WarrenW

Thanks for everyone's input. I liked the idea of splitting them up and have two den meetings which I may still do. My only problem with that is my other son is joining next year as a Tiger and I want to be there for his den meetings. So that means I would have three nights of scouts to go to. Hmmm, my wife supports the scouts too but I may be pushing that to the limit! I'm gonna have a talk with our cubmaster again. His excuse is that only 12 or 13 kids show up per meeting at times but even that many is alot. I liked having about 8 kids at the beginning as a Wolf den leader. I just wa

Hi Everyone, Last year I started as a Wolf den leader and we had two of these dens with about 8 kids each which was perfect. Sometimes we did things together as one whole den and it turned out the parents of the other den really liked the den activities i was doing. So they kept pushing to be together. Then the other den leader took advantage of it and I ended up doing both dens together. Then this year started as Bears and the cubmaster wanted us all together cause it would make the parents and kids more happy. There are 17 kids in my den!! And I now have no assistants either. So

Well, it turns out the diversity of getting parents more involved in the pack was not a true diversity item. I didn't think so anyways. I was told Diversity as in regards to race, culture, religion, gender, language,family status, economic status, physical and cognitive ability. So I've got to think by tomorrow of what to do. I could probably setup an event and invite another pack of a different religion to visit our pack together. Our existing pack does not include any different race, minorites or cultures in it which I wish it did. The other local school near us does but they have

Sorry, thats what I meant to say. I'm going to do it that way as you showed. The 4th ticket item will be the newsletter I am going to start for the pack for better communication. The fifth one will be the video to use for Scout Night. Tonight I'll start writing them out with the info for each, my vision on how they help, etc. I've thought of completely different tickets that I could do but I really wanted to have an impact on helping the pack run smooth with existing and new leaders and scouts. I've got 5 more years with the pack anyways - my other son is joining as a Tiger next ye

Thanks alot for your answers and explanations! I am the committee chairman for my Cub Scout pack. I am also a Bear den leader. I've put alot of thought into this and really want the whole pack to benefit from my ticket. And like you said Darren, we were told at our first course not to make our ticket where we had to rely on others. I made that my personal goal when becoming committee chairman to get the pack 100% trained which we did and earned the Quality Unit Award for this year. That made me feel good! I've taken my last couple years experience to see what we need and I always hear

Hi, I have the second part of my wood badge course this weekend and while at work I'm trying to write up a draft of my ticket. I left my WB papers at home. So I have a question anyways. For the five goals for my ticket, are they specific goals for each? I do know one of them is Diversity. Are the other four goals just my personal goals to accomplishing the ticket? I tried doing a search online and could not find a specific answer. Thanks Warren

What candle setup does everyone else do for the rank advancement? Actually I think we only used three candles last year. Warren

Thanks. This is for our rank ceremonies when the scouts get their badges (Tiger, Wolf, etc.).

Hi Everyone, Last year when we had our rank ceremony, our cubmaster came in with thin candles stuck into a 2x4 holder just to get by. So this year I want to build a nice candle holder with logs. I remember seeing a nice one at our baloo training and my first course of wood badge last weekend. They had one big horizontal log and then had smaller ones on the top that held the candles. They also had the scout den pictures on each candle. My question is I cannot remember how many candles it needs. And also which den pictures (Tiger, Wolf, etc.) are used on this? And last, the colors

I'll definately talk to him about this. I also did what Lisa said - I sent an email to all of my den leaders to see what they suggested about our pack, what could be improved, etc. I got three immediate replies and they were all about the same. We do not have any kind of resource for new leaders to learn from when they are recruited. Alot of us were just thrown into the positions and give a couple books to read. We need something to help guide each den leader according to their rank. Also, we need lesson plans saved for den meetings. I could have been a much better Wolf den leader last year if

Thanks. I really didn't feel the district web site was an appropriate item after thinking more. I just keep drawing blanks. I spoke with my guide before I left and he was the one that came up with the knot board. Thats when I thought it was five projects. I'm really trying to think on this cause its not something I just want to get by on. I want to be proud of it. I'll keep thinking... Warren

Thanks for the tips. The senior scoutmaster told us that we really need to have out ticket outlined when we return. He said no one will go home until the tickets have been completed and approved by the second part of the course. So thats why I'm working on it. Since taking over committee chairman, I had already worked so hard on the unit. I got all of the leaders trained, created a web site for our pack, organized more events for the boys, awarded the leaders awards for recognition, chairman for the scouting for food drive, etc. So I did alot that I wanted our pack to be at already.

Hi, I've been thinking hard the last couple days about what to do for my ticket since I came home from the first part of the wood badge course. Our pack has everything we need just about. And from what I have read here, it should be something I can do myself that would help my unit. Well, I have already done a web site for our pack (www.Pack26.com) but we need a web site for our district which does not have one. It would be a great way of bringing alot of local packs together also. And I need to start doing a newsletter for our pack. Alot of people do not seem to read their email

Thanks Crew21, they already gave us the papers for writing our tickets. they strongly suggested we pretty much have this done when we return. No one can go home till they approve everyone's ticket the next weekend. I'm a Bear den leader and the committee chairman. I'm just trying to figure how to create a ticket by what we need. I had stated above we need a few items I can create. I'm already doing the newsletter now. We definately need some sort of training guide for new leaders. When I joined as the Wolf den leader, I was just handed some notebooks of info and no one sat down with me t

Hi, I do know our pack does not do this with the Webelos 1 to 2. I understand wanting to give them recognition for their hard work. Maybe after everyone does their rank advancement, you could do something special for Webelos 1. Maybe something to present them in front of everyone. I like giving boys badges for anything. They love it! Warren

Thanks everyone! I was not assigned a guide yet - they said I would get that before we leave the second part. I do have a troop guide (GO BEAVERS!) and will email him. I definately want to make an impact with my ticket item. I heard some people making comments of what they can just do to get by for their beads. Thats not what its all about to me anyways. I was not one of those parents that got "recruited" - I was the first to raise my hand and volunteer and have been doing so ever since. I will give him a call tonight to get a better view of this so I can see where I need to go with this

Hi Everyone, I just got home from my first weekend of the wood badge course last night. I had a GREAT time!!! I am a Bear den leader and the committer chairman for our Cub Scout pack. I definately do not expect anyone to tell me what to do for my ticket but I was confused a little about the process. I had thought (like many there) that we did five different projects. But right before I left there and after reading on here, it seems to be one ticket with 5 parts to it. If it was five projects, I was set cause our pack needs a few things done. For example, I was going to make a board