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XLpanel - thank you for commenting on your opinion of how woodbadge can be updated and changed. Like other posters, my first experience with the non-zero-sum game at NLS and I think it was done better there. After going to WB21C I recalled how funny it was to me that the youth I took the NLS course with handled the Game of Life much better than the adults of WB21C. They "Got it". When I was a troop guide later, the staff made sure that we tried our best to pull this off in the way it was intended - but I have to admit, it is not always so. As has been exhaustively explained- the G

oh I love this topic....it was my most embarrassing in scouting, and my life. but it definately showed me who my friends were. Although this was not as a leader, it helps me with my therapy to tell it again. I was 14 and attending the BSA High Adventure camp at the US Army Ranger Camp at Camp Frank Merrill in Dahlonega GA. We ate the Ranger provided C-rations the whole week. Mid-way we did a 25+ mile hike on the Appalachain Trail which included a walk from the Camp to Springer Mountain. About 10 miles from Springer, mother nature SCREAMED AT ME (hint, wash the p-38 can opener aft

Without trying to make glue (by beating a dead horse) So who makes the determinantion that TKD will be lumped together with Karate? I understand the philosophy behind the difference between Judo and karatedo and lumping Taekwondo with Karate due to the methods of weapon delivery (kicking and punching). Wrestling and Judo, all use leverage and an opponent's momentum against him. (I am getting somewhere here) So, does that mean that we can lump Yudo with Judo, Hapkido with Aikido and Juijitsu? Gungfu with TAichi? Paqua? What about leaving out the low styles of B

Dear Major, I agree with FScouter. Getting the correct training and materials is definately the right thing to do. The problem is that it just ain't that easy to implement change in a way to keep the peace and be productive. It ain't easy, but it can be done, slowly. I would ask how long has your scoutmaster and troop committee been in charge. It is my experience that 2.5 to 5 years is a really good indicator of Scoutmaster (committee as well) burn-out. When burned out, planning is the first thing that goes assunder. I witnessed a new Assistant Scoutmaster work this in a wond

I think that the college reserve program or something like that is what I was thinking of. I didn't want to bother you guys with all the details, because they are long and dark. But it looks like there were some assumptions made. Imagine that there are three ASM's in the troop. ASM1 and ASM2 have a grudge against each other. ASM1's son was placed on probation for six months following an assault on another scout. ASM2's wife was committee chair. ASM1 had grudge against ASM2, and pulled ASM2's son into it. ASM1 is best friends with SM. ASM2 left troop to keep the peace and a new cha

Thanks for the warnings. I lurked around the politics area a bit and saw what that was all about... whew! Strong stomach and thick skin abound here, but I don't think I'll subject myself to that, I get enought of it at work policing (read southern pronunciation: pO'-lee sin)

Permission to enter camp?!? Introductions... I am currently wearing many hats (aren't we all?). I live in the North Georgia area and work as a law enforcement officer. I am former tiger, wolf, bear, webelo leader, cubmaster. I am currently the Chartered Org. Rep. for the Cub Pack as well as WEBELOS leader. I am ASM of troop (can you tell I have two boys?) and an OA Chapter Advisor. Attended NLS and Woodbadge for 21st Century (worked my ticket, waiting on beading). I am very fortunte (lucky) that as a youth I was charter member of the pack and the troop that my bo

This post is specifically concerning the requirement of a boy to be actively registered with a BSA unit to remain active in the OA. I have a vague memory of reading last year that there was an exemption, for lack of a better word, for boys that have moved away from their home town (i.e. gone to college) and are no longer attending troop meetings, but are still active in the lodge (Lodge Officer). I am chapter advisor and an ASM in a troop. I'm in the middle of "one of those" situations, you know, the whole politics thing where people are more intersted in their stake instead of what is