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I guess this is like any other question about the Uniform. You want to wear it? Wear it!, You don't! Then Don't! I know from the Admin, and Staff Guide, that there are several items required for the course. Here is the 2012 Course Guide QM List. Day One: Orientation, Gathering Activites. -Name Badge for each Participant. -Participant Notebook for each Participant, Including: --10 sheets of paper --Pen --The Gilwell Gazwtte (First Issue) -Den Chief shoulder cord for each patrol -Staff Exhibit -Any required materials for gathering activity or game. (Para c

I have done a lot of looking into this. I was asked last year about this question. Although Sheath knives are legal, and to my opinion, better in the woods. We have disallowed the use in the Troop. Along with any lock blade knives. The lock blade issue is Federal Law in Switzerland. So that one's a no brainer. The fixed blade knives was a committee decision.

I've now earned the International KNot, and asked my Scout Shop if I could order some. I was told they didn't carry them, and I'd have to go directly through my Council Office who would make the order for me. But they cost 10. bucks each.. WOW! Same with a new WB Necker or Beads.. I guess my council is sticking by the rules..

I just spoke to a friend who's to go over as Staff. But as usual the National web site, along with the Scout Shop is having problems with payments made from over seas..

I'm Staffing WB and NYLT the week later. so no time.. I'd love to go though. Maybe next time they'll do it closer..

ditto.. Above^^^^ I have a new scouter in my Troop, and he just came back from California, and Oklahoma. He visited two of his old councils. and brought me back a load of OA flaps, and CSPs. He told me that one could buy any council strip in the scout shops now days. He was unhappy because that takes away from the boys who go to camporees, and Jambos and trade. His thought was Why trade when you could just buy them off the shelf. He was remembering when he was a scout and trading at events like Jambo.. Makes since, but it still doesn't change the fact of Free Enterprise. Also I have found

It's call Free Enterprise. People can sell anything not deemed illegal. BSA Patches are legally purchased and can be sold. Get used to it. Brother I went to Ranger School. and you can find Ranger emblems all over the Net for sell. along with all sorts of Police, FBI etc.. etc.. My suggestion for you is to not buy from the guy.. enough people stop buying then he will be forced to stop buying and selling himself. Supply and Demand..

I wear a couple of flaps, and we have a couple of new ones out that I will be getting at our Scouter's Annual Conference in March. Can't wait. But I mostly wear our current flap..

My council just posted a list with dates that one would have to retake the courses.. IOLS isn't one of these course.

I've sen some written that can take months, others that seem to be impossible, but I know that the Staff tries to help the participant write a ticket that is achievable. Example, I have seen some write a goal stating thy would organize a Council Camp. Maybe this can happen, but if the Council has already chosen someone to do this, then it will be very hard to accomplish. I have a friend who's ticket took almost all of the 18 months, I for example finished mine in 6 months. It could have taken longer, and I though I was going to have to re-write a few goals, but ti worked out int eh end. Also d

Goods work.. keep up the good scouting work.. (You know some of these jokes are un-bearable.. )

I can't see them going away, have to agree with above that it's just a sale to entice business. I got my son one of the older Wool Jacs in Red last year in his size for $19.90. Wish mine would have cost that..

Camp sites are also a problem for us. We are very far from Council sites, so we camp in our local area. But they are small. Our biggest camp site we can get the patrols to about 150' of each other. But we adults stay farther away. One site the patrols are closer, but we adults are hidden aways by a arm of woods, although still about 150' away. We do do loads of Patrol hikes, and the Patrols get on with it. Several got lost last time, and we just sat down in our adult camp site and waited. Most sites are very compact so it's more of a Troop camp site. But this go very well, the patrols stay in

I will have to tell you that my scouting experience isn't long. I only got back involved two and a half years ago. When I joined my troop, I found a unit that was adult lead. No trained leaders, the SM wasn't involved. no TLT. No nothing. The adults who were leading the troop weren't very pro adult training. They wanted a more non-BSA scout troop as many scouts and families were from the UK. I did the basic training, and very soon afterwards did IOLS. Then soon afterwards went to Woodbadge. All inside of 6 months. I got my hands on a SM Handbook, and though that it was a waist of time. I read

I'm taking a lot of this stuff on board. I am speaking to my SM/CD for WB, and asking these questions. How can we do more to get the Patrol Method point across to the Participants, and Staff.

Have to ditto shortridge here. Contact the Lodge Admin person. Usually this all gets taken care of right after Ordeal. Card, Sash, and Flap.

I've got all of the (Tan) Scout Shirt models.. anyway, I like the new lighter weight shirt. Wears well, cooler, light, and looks good. I wash it, hang it up, and it dries perfect. The Cotton shirt wrinkles bad, and is warmer.. The former Poly (Pocket on the sleeve) shirt, looks and wears well. but I have noticed that they fade bad. I also still have to iron them.. Now the pants are not my favorite. They are too delicate and thigh pockets are wrong.. wrong.. wrong.. I prefer the Switchback pants to outings..

Have to agree with eisely. My course was good. And the past two I've been a trainer on were good. I do think that IOLS is more of a course designed to give the Scouter a better idea of what the Scout needs and is going through. I would need more then a weekend to train someone properly on outdoor skills. If you think that IOLS is gong to make you into some kind of expert then you are mistaken. Even the basic training the boys get isn't expert level. In fact you can take ANY Eagle scout, and I promise you he isn't an expert.. I haven't seen one who knows all there is to know about navigation fo

@Lisabob, Well said and I totally agree with you here. I also went. We had one other adult in the troop who had also gone, but was never beaded. He tried to talk me out of going. I went anyway, and have been a thorn in his side ever since. I got a Scouting education. I started to push more of the boy lead, patrol method, and boys voting for their leadership. Not an adult choosing the SPL, and then the SPL choosing the PLs. That's the way it was. Now we have full boy lead, patrol method, boys only voting for their leadership. And it is working. I first wouldn't have known all about this if I ha

EDGE will only work if the person using it knows int eh first place.. I make sure we have a Field book in every Patrol box. I have never seen a scout reading one though. SO getting them to using them more and more would be a useful step. I was again reading the new Scout Handbook last week. Was helping a boy with some of his advancements. Anywho, I though that most of the Compass and map reading was pretty good. The fire building has always been week in the newer HBs. SO I usually teach that myself without the book. Lashings I use the MB book to help there. In fact most of the skills w

Have to agree with what's above. I use the older Field Books. They have loads of more outdoor skills in them. I also have several other books that are so great. Horace Kephart's book for example..

The course I staffed we had staff presentations only at our Staff dinner on Day 5 I think.. Sure there are some presentations going on all during course, but mostly funny stuff, like a picture of this. or a gag giant set of Beads that were put together one course. But mostly fun and games. I think that it depends on the SPL, and the CD. Last course I staffed, was more low key. And our new CD wants none of the presentations for gifting to go on.. Which sounds good to me.. I don't staff WB for gifts. but I've heard about it going way over board some past courses.. I'll let you know once Staff-

I can still remember my course, and there were loads of presentations.. none by our Patrol. Mostly between the Staff..

OK. Just read better what's above and see it 2mins..

This years course Book. There is some time allowed during the Closing Luncheon for Patrol Presentations. But I don't have the time allowed yet. But I'm sure it's enough time for Patrols to make whatever presentations they would like. I know that many Patrols make presentations whenever they have to time to Staff. My patrol made ours after the course to our TG. day six: Closing Luncheon time allowed 75 minutes recommended facility Layout Presentation Procedure Troop dining area; the tables decorated in a festive manner with tablecloths, Scouting emblems, Wood Badge totems, etc