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Krampus

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  1. Imagine the faces of the 14-17 year olds being followed (and coaced) by adylts. Really felt for them.
  2. @@MattR We too expect the Scouts to know their core skills. We have the "participate in the discussion" by being able to demonstrate those skills. Like your math rules, once you learn to divide in 3rd Grade you cannot forget in 6th Grade. Same with the Scout-FC skills. We may ask a Scout to come back if they are not fully prepared, however, since we focus so much on knowing their skills during the Scout-FC trail, they usually know them cold. What is happening in the other thread is you have adults denying a signature of a Scout who has shown he has completed the requirements. To draw a
  3. Nothing says spooky like a black hat and drover coat.
  4. Of course you did...you can see all the slow Scouts from the pack of the line.
  5. I'm surprised a mere mortal could pick up Thor's wallet! @@Stosh, my Scout found $40 at our hotel in Disney World and turned it in. They found the owner and the resort gave my son a free no-line pass...which he turned down. His sister didn't forgive him for the rest of the trip. We received an invitation to the castle for dinner. We were told we "won" it in a contest. Had a three hour exclusive dinner with about 10 characters in a private room at the top of the castle. At check out I was told by the GM of the property (an Eagle Scout) that he wanted tor reward our Scout and knew
  6. Actually, the facts are in evidence. See below. The facts are well in evidence: The Scout has done his Eagle Project and needs signatures. The adults are withholding signatures until the Scout camps more. That is a violation of the requirements for Eagle. No where does the GTA allow units to add requirements to any rank. The Scout has been active as a Life Scout. He's attended troop meetings regularly. He is registered, in good-standing and appears to be active. UNLESS the unit has a pre-established "active participation" level documented, then he should be considered active and havi
  7. Was at camporee recently. Most of the troops sent parents around with the patrols to the competitions...and not just the NSPs. We simply cut ours loose, told them we'd see them at dinner and let them have fun. They hit each event, the trading post, sat by the lake, came back to make their own lunch and even were back in camp at the designated time making dinner (late, but still, they're kids). While they only won three or four ribbons, they all said they had a blast. I'd rather they experience life on their own than have two adults shouting at them how to build a fire the fastest when they
  8. Careful...that live class he may wish he was exsanguinated by a toothless Chupacabra.
  9. One of the many reasons I won't move back to the Northeast.
  10. If the slow Scouts are really slow then break up to two groups. Now, if the fast Scouts are really too fast -- and you've calculated what your pace should be to get to your camping spot -- then you slow down the fast Scouts by forcing them to walk and the pace of you intermediate paced Scouts. As others have said, it is about enjoying yourself but getting to where you need to in time. I've reminded our Philmont guys how much mom and dad spent to send them to Philmont. It is not a race, it's about memories...good memories!
  11. Don't go to Europe, especially anywhere east of the Rhine, or Florida.
  12. If you can see your skin below the ankle then you're wearing sandals. What department are they sold in? If beachwear, you're wrapped helicaly around an inclined plane. If sold in the Hiking Dept you are covered.
  13. Today was 2016 Philmont trek selection day. I will say this loud and clear: The website was simply BRILLIANT!!! They allowed you to log on early. 15 minutes before the opening of registration you could pre-select your treks. At the exact time the registration opened you could hit "Save" and your registration was completed. Using some simple re-routing over a faster backbone to their site allowed me to complete my registration in MILLISECONDS!!!! Exactly 3ms to be exact. If I were the BSA staff I would hire the guys who built that system to redesign and manage the ENTIRE BSA con
  14. I've had mixed results. The ones made in Bangladesh have held up fine. Kudos for that. Equal kudos to the Magellan ones which were half the price and worn just as often. Same condition. The one pair I have that was NOT made in Bangladesh fell apart fairly fast...less than 3 months.
