OwntheNight

This is what we like to refer to as accoutrement envitus. It starts off as a harmless pin to support something you feel strongly about, then the extra items keep adding up around your uniform. Eventually, your wearing more bling than Flava Flav! There is hope though, you can overcome AE, by telling or asking yourself, what would I say to the boys who started putting all this extra stuff on their uniform? My name is OwntheNight, and I suffer from AE! It started off with the fancy city pin we got form the Mayor and the City Council, It worked up to the pin I got from the blood bank for dona

Yeah, I look like I had a wet sponge in a headlock after some time in those shirts The Under Armour or similar type of shirt seem to work well, I've just accepted that I have to wear a t shirt or one of my supplex shirts under my uniform all the time. Now if I can figure out something to do about the salt ring around my ball cap! It's not the smell, but the burning of the eyes that hurts the most!

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I still get choked up and moved at an ECOH, it is a true testament to these young men and their families. So did you do anything as a gift?

Dirt Stains are a Badge of Honor! There's always a story behind every stain! Just like the OA sash, if it ain't dirty, you ain't doing the work. Have you tried Goo-Gone in a small spot?

With all the different knots available, I'm just waiting on the iphone app that you take a picture of the knot, and then it comes up with the title of the knot and the requirements for it. Or maybe the pocket reference card that could actually fit in the small outside pocket of the centennial pants. IMO!

The Lodge that serves our district does the District Crossover ceremony, as well as having the dance team perform at our Tiger Night event in Sept. and have some of the boys in full regalia at our Cuboree event in October. They will usually pose for pics with the Cubs and explain how they made their costume or do some demonstrations of bead making or how they designed their headdress, etc. It's the work you don't see that has the impact on the Cub Scout program. The winter storm of 09 created havoc in our Cub Scout camp. It was the OA that came in and cleared the trees that had fallen, so

Jam, >Those that caused the issue that drove the Tigers and Bears away, are they gone?< Yes, that has been dealt with accordingly, so we are able to start with a clean slate, somewhat. There are still some "hot embers" we need to keep an eye on, but for the most part, every body has moved on and is trying to put this behind us. We all still see each other frequently, due to our CO lets this other Pack use meeting rooms at the church for their meetings, luckily it's on the opposite side of the building we're at. I'm actually meeting tonight with our COR/CC to talk about our

Saturday night at our Blue and Gold, I was installed as the new Cubmaster for our Pack. Just so happens we were also celebrating 30 years of consecutive recharter with our CO. Now comes the hard, but rewarding, work. For the last few years, the pack has been humming along like a well oiled machine. A steady stream of boys coming into the program to replace the boys that were graduating to the Troops, active volunteers, great financial shape. All the things you want to see in a pack, until the beginning of this year. Due to some personal conflict between a few people, we ended up losing ou

Nice! I call that home as well!

From one Texan to Another, Howdy and A Belated Happy Independence day! Welcome to the fire and pull up a log. What part of Texas do you claim as yours?

A lot of my Scouter friends were at that dinner last night and had nothing but great things to say about the evening and the President and SecDef. Still my favorite was a FB post from our former DE who got close enough to 43 to "High Five" him while he got all sorts of WTH looks from everybody around him. I believe the Speech that Sec Gates gave was similar to the one he gave during Jambo, he definitely told that story about the 3 vans before.

My spidey sense is tingling a tremor right now. Here is what I'm getting out of this now. 1.) None of the other DL's want to step up to become CM. 2.) The committee elected you interim CM until the current CM recommends you for the job. That same CM and Asst CM's are leaving the pack in May, so they don't have a vested interest in the program beyond their tenure. 3.)The committee is concerned about the pack camping program and the commitment of the new CM to that program, yet the pack only camps once a year with scattered lock ins available. 4.) The current CM and ACM's seem t

>In going through those records, we actually found their original Bobcat report that was filed with the District Advancement.< After I typed this, I realized that the boys in my pack will probably go through their Scouting career without a handwritten advancement report due to the digital age and everything being online now. I know that all these online tools and programs are created for ease of use and making mundane tasks more efficient, and I am certainly glad for that but.. When I was going through these handwritten reports, there was a true sense of history from the p

