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While exchange of information isn't quite a simple as presented, there must be something wrong with your Epic build. I have never experienced any data loss or corruption with Epic. None of the physicians work with keep paper copies of anything. I am curious what you did about this adult who went down and how you handled the situation differently than if you hadn't known his history. I am a big advocate for medical alert dog tags that include emergency contacts with all your info. I also never advocated that people can tell you things as you need it but that are things that just

I am on the side of this discussion that thinks you don't want the BSA to try to even self-enforce HIPAA style privacy on BSA medical forms. First, my reasoning behind the thought. HIPAA is important of several reasons. First, because interaction with healthcare is an essential activity. You might need to go to the hospital where people know you. Second, you don't have any real measure of control over what goes in your chart or who views it. This in addition to the fact that many people from your nurse, to a pharmacy technician, to the lab staff, to the billing department, to your i

The interactions I have had with SE's regarding Lone Scouts are much of what has been described. They are usually only approved when all other options are not available. They are not usually approved when it is just what the family prefers for one reason or another. I understand why you might not, but you will definitely get better answers here if you explain how you came to decided Lone Scouting was for your son.

or /GirlsTroop /BoysTroop or /Troop-Girls or just /Boys /Girls. If they share a number could easy do Troop100(someidentifertodistinguishyoufromalletheothers).org/boys and /girls or boys.troop100.org

This could quickly turn into an I&P thread at this rate, but as a health professional, I am going to say that I also believe that the BSA should come out as pro-vaccination. High vaccination rates have kept these things from being an issue for a long time, but that may not be true for long. While I acknowledge that parents currently have a legal right to decide not to vaccinate, that doesn't mean that these families have a right to have their children around mine. Summer camps, winter camps, and all sorts of other BSA activities are high risk for disease transmission of all kinds.

They sure do! LearningAlly used to be Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. They used to send my brother his required reading (on 4 track tapes!). What bothers me about them is that they restrict access to those with documented print reading disabilities. It made sense when audiobooks use to be so hard to come by, but they just aren't anymore (they still charge $135/year). I really think that there is nothing wrong with the audio medium for learning. It would be great for those audio learners to be able to have that additional resource even though they can read.

I think a lot depends on how much sense linking your troops on the web makes. You still want your website to be good outreach. Sharing information within the troop is good but can be accomplished without a website. It may benefit you to make sure anyone who sees your website also sees you have a girls unit (and a pack or crew if applicable). Let's say that your troops are sponsored by the St. Mark's Church. You could register StMarksScouts.org or ScoutsStMarks.org or something similar. The landing page for your home page could give general information and then offer links to each unit.

After having thought about it, then I think I have had a more formed opinion. This boy might need scouts, but he doesn't need this troop. Whether or not to bring this to the authorities is probably a personal decision as a parent. As a Scoutmaster, I don't think you can make any decision to tell this boys parents that effective immediately he is not welcome at troop meetings. The troop can be informed that you need to elect a new SPL because the previous one so violated the scout oath and law he will no longer be a part of the troop. The ones who were there will get the point from th

If anyone else finds themselves in this kind of situation... This is first a problem to handle as a parent. Have you done all the things you would have done if these boys were not scouts and you were not their SM? Only after that should any action be taken in regard to the Troop. This is definitely a matter to bring in your CC/COR and SE in on. Not only because you are the Scoutmaster in this situation, but also because this is pretty serious stuff. "Boys will be boys" doesn't apply here. Here are things to be careful of, IMHO... Be careful of holding the entire group at fau

I think that there are definitely correct/appropriate options along this scale along with inappropriate ones. I am still really not sure where the CO would be exerting their influence when it comes to advancement. Other things, sure... If a CO wants the troop to always stop some where for Mass on Sunday, or require trips avoid holy days that is reasonable. If a CO wants the troop to refuse to advance scouts that they deem irreverent or unclean simply because they don't meet some non-BSA specified standard, then that might be a step too far.

Why was Learning for Life not already following the same YPT guidelines as the BSA?

That isn't quite as direct as I think you mean it. In what way does a Scoutmaster exert this influence when administering the method of Advancement? I would say that a Scoutmaster is in charge of delivering/directing the program of which Advancement is a part. National is in charge of how a scout advances.

