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A lecture?

"ScoutFest (Scotland)– our festival for adults will take place at Scout Adventures Fordell Firs on 15-16 September 2018. ScoutFest is going to be something very special for our adult members. We’re planning a whole weekend of skills development opportunities, training, programme ideas, social events, camping, and loads more! Scouts Scotland AGM (Annual General Meeting - similar to BSA May meeting - Annual Report, Board elections, major issues) We will also be hosting our AGM at ScoutFest – our first AGM where all adult members in Scotland will have the opportunity to vote on any constitutional decisions and Board elections. At our AGM in November, the Scottish Council voted to extend its membership to all adult members of Scouts Scotland. The Scottish Council is the overarching governance body representing members across Scotland. It was previously a relatively small body made up of select roles and nominees from National, Regional, and District level. Decisions made by The Council affect all members, so it is crucial that it is truly reflective of our membership. All 11,500 of our adult members will now have the opportunity to take part in consultations, decision-making, and elections. This means that our governance is now more accessible, transparent and democratic. As part of the Scottish Council all adult members of Scouts Scotland will receive information about the AGM and elections. We will do this by email, so please make sure that your email details are kept up to date on Compass so that you can receive this information." https://www.scouts.scot/news-events/news/scoutfest-2018/

@GoingTheDistance welcome to scouter.com.

Back in the day (here he goes), adults would keep watch on tents, as older scouts were known for raiding rival troop camps, leaving camp for the nearest town/ice cream stand, Girl Scout camp,... the usual young masculine pranks of that day.

Is that the Royal we or singular we?

@denibug72 , welcome to scouter.com ...finally.

Disappointing that some have taken this discussion off the rails with exaggerated, explicit examples that have no place in a topic about Girl Scouts, let alone a scouter forum. Too bad, as this OP story is still developing. If you don't want to follow the Scout Oath and Law in writing a post, your post will be removed. It is that simple. Topic is locked .

@ChickenMan welcome to scouter.com .

I am referring to the lack of an apparent National policy and this comment. “This is kind of a community issue,” said Mike Lopes, a spokesman for the Girl Scouts of the USA. “For the most part, it’s not any different than selling in front of any other kind of shop. It just happens to be a marijuana dispensary.” and that some California Councils have allowed it , Colorado went back and forth.

Local option?

I am still waiting for the "official" Girl Scout position. Here's what I have found so far A spokeswoman for Girl Scouts San Diego told The San Diego Union-Tribune on Tuesday that the regional council of the national organization is not investigating the matter, but would discuss it with the girl and her family if they ever find out who she is because there are very particular rules about when and where Girl Scouts can sell their popular cookies each year — and “consequences” for repeated infractions. “It’s not a cut and dried situation when we don’t know who the girl is and we don’t know what the situation is,” said Maryl Doyle, director of communications for Girl Scouts San Diego. Doyle told The Union-Tribune on Monday that Girl Scouts are prohibited from setting up booths outside commercial establishments without explicit permission from business owners on an approved list. Doyle said that Urbn Leaf “is not on the approved booth site list.” http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-no-disciplinary-action-against-san-diego-girl-scout-who-sold-cookies-outside-marijuana-dispensary-20180206-htmlstory.html “This is kind of a community issue,” said Mike Lopes, a spokesman for the Girl Scouts of the USA. “For the most part, it’s not any different than selling in front of any other kind of shop. It just happens to be a marijuana dispensary.” ... The San Diego scout isn’t the first girl to anticipate munchies outside a marijuana distributor. In 2014, a 13-year-old sold 117 boxes in two hours outside a medical marijuana clinic in San Francisco. The Girl Scouts of Colorado said in 2014 that it did not allow scouts to sell cookies in front of marijuana shops, liquor stores or bars. But it has since abandoned that policy, AnneMarie Harper, a spokeswoman for the Colorado organization, said in an interview on Wednesday. “Back then it was a blanket: ‘No, you may not,’” she said. “Now, it’s more of: ‘Come to us, tell us where you want to be and what you want to do,’ making sure we’re checking off all of the safety guidelines.” ... Some girls have sold near breweries, she said, but she wasn’t aware of anyone trying to stake out a spot near legal marijuana sellers. “We really want girls to be cookie entrepreneurs, to find new and creative ways to reach customers,” she said. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/us/girl-scouts-marijuana.html

