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  1. BSA can't pull this off for a number of reasons. First, there are so few WRFA classes held right now. I live in a major metro area. We have one troop that teaches WFRA 1-2 times a year. There are a few other groups that do but finding their info and getting a spot is tough enough now, imagine if this was mandatory for all activities. They would have to offer ten-fold more classes in numerous locations and multiple times per year. BSA is barely equipped to offer IOLS more than once a year. Now add in cub leaders to this mix. If true this would go down the most poorly thought out idea from BS
  2. Because it fits the viewpoint of those in control, so not in I&P. Now if someone had posted something about Scott Walker ice climbing McKinley for charity that'd be in I&P before you hit "post".
  3. I wonder if they'll rename Mt. Kennedy in 2085 after his contribution to the office is forgotten.
  4. Good. I hope the district/council does something. That's not a situation they can let go.
  5. During 2016 only, though. If you are Tenderfoot on January 1, 2016 you may continue to use the 2015 requirements for SC and FC until December 31, 2016. If you don't make FC by then you MUST use the 2016 requirements. Same goes for any rank. If go the entire 2016 without completing your "current" rank requirements under which you were grandfathered with the old requirements, you must use the 2016 requirements as of 1/1/17. At least that's how the BSA guide reads to me.
  6. Total opposite experience. They are run by paid staff who do what they think those who they report to want. The ones I have interacted with see us (volunteers/members) as the sheep they lead.
  7. Hopefully you reported the problem to the CO, no?
  8. As we have seen, what the councils want is not what the membership wants.
  9. @@desertrat77 We've got a few threads about districts, councils, national and their BSA operating model. The most recent one not in I&P is here and I posted my summation of what I think is wrong there. BSA wants to address change. They create STEM. They eliminate the most controversial portion of their membership policy. They tinker with courting urban youth. They open the program to women and girls. They start Venturing (from Explorers). BSA *seems* to embrace change -- albeit very misguided and poorly implemented many times. So why do they continue to hold on to a business operating
  10. You boiled down my point well. I hate to come off as a nay-sayer, but I have lived through this duplicated middle management for years and years. It is exactly that: a waste of money. No unit in my area needs district or council except for paperwork processing. Do that online and we would not even need them for that. We can get gear from Scoutstuff faster and without the drive to/from to pick it up. Before it got moved to I&P (where it died) we were talking about how to fix the district/council model since many do think it is broken and redundant in another thread. With many companies
  11. ROFL Calico, when has BSA EVER gotten a program change right? You can continue to throw those of us think council or districts are useless under the bus, but the evidence against them is pretty clear. They're useless and BSA, with their six figure leaders, *is* a group of money grubbing parasites. If they're not please offer evidence to the contrary.
  12. @ya lazima vumbi sorry you missed a pretty clear argument. Don't know how to make it any clearer for you. Communication methods and changes in the scouting program are not the same thing.
  13. No. Those complaining here think the council and district should help units that need it. Why else would they exist?
  14. Yeah, that cleared up your point. The use of new communication tools (phone, two-way radios, email, instant messaging, text messaging) has nothing to do with the traditional delivery of the scout outdoor program. The adaptation of these tools does not mean that the people delivering scouting in the traditional manner are Luddites for not embracing changes to the program itself. They are two totally different concepts.
  15. The word from BSA was "soon". I'd take the existing online training and wait for the new stuff then take that too. I don't suspect it will be that different. It rarely is.
  16. No one is mocking them. We're saying if BSA gets involved they way they usually roll out something it wil be expensive and cumbersome.
  17. Two totally different topics. You can maintain the quality, direction and tradition of a program while introducing new tools with which to manage the program. You think this discussion popped up in the 50s or 60s on how to use the phone? A chainsaw? Dehydrated meals? Other technological innovations? Apples and oranges.
  18. ....or organize in to labs, get a lab partner, get a Petrie dish, culture some bacteria, turn on a burner and get some science on.
  19. Kids from that part of the country are ready by 12. We do a ton of HA here. He's over qualified.
  20. Interesting approach. Our unit had a whole bunch of former tax or CPA types so every event was made to pay for itself. This process was done a long time ago as part of the PMMB and just extended out from there. Our camp out costs are slightly higher than yours, but it includes gas reimbursement. Fund raising goes totally to summer camp or high adventure. The budget is reconciled at the end of the year to see how the boys did. They are usually pretty close.
  21. Try "Remind". It is a free service. Our PLC came up with the idea and the adults picked up on it. They use it in schools when teachers wants to send out reminders, etc. Try it. It works well.
  22. ...nor is moving a thread to I&P that is not taking a political tone. Heck, you could move 3/4 of the current threads there using that definition. The reasoning for the move is silly. Just sayin'.
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