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NewCubDad, In preparation of your upcoming meeting with the other pack, consider making a list of the top ten things you would like to see happening in the prospective new pack. This would give you focused talking points during your time with the CM. I think sharing it on this forum may be very helpful to others who are facing a similar situation.

For Eagle projects, our District has a 'policy' that scouts are strongly discouraged from soliciting donations to help fund a project, but it is okay to seek grants. I have a scout whose Eagle project has a budget of $3,000, about half of which he intends to earn through fundraising efforts - the remainder through 'grants'. Anybody want to venture a guess as to the difference between a donation and a grant? So far, the District has not been able to explain. I am advising the scout that a grant would be monies contributed by nonprofit organizations/government agencies that would hav

I agree...the whistle has to go. This should be brought up at the next committee meeting. He will be doing the scouts a greater service teaching the silent response to the scout sign. I found that one of the best attention devices is do nothing...stand there with your sign in the air and wait. Nothing proceeds until there is complete quiet. And, please don't get in the habit of shouting SIGNS UP - that's almost as bad as a whistle.

Nice one!! Do beavers have vision too? I have seen some beaver lodges that put our council camp's dining hall to shame.

If you would ask the units that have sponsor names on the trailer, I think you will find that in the majority of the cases the donation was made because the business owner already has a relation to the troop (son in the troop, an alumni, etc.) and that they were not 'solicited' out of the blue, but merely trying to help their own unit and get a little advertising too. In most cases, the sponsor is probably not giving to or being approached by FOS anyway.

How about this argument from the Guide to Safe Scouting. The age-appropriate chart http://www.scouting.org/pubs/gss/ageguides.pdf lists flag football as appropriate for Tiger Cubs - With their Adult Partner. So, if Tiger Cubs can play flag football with an adult why can't boy scouts?

TySim I did find the following relating to a scout that was injured playing touch football (Cascade Pacific Council) and sued the unit leaders for failure to properly supervise - earning the paralyzed scout $4 million in damages. It does not say how the scout was injured, it could have been that it was only scouts playing touch football at the time. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Senate - April 07, 1997) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Page: S2787] By Mr. ASHCROFT: S. 514. A bill to

I expect you will not find a 'silver bullet' written in BSA literature that says adults can or cannot play touch/flag football with scouts. My opinion is that the CC is overacting big time. When our scoutmasters play touch football with the scouts, it is usually the adults that get hurt. Last year at summercamp, we had a game. One ASM got run over by a scout (the scout is 6'3"", 245 pounds and runs a 4.8 40-yd dash) and his shoulder was numb for hours. Another ASM broke his toe. I was sore for three days afterward. The scouts just had a blast, while us old guys learned a very va

Maybe contact PRAY to see if they can help - http://www.praypub.org/main_frameset.htm

Sean, Thank you. I vote your PROJECT BAG as this forum's best practical idea for 2004! You da' man!

For each Christian family to read together the first two chapters of Luke on Christmas morning, so that the miracle of our Savior's birth can be on their hearts.

Thank you for sharing such a nice story.

No Aarvark - you are just asking for some good ol' fashioned common respect. Respect for a flag as a symbol of our country, and respect for a uniform as a symbol of scouting.

Is this it? http://www.creighton.edu/~bsteph/pack114/library/xmas-r-l.html

So, if I am tracking with you on this...If in the future O.J. decides to (i) wear his scout pants pulled down so that half of his undies are showing, (ii) wears his scout cap pulled down over his eyes with that sideways tilt, (iii) adds some cool black shades, a couple of pounds of gold chains, a ring on each finger, and a very cool slouch to the look...you would say 'atta boy' and suggest he is more than presentable for his Eagle BOR.

Ah yes...the All-American ACLU...upholder of our nation's rights and liberties... So, what does Roger Baldwin, founder and the guiding light of the ACLU for its first thirty years of existence have to say... In an article written for Soviet Russia Today (September 1934), "When the power of the working class is once achieved, as it has been only in the Soviet Union, I am for maintaining it by any means whatsoever." "The class struggle is the central conflict of the world, all others are coincidental." Entry of Roger Baldwin in the Harvard reunion book on the occasion of the 30th

The language "any form of support" would encompass charter org sponsorship. The 'including' section referring only to meetings, events, etc. is intended as a clarifier of possible forms of support and not as a prohibition against other forms of support (i.e., sponsorship).

This appears to be the entire text of the bill. 108th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3026 To support the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 20, 2004 Mr. FRIST (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A BILL To support the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

Hope this helps: 1930 song hits - http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/Sept02/1930.htm http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Top54-Back/1930.html Fads of the 1930s - http://www.crazyfads.com/30s.htm

Scouting is about creating memories that young people can look back on with fondness. Anyone want to share their oldest scouting memory? For me, I think I was about 5 years old and I remember tagging along with my father (cubmaster) and older brother (who I believe was a Lion rank at the time - predecessor to Webelos) on what looking back must have been some kind of camporee. Anyway, the memory that haunts me to this day was seeing a boy scout (who must have been 10 feet tall if he was an inch) do the old flat hand through the flame trick. For some odd reason that is seared into my

Hey Back! The LONGER the BETTER! Are your boys twins or one year apart?

To stay with the 'float' theme. How about giving each an ice cream float (freshly made). Or maybe a blow-up inflatable pool toy (they float). Or a bouquet of helium balloons (they float too).

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It's been awhile since Cubs for me, but... I take it you are talking about a unit that has both orange and blue shirted Tigers and that there is some basis that 'both are kind of right' because of the recruitment schedule. My common sense tells me not to make a big deal about it during a pack inspection. Mark them both off as okay (telling a 7-year old who is just proud to be a scout and wearing his orange shirt that he is technically wearing the wrong shirt would probably not go over too well no matter how nice you are about it). If asked about it, address it by saying that because of

Wawangundowapn from Nentico. Attendance (or lack thereof) is always a good topic. For the number of new Ordeal members we induct each year (300 - 500) we see only a small percentage of new folks at the Lodge fellowships and banquets. I would estimate less than 10% of new members ever make it to a fellowship weekend and only a couple percent to a banquet. Lack of communication and follow-up with new members is one of the drivers of declining attendance figures. I think we need to find a better way to communicate with the newest members (who have not yet developed a deep interest in OA