kbandit

Good Luck Nick!!!!

"Based on conversations with our advancement chair, the quarter master is not going to work because the boy didn't go on any camp outs during this time." So he did not perform any quartermaster duties? Is there a reason he did not camp? (just curious) Did he attend Den Chief training through his district or council? Can he do the den chief job for another few months to satisfy those that deny?

Have you asked for some guidence from higher up within the Girl Scout organization? I would start there. This cannot be the first time this has come up. Good Luck.

Our troop has a few families, that I know of, who have lost jobs. I try and watch and see who is coming to activities and who is not and try and find out why. Most will not come right out and say it is because of funds unless you specifically ask. If I find it is because of funds I will contact parent(s) and let them know it can be taken care of. I know our council will do the registration fees if asked to. Our troop is in a scoutreach area. Our troop is able to take care of this ourselves. Hubby and I paid for an unemployed adult leader to attend summer camp this year because we

What do the troop(s) your W2's are crossing over to think a good time is? Our troop likes to get W2's in Feb. because that gives the new scouts time to camp, get funding for summer camp, get to know the troop, parents comfortable with leadership, troop gets to know the scout before they go with the troop to summer camp. Our troop would think April as a late cross-over. My 2 cents

What you need depends on what you need to keep track of. If it is 1 checking account a notebook to keep treasurer's reports in. Keep track of expenditures and incoming money with a description of what or where monies have come or gone on a neatly written paper. Make sure to notate the scout/person giving you the money. I like a two part small reciept book. Keep it simple and make sure others can understand by looking at your work what has taken place. I keep track of 1 checking account, 20 scout accouts and 12 adult accounts with ledger pages and a notebook. Popcorn and wreath sal

I would certainly go on a campout with the troop and see what goes on there. I would become an Asst. Scoutmaster right now attend meetings, trainings, committee meetings. Sit in on Scoutmaster conferences and if possible a board of review or two. Just as an observer. Scouts need to learn "how to fail" and deal with the outcome. Life is full of failures one kind or another. Learn from less than ideal outcome. One of the duties of a leader is to make sure everything can be as safe as possible. Things will not run perfectly everytime. There will be bumps in the plans. All part

Have you tried sending the MBC a note to their last known address? They could have left a forward with the post office. Worth a try.

Add some baking chips to the cake mix. Peanut butter, butterscotch, etc. The ones you would use in making cookies. Small candies. Think M&M's etc

Sorry to stray off topic. But glad to hear I am not the only person who cannot find what I want at BSA website.

You stated that you were "second in command" does that mean that you are an assistant scoutmaster(?). It would be a good idea to go to the committee and give a first hand accout of what transpired at summer camp even as "just a parent." One thing our troop has done in the past with "problem" scouts was have every scout and parent sign a reminder that all would be on scout behavior at all times or the parent will be called to pick up the scout from where ever we happened to be. The only time we used it was 6 hrs. away from home and an out of control scout on heavy meds that weren't wo

Our local AHA had available free CPR Anytime kits. Our troop filled out an application and we picked up our "mini Anne" last week. Head and chest unit. Very compact. From AHA website http://saturn.igetsmart.com/servlet/loaddaemon?Type=5&Load=ahacpr&Field1=801066++++++++++++++&Field2=&Field3=&Field4=1&Field5= Tomorrow I am going to order extra lungs and a roll of responder face training shields. Contact your local AHA and see if they have the application for the free one or you can purchase for under $40.00. It is called "Family and Friends CPR Anytime".

Our troop has a couple of brothers who must be at church early on Sundays they get extra duties on Saturday as they will be gone before camp is tore down. They understand and do the duties. This works for our troop.

This is a copy and paste of the entire page in question from the current adult application. Disclosure/Authorization Form NOTICE TO APPLICANT REGARDING BACKGROUND CHECK In order to safeguard the youth in our care, the Boy Scouts of America will procure consumer reports on you in connection with your application to serve as a volunteer, and the Boy Scouts of America may procure additional consumer reports at any time during your service as a volunteer in order to evaluate your continued suitability for volunteer service. The Boy Scouts of America has contracted with Choi

Not sure exactly what you are looking for. Have you tried Googling and looking at forms available from other sites? There are free programs to change PDF's to Word. I use Very PDF PDF2Word V3.0. It is 100 use program and works great.

Send me an email and I will load you up with recipes. I have alot on my computer. Lots of choices. I made menu suggestion folders for our patrols as they were eating the same thing over and over. Some adult favorites are roast, potatoes, carrots, onions and lots of gravy in dutch oven, chicken and dumplings, lasagna you get the idea. kbandit572@sbcglobal.net

Did the cub have fun? No mention of him. What about firsts for him after all it was a Cub/Parent weekend was it not?

Don't know your position in the pack but is your committee on board with this? You need to have a written committee approved policy on how this will be administered. Under no circumstances should any checks or cash be given if someone leaves scouting.(It should go to the pack/troop general fund.) Only scouting related expenses should these accounts be used for. You need someone (committee treasurer) who has an understanding on how the set this up otherwise it will be a giant headache. Be prepared for parent questions. Document on an individual scout page each plus and minus(short descrip

Just got an email that registration fees are increasing to $15.00. Here is the link http://www.scoutingnews.org/2009/07/13/bsa-registration-fee-increase/

Glad I am not alone in not knowing how/why to use that function.

Fill out an adult application for the troop ASAP. From what you have told us about this person I would want my son and anyone else's child as far as possible away from them. You said they were at campout. Did they drive other scouts? If they have to take "medicine" were they driving and taking "medicine" while on the way to/from camp? Scary. You and your wife need a cup of coffee with COR and/or CC. You wife needs to tell what happened to your son. 1st person. As for asking scouts if they want him there not their say. Adult issue. If nothing is done with this adult I

I do not have anything in writing. My first thought is this is adding to requirements and not allowed. In my thinking he is being punished by Cub Scouts because of something that happened outside of scouts. The school dosn't punish for something that happens outside of school why would scouts. Have you looked at the Cub Scout Leader Handbook? The answer may be in that publication. I think if you look at the requirements for each rank it says complete X grade or be X old. This scout will be doing the age based requirement for being a certain rank. I have dealt with the joining reqm

Our troop conducts BOR on an as needed basis. We are lucky as we have several committee members (more that 3) that attend each week's meeting. BOR at summer camp did 3/4 last year (T-1). As a committee member doing BOR as needed is part of the program. I do not know where it is written in a manual/guidebook. I have seen that Court of Honors should be a least 4X a yr. Maybe this is where the thinking of 4X a yr for BOR is coming from. As for Eagle Palms, most Eagles are close to 18 and it is important to do the BOR ASAP. Any chance maybe Committee Chairman could speak to the Scou

You did not say how many other scouts are in your son's troop. It could be the SM is reluctant because they aren't sure they can do what is required for your son and do thier duties to the rest of the scouts at the same time. You stated adults are slim in count at overnites/camp. Is there an adult family member or friend that would be willing to sign up as an adult member of your son's troop? That would ease up the responsibility of your son's needs on the SM. I am glad there is a camp this year that your son will attend.

I would check with your District Executive/Council. I am sure they have had this come up in the past.