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  1. I have a question... what merit badges would be appropriate for a first year camper to take part in? He is going to Camp Cherokee at Circle10.org and most of the badges seem be geared toward more experienced campers. He would like to do rifle but it says recommended for older scouts. He has experience with hunting and I wondering if he would be strong enough to handle the rifle requirements. His swimming is weak so I am hesitant to suggest that he take part in swimming merit badges. He also just looked at me when I suggested basketry, but I think that would be a good beginning badge to tak
  2. O.K. everyone, I feel that the whole point of my post has been misunderstood and taken to an extreme. I am really trying to get a feel for a complete boy led troop. Our troop is struggling with getting the boys to take responsiblity for their positions and am looking for what is within the bounds of the PLC to have control of. I did not mean punishment, merely do you think that the PLC can handle the decision of whether a boy can continue to be a part of the elite flag core if he is not adhereing to the policies (which are being hashed out by an adult to be approved by the committee) or sho
  3. I think the reaction of the other boys and adults has a lot to do with how a boy ultimately will remember the occasion. We had a new scout take part in the flag ceremony and his job was to fold the flag... well he had forgotten how to do it and had to be helped. Embarrasing? To the boy, yes, but not as much if everyone had been laughing and pointing fingers. Afterward he helped refold the flag to make sure he could do it. Too often boys revel in someone else's ignorance and rub it in their face and "forget" they have been made a fool before and how it made them feel. Most boys I know eith
  4. Specifically, the committee has assigned an ASM to rework the elite flag corp policies. I have suggested that patrol leaders be able to nominate up to 2 boys a term /6 months to the PLC for membership on the corps. Also that the PLC be able to question a boy on behavior not fitting with being on the elite flag corp and discuss his removal from the group if necessary with the Scoutmaster overseeing and approving the whole thing. Currently the boys already in the corps get to pick the new boys. Some adults want the adults to choose. I would like to see the boys have some say in it with an as
  5. I thought I read somewhere that the SPL and the PLC can handle some discipline problems. I am running into adults who think all disicpline should be handled by the adults. Am I off my rocker? Sheila
  6. I kind of figured this would be a hot topic which is why I wanted all of you experienced Scouteres opinion. I would like to suggest a replacement tradition but am unsure what would be appropriate... At training, one leader said they they have the whole troop sing "little tea pot" to the scout who loses something. Any other suggestions? Sheila
  7. Hello All, After completing training I have come to realize that a tradition in the troop my son recently joined is hazing. When ever a boy loses something and it is found, he has to sing a song or lay on the floor and "fry like bacon" to get it back. I would like to know if I should approach the Committee or the Scoutmaster concerning this and what does your troop do when a boy loses something? Sheila
  8. Bob, I am still new at the Boy Scout level and would like you to elaborate on CM or CC who are active with the boys sitting on the BOR. I know that we have a couple of CM's who attend almost every troop meeting and campout and also sit on Boards. One told me that he asks the boys about Baden Powell and turns them down if they don't know who he is and the date Scouting was founded. I thought this sounded a little off after attending Leader Essentials and Position Specif training. Is there a book about Board of Reviews and suggestions on who should or should not sit on them? In rega
  9. Thanks Bob, I'm going to get that book as soon as possible. Obviously leaders and boys alike should be familiar with its contents. Sheila
  10. The troop my son recently joined was started in 1913 and has been continuously chartered by different places, since. They are planning a 90 anniversary celebration next year and are trying to get a Texas Historical Marker for the Scout Hut which was built in the early '30's. A committee of parents has been selected to organize this event and are trying to find enough information to qualify for this marker. Unfortunatly, the original members are passed on and finding records has been difficult and the state says it need more information. Has anyone else been involved in anything like this? An
  11. Thanks for all the information. I now have the Guide to Safe Scouting. I wish their was more specifics about patrol activities. All the references I find seem to be contradicted elsewhere. Does the patrol leader handbook have suggested activities and guidelines or does the PLC come up with them? Are patrols allowed to have their own fundraisers as a seperate activity? After just joining, it is a big expense to upgrade uniforms and such and then pay for summercamp with only one fundraiser for the troop before then. Thanks a bunch, Sheila
  12. I am a new Scout Mom and the troop we joined is growing faster than some of the leadership can handle. They have gone from 8 boys three years ago to 32 this spring with another 15 coming next spring. Transportation is a problem as everyone cannot fit on one church bus anymore. An AS and I have been looking at individual patrol activities to take some of the pressure off everyone going to same place at the same time. When it is brought up, CC and others say that two deep leadership is required for any activity including individual patrol outings as per the Guide to Safe Scouting and training
  13. As a new Scout parent I was wondering what the proper procedure for encouraging seperate patrol activities would be? Would it be appropriate for a parent to suggest this to the members of a patrol? Should this go before the committee or mentioned to a SM or ASM? I wonder how much the boys actually know they can do unless it is suggested by adults. I am planning on taking new leader essentials to learn more about how Boy Scouts operates coming off of 4 years of extensive cub involvement. The troop is very old with a lot of history, but went through a period of years with low enrollment and
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