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TheScout If you have the card for the Palm,just go to your Council Scout shop and buy another one. My Council Scout shop requires to show proof before you can purchase Eagle replacement items, badge,medal and Palms.

Had the same thing happen to me. National can replace it.I sent you an e-mail on getting a replacement. The pin is another story. If Supply doesn't have it try e-bay.

Thanks for the link. I got 16 of 17 correct. I just love trivia questions.

SWScouter you are correct about the footnote. Except that in this case you are using Backpacking hikes for Hiking not the other way around. This is how it was explained to me by the Dean of MB counselors for my council since I do both badges.

It is up to the MB counselor what they will accept. As a Hiking MB I will accept up to 3 hikes used in Backpacking MB as long as the 10 mile requirement is met.

The summer camp we go to has a trail to eagle program. They offer Cit Community,Cit Nation, Cit World and Communications to Scouts who are at least Star and are attending summer camp for at least their third summer. All the badges have prerequisites that must be turned in on the first day to be accepted. Communications has the following prerequisites for 2005: 4,5,7(typed/printed out) req 1,8 & 9 best done in advance. I hope that this will help you.(This message has been edited by ljnrsu)oops double post sorry(This message has been edited by ljnrsu)

The summer camp we go to has a trail to eagle program. They offer Cit Community,Cit Nation, Cit World and Communications to Scouts who are at least Star and are attending summer camp for at least their third summer. All the badges have prerequisites that must be turned in on the first day to be accepted. Communications has the following prerequisites for 2005: 4,5,7(typed/printed out) req 1,8 & 9 best done in advance. I hope that this will help you.

You do have a problem and it is not you. From what you said you have done nothing wrong. First off I agree with the Committe member you do need to talk with this ASM in the presence of the other adults. You need to explain that he is an advisor to the patrols ie help when needed. He is not "in charge" of them. Does he understand the principal of boy led troop? If not it needs to be explained to him. PLC meetings are set up and led by the SPL it is one of the functions of the SPL, adults should only observe and help if asked. "adult patrol method" what is that,I've never heard o

As long as you only use the EIN for a bank account you should be ok. As a Tax Accountant I concurr with dancinfox you should not need to file form 990 since you did not file Form 1023 for exempt status under 501©(3). Some CO's may not want to give out their EIN's for Sales Tax exemption reasons. IRS Pub 78 Cumulative list of Organizations does list over 100 Packs and Troops that are exempt.

No they were dropped in the 1998 catalog. They were listed as closeout in the 2002 catalog. You can try e-Bay.

Thanks for the suggestions. The old bag was a Morsan mummy I bought in 1971 for my trip to Philmont. I guess I just gave my age away. It was just over 5 pounds. What I bought is a Slumberjack Glacier on sale for $79.99 it is under 4 pounds. Our Troop has yet to go camping in Jan/Feb that we have snow or it has been coldest weekend that winter. I will have to try the box idea, normally I put the bag on a hanger in the closet.

Anarchist thanks you your insight. As to getting a new bag that was done right there and then. They were having a great sale,picked up a -20 Slumberjack for 40% off. It was a no brainer. Yes us old folks do have a harder time keeping warm. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Now I am sorry I opened my mouth and created this can of worms. It was only food for thought. Yes I do know BSA Policy for Advancement. I also know that on the bottom of the blue MB card the SM is giving their approval for the Scout to work on that MB. In effect BSA leaves it up to each Unit to decide what to do. BSA Policy for Advancement never has said can't do this or you can't do that. It is their legal way of putting the onus back to the Unit. Why do you think each Unit has a seperate Charter? Because it makes you a seperate legal entity from them. It is the same reason why they can'

In reply to FScouter: I am a currently registered MB counselor for Cit Community,Cit Nation,Cit World,Camping,Hiking and Personal Management.And have done First Aid,Safety and Personal Fitness. I am a CPA w/ a MBA in Taxation. I also hold a current EMT certification. I earned Eagle Scout in 1971, along with Scouter Training award,Scoutmasters Key and have served as an instructor for both Youth and Adult Training in my district. I am not new at this. We meaning the Troop committee,Advancement Chair and the Uniformed Leaders did this 8 years ago. We did this for a few reasons. The main

Be thankful you are becoming SM. In my opinion your current SM doesn't have a "clue", Eagle or not, and is hurting the Unit and the boys. Before I continue let me say something about my Boy Scout background. I made Eagle in 1971 at the age of 17. After college I became SM of my old Troop and sat on our Council's Eagle boards. Then 10 years ago when my oldest joined Boy Scouts I became involved again as ASM which I sill am. About 5 years ago I was talking to a father of one of my soccer players and Boy Scouts came up. He said that his son was going to drop out of Scouting because a

It varies Troop to Troop. Our Troop, where I am ASM does not allow Scouts under the Rank of Second Class to earn Eagle Required MB's except for Swimming. The summer camp our Troop uses has a "Trail to 1st Class" where the Scout can either earn Swimming MB or 2 other MB's. Which is great,by earning Swimming MB the Scout has also fulfilled the 1st Class swimming requirements. As a MB counselor for 5 Eagle required MB's including Camping I totally disagree with KoreaScouter in regards to Camping. Yes the Scout is acquiring his nights without realizing it and there is a lot of informati

How many uniforms do we really need? BSA all ready has 3: class A: full dress class B: Scout activity shirt class C: troop shirt What I would like to see is the cost of the pants drop $36.00 is to much. Yes I know they wear like a suit of armor, my 2 boys out grew them before they were worn out. I put their old uniforms in our Troop swap box,where they are being worn for the 4th time. I mean that you can go to almost any store and buy green cargo pants/shorts for $15.00 and less.

To warm is better than to cold. As been said if to warm you sleep on top,unzipped like a quilt. I would recommend a +15 bag but I live in northern NJ very close to the Campmor store. Campmor has a great selection of bags that are $150.00 or less. I like mummy bags,and I am partial to Slumberjack which I bought for my boys. I was recently at the Campmor store talking with their camping mananger who I know thru Scouting about recommendations for bags. He told me thing that I never heard in 40 years of camping. Temp. ratings vary by up to +3 degrees before being moved to the nex

Bob White's and Anarchist's replies are right on the money. I am an ASM and a registered MB conselor for Camping. Every camping trip our troop goes on, when we check in we ask if there is anything they need help with. In most cases this has fulfilled requirement 9c. Your son needs to talk to the SPL and SM in order to incorporate a service project on their next camping trip. Since service hours or projects are required for many ranks and MB's approval should not be a problem. The best part is they only expire when used by the Scout. It is win - win for everybody.

It sounds like this Scoutmaster knows how to handle 7 new boys joining at the same time. We assign one of our Instructors to guide new Scouts. If we have 5 or more join at one time we use a New Scout Patrol.If there are less than 5 we place them in a regular Patrol with the Instructor to guide them separately. I am the ASM assigned to the new scout Instructor. Over the past 10 years I have watched my sons and 5 other boys join me as Eagle Scouts using this system.It works for us. As many of the replys have already stated Cub Scouts are "parent" led and Boy Scouts is "boy led". It does ta