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Well I stand corrected! I thought that it depended on the product, since the bags were marked with different percentages.... some say 70% stays "local", others had different numbers. Went to popcorn school last night. Our council awards a 30% commission if the lands end prizes are awarded, and a 35% commission if the unit elects no prizes.

There was a thread here a while back on this topic. Have no idea if it's available now with the site changes that have happened, but it really got my curiosity up about hammocks. I'd love to try one some time to see if I like it before buying..... I'm just not confident enough that I'd like it to spend the dollars up front. I tend to be a side sleeper so I think I might have issues. Seems like a great concept though IF there are plenty of trees and IF you can tie to them.

That's pretty much how our pack has historically done it..... I hate using the non-standard terms that are becoming standard.... Class A's for pack meetings and Class B's for den meetings or outings. The subject of buying more t-shirts came up at our committee meeting last night. I couldn't help myself..... had to point out that I think we could do a better job of encouraging proper uniforms, to help facilitate the sense of belonging, pride in scouting, display of awards, sense of accomplishment, etc... that the uniform method brings. Don't think I convinced anyone.

njeagle92 commented Your Pack need not go overboard with uniform inspections. Make a game of it. Call up the ones who set good examples, but don't call out the ones who don't. I certainly don't remember such a thing as inspections when I was a kid, and have never seen one, so I don't have a model to follow. It might be interesting to see how others do them. Might help to make it seem more palatable.

That's sound advice. thanks I'll have a discussion with my DL and see what direction we want to go We don't have a lot of live training in these parts, but he & I have both done the on-line training.... and I bought 2 copies of the DC handbook, giving one to him.

I wish I knew! I tried to get a DC last year. Our CO's troop had no interested scouts...... they are small but starting to grow. Finally the big brother of one of the cubs in our den volunteered from the troop across the street. Tried to get him involved. He barely showed up. Meeting times conflicted with troop stuff, but I also think he's a bit too shy and young for the job. haven't fired him, but never heard from him as follow-up to anything.... and haven't heard from is SM either. I'm assuming he's gone. Don't know what I'm going to do if he tries to come back. We don't really

I thought it depended on the product sold. Some products have more "staying local" than others.

The uniform inspection is an interesting concept. Just meeting with my Dl the other night starting to plan the year. Saw mention of it in the book and he was joking about it. I was trying to be polite and positive and suggesting that we need to do better to encourage uniform wear. his attitude was something like, "I can't see making anybody wear it. What if they are coming to the meeting from someplace else or heading out after?" I just said well, they don't have to for special occurrences such as that, but I still feel that we should encourage it. A uniform inspection just isn't in the

google. Looking for information when I started to become an active parent, trying to help our DL. Kept coming back in google searches as I was getting trained and had more questions, etc.... Tried to join so I could post questions of and on for maybe a year before the system let me in. I enjoy the discussion forum concept, started several years ago with a group about pop-up campers/rv's enjoy the questions others bring up. helps me learn

I just think it looks stupid under the collar.... but that's just me. Oh, I should say that our boys are about half and half...... over or under, but never with collar tucked in. I think it's mainly because we have weak leadership re. uniforms, although I'm trying to set a better example. arless shirt obsession. I hated those as a boy too..... but I'll concede that it makes the necker a bit more comfortable to wear I suppose. As a scouter, I have been going without neckwear to fit in with the others in my Pack, but I did start wearing the necker the last few meetings, over the collar.

Who gets the assignment to clean the restrooms??? Yuk!

a lot of neigh sayers on the bus here..... I say, hey if you can afford it and have considered the pitfalls, go for it! I was looking into charting a bus last year for our pack's trip to Charleston SC. The old guard of the committee sort of poo pooed the idea so I didn't get traction. I should have just put it out to the 25 families going to find the level of interest. Personally, I have fond memories of the band and scout trips I took as a kid on chartered buses. Everyone is together and having fun..... and everyone arrives at the same time which make the life of the person leading