Sounds like a little research is in order. If he was a Cub in your pack back in the day, maybe there are some hand written reports from the past that you can go through to find some info on this young man. Last year, we invited 2 Eagles who graduated from our pack, back to our Blue and gold to speak. In going through those records, we actually found their original Bobcat report that was filed with the District Advancement. We presented those papers to the Eagles' fathers, who also happened to be CM's of the pack, as gifts. Maybe something along those lines? How about a congratulatory

WOW, Your Tiger must be 7 ft tall!! The Scout store sells the the Jumbo Emblems. http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?cat=01RTL&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=UNIFORMS&C3=INSIGNIA&C4=&LV=3&item=700JE&prodid=700JE^8^01RTL&

The Food being served! Ants on a log vs Cherry Cobbler!!

From my personal experience, at the end of my course our Course Director told us to talk about the merits of Wood Badge and how it helped us. But they also asked us to not talk about the details of the course so that new participants can experience it and make their own assessment of the course. For me, OA has more mystique about it, why? Because I wasn't in OA as a youth, and I haven't been asked as an adult. I also choose to keep the mystique there by not going out and researching the ceremonies and finding out as much information as possible. If I am ever asked to serve in the OA, I want

Ryan, Welcome to the forums and Thank you for your service to our country and for wanting to give back to the Scouting program.

WOW! The first thing I would have said to him, after picking myself and the phone up off the floor would have been "Sure, Do you mind if I procur Corporate Sponsorship for this to add some needed funds to our Troop bank account" I wonder what his reaction would have been to that. GOODYEAR proudly presents the Eagle Court of Honor for Johnny Scout of Troop XYZ live in HD on The OUTDOOR CHANNEL GOODYEAR Tires and Johnny Scout-"Where Eagles Fly!"(This message has been edited by OwnTheNight)

Exactly what Eagle G said. "Where is the Committee Chair in all of this?" The CC should be running the Committee Meetings. Also, in all of this, where is the Chartered Organization Rep. This is the person designated by the CO to be the final say in the unit. Granted, some CO's are very "hands off" when it comes to how the unit is run. You should be in attendance at this meeting no matter what. Or, I guess you could get the parents in your den to register as committee members and actually have a vote on the committee. This can only end badly for all parties involved. I know this

Do a google search for "cubmobile" and you will get plenty of information on the cubmobile plans. These are also in the Cub Scout Leader How To book.

Forgot to add this. I think these are all great responses and I intend to paraphrase these when I'm writing my CM presentation to new parents. Thanks for the great ideas, keep 'em comin'!

Seen this movie before! Instant Gratification vs Delayed Fulfillment. As a fan of sports, can I see when somebody has a talent or a "gift" for the game, Absolutely. As a former scout, and a Scouter now, can I see when somebody is "Scoutlike", I like to think so. How did I learn to recognize those traits? I've watched Sports for many years, I've also watched my Scoutmaster and the Scouters I work with very closely. If your looking at the Scouting program as an outsider, you don't see the planning and training and all the time that was spent fostering relationships. You

Saw her last Thursday at Roundtable and then saw her on Saturday morning at the Pack leadership meeting. But that was because the COR was introducing the New CC to the leadership. Who's the new CC? himself, on an interim basis, until he finds a permanent one. When I was voted in as the new CM in January, our UC specifically searched me out at RT last month to talk to me about the job, and to offer her support. Does running into them at dinner at one of the local restaurants count as well?

After reading some of these, I feel fortunate to have the District RT staff we do. Last year we combined all RT to one night, CS,BS,OA. Everybody meets for district annoucements, awards, etc. Everybody then breaks out to program specific. With CS we usually go through a simulated pack meeting..games,song, activities, pack doodle for next RT, unless district has brought in a guest speaker. This thursday was a volunteer from the train museum, a sales rep for the local minor league hockey team. We usually have 3 or 4 tables set up for event coordinators to hang around and give out more