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oldisnewagain1

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  1. If a district was to start a new policy of picking a Troop's name out of a hat to hold the next camproee (no matter if that troop wanted to host or not) would your Troop participate? Before you answer, the hosting troop can not pick the theme or events, as the district will provide these to the troop, and if the Troop decides not to host, they are not allowed to attend that camproee.
  2. It's great that it is on the calendar early which helps the PLC plan but even with that information I have to wonder, why do the troops decide not to go? Ok Eagle, if they were not answering emails and not answering their phone isn't there some other personal way they could have been contacted (like a DE face to face with them at their troop, a PLC meeting, or maybe a lunch)? Where they asked to run an event or told they were going to run an event? Maybe it was assumed they were going and that they were going to run an event? Once again, wouldn't a face to face
  3. I wonder if districts with poor attendance at camproees ever reach out to the non-participating troops and ask why they don’t attend? Now I don’t mean what the district “has heard†but really reached out to Scoutmasters and PLCs to get their take. There may be information maybe hard to hear for those who have but their heart and sole into events but there is also a chance to improve. It might also be a way for a district to band together.
  4. FYI, I think the server's time is off...posting this at 2:33 PM on 2/10/15
  5. One simple question, "Are you (or your son) having fun?"
  6. Some questions here, If I understand you correctly, information is given out at Round Tables and on Facebook. So if a unit doesn't attend RT and, like many, doesn't use Facebook anymore, then the information isn't available anywhere else (email, website, snail mail or hard copy at office)? Has anyone given thought as to why units don't want to attend Round Tables? What if you brought the training to them, for example at a troop meeting or a camporee? The leader wanted to have trainer hired to come in and train? Could it be possible there is an underlying issue with the c
  7. Expect nothing...have no preconceived notions or biases going in Work your ticket Above all have fun
  8. Well since you asked... How aware do you think most units are of district and council issues and programs? Our PLC is very aware of district and council programs and well as programs in surrounding districts and councils. Non-participation in our district and council programs as more to do with several factors. Location: Most council events are based on the opposite side of the council. Some events involve local sports teams or places of interest with no ties with our area. (Most of the Scouts, for example know more about the local sports in another council than ours.) Interest:
  9. My biggest fear is the immunization I had many years ago is now ineffective. For example, I had the vaccination for whooping cough as a child yet contracted it as an adult. (No fun and at times very scary.)
  10. Sometimes the Scouts have the best ideas. A venture crew in our area use to run the district events and the were the best ones I'd seen in years.
  11. Sometimes the Scouts have the best ideas. A venture crew in our area use to run the district events and the were the best ones I'd seen in years.
  12. Glad to see it was turned down. Sure the merged council may have saved money but would have less units, less FOS and more folks wishing they had never voted for the merge. If I was a betting man, merge talks aren't over yet and when the merge goes through there will be an SE, from one of the two, promoted to a larger council somewhere else
  13. Get him a copy of "A Scout Leader's Guide to Youth Leadership Training: Working the Patrol Method", an application to transfer to the Troop, and that handshake. [h=1][/h]
  14. Ah come on guys it not all that bad... Just because, The district events charge adults (and volunteers at the events) the same rate as the Scouts Event details come out a couple of weeks before the event (If at all). Same old events time and time again Summer camp cost more than out of council camps (and have less to offer) NYLT cost the same as summer camp DE's visit the unit at least once before they quit (maybe) Council want you to hold multiple FOS meetings because your unit isn't meeting quota (Oh, and sell popcorn, camp cards too at the same time)
  15. Sounds about right... fixed King Ding Dong's post
  16. Ahhh....that's the fun of it isn't it. UP: The mentor pin is for non uniform wear only. Me: This isn't an official uniform
  17. A rock concert at a Camporee? I can just hear my troop’s PLC meeting now… Scoutmaster: OK guys there’s a big council wide camporee coming up and they are even going to have a rock concert as one of the "Big Events". (Confused looks around the room) SPL: All those who want to go backpacking on the AT instead raise your hand (a unanimous vote to go backpacking)
  18. So the uniform police have been on the prowl in our council again quoting chapter and verse from the Guide to Awards and Insignia as to unofficial patrol patches, correct Square Knot placement, and the ever dreaded wearing of an Eagle Mentor pin. It occurred to me, if my shirt was an unofficial tan shirt, say Cabela's Short-Sleeve Safari® Shirt for example, and I sewed my patches onto this shirt, I could wear a mentor pin without breaking “the ruleâ€Â.
  19. Absolutely! It reinforced a lot of what I already knew but the real reason I would take it again has to do with the Staff, Troop and Patrol. Some of the greatest folks I have ever met! Bears NE-II-192
  20. There was a jamboree? (With tongue in cheek) We had one boy go to the last Jamboree but this year wanted to go to Philmont instead
  21. King DD, I'd recommend a book called "Working the Patrol Method" by Four Eagle Scouts http://www.scoutleadership.com/
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