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We had two crews that went on the sailing adventure in FL this August. One scout was 12lb over the stated height. I called Sea Base and it's acceptable as long as the doctor signed off on Part C for this adventure (there's a high adventure form doctors were to read before completing part c) and that the participant does not exceed 295lb. (The scout was not close to 295 either.) The crews did not get weigh-in during the check-in process. I recommend calling Sea Base admin office to confirm.

Philmont is very strict with their weight-height guideline.

1 hour ago, mds3d said:

If they forced it, I would be tempted to pick a three digit number not in use and put that on your uniform and only use the 4 digit one (starting with a 4) for official stuff.  Essentially that is what everyone with a less than four digit number does, they just don't include leading zeros.  

That's how my troop handles it, leave out the leading council legacy number off our troop unit patch.

Your TM admin (probably your CC) will need to give you membership update permission before you can add/edit scout profiles.

11 hours ago, fred8033 said:

One method, ask the year they were born.  If two or less different, fine.  If more than two, see if it's a minor difference such as Dec 2016 to Jan 2019.

That's reasonable.

13 hours ago, DuctTape said:

keep it simple, imo.

No fractional ages.

Good to know I can keep it simple still. Thanks everyone for the feedbacks.

I hope I posted in the correct section.

I'd like your input on the 2-year apart rule for tenting. If Scout A says I'm 12 and Scout B says I'm 14. I take that as these two scouts are okay to tent together as it falls within the rule.

I was asked recently what if the scouts are a newly turned 12yo and a 14-1/2yo. Can they tent together as they are technically 2.5 years apart? My instinct says yes - it'd be a logistics burden to go through all the age calculations at each campout. But I guess compliance comes first.

How does the rule apply here?

TIA

5 hours ago, Treflienne said:

If you use Scoutbook for advancement records,  do you still use something else for calendar and communications?

Our troop uses Troopkit for event signups, calendar and communications.

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On 12/11/2018 at 4:12 AM, 69RoadRunner said:

Keep them separate. It will prevent the possibility of one troop spending money budgeted for the other troop.

+1

Linked troops are two separate units; tracking their financials on different accounts make sense.

Our committee opened an additional checking account under our main bank account for the girl troop - with its own treasurer to manage the books. The girl troop will have separate budget, outings expenses, fundraising, etc.