  15. But Beavah we are talking about a very delicate situation here. First, who knows how long before this kid's clock ticks to 18? Is it next year, next month, next week? Second, we have the unit totally out of control, so resolution within the unit is likely not possible. Add in the first scenario and alacrity may be the name of the game. Third, how many other Scouts has or will these adults impact? How many have quit, given up or wrongly been denied advancement? If you don't bring district or council in, how will they know they have a rogue unit? National would want to know if this u
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  17. I think you miss the other type of volunteer @@Beavah. You missed the volunteer who is the antithesis of the BSA policy nerd; the one who is in to fiefdom-building and doing things the way they THINK that BSA wants them done, or under some mis-guide recollection of how it was when they were Scouts. Either way, from the OP and subsequent posts, they clearly are not "focused on da kids" but rather focused on dem selves. Sticking strictly with the OP, I don't see where they are doing anything based on the youths' (or is that 'yutes'?) best interest.
  18. Shhhh....BSA might put out a press release banning Axmanship to be done only at district or council events.
  19. The only confusion here is your inability to read what people are posting. As @@Stosh likes to say, with all due respect, you are missing the point by a light year. Zero tolerance policies are written by lawyers and administrators. They work for the school board and the district. THEY control how they are written. You CAN write a zero tolerance policy that achieves the spirit of the intent of the community (keeping drugs and drug dealers out of schools and communities) WITHOUT eliminating the common sense that goes with the application of the INTENT of the policy. See the elementary sc
  20. Well, perhaps. I am not a staunch defender of the BSA and how they implement certain policies when it comes to things like bubble ball and water balloons. And I will add I think there is a difference between professional staff and how they react to things versus volunteers. In this case we have volunteers going off the reservation and implementing their own policy. It is not a zero tolerance policy, it is an incorrect reading of the policy that exists. They are essentially doing their own program. Then, as @@Sentinel947 points out, when the kid uses an established escalation procedure
  21. Far be it from me to argue the BSA side of things, but the NCAC and national itself *has* done just that in their strategic planning. I love our volunteers, but BSA does not have a good track record using volunteer committees to affect real, successful and cost-effective change...especially when it comes to IT road maps and technology implementation. For that, yes you need experts, but not volunteer experts. You need a professional, high-level company that can help. The annual report for 2014 does not spell out what is spent on IT but from what I know much is spent poorly. For example, why
  22. I was noting a fact of the incident. If the administrator who suspended him bothered to use an ounce of the brain God gave him, he'd realize that such a person (a Scout) would have a plausible reason for having such a tool in his car and might, just might, exercise some discretion in the situation. Frankly I don't care if it was an Eagle Scout or Joe Hunter, but the fact it was an Eagle Scout makes him less likely to use that tool for purposes other than for which it was intended. Cannot say the same for Joe Hunter. Good. Well done and rightly so. He's likely one of that 1% who does not
  23. Exactly my point @@Stosh. Parents want zero tolerance about weapons at school. In no one's mind should that cover a Kindergartener using his finger pistol at a teacher or other student. Should he be spoken too? Of course. Expelled? That was NEVER the intent of any sane, rational person. Let's not put this back on the student or constituent. The fault lies with how the policy was drafted. That's the lawyers and the school board or maybe the superintendent. They are the professionals who should know all the policies on the books. It starts with the policy was drawn. It then moves to
  24. Zero tolerance means that, for example, they don't want drugs being dealt and used at a school. It does not mean they expel a third grader that forgot he had a Tums in his pocket, left over from the weekend because he had an upset stomach, just because he happened to be wearing the same pants.
  25. It would be nice if it was the ill-informed parents that drafted up the zero tolerance policies, implemented them and managed them but that's not the case. They are drafted by lawyers and managed by administrators. Sometimes they have hearings before that happens and sometimes they don't. I cannot recall many cases in recent years where administrators went on record to oppose said policies. Why don't the teacher's unions shout from the roof tops how bad zero tolerance policies are if they support their members' stance? While parents -- and I would argue that the number that support zero to
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