ScoutNut

Just to clarify Brew, what will your Pack do if they ever get real radical and end up recruiting some Tigers in June? Are you stating that you will not allow them to participate in any Pack activities over their first three months? Or are you stating that you will not award them a Summertime pin even if they attend three summer activities in their first three months?

No, the Summertime Award is not a rank, but it IS a LEVEL SPECIFIC Cub Scout Award. Tiger specific awards should be earned WHILE A TIGER. That means that all requirements for the award should be completed while a Tiger, The same goes for Wolf specific, Bear specific, and Webelos specific awards. A boy is eligible to be a Tiger Cub Scout June 1, following his graduation from kindergarten, and continues to be a Tiger until May 31, at the end of his first grade year. On June 1, following his last day of first grade, BSA officially makes him a Wolf Cub Scout. Boys joining Cub Scout

This discussion only proves that BSA has volunteers writing some of their copy. Most of the BSA sources I found simply state that the Cub has to attend a Summertime activity each month in order to earn his pin. Lets us look at this logically (I know I am asking a lot!) - The BSA National info on the Summertime Awards here - http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/cubscouts/leaders/awards/unitawards.aspx Show the orange Tiger pin with the orange necker, and slide. The same for the other Cub levels. Nothing is stated here about "ranks" when earning the individual pin. C

Are these "Camp Bucks" from the district/council, or are they specific to your Pack? If they are specific to your Pack how can you guarantee that all other Packs and Troops will honor them? Will this be the only incentive offered?

What makes the best Pack meeting ever? That's easy! Having FUN! More hands on kid fun, less sitting on hands listening to adults talk.

Is this mom's daughter a first year Cadette? How is the daughter? Shy/quiet, pushy, or somewhere in the middle? Does she agree with her mom's agenda items? How does she get along with the other girls? The fact that the folded Troop she was a leader for was in a different Service Unit (SU), and that she is still the Treasurer for that SU, tells me they live in the SU. It also suggests that she could find no Troop/Group in that area that she felt was a "fit" for her daughter, or more likely, since as Treasurer the area leaders all knew her, could find no Troop/Group willing to take her

Our Girl Scouts used the 3-tub method. Scrape off food into trash which then gets taken directly to camp trash cans. Wash in hot soapy (biodegradable) water. Rinse in warm water. Put in mesh dunk bag. Dunk in cool water w/a couple of capfuls of bleach, or sanitizing tablets. Hand bags on clothes line to drip dry. No drying cloths. They can easily spread stuff that is not tummy-friendly. Air drying is best and any sanitizing agent evaporates. We have used this method with our Cub Pack also, but we find that with car camping, and the larger numbers involve

Why is the parent at the meetings if she is not a leader? Someone (your Troop leaders!) needs to remind this woman that the Troop belongs to the GIRLS. That it is the GIRLS who decide how it is run, and what they do. She needs to be told that 1) it is her DAUGHTER who should be doing the cookie selling; 2) if she feels her daughter (her) is doing to much fundraising then by all means please cut back; and last but certainly not least, 3) she needs to BUTT OUT. Again, it is the GIRL'S Troop, not hers. Good luck!

Your way is not "right" or "wrong". As you have noticed, there are issues with whatever way you do things. Does the Pumpkin Patch have a picnic area? You might consider having everyone meet there first. Do a Cub Scout Promise with the Sign, go over any rules for the day, and then do a face painting ceremony for any Bobcats. The boys might like showing "the world" their face paint!

The only time we have a Pack activity instead of a Pack meeting is during the summer months of June/July/August. Those are simply fun activities, not formal meetings. Every other month we have a Pack meeting, complete with opening flag ceremony, where any awards earned the previous month are given out. Any Pack activities done during a particular month are separate events, done on a different day from the Pack meeting. These would include haunted house, sports games, hikes, service, etc. That is not to say that Pack meetings are only award ceremonies. We often include fun activities,

Just curious, are you collecting applications, putting youth, and adult, information into your personal email account, and disseminating that information to others, in your capacity as Unit Commissioner to the Pack, or in some other capacity? Also, just a note, email accounts are not secure storage. They are regularly hacked, and used to spread spam, and viruses.

