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You could easily relocate those caps to change the emphasis to support the opposing point of view.

You've archived your archiving book?

"So...What's a Toby tree? " More to the point, what's snow?

My patrol was a mix of 2 Cub Scout committee members, 1 Boy Scout committee member, 1 SM, 3 ASMs and myself, a UC. Believe me, so much of what is taught at Wood Badge can be used just as easily by those in non direct-contact positions. I had my concerns going in because as a commissioner we're even further removed from units than committee members, but by the time we were two hours in on the first day, I was convinced my initial concerns were unfounded.

I much prefer magnetic name tags for all the reasons stated, but the permanent pin holes in my shirt means my pin name tags always line up right on the first try. :-)

" If I recall the syllabus correctly, "dens" graduate into "patrols" the second morning." Our crossover was at lunch (B&G) of the first day. Without giving away too much, the focus of the course formatting (program-wise, not training-wise) is essentially one month in the life of a Boy Scout troop compressed into the remaining 5 and a fraction days. I concur with those that recommend having some time under your belt. In order to get the most out of Wood Badge, you will need to have a vision for where you want yourself and your unit to be within the scope of the BSA program. Until

In Florida we keep our pools outside. As for the bleach, that's the key to invisibility. The more we consume, the less visible we become and eventually we will be able to sneak around unnoticed (my apologies, I just finished reading H.G. Welles' "The Invisible Man")

Hope he didn't mean "entrails". It'd be a shame to see all those Wood Badge critter carcasses all over the place.

"I think it was last year that one of the major patch collecting sites stated that lodge names were going to be replaced by council names, since national no longer uses lodge numbers. Lots of upset scouters. " Did you see what he came up with this year about new requirements for Vigil to make it fair?

You have to be active for 6 months while a Life Scout. I would guess that if he was active while he held his POR, he was active for at least 6 months since his Life Board of Review. There's nothing in the wording of the requirement specifying it has to be the most recent 6 months or any other 6 months. So if he's still registered with the troop, he's still eligible to work on advancements. I was a Life Scout for slightly more than 5 years. I completed the Active requirement for Eagle and got it signed off in my handbook book 4.5 years before my Eagle Board of Review.

The Pop Tart is nothing more than an at-home fast-food-style pocket pie.

Tonight after our Passover seder, I was talking with my dad (who was an ASM back when I was a Scout), about some of my experiences. Specifically, with some of the games we did on Day 4. People who know me extremely well tend to have this perception of me that I tend to find the easy way when it comes to situations. What I discovered about myself in this conversation with my dad is that I'm actually an outside-the-box thinker. Once I know the goal and the rules/parameters/restrictions, the first thing I do is think about what isn't covered by those limitations, look at the tools available,

I really didn't intend for this thread to get sidetracked by that one comment. John, I am ready to work my ticket. I have begun formulating my plans. I wrote 8 tickets items. While I will report to TG Bruce when I have completed 5 (and I'm sure we'll talk often in the interim), I don't plan on dropping the other 3 just because I don't need to do them. Without getting into the specifics of my items... Some of my items are self improvement in my position as a UC. Some things will make me a better resource to the specific units I serve, as well as other units within the council. So

I don't hold the ad-lib against the staff in any way. Your Day 3 presentation was quite clear on the subject. I just wanted to make sure my comment on it made it on paper. Having not attended either of the Chaplain's Aide meetings, I'm really not familiar with the process of whether there was any staff guidance beyond your presentation since I wasn't involved. I never looked through the CA Notebook. I also don't know if the program for the service was reviewed by staff, but if it was, perhaps a gentle reminder to stick to the program might be in order... or maybe a sledgehammer over the

Based on my two minutes of presentation time, I bet I didn't make the cut. There were a couple reasons that my two minutes fell a little flatter than I would have liked, some internal, some external.

"Back to Gilwell" was my shower song for at least the first week after I came back from my first weekend. Couldn't get it out of my head.

The two items I would have addeded aren't anything earth-shattering. The first was that I was a bit uncomfortable with the undocumented addition to the Interfaith Service. I'm sure you are aware of what I'm referring referring to. The second was that I think the games area during Day 4 should have been spread out a little more. While we did have some trouble with the Left, Right game (can't remember what it's called), if you noticed, the Bobwhite Patrol tended to think outside the box on some of the other ones. Something I noticed was that a couple of the patrols that followed us in

Note: I'm referring to this weekend as Days 4-6 as they are in the syllabus. Days 1-3 were a month ago in the other thread. :-) First off, I'm happy to say the weather felt like it it was 20 degrees warmer. I didn't need a jacket the entire weekend, which was great because everything was outdoors until around lunchtime of the final day. From there, everything was indoors, which was a good thing because a bit of a thunderstorm rolled in and didn't stop until long after the course came to an end. It turns out our patrol was only able to meet just the one time between the two weekends,

Today was a rather emotional day for participants and staff. I'll need some time to organize my thoughts. I'll spin off a separate thread when I have it all written up and ready to post. John, TG Bruce was our sole point of contact with staff during the intersession period (other than what Tokala has posted here in this thread and the fact that one member of our patrol is the son of one of the other TGs for the course... and I don't think they avoided each other for 4 weeks). TG Bruce did his role well (for a Beaver). Our patrol formed quickly on that first day 30 days ago and he enabled

My project was fairly small in scale. At first glance, you'd think it might have only taken 50-60 hours. But it topped 120. I don't remember the exact figure. People often tend to only look at the execution phase of the project, but don't forget the design and engineering phase, also known as planning. If the scout is actually developing and leading the project rather than someone handing him one (like what tends to happen with parks projects), there will be significant hours put into that as well. I built shiva benches from wood for use in the Jewish community during the shiva period aft

As long as the vintage item does not conflict with your current registration, I don't see the problem. Heck, on one of my uniforms, I have the OA flap from when I went through my Ordeal over 20 years ago (same council, same lodge as current registration).

Weekend 2 starts tomorrow morning. Time to finish packing. We developed a commemorative Bobwhites patrol "temporary patch" , but unfortunately we didn't come up with the idea in time to have them ready for this weekend. Looking forward to begin working my ticket on Monday. I was looking at our District newsletter and it appears that a College of Commissioner Science course day is being held in mid-May, and on a date that doesn't conflict with anything (that I am aware of). So hopefully by the end of May I'll have 2 ticket items completed. I'll write up my thoughts on the s

Congratulations. I get to start working my ticket on Monday. Our second weekend starts tomorrow morning.

Venturers must complete requirements for merit badges for certain recognitions, but that doesn't mean they earn the merit badge. Merit badges are part of Boy Scout advancement, not Venturing. The only Venturers who can earn any Boy Scout advancements under the auspices of the Venturing Crew are those who are already First Class. Anyone not at that advancement milestone can only earn advancements (ranks and merit badges) through a Boy Scout troop. As far as I know, females still cannot register as a youth in a Boy Scout troop.

The first thing that popped into my head when reading about this subject was something from my Wood Badge program 3 weeks ago (Bobwhites!)... and yes I know it can be learned elsewhere, but that's where I learned it. All rank requirements are essentially S.M.A.R.T. goals. By the SM adding to the requirement in this way, he puts the advancement fate of a scout into the hands of someone who has no vested interest in the scout's advancement or in scouting. This no longer makes it an Achievable goal, as it takes the power to complete the requirement away from the scout.