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I think the solution will be use camp staff instead of parents, just like competitor camps. With family needs, work needs, and health problems it is getting harder to supply troop adults for camp and those that can come can only stay for 1 or 2 days.

That is an interesting thought @CalicoPenn. I wonder if he would prefer Scouting in Israel ? Israeli (Hebrew) scouts (Tzofim?) have been coed for years. They are international, they have units in US. Not unusual, the BSA has units abroad. As I understand, part of the Hebrew scout program prepares their boys and girls to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Ah, get a large group of adults doing "nothing" and they want to do something. ..and then they "think" this something must involve their scouts. A previous unit became an Adult Outing Club in this manner. They decided the outing program and not PLC. Had over 20 ASM's! My advice to SPL is make sure you keep your adults busy and out of the way.

With the new software is there still a 1 hour time limit on members for editing your posts? If you need moderator assistance let us know.

Still kicking the tires but definitely an improvement. I particularly like the new up,down, haha, confused, sad voting system and the ability to change your vote. Visually pleasant on pc and particularly cell where I was previously resizing windows and fonts. Moderator control has still not been centralized onto one screen. Under Browse Tab: I don't know if there is a need for Leaderboard and Calendar. I posted a Calendar event. Under Feed Tab: Search HUUUUGE improvement and it looks like long past content (to 2004?) has been restore and nicely formatted

Glad no one has mentioned JTE yet.

Welcome to scouter.com. With the new software, we are a little like a den meeting at the moment.

I "split" the "Quality Control" responses to a new topic. Sorry for the confusion and clumsiness on my part. And I split off Tampa Turtle's parents and AT hike conundrum. Actually I split if off as a separate topic. I had to do it one response at a time. Much more difficult than spinning off topics in previous software. Or maybe I am just doing it the hard way? Breaking up is hard to do!

Why do BSA units have to recharter to National each year, but National does not have to recharter with the federal government? Did Congress miss a revenue opportunity? Would Congress take more interest in "paid" charters?

I agree. and have seen it. Our solution has been our SM selects who comes, another tool he uses is a Family outing is not Scout outing - no advancement, lets just go have fun. No parents chasing after PL's or ASM's to sign-off. Another $0.02

Moved (called Split with this software) to new topic.

At least one person did along with the suggestion about allowing parents to act as MBC (just like Cub Scouts) for this merit badge after all their house.

Why not just limit adult participation? Our SM decides which adults go on hikes, campouts, not CC or Troop Committee.

Argh. That requirement needs some rethinking. Time to be disobedient and change requirements. When I counseled this mb, I asked scouts what needed fixing at their house and then told them what needed fixing at my house. Plenty of tasks as we get a house ready for winter. So a list was made like the following and we went from there. replace furnace filter replace batteries on fire/smoke alarms weatherstrip door/windows replace door bell replace door locks replace light fixture install under sink water filter <-- scout learned about town

So the first US scoutmaster was Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass?

I like that we can now change our votes. Still kicking the tires.

IMHO disappointed. I think he expected the world to a be a better place because of Scouting.

Ah you want local option. This software is a surprise to me as well. Another blog that I frequent made a similar upgrade to improve mobile viewing. Give it a try. I like that members can now change their votes and there are more vote choices - up, down, haha, confused, sad.

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When I read Judge Pregerson quote, I began to recall some 60's campfire discussions about Vietnam and the draft we would be facing in a few years. The minimum voting age was not yet 18. There are many, more current examples of protest in America. IMO some discussion of peaceful and respectful protest should be part of Citizenship in Nation. Scouts have seen that writing to their representative often results in a canned response. Two of our scouts had the same written response to two different concerns. Our scouts have discussed NFL players taking a knee during National Anthem and w

I was not aware of that. Why not in Citizenship in Nation?

Civil disobedience is not covered, but IMHO it should be.

My point was the crack naturally opens wider because there is a crack. Time is relative.

Agree. I was taken aback by the answer to the last question, "22. The change is happening. How can we encourage other Scouters to embrace it?" If I can paraphrase the answer 'Talk about it and you will come around.' I was expecting an answer such as, Good scouts and scouters may disagree on this issue as they may on any other issue but all of us will follow the Scout Oath and Law.