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Quick notes... FOG, I ckecked snopes.com before posting and reread the post before hitting submit. Its a great story even if the West Pointer who wrote it highlighted the disobedience of an order. If you want to make these soldiers derelicts that's your business take it elsewhere. At ;east people will get to see the story before they get tied up im your negativity. Hops, let it go. I've said it before "some people aren't happy unless they're making other people unhappy." BW, Thanks for posting the clarification, as I said I had checked & chose to passs on what I

I rec'd this today from my kid brother; His Father-in-law USMA 1967 fwd'd it. Subject: usma1967: This is what makes me proud Dear Classmates & Friends, When I returned from Fairfax on the 20th, my wife mentioned that she'd heard this on ABC news. Rob > ---------- > In case you haven't seen this ......... > The Third Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer has the responsibility for > providing ceremonial units and honor guards for state occasions, White > House social functions, public celebrations and interments at Arlington > Nati

Just feeding the fire... the area in question is in my council but another district. Their Key 3 raise the saame questions each year when we kick off. I see the conflict w/ United way as an issue that could hurt this Council depending on the fundraising Blackout period. I would have no problem w/ Show & Sell if we knew it was an option. Should it be available to all councils / units? DS I hadn't even thought about the tax implications. I don't really thinkl that I want to go there.

Try this to set things popping... Living in a corner of the council that is a taxfree "bedroom community" for the biggest city in the next council. Scouts from across state lines set up tables at the supermarket & mall selling the popcorn itself. Our council never even mentions preordering and selling the popcorn upfront but apparently it is possible. Any insights Man o' Steele? (I know our state takes their sales taxes by building the malls etc but a lot of people who work there live here.) Just for fun... If you know what a bedroom community is you are (a)

Interesting, the proposition was "a family campout", the SPL & ASPL reponse was "We don't want mom's along on our camping trips" and most of the tribal elders around this campfire have followed the boys lead instead of redirecting the conversation. They might not want the Moms (That is what they said.) They might not want the younger siblings. Or they might want to do the planning. Several posters have suggested viable alternatives, I'd consider telling the that the Troop commityee would like them to plan such an activity. (Please don't get me wrong but do the Boys plan & execute

Bob does not always use spell check... my friend claimed.... Regrets, Bob

I had a frined who claimned that "Bob always clears legal" meanng that it always okay to use the name Bob -- no famous BAD GUYS or other reasons not to use the name. This time Bob really came through for me (another Bob!) Had occasion to visit my local scout shop today, and very fine scout shop it is! I asked Bob if he had ever heard of Memorial Stars for unit flags and he had to admit that he hadn't... but he did whip out a "2003-2005 uniform & Insignia Guide"(sic)and he found it!. BSA publication # 3017633066 (or is that just the "bar code"?) The star itself is item # 11

Hey, why is everything so w i d e for this thread? My heart says it reflects the w i d e diversity of opinion in the forum; my head says someeone found a new (divers) formatting option. Lets' mind our manners.

A more serious reply than my first... IMHO If you are going to sit on boards of review you owe the scout the courtesy of dressing for the occasion. We actually have quite a few parents who drop in when they drop off or come in early to catch the closing. Everyone stands for the closin, should we all be in uniform? (Pardon me while I season the foot I am about to place in my mouth....) One of our Scouters who chaired many an Eagle BOR came directly from his law office and often wore his suit while convening the board. He remains an active Scouter and I have never heard anyone in the

The latest reqs are found at http://www.usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/a-s.html . (A link to the old reqs is provided on th page above.) They are not (or at least were not) published in the regular leaders edition of Sports & Academic (Belt Loop / Pins book) because they can only be earned in camp. "The BB shooting loop and pin can be awarded only by a certified Cub Scout BB gun shooting director at a BSA approved camp. Info re training in particular... "At camp, boys might have an opportunity to take part in a BB-gun (rifle) safety and marksmanship program un

FOG & Laurie, you beat met to a GRAY AREA post. Nicely done.

Our Council strongly discourages Chartered organizations from allowing a single individual to serve as Cubmaster, Scoutmaster and/or Crew Advisor. Never looked it up... it makes sense to me!) They tolerate a single person serving as Chairman of multiple units, but "I" think that the units need truly independent but complementary Committees. (This qualifies as muddying the water not stirring the pot.)

Our boys (parent's) keep at least one CURRENT copy of each Merit badge booklet by checking copyright dates whenever someone starts a badge. I can't remember a parent asking twice if anyone might have borrowed one that is not on the shelf. Many show up w/ the troop number on the inside of the cover rarely does a boy even put his name in the ones he's donated. I think its just another case of how they can give back in a quiet way. Someone/something is getting through to these guys.

