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  1. Here's a starting point for you, the Brazilian Scout website, English version: http://www.bandeirantes.org.br/english.asp Good luck on your project.
  2. CNYScouter, we'll take any snow you want to truck our way and we're much closer then Houston (less fuel to ship it!). Maine has had a very light snow winter and we need the snow BADLY! Much of our winter tourism isn't happening and our busiest tourist snowmobiling winter is next weekend and doesn't look that great in some parts of the state due to the lack of white stuff. I know of some areas that are trucking in what they can to build-up the trails for those out-of-state snowmobilers. Many of our small mom-and-pop ski resorts (the affordable ones, unlike the biggies-Sunday River,
  3. Anyone who has suggestions for improvement for the Boy Scout Handbook can make their opinions known. In another thread: http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=150130 I have posted who you can send those suggestions to.
  4. I must be a SLOW typer, (chuckle), 'cause ustbeeowl's response was not there when I started, but was when I finished.
  5. Pick-up a Requirements Book (or whatever they call it now). I know I need to get an up-to-date one, but cutting down trees was dropped as a requirement some ten years back. The requirements I have (and are probably far out of date as this is from ten years back when it was last changed) are: 1. Earn Toten Chip 2. Help a scout or patrol earn Toten Chip. Show him/them the proper use of wood tools on a troop camping trip. (again help them earn Toten Chip) 3. Do one of the following (with approval and supervision): A. Clear trails or fire lanes for 2 hours B. Trim a DOWNED tree, cu
  6. Two hours from Hudson, huh? So, are you currently in Great Northern or Wannalancit District? I spent my undergraduate days at "Party" State in Plymouth (Wannalancit District) and helped out Troop 56 while I was there (1988-92). Looking to our neighbors to the south I'm in shock! They aren't hosting theirs the same weekend! The three councils in Central Mass, Pioneer Valley, Mohegan and Knox Trail, will be hold their University of Scouting/Commissioner College on March 10: http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=1339 (scroll down) or http://w
  7. I'm sure this has also been announced in Scouting magazine*, but felt it wouldn't hurt to pass it on here as I just saw it in my current issue of Eagletter. The BSA is soliciting feedback on the current edition of the Boy Scout Handbook and suggestions for a new version. Send your ideas to: Joe Glasscock Boy Scout Division Boy Scouts of America 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane P.O. Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 Is it me, or should they be asking this of the youth as much or more so then the leaders? I plan on suggesting to the leaders in my district that this shoul
  8. Get yourself an updated (which my 2001 version is not) copy of the BSA Insignia Guide, which your local scout shop should carry. Covers everything from Cubs to Adults and all the different badges/awards you can think of. The Code number on the back of my out-of-date version is: 33066B
  9. Well this is a surprise to me as there use to be a Lion Rank in American Cub Scouting. It's now first year Webelos. Anyone on this board earn their Lion Rank? If you don't want to admit you've been around that long, I'll understand. It was long gone before I was a Cubbie (which was in the time period where Webelos was for ten year olds, period, and Arrow of Light was as rare as Eagle Scout).
  10. baden wrote: One thing our District does for Winter Camporee that I like is everyone brings a can of Chicken Noodle Soup to the event. We open it all up and heat it. Everyone can get a cup of soup at anytime during the day to help warm up. This is a requirement at our Klondike (well non-cream-based soup, doesn't necessarily have to be chicken noodle). It has worked very well over the years and we've had years much colder then what we had yesterday (-12F first thing in the morning and got up to a 'balmy' 14F at noon).
  11. pargolf44067 wrote: Last week at our district Klondike (which was only a one day event), there was a troop whose boys had only jeans with no thermals on underneath Our Klondike is this weekend. As in past years, I am one of the inspection judges. If I find a scout who doesn't have ski pants or some other wind/waterproof layer on, I will not allow them on the course. Same goes if you have sneakers rather then winter boots. All scouts must also have a winter hat (baseball caps do not count). We warn all units in advance of this and emphasize it is a SAFETY ISSUE. I have turned away
  12. Trailfinder, I'm not involved with crews, but rocketry seems to be very popular with a lot of the scout troops in my district. As for advice from what I have observed: 1. Buy more engines then you think you'll need. Better off having a few left over at the end of the day then having someone get disappointed 'cause they ran out of engines before they felt they had done enough launches. 2. Be sure to do your launches in a large field or closed off parking lot away from power lines and trees to make it easier to retrieve your rocket after it floats/parachutes back to earth. 3. If
  13. Let's try this again...it crashed on my first attempt at responding (chuckle). gwd-scouter has answered your question on placement. There are also reference guides for the placement of the badges in the inside covers of your son's scout book. As to not wanting a scout vest 'cause no one else has one, that's not the best excuse. Someone has to set the trend. Or maybe he should consider a camp blanket if he's planning on sticking to scouting through Boy Scouts and beyond. Yes, I'm a little biased on this: http://home.gwi.net/~moxieman/patches/patchgraphics/blanket1.jpg I
  14. rkfrance wrote: "We were told they weren't in production yet. I found that very odd." That does sound vary odd, especially, when we have not only had several in our district earn it, but we have awarded them the knot.
