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The Local Councils are chartered by the National Council, rather like a restaurant franchise. The Council meets the branding requirements of the National Org, and all is well. The Local Council will be incorporated as a Non-Profit org in the local state, the Board of Directors is by definition all the Charter Organization Representatives (you can read all this in the incorporation papers in your state's records). Guess what? The CORs may /maynot never come to a meeting. "The work is done by whoever shows up". The local executives (voted in, approved by, the CORs present) do what they

I'm with sst3rd on this. If you have the gung-ho Scouts you sound like you have, and the parent support, you can brainstorm a local neighborhood summer camp. Check with your District leaders for Merit Badge Counselors, and Scout Leader Trainers. Put an event/campsite in each of several backyards. Hike between them. Cook meals on the backyard grill. Visit local historic sites. Totin' Chip? Ask for your District's IOLS folks. Knots/Pioneering? Sea Scouts in your Council? Map and Compass? Ya know any surveyors? No requirement that any of it must be done at an "official" camp. Swimmi

Very Scouty. Passed on to my local SScout Commodore.

Royal Rangers? Vanguard Scouts ?

Pet Peeve . . . Ya ever go for a hike in the park, see the sign at the parking lot that reads "All Dogs Must Be On Leash . . .Please Clean Up After Your Dog" and along the trail you find that folks have cleaned up after their dogs, picked up the poop in the little plastic bag, AND THEN LEFT THE BAG ON THE TRAIL . . . .

Bugling is always good : https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/boy-scout-plays-moving-tribute-to-veterans-who-died-from-coronavirus-81856581806 @SSScout

The manufacture of toothpicks is one of skill and daring.

Oh, you would love the Ken Burns documentary. You can find the DVD for sure (Amazon?), or try this: https://www.mlb.com/news/ken-burns-baseball-streaming-free-on-pbs Realize it is a nine "inning" series , each 90 or so minutes. Sit back and enjoy. My pleasure. Belgian Zot.....

Howdy, BPPatrolonaRoll.... You can research the National Parks Junior Ranger and Scout Ranger Award. These are particular to each national park, so go to the Chief Ranger. Next, you can check out the National Historic Trails Award of the BSA, which I understand can be earned more than once. If you get down to Washington DC (Covid19 considerations !!) there is a Scout History Trail Award to pursue around the DC area. When your Scouts have their Totin' Chip in hand, they might consider the BSA Paul Bunyan Award...., Oh, there are lots of badges and patches to earn. Religious f

Is the National BSA Meeting still "on" for May? Can "ordinary" Scouters attend?

The center of Scouting is indeed the "safe outdoor adventure". I ditto all the above comments/suggestions/encouragements. I remember my paleoscout era days. A lot of my rank requirements were learned and passed in various backyards, not on campouts or hikes. The skills were then applied, practiced and perfected in camp. Nature requirements? ID plants, animals, animal signs? Much of the IDing can be done with online, book materials, and HOPEFULLY retained to apply when the outdoor part of our safe adventure returns. I just saw a rufous sided towhee on our back porch f

Just because the "rule" isn't written down doesn't mean it isn't a "rule". Perhaps the analogy is not exact, but the reality is there. For many of it's early years, BSA did not allow people of color, females, of a certain sexual orientation, or religion either by official "rule" or by local "gentleman's agreement" . Society changes, perhaps we can say "grows up". Your cited history is correct, Ken Burns and his company tell a good story. The BSA by it's professed ideals of the Scout Promise and Law needed to be nudged , needed to be reminded of those things. That is how society cha

Mrjeff : Thank you for your leadership to our youth. By your definition, Major League Baseball (just finished watching all nine episodes of Ken Burns wonderful documentary) would never have had black players. Women would not have the vote. The local Boys and Girls Club would still be male only. Sometimes (sometimes) the "rules" of a club need to be changed for the better. The membership of the BSA gradually over the years went from only admitting young white male humans to admitting any young human. The majority of the membership, I think, welcomed this evolving development. Were

I guess I can retire again, but since I am stuck at home and can't leave, could someone please contact these folks and make arrangements? I'll split the take with you.... "" This is to notify you that your CHECK/CHEQUE is now with UNITED PARCEL SERVICE to be shipped to your home address because that is the best option to ensure that you receive your due funds after meetings with all the state security services. Therefore, the $800,000.00 CERTIFIED CHECK is with the united parcel service. You to contact the UPS (unitedparcelserviceups6@gmail.com) You

Removing earwax to cure memory loss, nostalgic photos (I wish I could remember THAT!), close to retirement? No original americans.....

*sigh* Let's go back to that old saw, the Scout Law. " Thrifty: A Scout is Thrifty. A Scout works to pay his way and to help others. He/she saves for the future. She/he conserves natural resources. He/she carefully uses time and property."" The idea is the Scout, by themselves, thru their Patrol and Troop/Crew/Ship EARNS their way. Sell things. Do things. Get pay for effort . This is not the "Good Turn" or "Service Project (which is at base a REALLY Big good turn)". If the local Council , thru it's efforts, provides campgrounds and recognitions, all to the good. That's wh

I agree. How was Scouting begun? With a bunch of kids that read a book about outdoor adventure written by a British army hero who made his fame by being a ""Scout"". He decided the best way to improve the type of recruits the army was getting was to encourage the youth to do adventurous stuff while they were young. Now , granted, alot of the stuff he espoused can't be easily accomplished today, and some of it is downright too dangerous or not really socially acceptable (and rightly so). But that is the idea, virus not withstanding. We should think about that. The promise of FUTURE ou

Any org that sponsors summer camps is up against that hard place in front of the rock. Our faith sponsors three resident camps and a traveling camp for older teens ( a couple hundred miles by bicycle or canoe or foot). Registrations are way down from what they usually are by this time. Deposit Refund requests have come in. Along with this, the camp directors have to plan for staff hiring, training, cabin prep, site rehab, gear purchase, state inspections and permits, park entry permits, ,,, with what cash? I have no doubt BSA and GSUSA camps will have the same concerns.

No insult or bad interpretation seen, but what was meant ? Totally unknown reference. Random words to see what comes up ? Computer/card games? ...

Yep. The Lionel set comes out at Christmas, around the tree. My #10 1/2 Erector set is hermetically sealed up in the attic waiting for the Gson to be old enough to appreciate it.

Well, so far model railroad , facemasks, Old knives sharp again, wild salmon, no native american stuff. mmmmm . . .

Summer camps . . . Every organization that does such is in the same boat. In our case, (non-BSA) registrations are already way behind the usual. We have even had some requests for refund of deposits. Need to hire, train, schedule staff. Order gear and prep the cabins , pond, kitchen, lodge.... How to do that with what we know already? Scout camp? Cub Scout Day Camps? Our county Parks run a very respectable program. Maybe. It will be a long summer, regardless.

10 little indians, Hiawatha Milwaukee Road, Pawksataunee Phil, Cincinnatti Reds, Lake gitcheegoomee,

"?Magic twist knocker ???"

Umpteen posts ago, it was once noted that the commercials that surrounded our (OUR ! Thanks, Terry) web pages often seemed to respond to our comments and other actions. So it goes, again. I ordered some parts for a chainsaw, PRESTO ! Ads for parts.... We discuss covid19 etc.PRESTO ! hand sanitizer and masks. We are Scouts, camping and hiking, Presto, ads for hiking boots. Indians, Choctaw, Lakota, Mohawk, Sabine, teepee, wickieyup, mocassin, Lenni Lenape, .... What's for sale now ?