nolesrule

"Frankly, I think Wood Badge is over hyped. Way too many Wood Badge promotions are done, and that doesn't even include beading ceremonies which are usually Wood Badge advertizements." I wonder if that has to do with the ability to meet the minimum participation requirements or to fill a course. One thing I've noticed is the last minute nature of signing up for just about anything.

"So I'd start with a call to your council climbing director. " Excellent advice Beavah. As a BSA Climbing Instructor, I could write a few paragraphs on this, but I think that sums it up nicely and would defer to a climbing director. A CD will be more knowledgeable on the subject than anyone here will (unless we have a CD on the forums). Climb On Safely and a course on belaying does not qualify one as an instructor. Neither does 20 years of climbing experience, although one would hope that with that much experience they would have taken the time to get instructor training, whethe

Oak Tree wrote: "the following things must happen prior to the 18th birthday - the Eagle application form must be filled out all the way down to and including the Scout's signature (i.e., all merit badges, all leadership, all participation, everything that the Scout has to fill out on the form.) - the Eagle project workbook must be complete including all signatures - the statement of your ambition, life purpose, list of other leadership positions must be done - the Scoutmaster conference must be completed " No, the application does not need to be filled out prior to your 18th

I used to be a Bobwhite... I had my Wood badge beading tonight at our District Roundtable. Our course director (Who posts here as Tokala) and my Troop Guide did the ceremony. Some of my patrolmates were able to attend. It was also nice to have my wife and 2 little girls and my dad (who is a former ASM) there. In addition to the WB regalia, I and one other commissioner were pleasantly surprised to receive the Distinguished Commissioner Award tonight. A nice little honor after nearly six years of commissioner service. I promise I won't let it go to my head.

There's no specified order for the signatures. And your interpretation is correct, in that it's only the requirements up to and including the Scoutmaster COnference that must be completed prior to 18th birthday. Application and signatures do not. It's just bureaucratic nightmare... I mean overhead. That said, I've read about councils that "require" the application to be completed and turned in before the 18th birthday. They are wrong, but the Eagle candidate will usually have to put up a fight with their district or council to get the ball rolling.

Too young for Eagle, too young for OA? I hear this all the time. What is this? This is supposed to be Boy Scouts, not Man Scouts. A scout can "get it" at any age. I was a newly awarded Star Scout, ASPL and 11 years, 10 months at the time of my ordeal. I'm pretty sure I got it.

Superman also died once back in 1993. That wasn't permanent.

Any registered scouter can take Wood Badge. The only requirement is that they are fully trained for their position. If you are in more than one registered position, you'll be asked to pick which position to be the focus of your ticket. Or at least we were when I took it.

Don't confuse customers with stakeholders. Although they are stakeholders, end users are not necessarily the customers in the business sense (even with non-profits). Often times they are, in reality, the product.

Nothing wrong with that. It's just not possible in all areas or at all times of year.

Feels like a deja vu topic from January http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=299910

Congratulations from a recently signed off Bobwhite.

Just wanted to point out that in Jewish religious law from back in the day, for someone to be convicted of a crime required two (male) witnesses to be present that testify to the Bet Din (court). In the case of homosexuality, that meant that the witnesses had to see, well, you can paint that picture yourself. Which is the reason that while homosexuality is forbidden by Jewish law, open homosexuals are accepted by most Jewish denominations to participate in the community without conflicting with the Torah. So it's not "don't ask, don't tell", but rather "out of sight, out of mind".

I've only been to 2 weekends since I started back up 5.5 years ago as a scouter, and both were when we hosted section events. But I pay my dues every year to support the lodge. Of course, I have a pre-existing connection as it is the lodge of my youth. It's just hard for me to get away for entire weekends leaving my wife with 2 small kids frequently, which is one of the primary reasons I'm a UC and not a unit scouter. But I've been looking for ways to contribute to the lodge from the comfort of my own home office.

I'm on the board of my synagogue, so I didn't drop out. :-) Yeah, your theory is more or less correct, except it wasn't a middle-age rabbi. Most of rabbinical Judaism's laws were codfied (put into written form) in the Mishnah around 200CE, so not long after the destruction of the 2nd Temple, but pretty much all of it was already in practice when the kingdom of Judah was in existence. There seems to be an incorrect theory that rabinical Judaism arose only after the start of Christianity, but that's not the case, as what we now know as rabbis (or teachers) were originally commissioned as ju

" I believe the Book says thou shalt not cook a young lamb (or something like that) in its mother's milk" kid...as in baby goat.

Glad I missed out on those festivities.

Everything takes time in a bureaucracy.

I've never done it for scouts, but I use quickbooks for my businesses. I'd probably create scout accounts as sub-accounts of the checking account.

I wouldn't necessarily consider that the BSA is behind on anything. Gender separation in programs like this is not inherently a negative thing, especially at certain age ranges. The older youth programs of Venturing and Exploring are moreor less beyond the age range where this is a factor. There's theory, and then there's real-world examples like when SMT224 wrote: "Boys are much happier and better off being around boys, and girls are much happier and better off being around girls. When we all camped together, the girls spent their time ignoring the other girls and flirting with the

Well, sorta. It doesn't necessarily have to be with a scouting unit, so long as it is a scouting event. If the scout is camping while helping run a Cub family camp, that is a scouting event. OA weekends are scouting events. No unit involvement in either.

Adults are not elected, they are selected. Any year that an OA election results in at least one youth being elected, the troop committee can select a registered unit adult age 21 or older (1 per 50 youth in the troop) to be an OA candidate, but it is not required to select any adults. Someone who oversees an OA election team can chime in with more details if they so desire.(This message has been edited by nolesrule)

retention rates are calculated on recharter years. The JTE program is a charter year program, not a calendar year program, for simplicity in baselines and calculations Each item that requires a calculation has a calculation formula, and it's in the actual paperwork. This from a supposedly not-quite-final version that was distributed to us in January: #2 Retention: Number of previous youth that rechartered © or separated/reregistered (D), divided by total number of youth members on the pack's previous charter renewal (E), less the number of youth who aged out or graduated (F). To

Sure they could, but there's already the organizational structure and voluntary labor force in place to do all those things. Why reinvent the wheel? The OA also provides an easy way for scouts to make friends with other scouts outside their units. The OA may seem insular, but it's external to units. A fully functioning OA lodge not only provides a "service club", but a "music club", "drama club" and leadership opportunities that usually cannot be equaled in scope on a unit level, among other functions. And then there are the lodges, as desertrat describes, that are all about the patc

"Reimbusement through tax write-off is not a full reimbursement" IANACPA but my dad is. You can only get additional tax savings on the expenses as a scouter if you are exceeding the standard deduction and as such are able to itemize.