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  1. E, If your description of your summer camp kitchen operation it true, they are at a minimum of violating mandatory national camp standards! I would highly recommend that something be done about this. For anyone who knows Mr. Fullman speech about camp standards: they represent the bare minimum of what is expected at a camp. As you may or not be aware, camp must meet all mandatory standers; something must be done either inter-council or through the NE Region. If you have access, some standards to look at (from 2008 standard book): M-22 M-36 M-45 M-47 M-48
  2. Greetings, One camp that I would highly recommend is that of Workcoeman Scout Reservation. It is a very good camp on the east cost of the United States, and is about an hour drive from Bradley international Airport. This is a high quality camp that understands the basic needs of units and tailors a quality and individual program that helps units grow and have fun with a purpose. I have been to this camp many times as our unit has been to this camp for a number of years. Workcoeman really delivers what a Boy Scout camp should offer and does it almost flawlessly. This camp is well known and
  3. t158sm, You woulden be refering to the theme for the northeast region National Camping School? SM12505
  4. To Clarify, Thanks to Kudu. The term polar bear swim can be misleading, I apologize the term that I was referring to was a swimming activity taking part at summer camp early in the morning (around 6:00 am) with the water tem well above 65 so their not an immediate worry of hypothermia. But thanks for the info anyway.
  5. See! I am not the only one to hear that, see uz2bnowl comment.
  6. To respond again, 1.) I have served on a camp staff for five years, two of them being on the waterfront; while I agree with Eamonn that the camp staff is there to serve campers. It does not allow them the right for their opinions to not count, while they are not screaming it at the top of their lungs that "we hate polar bear". But, if you look hard enough it is not one of the most favored activates. (personally I really did not like it, especially during week 8 of 8) 2.) What I was getting at was not the safety part (I would hope that all camp waterfronts follow SA and SSD to adhere
  7. Excuse me for having a brain fart, but what is "GTSS"?
  8. I have heard that Polar Bear (very early morning) swim is not an approved BSA activity, Is their any truth behind this? Also I know that SMs like the swim in the morning But, the Staff and the campers hate it. Any opinions on it?
  9. A big thank you to CalicoPenn for his elaborate explanation, it was a big help! To clarify about the unauthorized person, while a scout/scouter/visitor has failed to check into the camp office does pose a problem and needs to bee addressed as quickly as possible, they do have good intentions. What I was referring to was a full blown person who 100% does not belong in camp. (i.e. Press poking around for a smear story, people just exploring the camp, or even worse a sex offender.)
  10. Please!! If anyone could help out that would be great!!
  11. I am absolutely outraged that an adult leader would have the audacity to do something like that; I would forget the committee meeting and so strait to your councils scout executive right away. Not only does it violate YPG (youth protection guidelines) that all adults are required to follow but he also, I am sure he brook many criminal laws. This adult leader has no right to bee in the BSA and you need to take immediate actions right away! So this can not happen again. SM12505
  12. Hello Paul, Good Question. When it comes to money in the BSA, it really comes down to how well you manage it. With most camps, at the begging of each summer camp season the camp director will basically set up two budgets; one per a week and one per a season. After the camp fee is set and gets a rough idea of how many scouts will be in camp he/she will set a magic number of scouts (again one per a week and one per a season) and will budget accordingly to camper, staff pay, food ect. Anything that goes below that number will cost the camp money, if the number is equal the camp breaks even
  13. Hello to all, Sorry to hear your trouble, it is really unfortunate to see a camp fall in to a depression like that. If I may be able to offer some advice (putting on my salesman cap) if you are looking for a new camp, I would like to highly recommend Camp Workcoeman, of the Connecticut Rivers Council. As I realize that it may be a trip for you to come down but it is really worth it, Workcoeman is one of thee best camp in the NE region being only rivaled by that of Yawgoog (but we are catching up quickly). I can personally assure that we have awesome summer camp program, and we have an ex
  14. Hello again, Sorry to ask another question so soon but I am looking for more advice. At camp we are getting ready for a new season and are in the process of updating our entire emergency plan to streamline the effort, so that we get aid to those who need it quickly and safely. In our camp we currently have a policy where in the event of any emergency all of the scouts and scouters are immediately dispatched to their campsites and then the staff goes to work, but our greatest fear that the emergency will be in the campsite and may put campers or staff at risk; we do have a large field but
  15. Hello to all, I have a question(two actully)and I hope a few people can help me with, I am a camp commissioner (along with many of my duites at camp) come friday it is my job to complie and sort out the merit badges and various awards that each scout/scouter earns,the camp that I work is at is a high traffic camp and on some weeks I may need to process over 1,000 badges and awards, which in turn forces me to get about no sleep. So what I am looking for is a program that will allow me to have all of the campers on an electronic file and allow me to just plug in the badges and just print
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