These are the 2008 versions. If you want to do this then at least use something a bit more current. There are 2010 versions out there if you look a bit.

>>"The COR wants to replace the CC. Can he do that? Can he replace the Cub Master also? If so does he need a reason other then they don't like the sister troop?">"They are encouraging boy scouts to leave. (They had boys in the Troop)"

So, WasE61, is your stepson still in this Troop, or did he quit along with your wife?

>>"Oh, I reckon there's a fair bit of doubt about it, ScoutNut."

Both, and T2Eagle's too!

I'll bet you could tie yourself to a tree with a clove hitch while singing "I'm a Little Teapot". BSA would still only REQUIRE Adult Partners, and ScoutParents (gag), living at the same address as their Scout, to fill out the bottom of their Scout's youth application. Of course, parents can fill in an adult application for every position in the Pack if they want to. They can also get all of their friends and neighbors to fill in adult applications. That is entirely their call. Your Pack may do it differently, but I never required a completed adult application from anyone who was

We do Halloween themed games at our October Pack meeting. Each den comes up with, and staffs a game (pumpkin bowling, candy corn relay, bean bag toss thru witch/ghost, etc), and the dens (including siblings) rotate thru each game. At the end we give out party bags (from $1 store) with Halloween pencils, activity book, spider rings, etc. Games, and setup are, planned out at our Pack Leader/Committee meetings in September, and October. We also do a Pack Haunted House on the Saturday nearest Halloween that is used as a Food Pantry service project. Each den takes a part of the

Tiger Adult Partners, and the rather silly ScoutParent, are signed up on the YOUTH application, NOT the adult one. There are "fill-in" radio buttons to designate the position(s) you are interested in. No Youth protection, background check, or payment of fees, is required for either. The BSA position codes you listed (AP & PS) are what ScoutNet spits out for recharter purposes after reading the filled in radio buttons on the youth application. While you are reviewing the Adult Application, notice on page 2 that the only Unit Position Codes for Tigers, or ScoutParents listed

>>"The mission for the District Committee, Commissioners, and professionals is to grow Scouting. This means that a District has to take advantage of every opportunity to do so. School Open Houses are too great an opportunity to pass up, and if a Cubmaster doesn't want to do it or cannot do it because they need to attend that night as a parent, it's definitely your job to be there helping them grow Scouting."

BSA only requires a Tiger Adult Partner to fill out an adult application if the Adult Partner does not live at the same address as the the Tiger. If the person filling in the info on the bottom half of the youth application to be Tiger Adult Partner (or ScoutParent) is not a parent, but does live at the same address as the Tiger, then all that is required is the parent's signature on the application.

As Fansome stated - The Pack that he is CM for is NOT one of the units he is COR for. Online rechartering will only stop a COR from registering as a CM in the SAME UNIT.

While GSUSA seems to have pared down the awards they show on their current "where to" uniform pdf's, the National organization lists religious recognitions under "Special Opportunity Awards" in their Insignia List. The National organization also mentions in various areas that religious recognitions are allowed to be worn on the GSUSA uniform. This is from a section for adult volunteers - "The national organizations listed below have created religious recognitions to encourage girls to grow stronger in their faith. Each faith organization develops and administers its own program. Girls can

Nope, according to BSA Rules and Regulations, money raised for Scouting MUST be used for Scouting. Money and equipment raised/purchased for the purpose of Scouting can not go into the CO's pocket to be used for non-Scouting purposes. If a unit folds, the CO has a choice - If they plan on starting up a new unit, they can keep the folded unit,s money and equipment in trust for their new Scouting unit. If they do not plan on starting a new unit, then once all of the current unit's outstanding bills have been paid, the balance of the money and equipment reverts to the council t

I am a bit fuzzy over a few things - Are you the District Commissioner for both school district A, and B? Is your son a member of that Teacher CM's Pack? Which school district is the school you were handing out fliers in? Is that the school that is the primary recruiting grounds for Teacher CM's pack? Do any other Packs recruit from that same school? If so, did you pass out fliers for them as well? As District Commissioner, did you ever contact the Unit Commissioner for Teacher CM's Pack to find out what was going on?