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Loops are like in-laws, when I didn't have them my life was easier.

Do you have a link to the official vote, i.e., which members in attendance and voting? We have heard the vote was unanimous but, my understanding, all that means is those in the quorum (whatever percentage that is) of the Executive Board who voted, approved.

NO they are not. Let's stick to the topic please.

just typing @MattR no longer automagically works. With the new software, you type the name and make the selection from the dropdown menu of like member names to complete the link. @MattR

A good thought-provoking question.

When I was a Cub Scout, all Cubs in Pack wore yellow neckers. Den Mothers had no problem gathering their dens and counting heads. Cubs were taught to gather in their dens. That said we were older. Third graders were the youngest Cubs.

This presentation was given by Narragansett Council (RI) in response to closing a summer camp in 2018. Numerous graphs showing the dramatic membership drop in that Council and Area 1 (New England) and this Council conclusion is a membership problem exists. http://www.narragansettbsa.org/document/cachalot-fireside-chat-1025/177039 I agree with some of the reasons and some corrective actions. We definitely need to get back in the schools where the kids are. Also parents need fewer logistics problems. Imagine if a troop met after school at a local school with a restructured, flexible troop meeting - game time, scout time, dinner, cleanup, closing, scoutwork/homework? until parents pick up after work. I wish Councils would push back to National and tell them the customer is not buying their product (program). My $0.01,

Officially, the neckerchief is not required for the Boy Scout uniform but is for the Cub Scout uniform? I see another change coming ... from the bottom up. My $0.02

Another reason, good chance to come back as CIT and later, possibly a Counselor.

On a scout campout, I can recall being driven back to camp in a Patrol car, but it was not owned by my PL.

@an_old_DC while you were a DC did you wish you had more authority over unit situations?

There's "first troop in America" and "first BSA troop" and ... likely only SM had a handbook.

Not to be contrary but I joined a patrol back in the day. My PL lived 4 doors down and he recruited me. No Recruitment patch nonsense, a PL recruited the members he wanted in his patrol. When I became a PL, I did the same. Maybe that is something that has been lost from the Patrol Method or PL responsibilities over the years. My $0.02

@TAHAWK , thanks for your historical research on this topic and other topics.

Excellent. Hope to hear future updates on trek planning.

Tip of the hat, I have found that very hard to accomplish.

Are her Cub's advancement records all in order and ready for transfer?

IMO, Council may advise but it the Character Organization's decision.

Things seem back to normal. Another thought, maybe Feedback/Bugs/Errors should be purged with a software upgrade.

The logistics and work flow needed to quickly feed a large group has always interested me.

This started today. I remain listed in right column WHO's ONLINE (See Full List) after I have logged out.

Welcome to scouter.com @Millie

The truth will out. This was a willful and deliberate act of humor by @David CO

The annual Memorial Illumination is "held the first Saturday in December because it provides a maximum amount of darkness and the battlefield leases about half the park to local farmers. The later start gives them time to clear their crops." Nearly 23,000 luminaries are placed to honor each soldier killed, wounded or missing during the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. "It's a tangible way to see 23,000," said Keith Snyder, chief of resource education and visitor services for the battlefield. "This was the bloodiest day in American military history. It's four times D-Day, six times Pearl Harbor and it's so hard for people to understand. So this way, you can drive through six miles of tour roads and see candles as far as you can see, each one representing one of those casualties. It's an amazing sight." "We have about 1,000 volunteers, which to me is the most amazing part," Snyder said. Of the volunteers, the largest are the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, some of whom came from beyond the Tri-State area. Snyder is most happy about the Scouts' participation because one of the battlefield's missions is to get youth involved. https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/antietam-national-battlefield-illumination-draws-thousands/article_829ca370-d7ca-11e7-bad8-4bc21894a48c.html I will have to see this some day.

Tang, yes! The drink of Astronauts. No Kool-Aid for us. My setting up a kitchen work area before preparing a meal still rolls the eyes of my wife who works the cabinet and kitchen doors to fetch when she cooks.