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When she turns 14 she can join a venture crew lots of girls do.

Thanks I passed how much is the patch going to set me back? Sent the URL to my son he is own his own. I am just lucky they let you keep answering til you get it right.

Most scouts have mothers that would freak if her precious baby came home and told her that this is what he ate on camp out and despite what we think mom is an unseen presence whispering in the boys ear. To gain mom's seal of approval and remain dishless I would add alum foil, all of the above dishes would be great in foil. Here is another taste treat wrap a potato in several strips of bacon more fat the better. then in two layers of foil roast in coals like the unga-bunga beef tasty beyond belief. Sweet potatoes also roast well without the foil but the foil does keep mom happy! I have always l

Actually the PLC runs the troop the SPL runs the PLC and the JLC. Chain of command for the individual scout is first to his patrol leader and if the patrol leader is unable to handle problem it will go to the SPL who will solve it, delegate it to one of the other JLC or kick it upstairs to the adult leaders. The poor SPL cannot personally run everything in the troop. Patrol leaders run the patrols and are members of the PLC (patrol leadership council) SPL chairs the PLC and his staff is the JLC plus others that are in troop POR. In our troop JLC is only for star and above and they are their ow

Do you attend the monthly roundtable meetings? Yes Do you even know what they are? yes Does your roundtable staff conduct good meetings? Sometimes Are they worthwhile attending? To me yes but I can see where others might not. I have been a round table regular since becoming a WDL couple of years ago at that time the Cub Scout roundtable had a real dynamic and very successful cub master as the leader.That only works for a while though when the person leaves the group is back to square one. When my son crossed over so did I. Round table became less dynamic and less predictable as far

Change your perspective on it your not being used you are sharing, doing your good turn for other scouter's who may not have the experience or skills you have. Remember the law of reaping and sowing if you are sowing into other packs and troops than your own the results may not be immediately apparent but it is not our job to worry about the harvest just to go on doing what we know is right. Think of the example you are setting for the boys in your troop that outings and good times are for sharing and cooperation not competition. The other way to look at it is wow I've finally gotten to the po

http://www.scouter.com/Forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=145552#id_147945 According to the above thread blue cards are obsolete and not used any more! I recommend the trading card plastic sleeves put into a small binder with all ones cards blue, rank, toten, fireman, and training each scout and scouter should have one. After all what do you say if the DE comes up to you at an event and asks if you have the training to do what your doing?

http://usscouts.org/netresources/forms/genpatrolboxinv.pdf This is link to inventory sheet for patrol box. Some troops still use patrol boxes they usually have them all made up with the gear to go in them. New scouts need to learn how to use the stuff before attempting something real ambitious like building one. Lots of troops use plain old plastic totes with the stuff inside and a folding camp table. We use totes each patrol has a patrol box with the pots and pans and gear, a propane stove, small propane grill, propane tank, lantern, hoses,plastic table, a dry goods tote and a large coole

Sure as long as proper two deep leadership is maintained it is ok for a SM not to go. However it may be hard for that SM to say much to scouts who choose not to go.

"I don't know what you mean about 2 certs at the camp the boys go to. NRA Certified Instructors are made by NRA Training Counselors. The way I read the G2SS anything that is not an NRA instructor or NRA coach is just a helper and cannot be a MB counselor. I don't doubt you ran the range but if another certified person wasn't there you may have broken National's rules." All I was referring to is the 20 hours required for each card. I made an assumption that the Shooting Sports Director would be qualified to train the people under him. There is always someone else one does not ever run

No we were discussing adding just such a policy when we were given a letter by our district advancement Chairperson that such requirements for "active" or " Scout Spirit" were expressly forbidden by National Advancement Committee. We have had more experience with an eagle candidate working very hard to keep younger scouts as far away from his eagle project as possible. Not asking openly for help but specifically recruiting the older scouts only. The younger scouts lack necessary skills and self discipline to be an asset to the project apparently. They just want to play and have fun. I was the

I don't know for sure but I think you are supposed to have all your certs b4 going to camp school such as rifle, archery, shotgun, black powder. The camp school from what I hear more towards running the overall shooting program. ie keeping the guns and ammo magically appearing in the armory lengthy discussions on the best firearms to purchase. The 20 hours are not seat time they are basically OJT I spent most of my 20 hours in summer camp running range for evening rifle shoot at summer camp. and I like doing that so much I go up about 2 nights a week of each summer camp week. As I have said

