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70+ years after Hiroshima and Nagaski, the hibakusa will tell you they survived. We try to save as many as we can.

I wonder if Hawaiian scouts will be distributing procedure updates to ballistic missile threats. “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” ...it was a false alarm which not everyone received. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/13/hawaii-residents-get-ballistic-missile-threat-messages/?utm_term=.6995d400f7fc

I found this but I don't know which "webinar" it is. At the end, the presenter says to the audience "There is no special training. This is Cub Scout Leader Training."

Good luck with your new challenge. Hope it is fun for all.

This is surprising. I would not guess that the BSA is an international brand. How much BSA-branded product is sold outside of the US? $75million sales with say 2million customers seems small taters. Am I missing something?

@cyphertext welcome to scouter.com

Stosh you like to be contrary so Syracuse may be your town, as I recall, the traffic lights are upside down. Green is on top, red on the bottom.

Not me. Good eye. I wonder if the BSA License Lawyers will defend the brand and send notice. Should there be a recall?

As you may recall some of my earlier posts, at one time we had 20+ adult leaders in a troop of 36-40 scouts. It didn't work, it was an adult-run outing club. Good riddance. What we have now does work, and yes I like a working scout-run troop. I gave my opinion about the risk regarding a troop mechanic, your attorney or attorneys feel different. Anyway, we agree to disagree, meaning each side has stated their positions and they are resolute. There is no need for further bickering, er argument I mean.

As presented, your system works for you while ours, a different system, works for us. We agree to disagree on approaches.

We agree to disagree.

We obviously prefer a small pool of trained BSA leaders and have found it is more conducive to a scout-run unit. Works for us. I will stick with my mechanic and his partner. I know him and trust him to protect my family as he has for 20+ years. I think your troop has good intentions but is greatly increasing your liability risk down the road, so to speak.

Glad it works for you, that would be the last thing we would do. Our SM carefully "encourages" only parents who understand the program (specifically this is not Cub Scouts and scout-run) to register as an adult leader. Our ASM, who is Outing Coordinator, selects from that pool, sort of like the start of the old Mission Impossible tv show. Just anybody and everybody registering as an adult leader without any knowledge of Boy Scouts is asking for trouble. Can an adult still register without taking YPT? Yes, how dumb is that. Oh , within 30 days, you are supposed to .... Train, test

IMHO, families will view their BSA unit as "tour guides" and hold the BSA and unit responsible for anything that goes wrong on any outdoor activities. Perhaps when a scout activity transforms into a family activity, the SM pulls the plug on any troop/BSA involvement. No troop gear used, no discussion/planning of Family Outing on troop time, not on the troop calendar, no advancement, .... For a scout activity, the SM/TC needs to manage the adult herd to only those needed for supervision and logistics, similar to the way schools chaperone class trips. My $0.02

@lupacexiWelcome to scouter.com . As @Eagle1993 reminded, please stay on Scouting topics . The Sioux Council of Boy Scouts should have information regarding scout troops in Sious Falls. https://www.facebook.com/siouxbsa/

Yes let's move back to the topic - scouter frustration with Scouting to the point where "giving up" is being discussed.

Carbon paper was a big improvement over using Silly Putty to transfer print. Carbon paper was legal size 8 1/2 x 11 but it could not do color transfer like Silly Putty. In high school, mimeograph machines smelled liked a "surprise" quiz was coming that day.

@Tampa Turtle, whoa I wasn't expecting that. Please keep your stories within a G rating. Thanks. cc: @NJCubScouter @Sentinel947 @LeCastor

Thumbs way up! Back in the day (here he goes again), I typed my Eagle project report using two sheets of carbon paper, so there were only three hard copies - mine, my troop EBOR, district EBOR. At the EBOR, the report was handed over and passed around the table with questions asked. The district EBOR received a letter from the CO, that the project had been completed. The troop EBOR already knew the project had been completed. Simple, not a government project. No Eagle advisor needed beyond my SM saying "Get it done" and it was my responsibility to "get it done". Should National or

Update: 1/11/2018 Susan Erickson, an attorney who was hired by the electric cooperative to coordinate communication about the accident stated "I know the Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative is working with (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Lake O' the Pines manager) to make some decisions," she said. "It's premature to issue a statement at this time as to what will be done, but I do know that is an issue under review and the appropriate experts have been engaged to look into what should be done in coordination with federal and state agencies." ... A letter from the (Texas) at

Ok then, please stay on topic - scouter frustration with Scouting to the point where "giving up" is being considered cc: @NJCubScouter , @Sentinel947 , @LeCastor

@BrerFox welcome to scouter.com

Hard to know with her father. He may be quoted out of context, frustrated with the response or lack of response from National, being a Dad, or being a jerk.

Ok then. We agree to disagree.

In 1965, the Eagle project could be a DIY service project for others as mine was. Now there is the required leadership of others and the larger project management that goes with it, well that is the intent anyway. Both approaches have value.