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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965522/site/newsweek/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965127/site/newsweek/ Here are two articles in newsweek that indicate that boys need to be treated like boys and not girls. Bringing Female leaders into the mix brings the female view of how boys should act and behave. Females may be technically competent in all the merit badge skills and know the book backwards and forwards but they are still women. Boys are being treated like bad girls, when they are really acting like good boys. Boys spend much of their time in a predominatly female run org

In other posts about rules and regs with units, some people say to write every possible thing down and others say use common sense. The idea I liked the most was use the Scout Law as a guide line. Certainly you need a document listing how the unit is chartered and governed. Things like how and how often unit leaders are elected, chosen, withdraw the sword from the stone, or whatever. PDA is one of those areas where people know when it has gone too far when they see it but vary when they write down the rules. Those involved in the PDA are often too involved in their PDA to be aware of

In Georgia, try Yucca Mtn near Dalonega Ga. It is where the U.S. Rangers train. There is a wonderful boulder about 60-80 tall. Several trees on top of the boulder to tie off. The rappell is easy for the first half as you walk down the side, bound down the middle, and free rappell the lower half. Up the side of the boulder are rocks and tree roots that almost make a set of stairs back to the top. The boulder is a 5 minute walk from the parking. We usually get there around 9am, secure our ropes and rappel until around noon. We break for lunch and them move to the rock face another

Reflective tape is what I use. I put a 1" stripe of reflective orange tape around as many items of gear as possible. The orange color is easy to spot, easily recognizable as My gear, and the reflective quality makes it easier to find in low light situations. Shine a flashlight around and it pops out visually. I also use a Sharpie marker to write my last name on items. The combination of orange tape and my name seems to help items get returned to me. I buy my reflective tape at www.galls.com. They offer 8 different colors in four different widths in two lengths. I purchased 150'

I took the Webelos Outdoor Leader Training 2 months ago. When filling out the course evaluation form, there was a box to check if you had an interest in teaching next time. I checked the box. I went out of concil to take the course and was impressed with how much material they were able to cover in the limited amount of time. I felt that I knew at least as much about the topics as some of the presenters, and more in other areas. I will wait and see if I get the call next year. If not, then I will follow up to pass along my skill set.

Primitive Skills? It is hard enough to get someone to teach what I consider basic woods skills. How to lay a proper fire and light it using matches, lighter or other modern fire making device. Now that everyone cooks on stoves, no one seems to know how to lay a fire and light it. Knots? With bungee cords and fiberglass tent poles, no one ties their tent, strings a line for a tarp, or can cut timber to make a lashing project. I remember spending a day or two at summer camp as a boy 30 years ago lighting a fire with a bow and drill as part of wilderness surival merit badge. Som

I did not intentionally indicate my comfort level in the material in my original post. I am an Eagle scout who had the opportuntity to experience Philmont and Seabase. I was Order of the Arrow and multi year BSA camp counsler. I started as a Cub, through Webelos, Boy Scouting and Explorers(Venturing). Over the years since I was a boy I have followed outdoor skills and have studied a variety of sources in a search for new methods and techniques. I have been a member of a SAR team as well as technical rescue team (High/Low Rope Rescue, Confined Space, Trench, Building Collapse, Hazardous Ma

This past weekend I attend Webelos Outdoor Leader Training. The instructors were very knowledgeable, the facilities clean and adequate size for the group, the schedule was well posted and kept to religiously. Those who organized the training and conducted the training were wonderful. The only problem I had was it seemed to treat all topics very superfically. I attended some other training roughly 6 months ago. Safe Swim defense, Climb on Safely and several others. 5 classes in a single Saturday. In all cases the instructors were knowledgeable and well prepared. It was obvious

I have seen numerous sports jerseys mounted in a shadowbox frame. You would just need a large box to place the entire shirt. You may have to pull the front down a bit more than the back to get the sleeves to roll over to display the patches on the sleeves. The sash only fits one way across the shoulder once the badges are sewn on so that should be easy to figure out. Medals are worn on the pocket flaps. The Philmont items could be attached to the back of the box in the corners to help fill the empty space around the shirt. Or alternately you could have a small box of just Philmon

"I can not figure out why they are not selling though. they really are cool." I can see where these would be useful models for summer camps and merit badge counslers. I have not reviewed the requirments for Pioneering merit badge, but would these meet any requirements? With the current ideas about cutting timber and making enough logs to build full size towers and the like, these may be an alternative. For marketing, you may need to determine who is your target audience and them market to them. It is boys or parents? Is camps or individuals? I noticed you mentioned as fund

Pack dues are $45 a year including Boy's Life. $35 or $38 (I don't) remember without Boy's Life. Pack payes for B&G, AOL, 2 camping trips with one catered meal, all badges and rank, leader training, and Pinewood Derby. Scouts get a new handbook at bridging. Popcorn sales supply most of money. We have 45-60 boys in the pack and we spend about $5000-$7000 a year. Den dues vary but usually about $1 per meeting.

