SMDonHall

Thanks for the discussion. I'm responding to some of the comments below: QUOTE: If the SPL does not get up at the agreed upon time the Scoutmaster goes over to his tent and gives him exactly one wake up call. QUESTION: Then what do you do after the one wake-up call is ignored? QUOTE: "Maybe it takes several months before a sleepyhead SPL is replaced by new blood." and "Time to have a SM Conference and remind them what the "R" in "POR" means. Being a successful leader means that you do what you need to do when you need to do it." QUESTION: In the meantime, or if h

How does a boy-led troop handle the problem of boys oversleeping, especially if some of those oversleeping are in leadership positions. (and by oversleeping I don't mean "Oh my gosh my alarm didn't go off!" kind of accidental oversleeping, but more "I don't want to wake up, so I'm not gonna") Don

John, I did state that I don't think we should NEVER do those things, it's just they are coming up with things like this to the exclusion of the things that would give them more "scout skills". They pooh pooh ideas like hiking on the appalacian trail, having a "cooking campout" for ideas that they already do on school/band trips. As a result, the majority of the more "scouty" outings have been the result of adult "persuasion" DH

Glad I found this old thread, cause it is similar to what we are going through as we transition into a "boy-led" troop. I understand the opinions here, but I'd like to know nuts and bolts of how you keep the program scouting related. Our PLC often brings up ideas that are less "scouty" than we would like for outings. (trip to the beach, trip to a science museum, trip to an amusement park). I'm not thinking that we should NEVER do anything like this, but it is hard to get them thinking in terms of more scoutlike activities in their planning. Since we pretty much only do one activ

We had a guy break his arm at one of our meetings. At the next meeting, we awarded him a "Fast Break" candy bar. He is a joker and a good sport, not easily embarrassed, maybe not every boy would like this. But we also talked about how the boys used their first aid skills (they helped splint it and put his arm in a sling until his parents arrived to take him to the hospital) and also mentioned the scouts bravery.(This message has been edited by SMDonHall)

The wording on page one is confusing. It says parts A and C are to be completed annually, which is how it always was with the Class I medical form. The Class II medical form used to be good for three years for Scouts. Is this no longer the case with the new Part B? If so, I'm assuming that a scout can still use his class II medical form (Doctor's physical) this year even if it is older than one year, and not older than 3 years? DH(This message has been edited by SMDonHall)

Nice job!

I'd like to "piggyback" onto this thread: Our troop has only in the past year and a half or so really started using the patrol method. We get only 2-3 Webelos crossing over each year, and so we do not use the "New Scout Patrol" idea. The past two years, we've put the incoming boys into one patrol together, with the newer boys, for the most part, being two grades away from the majority of the patrols they entered. So now,our patrols currently look like this: Patrol A: Very active, 10th and 8th graders (7 members) Patrol B: Very active, 9th, 7th and 6th graders (8

I am new to the scoutmaster position in our troop. After our last meeting ended, one of our scouts told me about what I would consider a serious incident of bullying that happened on a recent outing (namecalling, punching in the gut, pushing him down). I thanked him for being brave enough to let me know, and I told him I would speak to the offending lad. (offender had already gone home from the meeting) I asked the boy if this same boy had ever done anything before and he told me that at summer camp (which I was not SM, nor was I there), this boy did a lot of name calling and teasing.