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Colorized? What next Casablanca?

How ironic it will be if the largest problem that packs encounter with girls joining is membership processing via National's online software. 

Update:

Dec 29, 2017:

Two years ago, a Superior Court judge effectively ended attempts by a Hingham developer to buy Camp Richard, the Nantucket property used by generations of Boy Scouts for nature hikes, overnight excursions and campfires.

http://www.ack.net/news/20171229/camp-richard-appeal-heard

Jan 25, 2018:

The island organization (Camp Richard Campers Association) that has run the Camp Richard Boy Scout camp for decades believes it should be the legal owner of the 100-acre property between Lovers Lane and Fairgrounds Road.

It will now have another chance to make that point, after the state appeals court last week overturned a ruling granting ownership to an off-island scouting group, the Cape & Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The debate stems from an agreement two years ago by the Cape & Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America to sell a portion of the property to Hingham-based Atlantic Development for $5 million, and local efforts – backed by the Nantucket Civic League (former owner of the property) and the Nantucket Land Council – to bar the sale.

http://www.ack.net/news/20180125/nantucket-scouts-win-one-in-camp-richard-case

Can a Cub Scout den film a public service announcement to demonstrate the safe use of a Talking Stick?  Or better yet SNL perform a skit of a Cub Scout den filming a PSA for the Senate?

3 minutes ago, The Latin Scot said:

Except that despite how desperately some people seem to wish it were true, the Church has no plans to leave Scouting at this time. Mercy, people just can't let this one go, lol.

False Memory Syndrome, Mandela Effect,...where large groups of people remember an alternate history.  Learned all about it from X-files this week. 

@ItsBrian ,  I have never heard of the BSA interfering with member involvement in any other youth organization. I have known scouts who were also members in 4-H, YMCA youth groups,  rifle teams, school outing clubs, Hugh O'Brian, Civil Air Patrol, ...

Anyone have any evidence to the contrary?

Has this Scoutmaster visited your Webelos den meeting yet?

Do you have a den chief from his troop?

My prediction is you will be recruited to be an ASM. 

Ok then,  @Col. Flagg and @EmberMike have agreed to disagree.  Let's move on. Thanks.

@Sentinel947   @NJCubScouter  @LeCastor

Okay, thanks for checking.

Whenever my Council starts assessing anything, whether it is merging with another council, selling a camp, minimum FOS contributions,... I worry and act.

Ok then... has this topic run its useful course?

Talking Feather Kit available from Scoutstuff $7.95.

Kit includes 12" dowel, fur, feather, sinew, beads, suede lace, and instructions. As the talking feather is passed around, only the person holding it is allowed to speak.

http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/crafts/other/kits/talking-feather-kit.html

1 minute ago, Tampa Turtle said:

Yeah! Great idea....

I will say we once had a GREAT campout with another Troop but looking back I think we were the poorly behaved guest.

Sharing a campsite has had challenges. Sharing the latrine...

4 minutes ago, Tampa Turtle said:

Yes there are different sets of rules and expectations and it seems they rarely match up and it usually is the lowest bar that is set for both Troops. I wish it were otherwise.

If only we had, I dunno, a common oath, a common law....

Doe this group have any official affiliation with BSA?

The patch appears to have no BSA trademarks.

3 minutes ago, Jameson76 said:

Absolutely.  If a Scout wants to advance and we have two or more committee members on the outing, we have the BOR.   The scout does need to have their handbook which should have the dates.   These are conditional as we need to verify dates, etc. for merit badges, time, to make sure the book agrees with troop records.   Many times the Scout has completed or completes on the outing all requirements for a rank, they come over to the leader area and request the SM conference, then we do the BOR.

Usually at the campfire on the outing we award the rank or at the closing as we depart.

Much higher percentage of lost badges out in the woods......

Did you mean three to 6 committee members?

Sen. Collins says she used a 'secret weapon' in shutdown negotiations

WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she used a "secret weapon" to help end the government shutdown.

“I quickly realized that I needed a way to control the debate because senators can be quite loquacious and they always want to be the first to speak. There's a lot of crosstalk and I wanted to make sure that everybody's voice was heard. So Sen. Heidi Heitkamp a few years ago gave me an African Talking Stick that is used by a tribe that is in Kenya and in the Sudan region. And it is used by the tribe to control the debate when they are in meeting and I found that it worked very well.” ...

I would hand the stick to whoever was seeking recognition and until that person was finished, no one could interrupt him or her. And then I would take the stick and pass it on to the next person," Collins said. "Occasionally it was tossed to the next person, but it worked amazingly well to ensure that everyone had a chance to be heard.”

So what works for Cub Scout den meetings is now being used in Congress?  

Source link:

http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/politics/sen-collins-says-she-used-secret-weapon-in-shutdown-negotiations/article_d124bbb5-19d5-51fb-9b72-e13a2e867802.html

9 minutes ago, MattR said:

How about mark Latin Scot's thread the winner and close this thread. A lot of upset people for no reason.

Another thread might be dumb ways councils raise money but it should be kept to real situations and not unverified news.

We have not heard from the OP today. I would like to know more about his Council which may not be Orange County Council.

But was there any legal consequences to that demand back then?

@NJCubScouter sounds like the Pit of Misery.

Rejection happens. Good preparation for the larger rejections to come - dating, applying to college, job interviewing...

IMO cultural trademark and other legal protections will be a growing concern. Hawaiians and Polynesians are upset with recent Disney movies. The Amish have received cultural protection from Pennsylvania. Imagine if Lenape lawyers sent a letter to National regarding licensing fees for the OA?

http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=ipbrief

13 minutes ago, Back Pack said:

...They current(ly) don’t charge. If they did I’m pretty sure we’d stop giving money to them. 

A long time ago before Yoda, there was Yogi Berra. 

I'm waiting for confirmation of the OP.

I dunno. What is his Iowa work experience? Agriculture? Manufacturing? Has he lost a job(s), medical insurance, a home?

Iowa will decide of course, but I would like to see more new faces enter government.