There are numerouse BSA awards and publications to use. Emergency Preparedness merit badge First Aid - presented in a variety of awards. Wilderness Survival merit badge and of course the Emergency Preparedenss BSA http://www.scouting.org/pubs/emergency/ Don't overlook Cooking and Camping merit badges FEMA and American Red Cross both have webpages on designing and assembling a family 72 hour kit. Check these web pages. http://www.ready.gov/america/index.html http://www.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_77_,00.html Don't forget the FEMA CERT program. This

I have been on a SAR team for the past decade. We are a ground search team. We use both dog teams and Man Trackers. We also have 4 sets of military night vision goggles and two handheld thermal imaging units for primarily night work. As mentioned in the previous post, urban, wilderness, and air search all differ. We deal in urban and wilderness search. Most victims are located within 1.5 miles of their PLS, Point Last Seen. Most are located near water, be it a puddle, creek, stream, river, lake, pond, drainage ditch, swamp, etc. There is only one victim, but they leave lots of

I have used Wearguard in the past and have recieved very good quality garments and amazing quick delivery times. www.wearguard.com They sell a variety of work grade garments. They also do custom embroidery and screen printing. I just called their toll free number, 1.800.388.3300, and spoke with the helpdesk. They already have the BSA flur-de-lie logo with the eagle in stock. They sell turtlenecks, mock turtle, and long sleeve T-shirts. All are available in green, red and a variety of other colors. The logo is too large to put on the neck of a shirt but would easily fit on the

Someone sent me email asking for more information about which track, software, timer we purchased. I posted that information last year in a topic title PINEWOOD DERBY BLUES. http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=86284&p=2 It is in the last reply.

Our Pack explains the rules at the two previous Pack meetings before the race. We post the rules on the Pack website. We post 3 dozen car plans as well as speed building tips on the Pack website. We hold 2 or 3 car building sessions where the Pack provides power tools and experienced tool users to help the boys. Many of our Dens also hold car building sessions, either as a den activity or seperate session. Cars are submitted the night before the race. We allow a 2 hour window to turn in cars. We weigh and measure each car. Cars that are under/over weight are returned and allowed to

Link to a different color certificate http://cubroundtable.com/assets/pdf-documents/Last-Frontier-Council-Heavy-Shoulder-Award-for-Webe...pdf

We cook hotdogs for a Pack meeting. We used propane fryers. The type where you fry a whole chicken or turkey in a 28-35 qt pot. We just filled it with water instead of oil. 10 minutes later the water is boiling. We thru in 50 dogs at a time and 10 more minutes and we were ready to serve.

Maybe I am missing something but isn't this the reason there are tailors? It would seem to me that you would order female pants from the BSA catalog and then take them to a tailor to have them fine tuned.

For arguement sake, lets say the Eagle scout does not have a pair of uniform pants. He would then be out of uniform wearing blue jeans or any other leg coverings. The kilt would be no more or less out of uniform. If the choice is between blue jeans and a kilt, I would encourage the kilt. Of course I attend the highland games on a regular basis and love wearing a kilt. Is the issue the boy is wearing a "skirt" or is the issue the boy is not wearing a uniform. If it is a skirt issue, get over it. If it is a uniform issue, then the only proper answer is uniform slacks. He need

While the idea of lots neckerchiefs as a display sounds intriguing, I am not sure just where you are going with it. Are you saying for each slide, I buy/make another neckerchief? Ok, so I do but how to I display the neckerchief slide combos? The idea of two or three dozen wig stands with neckerchiefs would make a interesting wall of shelves. I am not sure I want to have that many blank stares in one room. I did follow through on my inital plan. I purchased a shadow box with a hinged glass lid. I picked up a piece of foam, had it cut to fit the interior of the shadow box, purch

I started carving neckercheif slides about a year ago. I remember as a boy not being pleased with my carving skill so I thought I would give it a try 30 years later. I have happy with the items I have carved so far. I have been using the supplied kits from the scout store so far and have a dozen or so. This week I bought some basswood and will start designing my own. Does anyone have a method of storing or displaying neckerchief slides? Right now they are all just dropped into a plastic bag but I am not happy with that method. I was thinking I could get a piece of foam about 2

"My son just became a Webelos I and I will be taking his old blue cub scout uniform and making a shadowbox display for him." I got started on this project yesterday. Removed all the badges from his blue cub shirt. Removed the pocket and BSA strip over the pocket. Removed the back of the shirt and measured the max size it would cover. Michael's craft store was having a 40% off shadow box frames this week. Was able to get a 14x18 frame for $25, regularly $40. The frame is plenty deep, has hinges so the lid can be opened, and the lid is held shut via magnets. Removed the back of t

I got the Cheaper Than Dirt.com catalog this week. They have 12 pocket knifes with the the scout logo for $12. These are swiss army knife look-a-likes of the executive model. These seemed to be a cheap way to purchase some items as awards or give aways for leaders meetings or enticements to award boys for doing something. I have no affiliation with cheaperthandirt.com other than an occaisional customer. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ctd/product.asp?dept%5Fid=1509&sku=ZBB%2D541&imgid=&mscssid=WFGEM4WA74EW8N6WL0B11PA0822WBWA9 If the above link does not work,

Our pack just raised our fees from $35 to $45. We ask the boys to sell popcorn. Last year we asked explained that if every boy sold $285, all Pack activities would be paid. This year we are shooting for a goal of $390 sales per boy. While many people complain about the high cost of a scout uniform, compare the cost to a typical sports team uniform. Often the uniform is worn for 3 years. Most of the badges can be reused as they move up thru cubs, webelos, and boy scouts. My sons soccer uniform cost more than a scout uniform. Your fees are reasonable.