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  1. Thank you all for the input. We spoke with the camp and they will make sure that troops follow the proper procedure and that no one will have sole use over any portion of the facilities.
  2. Looking for thought on how to handle a situation we faced last year that we will likely encounter this year. The summer camp we go to has a latrine/shower shared by two campsites. Inside, there is a urinal, sink, mirror, toilet, & shower. On the backside, there is a shower and toilet, each having their own door with no access to the inside main area. There is a sign on front that can be changed to either Youth or Adult to identify who is currently inside the main part of the building. Last year, our boy troop arrived after the female troop that was in the next campsite. They placed t
  3. Yup, my inaugural comment was off base. However, I believe that continued to change the rules is not the way to go.
  4. So much for previous statements that the program would not change. Now they change the rules to make sure there will be a female Eagle Scout in the inaugural year. Where were the adjusted rules when they opened registration to homosexual scouts. Those scouts did not get any benefit to being able to join and obtain their Eagle if they did not have enough time.
  5. Donald Jr. already did. Donald Trump Jr.†Verified account @DonaldJTrumpJrFollowFollow @DonaldJTrumpJr More Donald Trump Jr. Retweeted Ken Dilanian Strange, I thought that's what the Girl Scouts was for???
  6. Also not sure how this is going to help families with boys and girls to participate at the same time except for Pack meetings. The pack in our area have den meetings on all different nights, so unless the siblings are twins or in the same grade, they wouldn't have meetings on the same night anyway. I assume some packs have all den meetings on the same night, but don't see it working in our area.
  7. Yes it was sarcastic, they are desperate for money. Could see it especially when they are now requiring all adults attending summer camp to be registered with the BSA and pay dues. We had an event recently that required everyone to be registered with the BSA and I countered with the council program director that this has to include MB Counselors as they are registered members of the BSA but do not have to pay dues. Loophole to the "must be registered" rule IMHO.
  8. Since the BSA will be getting more registration dollars with this program, where is the push to cancel the membership rate increase we are all going to suffer this year?
  9. As SM, I have refused completed blue cards issued by summer camp that I know and can verify were not completed. Namely, I had 2 scouts take the camping merit badge which were marked fully complete even though they did not have the 20 nights of camping under their belt. Basically we would inform the scouts of how many nights they had completed and hold the blue cards until they fulfilled the requirement. We would try to plan extra campouts to help them complete them faster.
  10. I really like what you put together as it is very informative. Thanks for sharing it.
  11. What I don't understand is that the Scout Executive for President Ford Council told us during this year's summer camp that the 2 camps in our council were the only 2 in Michigan that had both an increase in kids and were both profitable. So why not keep both open to Boy Scout Summer camp? Instead, they only make the northern camp a Cub Camp (while keeping the other southern Cub Camp open) which I doubt will see an increase in youth and profit without the Boy Scouts using it next year. The issue with driving longer distances is that we had numerous troops that rotated leadership during c
  12. Luckily they could not sell our camp in Traverse City since it is owned by the Rotary and not the council. They did however not make it a boy scout summer camp next year, just a Cub camp. Grand Rapids, the other council we merged in to make our FSC, got both a Boy Scout summer camp and Cub camp. Then it made more sense when I saw the transitional board members and found our council had 1 member and Grand Rapids had 3. Once the merger was proposed, I thought that there would be a new Michigan Crossroads Council shoulder patch and everyone in the mitten would be wearing it. Now I hear t
  13. The SPL and ASPL were neither appointed or voted in as it would have been a moot point having the troop vote for only 1 person who wanted to be SPL. Even if we said he was elected by the troop, therefore he can be Patrol Leader, they just came off of their stint as Patrol Leader and others need their shot at becoming Patrol Leader. And if an election is held for Patrol Leader and they didn't win, where would that leave their training? I love eating pickles, but I hate being in one. I spoke to my ASM and CC (previously SM) last night to come up with any ideas that we could offer the
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