...possibly better than Mark Russell though!

We invite parents on a quarterly basis, Sometime in the Fall, Scout Sunday, last reg meeting of the "school year" and Unit picnic after Summer Camp. Sometimes we'll have punch & cookies for the Fall / Spring, but not always. We tend to group Advancements and Merit Badges separately. Often a number of our boys work on badges together and recently we've commented on some aspect of a particular merit badge & asked all boys who earned that badge to come forward together. (It can be quite a cross section of the troop. Great to see the older boys take a shot at some of the easier

looks like it might be time for me to step aside... but seriously I imagine that w/ the right resources you might route 5 or 6 dens trhrough a single 6 pc's throughout the afternoon. As Phillip noted you can "meet" people from al over the world, but be warned Time zones can be tricky! Thanks AK-Eagle! Bob

FOG, Thamnks for the (un)common sense. At a religious committe meeting recently a leader raised the question of whether it was appropriate to Celebrate a Catholic Mass in camp since the Church now recommends communion be rec'd in both forms (bread & wine.) My short answer was there is no reason not to have a religious celebration but elect to limit receiving from the to the priest. (This was common for many years.) My local curmudgeon then asked how one would keep the boys from the wine outside of Mass. Some people aren't happy unless they making other people confused or unhappy.

Where's Dave this morning? This is the kind of problem a DE should find on his desk every Monday. CRG8, Anne is dead on. This is a question for your Committee and possibly PL Council. Congratulations! It sounds as if you have the respect & admiration of many of the packs in your area. Now the tough part... would you be willing to help other troops grow? I'd never really turn away a boy ( or even an interested adult) but what is your honest appraisal of your neighboring units? Would they (1) be able to provide a quality program to a larger number of boys? (2) benefit from

Thanks for feeding the fire. I gathered the tinder on Saturday before I started chores outside & never got back to my pc until this a.m. SilverShark's link looked good & I'll try to pull more on JOTI. As I noted we've never run it as a unit activity., but it sure seems to have potential. Bob

Just a quick note to Scouts & Scouters online that I'll be looking for info re this years Jamboree of the Internet & Jamboree of the Air(waves) in the next few days. (I remember the Ham hookups from when I was kid.) I stumbled across the Internet activity three years ago & have participated on a personal basis ever since. Many units have been able to get a # of PC's together or sign up to use library or school resources. I haven't been able to sell "the" Pack and troop on it yet, so I don't have any more experience than at this keyboard! My recollection is that the Internet

Sorry, I don't want to be misinterpreted -- we have had at least one female advisor present at each meeting or activity. (I mentioned hiing in particular.)

Good Morning! Great questions Trailpounder. Our boys are all 16 or older, those who were/are Boy Scouts are at least first class. 2 of the girls are high school sophmores this fall, 14 yrs. old; other three are Seniors or College aged Do you have co-ed Crews? Yes, 5 of the 17 members are of the female persuasion. The crew took off when 4 of our older scouts realized that their future in Scoutingn was "limited" to adult leadership - they wanted to continue planning & leading from the youth side. Do the female Venturers go backpacking? Three of the girls have hiked w

Thanks to Dave for kicking this one off. Like scoutldr I'm especially partial to those who don't have the day off. Thank you to all who will work today so that we can enjoy the day in comfort & security. For the young people who use this site.... Today, the day off reminds relatively few Americans of the role that organized labor played in our history. (Does anyone else remember union, or company, picnics & parades?) First celebrated in the 1880's on a relatively small scale, the holiday is now taken for granted by almost all workers. Regardless of politics, most America

Activities that work.... for our new co-ed unit its whatever they plan! They wanted to start before 12/31/02 so we did the paperwork & went Christmas Caroling the Sat. night between Christmas & New YEars. Two weeks later we were cabin camping & touring Valley Forge. Another two weeks & they were out in the snow assisting at the District Klondike. The crew camps meets twice a month, camps every other month on its own, and plans something different for the non-camping mnths. Shooting has been popular. Most of our older boys have climbing on their lists, the girls like

Nickname & year of birth.... the poet in me listed "tween the bays" for loacation because I hail from that DelMarVa-lous council just south of Chester County & Cradle of Liberty. Some say there is no life west of the Chesapeake Bay... other just say its better on the Eastern Shore. ( Does everyone realize that Delaware is the other bay I refer to? No, not Dela Where?) Bob