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Agree. Too much process and adult involvement.

Welcome to scouter.com First you need to find a Merit Badge Counselor for each respective partial merit badge. The official answer lies here http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/guidetoadvancement/themeritbadgeprogram.aspx 7.0.4.3 What to Do When Requirements ChangeThe current annual edition of Boy Scout Requirements lists the official merit badge requirements. Once new or revised merit badge requirements appear in this publication, which is released each January, any Scout just beginning work on a merit badge must use the requirements as stated there. If changes to merit badge re

Doesn't stop scouts from earning (nod and a wink) it at summer camp.

From http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/04/15/the-boy-scouts-of-america-then-and-now-a-comparison-of-the-1911-and-modern-handbooks-and-merit-badges/

#5. Activities not allowed or constrained by GSS. There have been discussions in the past about paint-ball, water guns,... In the past, some members have mentioned their unit holds those activities "outside of scouting" as a family activity. #10. I was referring to your own personal liability insurance. As I recall, @@Stosh was one who suggested this. Seemed like a good idea.

I will try hard not to take offense at being compared to an alcoholic. Over the many years, I have learned much from this forum and unlike dialog with National, I have received response(s)! I would like more new members to join in the discussion. Unlike a regular Round Table, we are not able to elicit a response from those lurking in a topic. Here's a brief list of some of my take-aways, in no particular order. 1. When being told a BSA policy, procedure, policy, ASK WHERE IS THAT WRITTEN! Not written, just an opinion. Note many members post corroborating links when they respond.

Well at least we are helping more than bsalegal.com

Don't get me going about Cooking merit badge.

Back in the day, four of us scouts asked and received permission from our one adult advisor to ascend Baldy on an afternoon hike. There was no sign-in log. Our plan was to reach treeline by nightfall and see the sunrise from the peak. We got about 2/3's the way up before pitching tents for the night. Since a peak ascent in time for sunrise now seemed unlikely to us, we waited on the trail the next morning for the rest of our patrol (6 scouts and advisor) and summited as a whole patrol by early afternoon. Our advisor had this look on his face - "this is how I thought this would play out".

Back in the day, I don't recall a time restrictions to starting hikes. The no-go or time-to-return decisions were ours to make.

If there are no MBC's for a merit badge is it still a merit badge? Wasn't one or two of these new merit badges going to be offered online?

Thanks for the info. A variety show fundraiser with an 80 year run - amazing. And for scouting too!

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/newcastle-gang-shows-80th-anniversary-12892349 Meanwhile, UK Scouting membership has grown by almost a quarter in the last decade - and there are now more than half a million Scouts. The Scout Association said its membership had gone up from 450,455 to 550,457 members in the last decade, and in this time female membership has grown from 69,996 to 128,042. All of which means it’s rather timely that the Newcastle Gang Show is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Please tell me more about this Newcastle Gang Show

In addition to showing us the outdoor do's and dont's, he hoped our PL would adopt his leadership style and beliefs which may have been better suited for coaching football.

Our assigned ranger, we first called him Super Scout but by the next day his nickname was shortened to SS and meant something different. Anyway, he insisted we be on the trail by 0700 fed or not, gear wet or dry. Let's Go! Go.Go. After he left us, we slacked some, but our gear was dry and we were not eating cereal on the trail - a happy balance.

Too true. I know a scout who was away on a school trip during his planned Eagle project work week. In his absence, he "delegated" the on-site project leadership to his Dad. IMO, that was another troop service project not an Eagle service project.

So far, I have not found the name of the Minnesota church. I wonder if it is a CO?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pathfinder-window-sold-1.4066518 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Stafford_Carlos The Pathfinder window is believed to be the only pane copy in North America of the iconic Jesus and a Boy Scout painting by Ernest Stafford Carlos. Carlos permitted only two windows to be made and placed in churches - St. George's in New Brunswick and a church in England. The latter church was destroyed during WW2. From Wiki link Soon after the launch of Robert Baden-Powell's Boy Scout scheme in 1908, Carlos founded the 107th London Scout Troop, now t

To those parents, you are young (meaning inexperienced), not a parent, and an outsider. Oddly, they do not see you as a "product" of Scouting and that in a few years their sons may be quite like you. You have to do more than "help others", you have to market yourself to the parents. introduce yourself, tell them your background, show your knowledge and enthusiasm, tell them about their son,.. The older adult leaders should promote your strengths with parents. I saw this news from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-students-put-others-first-through-community-

Summer wear, the knee socks offered some protection from walking through the brush (burrs, ticks,...) while wearing shorts. Outdoor activities prior to LNT were often off trail - blaze a new trail, set up a new campsite, STALKING, tracking. Today, off-trail activities are generally limited to orienteering, geocaching,.. Garters held up the socks. Tassels (red) you got me, but think of what National would do today with the colors. Green, Gold, Silver, Blue,...or maybe they have.

A troop with 18 ASM's? 42 ASM's?

Chits for free.

Col. Flag avatar sacrifice has not gone unnoticed. Col. Flag changed his avatar this afternoon and at least for me, it does not display. I suspect it is because the forum software has not processed it into a thumbnail (avatar) - a .png file 100x100 pixels. Click on his new empty avatar and you see a 404 file not found error, note file name. http://scouter.com/uploads/profile/photo-thumb-44655.jpg?_r=1478803639 Now if Col. Flag or a moderator looks at his Profile photo. It is on the server but the filename is different there is no "thumb" in the name. It is his original upload

My understanding, the knot itself is called the Asian American Award and as you say it is a recognition of the adult-earned Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award. http://www.boyscouttrail.com/square-knots.asp#asian http://www.scouting.org/Home/Awards_Central/AsianAmerican.aspx I don't know if this is a local misunderstanding or a misreporting. Vale La Pena! Award , Asian American Award, and the next?