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The rule was changed some time back to be for travel anywhere outside of your district. Tour permits are not required for attendance at district and council events, wherever held. In essence, the person responsible for said event is filing a tour permit for all attending.

If you really want to get a response, try this; Make a new set of beads the same size. Drop them in your campfire until they are crispy. Make up a great story, take them to assembly and sheepishly present them. I'm sure that you'll get a reaction from the staff and the other patrols will remember you! Then you can present the real beads with a small set of charred beads on them as an enhancement. The Owl Patrol did this on my course many years ago and people still talk about it!

dScouter15, I have to take exception to your definition of "administering his own meds". I question legally if it would hold up that you are not the person administering the drugs since you are the person being placed in charge of them. "The scout is still responsible for administering his own meds, but the adult leader still is able to remind the scout if necessary." In your scenario, all the Scout is doing is taking his pills out of the bag that you are maintaining and giving them to himself. And this is for Scouts deemed mature enough by their leaders to be taking NYLT (13 to 17 y

2) has WRITTEN permission from his parents/guardian to allow this other dad to take him on the campout and to be responsible for him

Gunny, Don't know? The BSA official's terminology, not mine, but he doesn't say convicted of, so I think accused of is probably the case. That is probably the reason BSA fought so hard to keep the files private as accusations should be kept private, not the case with convictions IMHO.

The media has had a field day with the BSA maintaining "Perversion Files". Was that the official designation by BSA? Some former BSA folks on this forum had other names for the files but did not know them officially as the "Perversion Files". It appears from the following that these files were but a subset of the total. From the Oregonian: "Nate Marshall of the Boy Scouts of America told jurors that the files were meant to help the organization keep undesirables out. He spoke specifically of files kept from 1965 to 1985, but acknowledged that the Scouts continue to gather such info

In everything that I have been able to read about this case, there has been no proof offered that Cascade Pacific Council - BSA had received any information on self-confessed abuser Assistant Scoutmaster Timur Dykes. Proof was offered that the LDS Bishop, Gordon McEwen, had received allegations about Dykes' abuse, confronted Dykes who admitted abusing 17 boys, investigated and could not find one of the boys willing to admit the abuse. Dykes was later arrested and pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse, received probation and was ordered to stay away from children. Knowing this, McEwen s

My sympathies, SctDad! Unfortunately I've heard of this happening on a number of occasions. Since it was just discussed at their meeting two weeks ago, you had every right to expect them to live up to their obligation. When I question how these things happen, I'm told , "well it's up to the boys to do keep on top of these things". I can't say that I totally buy into that. There is a Ceremonies Team Adviser and I feel that he has an obligation, once a commitment is made, to see that these ceremonies happen. A missed ceremony really gives the OA a bad name and puts a bad taste in the mout

Way to go, learn from your experiences and take advantage of improvement opportunities! It sounds like you're already on your way to providing a better experience for these Cubs next year.

Yes, Scoutfish, life does present it's little dilemmas, doesn't it! Instead of placing the blame on the den leaders, of which you are one, lets put some out there on the other parents. Twenty-four cubs is entirely too many for one den. Where were the other parents when it came time to step up and volunteer to be leaders, to split the den up into a more manageable number? Where were they when it came time to work with their boys at home? Where were they when it was time to address how Cubby was doing with the den leaders? The Cub Scout program only succeeds when parents step up and do thei

Sorry, John! I realize that Scouting magazine is not an official publication of the Boy Scouts of America. Oh wait, sorry again, but it does say on the inside that they are an official publication. A recent update said that the Historic Merit Badge Program is not canceled but is still a go! http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/100th-anniversary/ Another source: http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/images/pdfs/HistoricalMBFlyer.pdf "TRUSTWORTHY" - I'm not advocating that anyone do anything, John. I made a statement "We received the word in our council on March 2nd that

