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13 hours ago, David CO said:

Yeah, I didn't like them putting those two segments together. It seemed like they were trying to imply that, until recently, we would have excluded Burmese boys from scouting.

Agreed, refugee and immigrant scouts are not a new face (membership) of the BSA.

@FunkyChikin  glad you boogie down to scouter.com

I hid another response  which seemed more paranoia.

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I hid the last post as the paranoia was getting a little ridiculous.  Moderators will review.

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This Sunday Morning report also covered  "Troop 1262, one of the fastest-growing troops in America. The Scouts are almost all Burmese refugees, their families resettled here from Thailand" as part of the "changing face" of the BSA.

As Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley introduced the report, she mentioned that today was Scout Sunday. Nice touch.

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There is a lot of real anger and hysteria in America. I think trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,... scouts and Scouters are part of the solution.

My $0.02

IMO, not girls so much but Family Scouting (at Boy Scout level) being bundled with girl membership is the problem. Family Scouting negatively impacts the Patrol and Leadership Methods. I don't worry about girls in a troop, I worry about families making the troop into another pack

My $0.02

1 hour ago, walk in the woods said:

Probably should have dropped this in the adult leader training topic.  Feel free to move, fold, spindle, mutilate, etc.

Moved by OP request - RS.

6 more weeks of winter!

Poor Phil was shivering even with his fur coat. Does your local Ground Hog or cultural equivalent critter agree?

With the help of Boy Scouts of America Sequoia Council, Rodney Blaco, a local father and Tulare County prosecutor created Cub Scout Pack 1920— the first all girl Cub Pack in California.  In 1920, the Women's Suffrage movement led to the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. 

On Thursday, Blaco and Sara Parsons, Sequoia Council district executive, met with Visalia Breakfast Rotary Club to discuss a partnership between the two. 

The move to welcome girls into the Cub Scout organization was one centered around family, Parsons said. 

“The idea behind letting girls into Cub Scouts was to create family scouting," she said. "It’s not making girls into Cub Scouts or girls into Boy Scouts, it’s creating an opportunity for families to go to one place for all their kids to receive the same opportunities to grow in their leadership skills, to learn how to make good life choices and to learn how to grow into adults that are going to be productive members of society.” 

More details at source link.

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2018/02/01/visalias-all-girl-cub-scout-pack-blazes-new-trails/1086714001/

7 minutes ago, Jameson76 said:

No room at all for expanding or massaging the membership numbers with that plan (what!! I'm registered with who??) ... just move along Citizen Scout, nothing to see here

Oh, should I have said    STEM scout units can partner with schools and apply/receive government education grants. 

I don't know how the charter process works or even if there is one with STEM scouts. I was surprised the unit leader in my OP was running the unit from her house.

3 minutes ago, cocomax said:

The STEM labs pop up and close down all the time. The San Diego and Santa Barbara ones have vanished. Strange.

I was thinking, if STEM Scouts is a big deal and they are so tiny and take such a great effort and expensive to run. . . will Boy Scouts ever die?

My understanding, STEM scouts in partnership with schools apply and receive government education grants.

Same Scout Oath and Law but in a STEM program.

Let's refrain from personal attacks and feelings of superiority please when posting. Thanks.

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“All of them together make this gooey, but not so gooey slime,” explained 10-year-old Jonah Weber, who learned the importance of meticulous measurement and lab safety practices in the pursuit of discovery at the inaugural meeting.

“What’s important is that it helps the Scouts be successful citizens,” Weber said. The scout said that Scout principles and STEM, especially engineering, have a lot in common. “It’s helping people,” he said.

Source:  Coastsiders Experiment with new Scouts Program 

http://www.hmbreview.com/news/coastsiders-experiment-with-new-scouts-program/article_15d3b91e-06e0-11e8-a2c4-83360e14e04e.html

According the stemscouts.org

32 Councils (24 states) now have an least one STEM unit.

We have collected Pack photos and created a Thanks for Lifetime Memories video on DVD for departing leaders.

Character building has been central (emphasized) from day one. Often BP when talking to scouts asked if they had done their good deed for today.

My Dad, ex-Navy,  laughed his hardest watching Sergeant Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show). I guess the humor transfers to all services. Still funny today.

Good luck with both, especially the scenarios .  Take a breath and remember your training - survey the scene, protect yourself, survey the patient...

1 hour ago, EmberMike said:

I'm hoping maybe some girls will come around to Scouting and show these boys how to be tough again. 

Amen to that.  As some doubt that girls will meet requirements, I hope girls show how easy the requirements  actually are and the bar will be restored  to past heights.

3 minutes ago, ItsBrian said:

My school doesn't have midterm in every class, only in about 5 out of 8 classes I take. I still have at least two to take next week. I also have my EMR state exam on Monday.

For EMR is that the cognitive or psychometer exam?

Did you have midterms recently?

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@mashmaster, @qwazse , @Tampa Turtlecome to mind.  I believe they have attended SeaBase, I am sure there are other members too.