"Developin' character takes time and effort. It doesn't happen on a schedule, nor does it happen just because a boy finished learnin' all his knots. In a lot of ways, buildin' character is the hardest of any of the requirements, and takes a bit longer." I quote because someone said it better than I and I don't think it can be tied to attendance percentage. I am also hesitant to tie it to what the boys say because they get adolescent attitude and tell you I don't want to be here but my Dad or Mom makes me come I really am too cool for scouts. When given the option not to continue they change

girls are eligible to join crews

"Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life." The requirement clearly states that the scout spirit you are to demonstrate is in your everyday life and not tied to scout function attendance. If we are experiencing poor attendance at scout functions maybe we need to adjust our program to better fit the needs of the scouts. When a young man is excited about doing something then try and keep him from doing it. This applies at all age levels a camping trip is exciting to a new scout but old hat to a 16 year old. It's like the old adage for

Take a couple of nice deep breaths. Money one pours into ones head in the form of further education is never wasted. Put yourself in the position of an NRA or military range master that shows up at the Boy Scout range with very active shooting program and is told he must retrain for 20 hours just like everyone else. A scout range is a little different than all adults. I gather there is not a shooting sports program in your council. If there were it would be relatively easy to get your range master training from BSA. Range Master does not a MB counselor make all we do is sign the targets for th

The only camping weekend I ever went on as a scout my entire and I do mean entire food supply was a package of hot dogs and two cans of baked beans. Hot dogs will never spoil too many preservatives and are fully cooked anyhow and my pocketknife was up to opening a can of beans. Plus I had a grand mess kit fresh from the army surplus store. This was back in the stone age we literally burned rocks for fuel and had a grand snipe hunt in the woods along the beach after dark. I mean to tell you some of those older scouts almost got one in their burlap bag we could tell because of how loud they were

I guess it all depends on the area you are in. Here in the go-go growth area of west Florida we seem to have Webelos and cubs coming out our ears. There are about seven from our pack and we have been troop shopped by several others and have been told to expect three more tomorrow. A brand new pack was started this past year by our scoutmaster and in one school nite for scouting 60 cubs were signed up along with a complete leader and committee team. The people with kids move to where they can afford to live and there are jobs available the nice weather is just a pleasant bonus.

The best long term CM I have seen is one where the CM is grandfather to a couple of boys in the pack. Lets the parents be closer to where the rubber meets the road and gives a stability to the pack. This is a large pack with active committee and plenty of den leaders available so the job is not too onerous.

For the larger pack have the swim parties at the public pool where there is a lifeguard. A park meeting to have the kids run around is fun too. Day camps are great especially for the over achievers they get lots of stuff done st day camp usually including the all important bb gun and archery belt loops that are only allowed to be awarded at council event. Two meetings a month is too much for the entire pack how about one pack activity per month and if a den choses it may have a meeting or activity per month.

the boys love the driving license we had one lady who even put their pictures on them then laminated the color printed paper and each one on a string around the boys neck. The boys were trying to talk their parents into letting them drive home from the derby.

Are we sure that this is not someone at council's scheme to save camp onway as the Mormon or LDS church is the largest charterer of Troops by far in the country. The church as a major promoter of scouting may be willing to buy the property to insure that it's units have a camp to go to. They also run their scout program slightly different from the rest of us so may reserve some weekends and even their own week of summer camp. My only contact with LDS troops has been at roundtable but most of them are dedicated scouters.

Our campouts are usually themed making program planning relatively easy Search and rescue exercise, wilderness survival, canoe trip, bike trip, Climb and rappel, camporees. The JLC has input on what activities to do which months except for the district/council events. However all of this needs to be in your yearly plan well in advance. Deciding the month b4 the campout what you are going to do is tough. Reservations need to have been made for the more exciting activities. That's why council preview their program to you in August so you can sit down with JLC in August or September and fill in t

"The voting bloc then disappears, having no further involvement in the unit." Then at the next committee meeting like oh say tonight the committee reconsiders and votes whatever idiocy was perpetrated out. Nothing is binding about committee votes on future duly constituted committee they actually tend to do and redo until they find something that works. As always the first question should be: this serves the youth of our unit how?

maybe a three month requirement along with appropriate records etc. just like what is needed for Family Life, Personal Management, Personal Fitness