SctDad

There is a story out there that uses some calculator tape and years marked off in 1 inch increments. I know that someone heree has to have a copy or may be able to point you to it.

No GW, But I like the way you think. Where could I find that forum

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/34-49.pdf That is the Individual packing list for Pack overnighters. I have found it very helpful.

Scott, I am currently serving in two positions. Cubmaster is one of them and Den Leader is the other. I understand that the Cubmaster MC's the Pack Meeting, but I am also serving as a DL for my Son's Den. I was considering taking the other training levels so that I can say to the parents that are potential leaders what the training is and what they can lookfoward to. That is why I am looking into taking the other training for all levels.

That's OK GW. I can understand how someone would forget what forum they were in.

I can see your point Lisa. Here is what we have going on right now. I think that I missed the training yesterday. So that would leave three left to go to for right now. I have the following positions filled: CM - Myself CC, Tiger DL I have some other positions that are going to be filled soon (Hopefully) We added 15 new boys this week at round-up. So I am going to try to recruit some new leaders. As for your comment on becoming a member of the district training team. I am thinking about helping to set up training for our county (Half of our district) so

I am getting ready to attend the NLE training for my position. THere are several training weekends in the next month. I was just wondering, as Cubmaster, should I attend all levels of training for all den leaders after I have my specific training finished. Meaning, once I have NLE and CM Specific and Cub DL finished, would it be advisable for me to go and take the Tiger DL, and Webelos DL training. For those of you that know already, I am double tapping jobs right now. Yes we are getting more people involved, but I still love the DL job. Working with the kids is fun. So

Lisa You are right, this is Cub Family Camping. Sorry I forgot to put that in, but I thought that putting it in the Cub Scout Forum would show that. Hot Foot, Thanks for the information. I will try to come up with some of that stuff. I think you are right in that there needs to be a display showing what kind of things that we could use. Like the trashbag ponchos. I think that I will go down to the Meeting early and set up some stuff to help show this. I think I will take down my backpack and lay out some of the things that I will have with me so that everyone can see what

We are going on our first camping trip next weekends (27th Sept) and I an looking for some ideas on whta we can do to help the families get ready for the trip. To give you an idea on what we will be doing, here is a quick look at our itinerary Saturday Visit Battleship NC (Battleship alive that weekend) Depart for local state park for an overnight campout. At campground: Hikeing, Fishing, Family time. Sunday Outdoor Religious Service Break Camp Ensure LNT Depart for CO building. Everyone seperates from CO. What kind of things shoudl we go over a

I was also thinking about having the boys comeup with a name for the newsletter themselves. Thought they might like the chance to have their idea used.

I was just wondering what everyone uses for topics and articles for their newsletters. I know there is a template online, but I am looking for a little more. I just got an e-mail today about our new Scout Executive. I think that I am going to include this in our newsletter. I plan on having a requirement suggestion section. THings that the boys can do at home. I know that some of the other things that I am going to include are: Upcoming Activities (calander) New Scouts New Leaders New Trained Leaders Advancement Picture Page (maybe a half page) Puzzle (word s

One other thing that I have heard through suggestions. When you are preparing the flag. Tie a piece of wire to the grommets before the flag goes into the fire. This will help facilitate with the retrieval. Then after you retrieve them all, you could present them to a veterent organization to place on grave markers of those who served. Remember, the fire should not be used after for anything else nafter the ceremony until cleaned up. That is just something that I saw one time reading.

Interesting topic and discussion. Nice to see some trivia and quizzing going on. Here is one for you. Where is the 'Truck' and what is traditionally kept in it. Those who have been in the military may have a easier time with this.

http://www.united-states-flag.com/parade-flagpole-accesories.html I did not think they were that much. But for the right thing I guess you are going to pay the right price.

