playground (50 yards f

Old COR was worse than worthless - but he's been gone 2 or 3 years, thank Goodness. The present COR is the type who is never around - he won't return phone messages or make himself available to sign forms when needed. We spent over 3 weeks trying to track him down to sign the recharter papers, and some new member applications. We've been having to go to the IH for signatures, and she or her assistant have been very good about helping - but the IH is out on surgical leave at the moment. I forgot to say earlier that certain pack leaders under our CO have been responsible for passing prop

What does one do when the CO's Pack leaders won't encourage or permit the boys in the Pack to visit or camp with the boys in the CO's Troop, and also actively discourage them from considering any other troop in town? The CO's pack leaders are Troop Snobs who have spent the last 5 ot 6 years actively discouraging the Webelos from considering any troop in town other than the troop the leaders want the kids to go to. Part of the problem is that many of the leaders involved this pack are graduates of the troop which they have already pre-selected for the boys to move into, and this happens

I, too, would like to see a return to the smaller size handbooks. I also very much like the abbreviated merit badge information that was included in the back pages for handy reference (eliminating the need for carrying around 10 extra m.b. booklets), and the small book ads describing related BSA publications that indicated additional available information was available in the scout shops. I'm speaking of handbooks like the 4th & 5th editions that came out for use in the 30's through early 50's. They would take up a lot less space and be much easier for the boys to handle and stash

heh heh... (blushes deep red & shuffles a toe around in the dust)... Well... ahem... It appears that, among my books on scouting, I have copies of the many of the BSA editions on my office shelf. I'm still on the lookout for the 7th edition handbook, and the notorious much-panned 8th edition handbook, which I would happily adopt as my own if I could find them lurking about somewhere, and I'd also like to find a copy of the book for the extinct Poultry Merit Badge (coz I like chickens). In the early to mid 1990's when my son became involved in the BSA program, I started buying

Yeh - I agree maybe it should have been under the issues & politics, but I didn't realize there was such a forum. Sorry. Overseas manufacturing isn't a problem in and of itself - it's the lack of any tariffs on incoming merchandise from other countries that creates a major problem for American workers. If the incoming merchandise was taxed the way it ought to be, with a tariff on all foreign-made stuff, there wouldn't be so many American companies taking their jobs overseas. Tariffs wree supposed to protect American jobs by causing foreign-made items from undercutting the price of

I was EXTREMELY disappointed when I recently went to the council Scout Shop. I found that none of the clothing items in the Scout Shop were being Made In America. The shirt I wound up with was some shoddy garment that was produced in China according to the tag. After the first laundering, I had to take apart some bad seams and re-sew an entire section on the stupid thing. That entailed finding thread the right color and matching up the stitch length so the repair would look the same as the rest of the garment. Because I had already sewn all my insignia to it by hand before it was la

From Brent - I did catch the ornamental reindeer on the front lawn in a very compromising position. Get a room! Hey - that's nothing - we catch the real deer on the front lawn in very compromising positions. Happy Solstice & happy new year to everyone.

Don't forget about the Alaskan Gold Rush and how it played a major part in getting the state explored & settled. Wyatt Earp and his later wife, Josie, were known to have been involved with mining and gold speculation in that area for quite a few years after the Tombstone AZ incidents, before they retired to California. We have a Klondike style winter camporee activity in our local district, but we don't always have snow on the weekend when it's usually held - some years it gets colder than a well-digger's toes, but we don't get snow most of the time We have a rotating schedul

Found this on one of the web sites related to the Alumni knots. These knots below represent a plaque or medal awarded to youth or adults for completing required training for leadership, service, or support. Knots are worn over the left pocket of the Scouting uniform.

BEAVAH - hey, try these on... Both are examples of what we had on our troop. An adult male, formerly with the troop, refused to allow his highly intelligent 15-yr-old son to go without him on campouts with the unit, because allegedly the boy has "anxiety problems", was "afraid of the dark", and "might cry" at night if he's there without dear old Dad, but the only time the boy ever appeared to be "anxious" was when his dad was around. The one or two times he went camping without his dad, he had fun with the guys, then crawled into his tent, conked right out and slept like a rock. Ad

The kid says - I'm just getting started on this, considering options. I was going to think about the choices and write down ideas while I'm away at summer camp next week so I can get some help on how to present it. My first appointment with the zoo director was last night. It was the first time I heard what she wanted done. Those were the two ideas she had. Mom took a few notes for me while we went on a tour of the place. I sorta want to get it done before school starts so I can give it time without too many other things going on. We didn't have any idea how to do the periscope thi