We have encouraged our parents to work with their sons to teach self-medication. They are asked to let us know what meds their sons have with them and what schedule they are on, in case reminders are needed. If the boy has specific needs, such as a nebulizer for asthma, that it be placed in a particular pocket of his pack and that he should inform other members of his patrol, in advance, where to find it, should the need arise. If a parent is not comfortable with this procedure, special arrangements will be made to have one leader responsible for the medication but this has become a rar

We received the word in our council on March 2nd that it was a go with this program. Below are the requirements as originally released by Scouting magazine on January 12, 2010: Carpentry It was first offered in 1911 and discontinued in 1952. Requirements: 1 - Demonstrate the use of the rule, square, level, plumb-line, miter, chalk-line and bevel. 2 - Demonstrate the proper way to drive, set, and clinch a nail, draw a spike with a claw-hammer, and to join two pieces of wood with screws. 3 - Show correct use of the cross-cut saw and of the rip-saw. 4 - Show how to plan

It's hard to believe how addictive this site becomes! And how bad the withdrawal can be when it's not available!! Thanks Terry for your valiant efforts to keep us up and running............... (This message has been edited by NE-IV-88-Beaver)

If that's true, why did they make the merit badge patches and put them in stock?

1. Tastykake French Apple pie 2. Tastykake French Apple pie 3. Tastykake French Apple pie 4. Tastykake French Apple pie 5. Tastykake French Apple pie Not a lot of variety in my top five favorites, but if you know what you like, why worry about it!

One thing that you might want to check on is whether the boys are still on their meds over the weekends. We found that some of our parents decided that their sons needed a break and didn't give them their meds on weekends. This made for a very different little Johnny than the one that we saw at troop meetings. After talking to the parents, most of them saw the wisdom of continuing to give their sons their meds on trip weekends. Some that didn't were eventually requested to go on trips with their sons although this was a rarity. Scouting is an important part of these boy's lives so we don'

They were published on Scouting magazines blog on January 12, 2010. http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2010/01/page/2/ One would assume that they have a connection to BSA..........

Johnny's Eagle Scout project - Build new trail from here to there. Johnny to Dad - "Here are some plans that I found, build this trail for me and let me know when you finish it. Delegating is a style of leadership, but does this satisfy the intent behind the requirement? Johnny has a minimal time investment but a new trail is built leaving everyone satisfied and happy (I was going to say everyone but Dad, but nah, he's happy too because he has a new Eagle Scout in the family). "The vagueness of this requirement gives it flexibility, which we need, but it can also be very fr

And the truly sad part is that, due to their inadequacy at National, a number of Scouts have aged out every day between January 1st, 2010 and xxxxxxxxxx (Lord knows when, but hopefully before December 31st, 2010), without ever having been able to take advantage of what was supposed to be a memorable program!!!

And the truly sad part is that, due to their inadequacy at National, a number of Scouts have aged out every day between January 1st, 2010 and xxxxxxxxxx (Lord knows when, but hopefully before December 31st, 2010), without ever having been able to take advantage of what was supposed to be a memorable program!!!

Ask whoever told you that to please show it to you from an official source in writing!(This message has been edited by NE-IV-88-Beaver)

"How he deals with this after wards will be a better indication of his true character." But since this Scout is almost 18 at this point, is there time to see how well he rehabilitates himself and learns from his mistakes? There is too little information provided to really be of any help. This would be a much easier call if we were talking about a youth who had a minor scrape with the law at 14, served some detention, became engaged with the Scout program and truly showed evidence of rehabilitation. In MHO, that would not be a problem as this youth could be considered a role model t

What "Common Sense Flexibility"? If he's not in jail and still on the charter, he's active! That's just stupid!!

I wonder if someone from those public schools who chartered units ever asked, "After we start this unit, will it be okay if Atheists join?" Probably not and since BSA didn't hide it's beliefs, whose problem does that make it? I agree, this whole subject is really tiring! Look how many threads are open right now on the subject! Poor Merlyn probably can't anything else done, too busy just keeping up with the Forum.