scoutpacific

scoutnut- Wow! I am glad that GSUSA gave you the program that you feel was adequate for your commitment level. Maybe I "should have paid more attention during training". (Did you really say that?) But, I am not a GS leader. And you are rude. And that is too bad, because you come across like you might have real knowledge to share. The point missed is that I would like to find another program that more mirrors my families values. Not as scoutnut might think, I am not trying to mar GSUSA's image. If I lived less than an hour away from council's main office, I might have a different

Inferior is tons of safety training little to none on how to conduct a troop meeting. Leaving the leader to seek BSA for the "how to's". That is inferior. And training is what a GS leader is always doing. They train more than the national guard. Not that they learn about the girls. Yes, I do think that the GS program is inferior. But I am mad because it shouldn't be. My GS leader does a bang up job. She works her full-time plus then still finds time to go to all that essential/non training. She pulls ideas from the four winds to make a great program. She paid the $200+ or so to get

Our boys pay dues to the den. What are your dues? We don't buy the books. We buy all the awards, but not redundants. We only use segments supported by council, so that limits those hugely. Our segments are worn as in the temporary patch position on the right pocket per council. My opinion is that the segments should be for participating at least at the pack, district, or council level. But that is what I have experienced. Up in Portland, OR they go crazy with all kinds of segments. No one wears a patch vest in our pack. We have a shoebox, scrapbook, or patch blanket.

How do you get past paying for all the training, not being allowed to use their trademarks on your materials, more interest in their fundraisers than the girls, so many paid leaders, such expensive camps, the United Nations affiliation, the dictatorial tone of the council, all the moneys going to council nothing coming back? How do you get past that to use the program so that your beautiful daughter gets the program that J. Lowe intended? How when your son is in the other program can you stand GSUSA? Has the other program even thought of offering something for the brownie aged girl? EVERYB