scoutldr

Have your kid sneak across the border and try to enroll at the "Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla" and let us know how long it takes them to get arrested and thrown into a Mexican prison.

Ditto.

Ed said, "If the address is at noon, there is no valuable school time lost since that is the lunch hour. And how do we know this speech has less value than the regular school lesson?" In my school system, "lunch" begins around 1020 and is for 20 minutes. The rest of the day is spent on instruction. My objection is the effectiveness of the message..."take personal responsibility and stay in school"...if they don't already know that then having BHO say it isn't going to matter. Those who diss the public schools are dissing me and my wife and sons. The schools we attended were and are excellent, and we are all successful citizens. The difference was we had a 2 parent household, we all have the same last name, and we spent every evening helping them with homework and/or doing Scouts. WHy doesn't BHO focus on WHY parents are failing their kids by not providing a stable household to grow up in? How about a "Parenting Czar"? Being poor is no excuse for allowing your kids to roam the streets every night.

I've never thought of blocking anyone. I value diversity, as my employer requires. As a former colleague used to tell me..."without them, we'd just be average."

The only objection I have is that it's probably a waste of valuable classroom time. In my state, the teachers already complain that they don't have enough time to teach extra stuff because they have to teach the Standards of Learning. As someone on the radio said today, why not produce public service announcements and play them on Nickelodeon...that way kids are more likely to see them. He should also tell them not to smoke and to eat fruits and vegetables and don't shoot each other. It's likely to be as effective as telling them to "work hard and stay in school." DUH.

I doubt that the Council has any "duty to warn". The purpose of their background checks is to determine if they meet the membership requirements of the BSA. In this case, she did not. That's all you know for certain and all you should tell others.

How can one go to the polls without "passing judgement"? That's the system. So we are to forgive Kennedy(s) and Clinton, but not Bush? And why is someone suddenly deserving of "respect" just because they died? No politician is perfect...they all lie to advance their platforms and make promises they have no intention of keeping...then they blame the other party or Congress. If I announce I'm voting for someone "because he looks like me", I'm a racist. What a country.

"Something else that tipped off the retired navy parent is that the scoutmaster said that when he wasnt doing his Seal work the navy would have him doing some work on the flight deck" Your intuition is correct. When SEALs are embarked on a carrier, they are either running, pumping iron, eating, training on their equipment/weapons, or sleeping. Same with Marines. Flight deck work is done by the ship's company or squadron personnel. Why don't you just confront him..."Look...eveyone knows you weren't a SEAL, so just cut the crap." We had an adult visit our unit once looking to become an ASM...as he regaled us with wild tales of his Vietnam days in "PsyOps", our ASM just quietly listened and asked him a few questions which he couldn't answer. Our ASM had "been there" as Special Forces, and quickly established it was all BS. Never heard from him again.(This message has been edited by scoutldr)

I think we should require them all to take Lean Six Sigma training and a Black Belt should be required for Eagle.

Maybe so...but the Dems continued it and lovingly nurtured it into a multi-trillion dollar boondoggle. I blame them all. Ron Paul 2012

The problem was (is) "We the people". No one held a gun to our heads and forced us to live beyond our means. My friends and relatives have chided me over the years for living "frugally" in the same house for 27 years and driving used cars, instead of moving up to a $600,000 "McMansion" like my peers live in. I don't have a pool, boat and twin jet-skis. But I do have an adequate house nearly paid off, two college degrees for my sons that I paid for without assistance, and a sizeable (but not enough) retirement fund. And now the current administration wants to penalize me and redistribute my wealth because I was more "responsible" than the "unfortunate" citizens. The democrats can shove it.

Maybe the kid will make a good UC one day. Lord knows we need 'em.

Our neighborhoods have "community yard sales" 3-4 times per year. The yard sales are at individual houses, it's just that everyone does it on the same Saturday. Lots of traffic from throughout the city. Our scouts would set up a hot dog/soda/bottled water concession at someone's house (usually one of the scout parents who was also having a yard sale). We made more money from hot dogs than the parent did from the yard sale. Had to make several trips to the grocery store to re-stock. We'd fire up the grill at 8 am and people would start lining up. Amazing. This is technically "selling", but in my experience, people will plunk down $1-2 all day long, but will balk at a $50 tin of popcorn.