Ok then, let's be respectful. @NJCubScouter , @Sentinel947, @LeCastor

Yes make it engaging and hands-on. For example, my den built a full-size historical reproduction (ductwork) of a Congreve rocket (British). It was 10ft long. https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/rockets-inspired-francis-scott-key-180952399/ Bear Adventure: Paws for Action (Duty to Country) Complete Requirement 1 and two others from Requirements 2-4. Learn about our nation’s flag. Display it at home for one month. Say the Pledge of Allegiance and learn its meaning. Do at least one of the following. A. Find out about two famous Americans. Share what you learned. B. Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your community, town, or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.

@Pselb , take it easy. No one and definitely not me stated or implied that you and your wife were using the BSA for babysitting, only that some parents have and long before Family Scouting arrived. @NJCubScouter, @Sentinel947, @LeCastor

The BabySitters of America phenomenon existed long before Family Scouting.

As we know, today Feb 8, is the BSA birthday, mostly just a calendar reminder item these days. But I read this article and memories of Scouting long past surfaced. Thank you Bourbonnais,IL Here is the excerpt, Kids take over Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will run the village on Feb. 10 for "Scout Week." For about the past 40 years, the village has matched the scouts with department heads and allowed them to learn their duties. "It's an opportunity for some of the scouts to show their leadership skills and learn a bit about their town," Schore said. "It's a hands-on civics course. "I still run into scouts who did it 20 years ago. They still talk about how they got to be mayor or police chief for a day."

IMO, if the Girl Scouts disapprove of the sales location, then the profits of having sold 312 cookie boxes there should be donated to a drug treatment program, etc. My $0.02

Okay, it is the scout's project and he , not his coach or dad, should be leading his volunteers (you). The scout should do the project drawings, parts and cut lists. Hand drawings are still okay. He, or better other scouts he is leading, can select boards and mark the cut lines, clamp joints square, drive screws.

Who is Eagle Project Coach? Have you seen his Eagle Project workbook? In his workbook should be contact information for his Eagle Project Coach, Scoutmaster, and his school principal, the benefactor. Also there will be approval signatures, if his project proposal has been approved. The scout should be communicating with you and not his parents with you. Thanks for helping. What a lost learning opportunity (Kreg jig nice, I could use one) for the scout due to shortsighted BSA safety rules.

@Redman , welcome to scouter.com

I moved those posts over to a new I&P topic. \

@MikeS72 welcome to scouter.com

...this year one of the organization’s four “high adventure bases” — Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico — will begin hosting family scouting for families with girls or boys. Similar family programs are under development at the Summit Bechtel Family Reserve in West Virginia, says Al Lambert, an assistant chief scout executive for BSA, who leads outdoor programming efforts. “It’s an exciting time for us . and our efforts in supporting girls and families, as well as boys,” says Lambert. “We’re adapting to changing times.” Lambert says many young families want to experience camping and have their kids learn outdoor skills, but would like to do so as a family, with a few more creature comforts than Boy Scouts are traditionally used to. In some parts of the country, Boy Scouts of America-run programs open to both genders include those involving local schools or community organizations. The Spirit of Adventure Council (Boston, MA) has done this. Camp Sayre was rebuilt/rebranded into the New England Base Camp. It is open to public. -RS “Around 50,000 boys and girls have visited our camps through school groups, and 85 percent are not registered with the Scouts,” says John Andrews, scout executive of the Northern Star Council of Minnesota. “It’s a great way of showing the community what we do.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/more-boy-scout-camps-will-be-open-to-girls-this-summer/2018/02/06/d7f52cfe-0b49-11e8-998c-96deb18cca19_story.html?utm_term=.736a5651a66f

From my experience, adults (leaders included) should be given prior notice regarding awards to them. If they say NO, then it is NO. They need not provide an explanation.

Delegate, yes! No snacks at my den meetings, we are having too much fun. Send them home hungry for dinner! Adults yakking ... I don't want to hijack topic.