A group of volunteers from our council has been hosting a WB reunion for about 4 years now with no help from Council. Now after 4 years, when our committee is becoming a well oiled machine, Council all of a sudden wants to take over. Currently we rent the camp, (no discount), plan the activities, provide the staffing and merchandising etc. Funds collected go to Scholarships and other training funding that we decide and not Council. In my opinion, our Council has never really supported WB training like other Councils that I've Googled have. I would like to know if anyone else has similar resistance. I would also like to know what other Councils do for their reunions, for example: Must they rent the camp out or do other Councils provide camp facilities at little or no charge for a reunion; Does Council promote it in their newsletter; Do individual districts have reunions, is Liability insurance and other forms such as a "hold council blameless" form required?
I am scheduled to meet with our Scout Exec, (who by the way is not WB trained and when asked why not, I was told by him that he "did not have time") in the next couple of days to discuss this and would like to know what others are doing prior to the meeting.
Wood Badge Reunions
in Wood Badge and adult leader training
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A group of volunteers from our council has been hosting a WB reunion for about 4 years now with no help from Council. Now after 4 years, when our committee is becoming a well oiled machine, Council all of a sudden wants to take over. Currently we rent the camp, (no discount), plan the activities, provide the staffing and merchandising etc. Funds collected go to Scholarships and other training funding that we decide and not Council. In my opinion, our Council has never really supported WB training like other Councils that I've Googled have. I would like to know if anyone else has similar resistance. I would also like to know what other Councils do for their reunions, for example: Must they rent the camp out or do other Councils provide camp facilities at little or no charge for a reunion; Does Council promote it in their newsletter; Do individual districts have reunions, is Liability insurance and other forms such as a "hold council blameless" form required?
I am scheduled to meet with our Scout Exec, (who by the way is not WB trained and when asked why not, I was told by him that he "did not have time") in the next couple of days to discuss this and would like to know what others are doing prior to the meeting.
Thank you in advance
Tom Williams
NE-IV-95
Silver Fox Patrol
Course Director NE-IV-172