Last year for Wolf, my son earned 3 arrows, was two electives away form his fourth but I couldn't motivate him to do more..... He's indifferent about it, doesn't get too excited about awards..... wish I knew a trick to invigorate him! Anyway, we had 1 boy signed off for 8 points, others earned (or were signed off for) 6, 2, and 1. And four boys earned none. Our pack does seem to focus a bit more on the loops. Honestly I think its mainly because nobody is working in the books until the last minute. Loops are easy, and an easy way to pull together a quick den meeting. I'm sure that

I can imagine that stuff is a big disappointment. I know even on the cub level the boys are romanced by the idea of getting to shoot bb's and archery at cuboree. They get there, and what do they do..... walk walk walk, wait wait wait, ushered through a bunch of stuff that doesn't overly interest them..... then they get to the range..... stand in line..... wait some more.... listen to some long winded safety briefing.... wait some more.... then after all of that..... they are lucky if the get 4 minutes of shooting with a bunch of broken down arrows that won't even nock in the bow! Talk ab

I would agree with your comments re. youth protection etc...., except that in the example of my wife's position she really only meets with the scouts at a den meeting in group setting with the den leader, or when the den boys meet with the priest or deacon.... also a group setting with the DL

I would suggest that perhaps we don't see images of scouts holding hats, more because it doesn't make for a good looking image. Most of these images are staged, either for marketing or for artistic purposes. Not for portraying policy, custom, or etiquette...... so I don't "hear" that same message..... That being said, I do hear what you are saying and I agree that there are appropriate times to wear them indoors. I might also agree that they could be considered optional..... depending on the situation

I commend you Basement. A lot of folks think these little fibs all in fun are harmless..... usually are.... but a lie is still a lie.

Yes KDD, but there are times when the hat is worn indoors. from that referenced web site People in Uniform: People in the military, Boy Scouts, police and people in other uniformed organizations keep their hats on during “full dress.†Many other interesting regulations about hat wearing in the military exist, so hat etiquette is a required course in the military From another site I googled: There are some locations that would normally be considered indoors but for military purposes are considered to be outdoors. For example, drill halls are considered to be outdoors wh

Is this an adult position or a youth position? OK, if it's an adult position I'll offer a counter to Basement's To earn the Roman Catholic medals, the youth need to be counseled by a trained adult. The Diocese puts on a regular course to train and certify as a Religious Medals Coordinator. My wife went through this last year.... not because she's type A, but because she was asked to by our CM. Our pack really promotes these medals as a way to connect scouting to the church. My wife only agreed to do it for two reasons..... to help and as a way to get to know more families in the par

Yeah, so does my wife, but that's for her driver's license..... she doesn't introduce herself that way.... .... and that doesn't explain Baden-Powell. Oh well, doesn't really matter, just one of life's curiosities.

Good post, TSSChris Broken promises for sure! I like the idea to encourage parental involvement, but that is a sticky one. Don't punish the boy for the parent, and all of that..... Some parents just aren't cut out for it, and have no interest..... What resonates with me is your suggestion to clean up the program. KDD's comment, "Don't tell me to just do this stuff in the book, tell my how to do it and where I can get all this stuff. Tell me how to make it fun." I'm ok at making it fun, but no doubt could be better. Some of our leaders just don't even try. I know that when I lo

I was just having a similar conversation a few days back. Nothing wrong with going into a blue collar trade. Money can be better than I make with an engineering degree, and as you say these people have a great opportunity for pride in their work. they don't often, but could. A co-worker used to ask, "did you make something you can drop on your foot today?". Making or doing something tangible, something that you can see and touch, can be very much more satisfying at the end of the day than say keying data into a computer all day. Another angle to consider..... I saw a study many yea

Yeah, that's a good point about hearding the cats..... but that only works if they wear the uniforms. Yet another reason I'm opposed to the T-Shirts or class B uniforms.

I was just thinking that I need to get my son to the store soon, to get a jump on picking up all his blue "Bear" "stuff". ....and thinking that I might want to pick up a necker for myself too. Currently our leaders don't wear neckware. Do I remember correctly, that when I was a boy, a CS wore the yellow necker, like today's Wolf, until he aged up to the WEBELOS den?