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That's easy for me, not thinking required. #1. Eagle Knot #2. Mile Swim Patch #3. Arrow of Light Knot

We had a discussion recently at a troop meeting regarding incomplete merit badges. Example, we had a few boys not complete thier climbing merit badge at camp. Before we went to camp we did a climbing overnight and the boys completed some requirements at the overnight. BUT, they didn't request to take the merit badge until we went to camp months later. It was after camp and review of the imcomplete requirements that it was brought to our attention the the imcompletes were done on the previous overnight. Some believe that you can't count a requirement as completed unless you are takin

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Terrific post and hope to hear alot from you. Welcome aboard!! Your letter made me well up as I thought of the men who had that affect on me. These men included my father, scout leaders, and teachers. I also had something similar happen to me years ago. When my first son was born I named him after my favorite uncle. Although he lived very far and I only saw him once a year, I was always impressed by him. One day I got news that he had been diognosed with cancer and was given a few months to live. I immediately sat down and wrote out a letter telling him why I named my son. I

There was a great article in Scouting Magazine last year regarding BOR's. Check it out. I believe that if more people used a b.o.r. as a way to get to know the boy and let him open up, there would be less stress. I love doing BOR's because I enjoy talking to the boy about what he is doing outside of scouts. I like to hear about thier schooling and their favorite activities such as sports or academics. After 5 or 10 minutes of talking about him then I like to ask what he likes or dislikes about scouts, the troop, or other boys and what would he do to change anything if needed.

I love this stuff. Right, Left, Right, Left. You are up Right. This is better than a tennis match. Please keep it going Ed.

My favorite uniform story is the boy who showed up to his Eagle board of review with a Star rank patch and not all of his Eagle required merit badges on his sash. After giving him a really hard time,(We were laughing but he knew I was serious) I told him to make sure he had everything up to date before he came to his Eagle Court. Rank badges not up to date on shirts are an issue with me!!

he sounds like a tool so i think it is very important that you be the best a.s.m. there is to keep your troop together. If he can't do the job very well, be there to pick up the slack and maybe he will learn from what you do. maybe deep down he knows he is over his head but is afraid to ask for help. help him with out telling him you are doing so. good luck

BOR is not a test so being prepared is not an issue. The requirements have already been signed off. This is great time to get to know the boy. See what he likes about scouting or dislikes. Talk about his next rank and goals in life as well as scouting. It is also a good time to get other adults involved in the troop There is little preparation required for a BOR.

I don't see anything wrong with a summer camp being a merit badge mill and not promoting the patrol method. We already go on camp outs 11 other months each year where the boys use the patrol method. I also don't see the boys earning to many merit badges on monthly overnights. Why not do something a little different at camp. I also think it is fun to see all the first years walking around together as well as the older scouts. I don't believe in making them take certain merit badges but after going to camp for a number of years, it kind of works out that way. For example, handi cra

Here is my little piece of advise. BE NICE and don't think you are better than the campers visiting your camp just because you wear a staff t-shirt. That is what I see alot of when I visit our local council camps. The nice men who volunteer can make the experience a great one but the the old grumpy man who yells at all the boys and barks all day makes me wonder what the darn he is doing there.

I 2nd John in KC. H. Roe Bartle has an excellent program for all especially the older boys. I beleive it has more older boys returning to camp than any other camp in the nation. It is not unusual to see boys returning to camp for their 6th and 7th years. You also see boys going sometimes a 10th year and it is due to a program for older boys. I just got back from Bartle this past Saturday after a 10 day stay. Although it is a long camp, the boys never get burned out. My oldest son just completed his 4th year and my middle son had an excellent 1st year. If you haven't been

Leaving tomorrow for 10 days at the beautiful H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation. Usually very hot this time of year in Missouri but wait, check out this extended forcast. I am doing back flips. http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USMO0667?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared I have really been lucky the last 2 years in regards to the weather and this one could be the best ever. Can't wait now. It is my middle son's first year and he is a little nervous. This will be the forth year for my oldest son and anyone familiar with Mic O Say knows he will have a great time. I will talk to ev

OMG, did I say not to pile on uniform police. Give it a rest. I thought we were talking about the wonderful achievement of completing the mile swim but thank you for quoting whatever manuals you may have. Just because of your comment, I will purposely ask the two boys completing the mile swim from our troop to put their mile swim patch on their sash above their merit badges. Centered no less. Just for you. LOL!!!