I have to agree with what they are saying about having two sets of paperwork. I have heard that the DE's always want more units. I personally look for more quality units. Better programming and better leadership. If you already have the two packs meeting together, you may want to consider having them combine into one pack. If you are going to keep them as two seperate packs, you may want them to meet as such. IMO, I think that if you are going to go through and join the pack, then you may have a better leadership base and the leaders may have more time to do the thing that they n

sctldr must be from somewhere in my council because I spent this morning driving to clinical internship in the storm. IMO, someone should be looking at the weather 7 days out. That is part of the Checklist that is in the BALOO manual. I have postponed 2 campouts because of rain (only one was significant) and then when we did go we went to the Local Camp where we had shelters for sleeping if we needed it. It rained that morning but the afternoon was great. The boys had a lot of fun. Although I would have to say that I am lucky in that I have a lot of parents that are former military

Check out this place. They are doing pack t-shirts for us and they also have sports jersies. See if there is something that he can help you with

Thanks for the info GW As for somethig that I have seen brought up a couple of times. We are not participating in Aquatic Activities. THe only boat ride will be the park ferry getting us to the Island. I only mentioned my boat as a possible emergency extraction. Not that I think we will need it. As for the walk to the campground I think that things will be OK. We do not have this trip on the calander yet, so this is still up in the air. We have plenty of other camping trips to do before we go and set out on this one. I have enough common sense to know when to ask is someone ne

Thank you all for some very interesting points. First - Medical Emergencies: I have this some of the way covered in that I am an EMT - Intermediate. I am also 4 months from graduating paramedic class. No this has yet to be turned into scouting forst aid certified, but I am working on that. For this I was thinking about this for an alternative. (I know this is against some of the G2SS books, but would be for emergencies only) I think there is an area where you can beach a small (less than 20 foot) boat. I wold take mine in and have it beached incase we needed to make a quick egress i

I have a question about a camping activity. There is a state park in our state that has an island where you can go camping. http://ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/habe/main.php It is nice, I have been there before. There are facilities on the island like restrooms and showers. What do the Scouters here think about this. The only thing that would concern me is that the ferry stops running at night. Other than that it seems like a grerat idea.

I don't see the reasoning behind pulling the kids out of school for the full day. I have seen in the past (When I was a scout) where we were brought home early for a trip that required extensive travel. But we were still counted present that day because we were there untill 11:00. That is just the way the school policy was. That was for Boy Scouts though. I cannot see pulling Cubs out for an activity like that. But I would say that I am fortunate in that matter. We have 5 camps that are within 2 hours from our CO. We are planning a trip to a state park here this month. I

I have to agree with Lisa I think that the boys that sign up and then never show up has a lot to do with the parents. Especially at the Tiger level. I had one parent tell me that their son did not want to do scouting any more. then my son came home and said that so-and-so wished his parents would have let him join scouts. (Pass the 2X4 please) I cannot believe that there isn't one person in that entire family can bring this lad to the meetings and activities. I also had another parent tell me that scouting cost too much and that is why they never came back after recharter

Thank you all for the suggestions. This will help us in making things possible. I will take these points to the committee. This should help us in making the right decision. Yes discretion will be the most important part. We will not advertise this program, but we will use observation to make sure that no boy is left behind because of money. But we also do not want people abusing the program. I think that having the parent help out the pack with a certain part of the program will work out for the best. Like you said, maybe a pack meeting or other special project.

I like some of the ideas that are being presented so far. I will take these suggestions to the pack committee members. We are trying to decide on how fundraisers will be split up and other things like that. We are trying to figure out how much should go to the boys Camp fund and how much for other pack needs.

I have brought up to our pack committee the suggestion of Camperships and Scholarships. they thought it was a good idea for us to start doing this for our families in need. What I would like from the members of the forum are some guidelines that you may have used for determining qualification for scholarships/camperships. Here are some of the considerations that we started to come up with. Participation Basic Need (The family should make the interest to us that there is a need) Is there anything else that we should be aware of. I am trying to keepe things fair and equ