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John, Lisabob - great advice. There's no excuse for anyone in the troop acting in such a manner, certainly most of all not in front of the Scouts. Running a Scout troop is difficult enough without someone trying to play the big tough guy who runs over anything in his way. I'm willing to bet this one caused problems in his old troop and maybe even in the Wood badge course as well.

Hi and welcome in. This certainly can be a great place for ideas of all kinds. We'll be going over to Mt. Pleasant to stay on the Yorktown in about 7 weeks also. Looks like it'll be a great trip.

Hog wash - That's what this sounds like to me. Rumor mill must be up and running again. Had our yearly district cookout last night, nothing was mentioned about this, website is still going strong.

Since this is my council, I'll follow Fred's example and let everyone else have the discussion. http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1149326370170920.xml&coll=2 Scouting audit indicates rolls vastly inflated; top exec quits 13,000 phantom members identified Saturday, June 03, 2006 KELLI HEWETT TAYLOR News staff writer Membership in the Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts of America was inflated by more than 13,000 youths over three years, according to details from an audit made public Friday. The departure of the council's top paid ex

Great idea Trev. Many times you can read a seemingly innocent post only to end up finding (edited) at the bottom. At least some idea of what kind of info has been removed would be nice too.

Barry you've nailed it down. If the mother was concerned she should have made further inquiries as to why the call was made. Too much of todays society seeks to blame someone else for everything.

Nldscout: It is totally within Ma's discretion if to pursue legal recourse or not. She is the one involved with the Scout and the situation. Ma feels that this situation can best be handled without judicial involvement. She has chosen not to have a warrant taken out, the matter should continue to be dealt with internally. IMHO Ma, you could have an officer talk to this young man about the ramifications of his actions though.

Hate to see another good Scouter walk away. Always try to remember the good that you have brought into the world through your work in Scouting. Wheather you can see it or not it's there.

Thanks. I've looked at the site and I think this should do just fine.

O.K. folks I need a little help. Our troop will be traveling to Charleston, SC to stay on board the U.S.S. Yorktown during the first weekend in August. We usually take a slow and relaxed pace when driving so I anticipate this will end up being a 10 hour drive or so. To make things easier and not have to be on the road for such a long time just prior to arriving at the ship, we plan on leaving out on Thursday and driving for 3-4 hours and staying on the eastern side of Atlanta. Here's the problem. We need a place to stay for approx 20 people. Due to space limitations we will not be taking ten

First question I'll have to ask is - Does your troop have a functioning troop committee? If so then a member of the committee should oversee fundraising. If not then this would be an area to work on - build the committee. In an ideal troop a Scoutmaster or an assistant would not have responsibility over finances. Their concern would be with the implementation of the program and with development of the Scouts themselves. But, things don't always go as planned in the real world. Glad you enjoyed the course, Jon (your course SM) and I went Through SR-33 together in 1994.

Moxie: Among others RFD TV - 379 on Directv.

Welcome to the forum Brooktrout. Your easiest move may be to simply let your charter drop and register as a new unit in the council you want to move to. Your old council may try to give you some static or hold things up if you try to transfer an intact unit to another council. What has been said or done about your request so far if anything?

Congrats also, But I too question why you didn't get to choose for yourself.

Only about 15 miles one way. We almost never attend because it's on the same night as our troop meeting. When we formed the district about 6 years ago this was brought up but the night worked for most of the others. Kinda makes us the outcasts of the district.

Ed: I think Longhaul's point is - how much did the BSA pay the risk management firm for the work they did? From the looks of it the work the firm did was minimal and mostly useless.(This message has been edited by t158sm)

Greetings (most interesting name I think I've seen) glad to have you join with us. Welcome to the campfire. Scouting is a wonderful adventure, hope you have a great time. There are lots of great folks here that have a wealth of information and experience to draw from. Feel free to ask or share whatever you feel inspired to.

Beavah: My sentiments exactly. Whatever happened to just letting them be kids? I don't believe parents should micro-manage their children's lives.

There are many people I consider good friends who are no longer involved in Scouting. Perhaps we met in Scouting but that really doesn't form the basis of our friendship. There is a difference between a friend and a acquaintance. Just because you know someone doesn't make them your friend. Magic is seeing someone you haven't seen in a few years light up and cry tears of happiness upon seeing you even though it was at his wife's funeral. Your true friends are your friends forever. Magic is having a "lad" who only came to a few meetings and never spoke up, never really took part in the meet

In another thread someone seems to have taken issue with my use of "magic" to describe Scouting. What do you think? Has Scouting brought a "magic" into your life also?

From its me's last post: "You people are over selling scouting to the point of exaggeration." All I've seen are honest reasonable answers - You're the one taken to exaggeration. You asked a group of people who are dedicated to Scouting for THEIR answer to a question and then chastise them for THEIR answers. Sounds like you might have other issues that you haven't told us about. "To express that scouting is the unsurpassed program for developing youths is fictional." And soccer would be that program to you? Chess? Piano? Swimming? Get real. Name another program that even comes close.

Event riders are a part of the norm for our camporees. We've had to plan this into budget for all of the camporees I've been involved in running. Sounds like we're getting off cheap compared to some out there, a camporee usually runs about $7 per person for folks around here.

Great, I look foward to hearing how things turn out.

"After the Derby was over, we had one of the parents take a swing at his ex-mother-in-law." Talk about suprise entertainment! LOL

Ditto. Good advice Anarchist. If a separate room is available try to use it. BTW, welcome to the forum Alpineer. Lot's of good people and good information here.