  15. I'm not a big sports fan (of any sport). I hear you about the ups and downs. Fortunately, we're in an up at the moment with our University (and the Council has finally updated their website). http://www.pinetreebsa.org/university/index.html And much to my annoyance, our neighbors to the west are hosting theirs the same day: http://www.dwcbsa.org/training/univsctflier.pdf Why not the week before or after so some of our folks (and theirs) could then go to both? I think both councils are missing some opportunities here.
  16. In the other thread, Eamonn said: "Sadly from the look of it Pine Tree Council is more than twice the size of our Council." Area-wise, we might be (covering the western 1/3rd of Maine), but population-wise, we're really small. We have five districts and maybe a total of 400 units (Cubs through Venturers/Explorers). And Lisabob said: "Still, it is a bit of an "in-group" thing. It would help if we had more active UCs to get the word out to pack leaders, who often don't even know it exists until their third or fourth year in cubbing. All of our neighboring councils have also made
  17. Having never been a Cub leader, I have never attended a Pow Wow. Then again, the local council eliminated their Pow Wow a few years back for the same reason as in Eamon's Council. BUT, rather then just make it go away, the took it, the old Commissioner College and combined them to form the local University of Scouting with additional courses for Boy Scout Leaders and the OA. The OA lodge comes in and helps set-up tables/chairs and preps/serves lunch. Unlike the individualized events, this one keeps growing. The past couple of years we've had scout leaders from as far south as
  18. I agree with Kingfish about Camp Post. Back in my graduate school days I served as an ASM with two different Lubbock Troops (first 409 and then with 140, which 409 had merged with). But he didn't mention South Plains Council's other gem. Provided, Camp Tres Ritos is not in Texas, but a stone's throw from Taos, NM, but it's a beautiful mountain camp. Cooking (back when I was down that way) was by patrol, and you also fed a staff member or two every meal. In addition to a traditional camp week, they offer the Pecos Packer wilderness expedition that some have said are as good as nearby P
  19. troop1illinoiscouter, Like you, I can pronounce it and know what it is. But I couldn't spell it. I had to wait until my Lodge's next event to look at the current handbook (the page number referenced on the jumpstart website is only for the current one--in my old book from 23 years ago, the page referenced is a picture) and get the password for the jumpstart website. It is 'creepy' when you listen to it on that site. Asking around my lodge before looking at the current handbook got me little help or cryptic responses without a correct spelling. If you know what it is, send me a pr
  20. Some days, the system accepts my password. Other days it will not. Some days, I'll post and only post once. Other days I'll have eplamer84 echo effect. I am on my 'antique' Win98 system as it's all I own. It don't matter which of the three web browsers on it I use: IE, Firefox or Netscrape. Then again, computers and I don't get along. I have been known to 'smoke' a few in the past--as in cause smoke to pour out of the things!
  21. Pull up a chair to the virtual campfire and have a cup of virtual coffee (provided it doesn't scramble the java in you pc!).
  22. I forgot to add, that one of the ones the boys had a blast at was a cooking competition COH, where they cooked on firepits outside of our meeting place and then served their families. It also gave them good practice for an upcoming cooking camporee.
  23. Back in my days of activity at the troop level (now district level volunteer), Court of Honors were done several different ways. We had a tile floor, so we didn't have to worry about the stain problem as much. Like others have said, it depends on what the boys want. In our unit we had three regular courts of honor each year: Fall (pass out summer camp awards/badges), Mid-Winter (usually lighter on badges) and Summer kick-off. By Troop tradition (and the boys never wanted to change this), the Mid-Winter was a potluck supper. The patrol leaders usually called around to their members
  24. Gonzo1, Be careful, you could be playing right into their hands. It could be that they would like to sell that camp--we don't know--it could be it has a deed restriction to prevent this or maybe they don't want to sell and there is a totally different reason this long time ranger was fired. We only have one side of the story. However, if this is a possibility (would like to sell camp for quick profit as we've seen elsewhere around the country), what better way to justify such a sale then to make it drop in popularity. How do you do that? Tick-off the area troops to encourage them
  25. Follow-up. I just received the materials for this coming summer and it's blank--I'm invited to attend any non-restricted session. Alas, as I said before I can't spare that kind of cash. And one of the sessions I wanted to take two years ago isn't available next summer: International Scouting. It is also nice to see that they *HAVE* changed the title and description of the course I took, which is now called "Council & District Activities Leadership", and it now better reflects what the actual course content is.
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