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Well we knew this was coming... A Bridgehampton teen who has advocated tirelessly for years for the right for young women to join Boy Scouts saw victory recently — but, sadly, by the time girls are allowed to join Boy Scout troops in 2019, she will have aged out of the program. To that end, her father Gary Ireland and the rest of Sydney Ireland's family are urging people to write to Boy Scout President Randall Stephenson and Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh and ask them to allow Sydney "to join the organization immediately so that she can have the opportunity to work towards the Eagle Rank. . . Please give her the opportunity to be part of the change and finish what she started," Ireland wrote. Source link with email addresses: https://patch.com/new-york/southampton/teen-who-fought-girls-join-boy-scouts-seeks-earn-eagle So if she and her family are successful, maybe there will be "soft launches" in some Scout troops soon or maybe a full path to Eagle will be implemented in Venturing. Could be a win-win.

Bobby Fischer wrote a chess for awhile. I liked the Space Conquerors strip. Back then the space race was on. Why didn't they just go at night?

All too common. I joined a troop where only the ASM's had scouts in the troop; the Troop Committee were all grumpy lifers. Term limits anyone? Let me know if you want the Topic title changed.

Getting off-topic I split @WisconsinMomma recent post

I hid @Col. Flagg recent post, pending review by moderators. How others parent their own kids is not part of the discussion.

Well er, umm, well surely I can't be the first on this forum to satirize , exaggerate, misspeak, tell a ripping yarn,....

About rumored new Den Chief training, the thought was what to do with girl dens? Can they have Boy Scouts as Den Chiefs?

Ok then, back to hammocks. Has anyone tried the Sierra Madre hammocks? I saw their sales pitch on Shark Tank recently. I was impressed and so was Branson.

Speaking of which, I heard a rumor of an updated YPT and Den Chief training coming this spring. Anyone else hear about this?

I did not blame girls or women, in fact I did not state the genders, dating is inappropriate at a scout activity. Or did that change?

There is coffee all over my screen. Scouts going on a date while at a scout activity? Not happening.

Rabbi (Captain) Cass was involved with Boy Scouts. One day, scouts presented him with a large sand timer. “But how can I use it?” he asked with seeming innocence. “To time your sermons,” came the cheeky reply. Interesting story about Hanukah during WW2 in Europe at link above

Bridgeville town council in November voted to rename Locust Alley to Eagle Way in honor of BSA Troop No. 2. Nearly 70 scouts from have earned Eagle Scout since the troop started in 1982 http://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2017/12/08/Street-in-Bridgeville-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-Boy-Scout-Troop-2-Eagle-Scouts/stories/201712070001 Nice way to get Eagles and the BSA on the map.

@an_old_DC have you heard of other "soft launch" councils? So far, this is the only one which I have found.

I don't think girls do primary colors. Camelian or Crimson neckers maybe, but definitely not Red.

IMO girls, particularly girls who excel in classwork, will have an easier time than boys in completing the current Eagle requirements. If they should comment "it was easy", then I think we will see a return to harder requirements, maybe even pull-up minimums in Personal Fitness. Good-bye 300lb Eagle scouts.

I moved responses regarding using Eagle Scout to recruit Girls to a new topic. Let's keep this topic about the new launch of admitting girls into Cub Scouts

It will be interesting to hear more about Council plans. Maybe that Council will delay Spring Cub recruitment until Fall.

Does anyone recall if National, Council, or his SM contacted the school system or otherwise spoke on that Eagle Scout's behalf? IMHO, it would be helpful if the back of the Totin' Chip had a what-to-do list and phone contacts for when a scout's knife wanders into a restricted location.

The Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America will invite girls to join Cub Scouting from January to May 2018. This “soft launch” will be open to girls currently in kindergarten for Lions, and girls in the first through fourth grades in Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and Webelos I, a BSA spokeswoman said. Cub scout dens will be single-gender: all boys or all girls. The official launch will be at the beginning of the 2018/2019 school year. Webelos II girls will also have to wait until January 2019 when the older girl program is launched, the spokeswoman said. The older girls program will enable them to earn the Eagle Scout rank. https://www.ksat.com/news/south-texas-boy-scouts-to-open-membership-to-girls-starting-in-january

@Deerehaas18 welcome to scouter.com

I would think not a problem ... for a Turtle.

Let's stay on topic. This is about adult leader physical contact.

More than 250 planes that crashed over US land have never been found - but a team of volunteer detectives is on the case. Robert Hyman, a mountaineer and explorer, was hosting a party at his home in Washington, DC. It was December 2007, three months after the multi-millionaire Steve Fossett went missing over the Nevada / California border. Despite a huge search, Fossett's plane and body had not been found. For Robert, it didn't sit well. The military don't leave people behind, he thought. Neither do Boy Scouts. So, he said those six words. Explorers don't leave other explorers behind. At the same time, Lew Toulmin, another member of the Explorers Club, was walking past. "When I heard it, it clicked with me," says Lew. "I made a left-turn, right into the group, and said: 'Yes!'" And that, in a DC house party, is how the Missing Aircraft Search Team (M.A.S.T) began. Fascinating story and video at source link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42272952

I'm glad new laws are no longer blaming knives rather locations. It is not an illegal knife, it is a location-restricted knife. Your Honor, it's not my fault, my knife was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.