I will give you a silver lining. I get the attend the H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation in Osceola Missouri and the camp last for 10 days. That means I get to miss 7 days of work and some sessions the adults miss 8 days. Now that is tough on the old home front. To be honest, I love it and so do the boys but on the 8th or 9th day, it starts to wear on you. The ten days are good for the boys. You really can't count arrival day and departure day. We also have a Visitors Sunday so you are down to seven full days of camp activities. It is a quality program that I loved as a boy and am

dj98adams "Having a hard time logging back in with the new username" Amen! It has taken me thirty mins to get logged in. I write down my passwords and the cut and paste them and they still don't work. It seems each time I go back I have to request a new password. I also print off my little certificates and hand them in to our advancement chair. Good Luck with this and I hope it gets better. Hey, I was also excited that our summer camp has a pretty full schedule of training this year. The last few years I seem to remember them only having youth protection. This ye

I laughed thinking about when i was a young boy at camp. There were not any practices and it wasn't an option. I remember our leaders telling us we were taking the mile swim. Our troop was full of a bunch of swimmers from our high school and they wanted everyone to get the patch. My twin brother who was not a good swimmer tells a funny story how Mr. Clayton(my best friends dad) followed him around the pool with a life saving pole for 21 laps so he wouldn't or couldn't quit. He was so pissed off during but that patch was put on the top of his sash. (don't pile on uniform police) He s

That makes me laugh that you counted my post about uniforms. Honestly I just started reading this blog and found that hitting the active topics link gives me the most recent posts so maybe that is why you have seen this. Also I sure the math was pretty easy since I only have a few posts. I was a scout as a youth and am back now as an adult and I just get a kick out of the uniform talk. I didn't like wearing all the required pieces back then and I understand what a boy is feeling today. I personally will now put on my olive shorts/pants with my scout issued socks but I will not look d

I do know this, I hear a lot more adults talking about proper uniforms than I do youths. To be honest, I have never heard a youth complain about another boy not being in full uniform. Now I have heard some comments over shirts and scarfs, but never a pair of shoes. Can you argue with that? The point I was making is there are a lot more important things to worry about in our program.

Give the uniform bit a break. About the flip flops at the eagle court, I don't think the boy getting his eagle was to concerned about another boys choice of shoes. I am sure he was happy that he came. I was his court and not yours. I can care less about full uniforms. I haven't seen a pair of olive pants or shorts, let alone scout socks on any of our kids in the last few years but I believe we have a great troop. I am sure there are people out there who think we are less of a troop because we are not in complete full uniform and I laugh at this. I am looking for boys who want to ge

talk to him about your expectations and his goals for his next rank. don't make yourself look bad.

I don't always have the best advise but it works for me. Tell him that we all work as a group and the tasks being asked of you are not anything we wouldn't ask of anyone else. If you don't like the work and don't wish to help out, then maybe this activity is not for you. Plan and simple. If you want to be part of the group, and this can and will include some work, then do as you are asked and help out. If not then see you later and good luck to you. If you ever change your mind, we will still be here and would welcome you back with open arms.

"Sometimes I think we here on this forum get hung up on the details and miss the big picture" AMEN! Who cares. If a boy wants to go full uniform and another wants to go with just a shirt and scarf, let it be. The program is not about the uniform. We can debate this all day but I don't think a boy gets more or less out of the program based on how he is dressed. I was in scouts as a boy and am an Eagle Scout. I have now been in as an adult leader with two of my boys for 7 years and I can care less if my boy or any other boy wears gym shorts with his shirt and scarf. He is i

Axeman, We did the turkey wing club in Sawmill last year. I believed they served us a taco salad. That is a good outpost. There are some really good outpost at Bartle. Our boys love the Shotgun shooting one and the up and down cave. We are looking forward to supper with snakes this year. I stayed in Sawmill every year when I was boy. Never saw Frontier but after staying there I think it is a wonderful camp. Really spread out. The only bad thing is the transportation to lake front and the point. We meet at the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church at 51st and Blue Ridge. Mo

Axeman, I do go 5th session. Piercing Arrow, Fort McHenry. Where are your boys working? Mike Brown Troop 269