MoosetheItalianBlacksmith

You cant say that they cant tent with anybody beside a Biological parent. There is a reason its Parents and/or GARDIANS. What if you get a boy thats adopted or you get a boy that has both of his parents that died and he was taken in by somebody else. Or perchance there is a divorce and the parent with guardianship gets remarried. Guardians have to be taken into consideration. Another thought about that divorced couple. What if the parent that doesnt have Guardianship isnt supposed to have one on one contact with the child? But I will say its always preferable for boys to tent

You are correct Weare is in the Massabesic District but we perfered a troop in the Wannalancit District at the time. It was only a 30 min drive which is nothing for us out here. Thanks for the comments and wishing me the luck.(This message has been edited by MoosetheItalianBlacksmith)

At 16 or 17 I was a Qualified Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard and was performing both of these jobs on a daily basis. I would hope nobody would argue that these are serious roles that roles that require maturity and responsibility there. Due to the fact that people are entrusting their life and those of their kids to me and if im not paying attention sombody can get hurt. But its also something nobody looks twice at a young person doing. And if you think about those jobs they Require building a long term mentoring relationship with groups of youth. Because before you can get them to le

While it is true that if you want to get a more permanent guardianship you have to go to court. But For a temporary guardianship you only need an official document signed by an official notary. In alot of packs the RULE is that you cannot go on a trip without a parent.(This message has been edited by MoosetheItalianBlacksmith)

As to your new question.....no nobody wants that. But nobody said that happened either I know parent and sons that leave the tent to let each other change and that may be the same situation here. Without knowing the fact we cannot rush to judgment. Again Im not saying its right. id put the kibosh on it in the future and have a talking to the people involved just to be on the safe side. But theres no proof anything was done wrong.

As to the Actual Situation the rule is you can only stay in a tent with a legal parent or guardian. The form you are describing was a legal document giving temporary guardianship to the other parent. Therefore the Youth Protection Policy was not violated if what you are saying is accurate. But I would not call it Kosher by any stretch of the imagination. I would say it warrants a talk just to be on the safe side so they know the policy and you dont have a similar issue again. I also believe the boys should have shared a tent and the adult been by himself unless there was an issue with on

I am thinking about taking on the popcorn postion for my district. Nothing is definate yet but the DE is intrested in having me do it. But I was curious about what some of the duties and responsibilities of this job are.

IN answer to the question just posted there is no such thing as equally qualified as everyone has different personalities that can add or subtract to a specific position. And to make a decision like that you would have to know those personalities. But all things being equal I would have to go with the 19 or 25 year old as they are old enough to space themselves from the boys and not be seen as one of the boys yet they can still relate to them in a way the 35 year old cannot. And part of the scoutmaster position is to be somebody that the boys can come and talk to with any issues be it sco

Its a town not a name.....and Im not the only person to put a town name on. Besides these are scouters there shouldnt really be an issue and if there was Weare is still the 3rd biggest land massed town in New Hampshire good luck finding us. So thats what I say to you. (This message has been edited by MoosetheItalianBlacksmith)

So in the fall I'll have been in scouting for a solid 15 years. My mother has been on the forum for a while son of you may have seen her posts as MooseTracker. And Ive been interested in getting on but just never got around until yesterday. I finally got the kick in the pants when my mother posted about the idiocy of my troop yesterday and I wanted to post on it. (For more info the thread is called The Runaway train). Any way I have been the Outdoor Coordinator right up till last night. I also sit on the advancement board for my district and am a district trainer. I have taken wood

As it was explained to me by an old District Executive we had once who has since retired. Those Rules were based off of old rules that BSA has never gotten around to changing. The Other answer that Ive heard is threat they want them to work with the boys and just continue to pretty much be an older boy as an ASM and teach skills and contribute that way. But if thats not where there skill sets are, or not where they are most comfortable or not what they want to do, then it really isnt worth their time. Whether this information is accurate or not I am not sure but thats the best answe

First off I have no issues with people shortening my username....I knew it was long when I made it but thats what I wanted a nice combination of my nickname my heritage and one of my hobbies. Okay well the committee meeting went swimmingly. Both my fianc and I turned in our jobs and are now leaning toward leaving the troop. Oh and the same Scoutmaster was elected again in a close vote between me and him. We took them by surprise at this meeting and the Troop is in for some hurting. Which is not what I want to do to the boys but no matter what we do it was going that way and it had be

This is the son again I made my own account. So everyone is aware, I love this troop and the boys in it. I am an Eagle Scout from this troop and people need to stop looking at the stupid age rules. Between the ages of 18 and 21 BSA really over looks people and sticks them in limbo....they leave you with Merit badge Councilor and ASM. ASM in our troop means we get to sit on our ass and look pretty while our scoutmaster ignores us and tries very hard to ignore us and not to use us & anybody can be a merit badge councilor- thats a part time gig. Furthermore I have never let age sto