scoutmom0618

In our pack, if you have a child camping then you can go, if you do not then unless you are the DL, you do not..It has been that way for years:) They have not as yet seen my 'vision' and I plan to tone it down before they see it, though. I do not think the issue is as much me, as they had hoped that a certain individual would commit and that person has said NO. SO, how to deal with that!

Scoutfish, Thank you for your opinion. I NEVER said that if my kid went, I would not go or if it were a pack camp...However, our current CM's son just crossed over and she is not going to a council camp in with the Bears or Wolves.. Seriously! Amazing that this seems to be major hold up!! I NEVER said or did not mean to imply that I thought it was'man's work'...to camp I WILL and AM there for my son AND my daughter!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure that many men would like the women to come because they can sit back and let the women do the work!!!!!! BTW, the following statement is rather ironi

ScoutNut, What happens to your current den next year if you become Cubmaster(CM), or Committee Chair(CC)? With parents not willing to take on leadership positions, and a CC in name only, are you going to be forced to do the jobs of CC, CM, Den Leader, and various Committee Member positions, all at the same time? If so, I would recommend you stay with, and concentrate on your den and making sure those boys get the best program you can give them, and leave the rest of the jobs to someone else. When I became serious about this, I did recruit a family from my den to take over my Tiger Den an

Wow, thank you all for the response! Some of it made me laugh, some- shake my head, and some of it made me feel encouraged. I guess I did not expect a lot of negative responses since there are so many people complaining about the lack of volunteers. I have been reading these boards for months and should have expected the response I got! lol First, sorry for the typo of xm, yes I did mean CM. Second, we do not have a functioning committee. Our CM and her two ACM's have basically done everything for a couple years. Ideally, I would love to be CC, but know that I will have to become CM to be

Jaimist, Thank you for your response. I realize that I would be the one making it happen, and I can do that. Most tasks are fine, however, one thing about our pack is that while no one wants the responsibility of being cubmaster, everyone pitches in if given specific tasks such as tables, etc..The reason that I am very specific about my vision is that I was told that I would be asked to present that at the meeting tomorrow. I loved your comment about 'settling for status quo"!

Nike, Thanks for your response. As for the first concern, as you mentioned there are active duty military and a whole lot of other people who have issues so that is why there is back up in place:) I think that is why one of the reasons that 'health' issues reason bothers me. I wish I could figure out a nice way to say that 'health issues' should be considered on the same level as every other thing such as militarty, family obligations, etc. Also, the concern is that I will not be active in camping..Personally, if my son is not going, I really do not think that I should either? (I am a woman

Hi. I am new to the forum and need advice. This is the first year I have ever been involved in Scouting. However, I usually love to jump into things. I volunteered to be the Tiger Den Leader and completed every bit of the online training for Cub Scouts and boy Scouts, including all the committe positions, cubmaster, wolf, bear, leader, Outdoor, etcc...All of them (except Venturing) I also found out about University of scouting on my own and registered out of pocket for this. I have read this forum for ideas, etc...The only thing I do not do is attend roundtable regularly. Oh yeah, I have Rheum