Roundtables here are always the 2nd Tuesday and OA is always the 1st Tuesday. Troop calendars have to adjust to that. That's why, when the PLC has its annual planning session, the District/Council Calendars need to be on the table so plans can be made around those events. Never heard of a Coordinated District Mtg. I would guess it's all the District Committees coming together in one room.

While the previous posters are correct, I can and do use these questions as a guide. They are old, however...at least 15 years that I have been using them. Prior to the BSA evolution toward management theory and NYLT/WB21.

Great story. Thanks for sharing!

AFAIK, there is no such thing as a "classified SEAL". Once they graduate from BUD/S training in Coronado, CA, they proudly wear the "Trident" badge of a SEAL on their uniforms. It's hard to miss. Their MISSIONS are classified, and they often disappear for days or weeks at a time, unable to tell anyone, including spouses, where they are or what they did. To wit, the MAERSK Alabama rescue mission, or missions in support of the CIA. There are also Navy personnel who are NOT SEALs, but are assigned to SEAL Teams or Special Boat Units as support personnel. They may often say "I was attached to SEAL Team TWO", which is not inaccurate, but may give people the impression that they were SEALs when in reality, they were supply clerks.

Never heard of them, but found this on Google: http://1stsod.wordpress.com/ Not much there. There also seems to be the "United Order of Druids" which charters units.

Welcome FoukeCM. Just go to the Council office and ask the registrar (or your DE) for a printout of the Pack's charter roster. That should contain the names, phone and address for everyone registered with your Pack, including the Chartered Organization (CO), CO Rep (COR) and IH (institutional head). Then go about making corrections, which the Council will need to know about. You asked about funding the Pack until a fundraiser can be scheduled. Cash donations to a unit are perfectly acceptable...you just can't solicit them. Once you talk to your CO (Lion's Club?), explain the situation you're in, and ask it they might not be able to appropriate some "seed money" to help get things going (buying you a Pack Flag and American Flag would be nice, too!). That's their job, although some COs do it better than others. They are also responsible for providing you a meeting place and helping to recruit and approve adult leadership. Again, some COs are more involved than others...some not at all. There's good and bad in that as you will find out. Also ask how your boys can be of service to the CO. It is against BSA policy to fundraise for them, but there are myriad other ways to provide a symbiotic relationship. The CO and its members should know who you and the boys are. Good luck and have fun! We are here to help and support!(This message has been edited by scoutldr)

Keystone and York-Adams have been trying to merge for years. This is nothing new. The most obvious reason for merging is to reduce overhead...paid staff, buildings, camps, etc. While maybe inconvenient for the membership, I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing.(This message has been edited by scoutldr)

"Developing Leaders in a World of Followers." I love it.

Thanks for the heads' up, prairie. I was going to buy several mugs for Xmas gifts, but never mind. Sure wish we could get quality stuff from BSA, instead of crap made in China.

One reason that UC are seen as "spies" is because they show up with a "Unit Health Checklist" evaluation form which is turned in to the District. I attended a session on UC at the last UoS and they told us that the form should be "filled out in the car after you leave the unit" so they don't think you're a spy there to "inspect" them. Sorry...but that doesn't pass the "duck test". Not agreeing nor disagreeing with the process...just giving an observation as to why that perception exists.

It's not slander if it's true...but it could cost you and your CO a fortune in legal fees to successfully defend yourself. "She dropped the charges a month later." And that's why these guys continue to get away with it.

I saw "event planning" taught at the OA LLDC...excellent. Set the event date and work backwards...and you quickly realize that the planning needs to start MONTHS in advance. I found this on the internet after about 2 minutes of searching...could be customized for any event. The only thing I would add is what we call "Action Officer"...who is responsible for each item. http://www.buckskin.org/Resources/Outdoor/campout_event_planning.htm