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Everything posted by Peregrinator
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If one claims to be introducing a program, then I think it is implicit in that claim that it will be separate, not the same program that already exists. Why would an existing program need an introduction?
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Baden-Powell himself thought that the BSA was too bureaucratic, and I'm sure it's only grown more so in the decades since his death.
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What % of LDS scouts typically earn Eagle?
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And yet more changes - even Pedro is not spared
Peregrinator replied to Jameson76's topic in Issues & Politics
Weird, I always thought the audience of Boys' Life extended beyond the BSA. -
That's an odd statement (about WOSM being the grantor of a license for scouting). I'm sure WOSM would like things to be that way, but as Baden-Powell put it many years ago, "Scouting is a movement, not an organization." There are many scouting and guiding associations that have nothing to do with WOSM or WAGGGS.
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WOSM doesn't have a "scout license" but they could, in theory at least, revoke the BSA's membership in that association.
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LDS girl wants to be a scout - BSA or GSUSA
Peregrinator replied to Hawkwin's topic in Issues & Politics
My family is Catholic but one thing that has kept us away from organized sports is the prevalence of Sunday games. Not that playing games on Sundays is bad, just that it interferes with church, family, and leisure time. -
Fort Worth Catholic Bishop endorses Troops of St. George
Peregrinator replied to RememberSchiff's topic in Issues & Politics
Troops of St. George is not scouting, so it is not Catholic scouting. -
Fort Worth Catholic Bishop endorses Troops of St. George
Peregrinator replied to RememberSchiff's topic in Issues & Politics
I don't know in what sense Troops of St. George is supposed to be an "alternative" to the BSA ... it's not scouting, as they will tell you if you ask them. -
What is the National Catholic Committee on Scouting?
Peregrinator replied to David CO's topic in Issues & Politics
Typically they express concern, promise to review, and then decide that whatever it was is OK. -
Directors of non-profit corporations making nothing is normal. https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/can-board-members-be-paid
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What is the National Catholic Committee on Scouting?
Peregrinator replied to David CO's topic in Issues & Politics
It doesn't have any authority to speak for the Catholic Church, no. In my opinion it is basically an arm of the BSA (a trademark search will show that the BSA owns the trademark to the organization's name); it doesn't work with non-BSA scouting associations (not even the Girl Scouts of the USA) or recognize them in any way. -
National, Religion, Membership, Oath and Law
Peregrinator replied to Hawkwin's topic in Issues & Politics
The insignia (badge or patch) that is on the beret. -
National, Religion, Membership, Oath and Law
Peregrinator replied to Hawkwin's topic in Issues & Politics
No, actually, what B-P actually did do matters much much more than what you or I or anyone else thinks he might do today. -
National, Religion, Membership, Oath and Law
Peregrinator replied to Hawkwin's topic in Issues & Politics
Scouts Canada is about 1/4 the size it was in 1965 (its peak) and 1/3 the size it was in 1990. -
Those are all the hardest things though - especially the last.
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OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE: Girls as Youth Members, All Programs
Peregrinator replied to John-in-KC's topic in Issues & Politics
Only this time, they're not going to be able to put the toothpaste back in the tube. -
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE: Girls as Youth Members, All Programs
Peregrinator replied to John-in-KC's topic in Issues & Politics
I'm sure that scouts in mixed units can do whatever they need to do, the real question is whether the individual character can be brought out in each in such units. I'm really skeptical about that. -
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE: Girls as Youth Members, All Programs
Peregrinator replied to John-in-KC's topic in Issues & Politics
Yeah wouldn't want to say that WOSM and its member associations are bad even though many have made a hash of the Law and the Promise, would we? -
I didn't realize it either until yesterday! I did know that college credit seems to matter more than whether or not one is an Eagle Scout or Girl Scout Gold Awardee.
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Gold Award holders are treated the same as Eagle Scouts at least with respect to military enlistment - both can enlist at pay grade E-2 (Army, Air Force, Marines) or E-3 (Navy).
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Outside Magazine: Boy Scouts Should Allow Girls
Peregrinator replied to RememberSchiff's topic in Issues & Politics
Sounds like the BSA made a mistake in never really implementing a Rover program. -
President Trump to visit 2017 Jamboree
Peregrinator replied to RememberSchiff's topic in Issues & Politics
He can be presidential when he wants to be. I'm sure the Jamboree will be one of those occasions.