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bbng - Good story. bts - the sleeve wear is still referenced in the boy scout handbook as an option.

Welcome. Round these parts you can reminisce to your heart's content, and catch up on the latest developments. 'Course, the most important thing in scouting hasn't changed much...boys. Hope to hear more from you.

Our typical crossover crew is 10 - 14 scouts. Over the past four years, out of the 54 crossovers we lost 6 during the first year. Two boys moved, two did not like camping and two I never did find out the reason. IMO, the most three most important factors in fueling retention are in order: 1. Make it insanely fun for them. 2. Treat them with respect with individualized attention, and 3. Involve their parents in some meaningful way.

ManyIrons, Thank you for your service to our nation. Best of luck in your future pursuits.

EIKY'mon, my cyber scouting bro, a belated Happy Anniversary to you and yours as well. A cruise sounds delightful...mind if I join you next year? Unfortunately, my wife and my schedules conspired against us for an extended anniversary trip this year. We ended up doing a weekend get-a-way at the Hershey Hotel (very swank and much too expensive) coupled with some nice romantic dinners and a couple of shows.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech December 8, 1941 Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the

Welcome to the fun! Sounds like you are off to a GRRRREAT start.

It sounds like the CO had provided a friendly accomodation to the scouting program in its district by lending its name only to get a unit up and running. Heck, the CO doesn't even know how many, let alone which, units it had formed. It sounds like the CO in question (hypothetical?) did not fulfill its obligations of the charter agreement beyond just signing a piece of paper. As others have mentioned, to now make an attempt to garner unit assets would be a very difficult process for the CO. Frankly, I fail to see how this CO could make a valid claim to unit assets when the CO doesn't even k

This SM should have retired years ago. He is running this troop as if it is his own. He has been around so long that he can no longer distinguish the troop from his own ego. If you don't have the numbers or the influence to remove him, then you will need to either suck it up or go elsewhere. Don't expect Council/District personnel to get too involved in this internal unit squabble. I like the rock story...sounds like a variation on the 'Whitey saving Ronny cliff scene' in Follow Me Boys.

I know all the facts are not available on this one, but no matter what they may be, it is clear that the SM has overacted big time. Removing the entire PLC goes way beyond any sense of reasonableness. The dismissed PLC (and their parents) should make demand of the CC and COR that they be reinstated immediately. The CC and COR will need to figure out what to do with the SM as far as training, management, sensitivity is concerned. This could easily denegrate into a vote of no confidence in the SM - maybe it is needed. If the CC and COR decide to back the SM, then maybe you need to look for

While I am sure your CM has good intentions, I would say the trip he is planning to the other side of the continent is probably too ambitious for boys of this age.

Sounds like you had a ball. I am glad you didn't split early and were able to spare some time to strike up a conversation with some new recruits. Sea scouting could be right up their alley.

CNYS, I agree with you 100%. Don't you think its about time to move on to another troop - or maybe, start a new one that does things right. My fear is that your son may decide that his youth group is way cooler than scouts and choose one over the other.

Ozemu, Stories like that really reinforce the need for scouting's character development focus for the youth of this world. We too have had many experiences of non-scout campers acting in a less-than-respectful manner.

Good stories, all. Keep 'em coming in.

My wife and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary yesterday. Scouting has been a big part of our lives together (both being scout leaders for over a dozen years). Sometimes, scouting created tensions when the time and commitment involved took us away from each other and one or the other allowed jealousy to seep in...but overall, I really think it helped to bring us together. We both share stories and experiences from scouting that make us laugh, think, cry and rely on each other for support. I think we have passed the point of handling situations by asking each other...how should I

Kudu, Your post will surely make many Grimace...but as for me, you made me

BP, I never said it did. If you were to read my post, I said it created a non-profit organization under state law. By IRS rules, a small non-profit organization (under $5K in receipts) does not need to obtain a tax-exempt status determination letter from the IRS or file an annual return with the IRS. The IRS does not care about such micro-organizations. What we can agree on is that you should get advice from a professional that is engaged to perform the service (either paid or pro bono) rather than getting into trouble following advice from an anonymous poster on a forum. (This

Re: FEIN and 501©(3) - 501©(3) is the internal revenue code section that provides for tax-exemption for certain entities organized under state laws as non-profit organizations. There are other sections as well, depending on the type of entity - e.g., 501©(4) - social welfare entities. Secion 170 of the IRC dictates the status of the organization for purposes of receiving charitable contributions (public charity vs. private foundation). The Federal Employer Identification number is simply the ID number assigned to any entity by the IRS for purposes of identifying it for filing p

3891...sold American!

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2246...read 'em and weep

Welcome. Your concerns about it being a conflict of interest is right on target. Ask that you be reassigned to a different unit.

I am pretty confident in theorizing that every scouting unit has tweaked something, somewhere, at some point in time. Any unit claiming to be in 100% compliance with the BSA rules, regulations, publications, etc. etc. for all time since its inception, is deluding itself and is tweaking the truth. We all do the best we can, we follow the program as best we can, we consult the publications and get trained to learn the BSA model, we can strive to be a BSA-modeled troop in every respect, however, tweaking will exist as long as humans are involved. If you want a tweakless world...lets turn volunt

When I was Cubmaster and Den Leader, most of our dozen dens met on different nights at different places. Some met in homes, some at churches, some at schools, one at a community center, one at a business, one at a fire station. Oddly, none of the dens met at the church (not the CO) we had our pack meetings.