^This is the only relevant portion of the requirements for Eagle. Does the scout have an answer to this question? Where has he violated the oath and law that others have not? If you are interpreting this from a Christian perspective, I refer you to James 2:10 "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (NIV)" Is your board of review going to hold every scout to keeping the law perfectly? Are Eagles supposed to be sinless? As for the scoutmaster in your second example, I think he was in the wrong and wish the scout would

I used badge magic a couple of times. It isn't great for patches that need to be exchanged (like rank) but I have had decent results (better than my sewing) with patches that are more permanent (Council, etc). I have rehabbed several donated shirts by getting the patches off with goof off and then taken the shirts to the dry cleaners to have the residue removed. Most of the shirts came out almost good as new.

I think that "official" here might mean "officially licensed" by the BSA in partnership with Thorlo. For what it is worth, I have both hiking socks and running socks by thorlo and I love both.

I am an eagle scout now in my 30s. Throughout my young adult life I have volunteered off and on. Most recently I was a Unit Commissioner. We have now moved and I have taken a 2nd shift M-F job. I would still like to volunteer, but have no idea how with my schedule. I would love to be a UC again, but would never be able to attend District meetings. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I would say leave them be on this one. I feel like you could only make it worse by being involved. Unofficial online communication between youths is up to parents to police not Scout Leaders. If for some reason an adult is invited, make sure at least 2 adults are included as being the sole adult involved in the communications would be a big no-no.

I think there is a difference between caring about money and caring about solvency. I want the BSA to do what needs to be done to stay solvent. I am not convinced that was the only reason for this decision. Is any part of the BSA for-profit, or is there a concern with the salary of executives (haven't heard this complaint about the BSA before)? Unrelated: I think it highly likely that Packs will be truly co-ed before long, however I think that Troops may stay separate longer (though I agree its probably inevitable that it will be permitted). I think it is significant that they didn't do

I still feels like this falls under "shouldn't" instead of "can't." Being involved in both heathcare and education, if I say that I "can't" talk about it, I mean that if I do, I could be sued, be fired, loose my professional license, or go to jail if I talk about something. There aren't regulations that prevent the pack from discussing this, and as far as I can find there aren't any BSA rules that prevent it. They have already been identified (and targeted apparently since their website is now gone), so anonymity isn't the motivation. The only reason I can come up with for not talking about i

My impression from reading a combination of articles is that he was originally told that he could not be in that den anymore, and Mom decided that she would rather him complete his Webelos year in another pack. I feel like others have asked this. Where do you get that the pack "can't" talk about it. I will grant that they won't or that they think they shouldn't, or that they are likely to gain nothing from speaking out so late, but I can't find any reason that they couldn't give their side of the story. I think many involved in this discussion are projecting their personal expe

It's not about throwing someone under the bus. Assuming none of the information we have is false, one of the theories is the Den Leader gave a "them or me" ultimatum regarding this particular family. We could run under the assumption that this was not a long running issue but that the Den Leader had an issue with the one particular family. That give the Pack Leader (CC) a choice, remove the boy or remove leader. I was saying that I would have remove the leader in this circumstance.

https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/09/05/exceptions-second-class-first-class-swimming-requirements-benefit-scouts-live-far-water/

There is a lot of speculation going on in this thread. I think we can only really form honest opinions from the facts we have availiable. Can I image a situation where this would be justified? Probably, but most of those would result in removal of the boy from the Pack entirely, not just the Den. However, given what we know, this does seem like an extreme reaction. A couple of other thoughts: Regarding the recording, does anyone have a video/photo policy explicitly outlined in their unit? I have never heard of one, and I don't imagine anyone saw this as a problem. Maybe she is the mom

I just want to give a few thoughts. I am not a current scouter, but have been an ASM and a UC. When I heard the announcement, I'll admit that I was excited. I have a daughter in kindergarten, and would love for her to have the opportunity for the experience I had in scouts. I looked into GSUSA in our area. None of the girl scout troops I talked to have any interest in focusing on the outdoors ("that is what camp is for"). They all seem really focused on business skills (cookies) and crafts. None were interested in dad involvement and most told me that they didn't allow fathers to p

I don't post much, but had a thought here. This seems like an article written by someone who thinks he remembers what scouting is like today. I agree it isn't perfect. However, the fact that he seems to point to some things that are factually incorrect makes me think this was not targeted toward people who actually had experience with the modern BSA. I'm curious, is there any rule that prohibits filleting and cooking a fish or running at camp (I know this isn't enforced at our camp except on the dock at the waterfront and inside the dining hall. I disagree with his points about the OA, as m