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I saw two pictures last night that yet again show differences in the current program. I have seen very similar pictures over the last two years. Both were just after their Eagle board of review and were consistent to the pictures I have been seeing. First picture and status was for a boy that is in 9th grade and had a full sash of merit badges at least 60, has gone to many summer camps and high adventure camps. His picture is of him alone signing his paperwork. The second picture is of a boy that is in 8th grade, has 22 merit badges. His picture is with 12 adults standing with him.

OK, let's reflect it onto something else in the news. Look at the Survivor show: 4 weeks or so ago, they have footage of a guy who is all touchy feely. He is approached and denies everything and then given another shot. After that, they gang up on the accuser for over reacting. This week at the end of the show, they mention how he was kicked off the show. We have many years of blaming the accuser, "She dressed that way", ""She shouldn't have been there", "It's just lockeroom talk". In this case there is video evidence of what happened. People may or may not agree

FYI, I saw they updated the med forms today. From what I see they look cleaner and highlight epi-pens and rescue inhailers. https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_ABC.pdf https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf

That sounds like an awesome experience. My ship started the day making Thanksgiving meals for those that need them. It is an annual think we do now, great way to start the day.

That is super cool. Here is the info on the Barque Eagle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)

signs signals and codes are easy for Sea Scouts....just saying 🙂

In my times at camp, we would get a report on the evening of the night before the last day at camp and they had the counselors available to discuss what is in the report. If we had any questions, we could talk with them about discrepancies. Not a great solution, but it helped. I would have preferred to see it daily so I could talk to the scouts throughout the week.

What is snow?

Frankly, this topic should be shut down. People on each side are not going to change their opinion and it will just end up pissing everyone off in the end. I for one am Jewish and for a long time National were actively advising against temples sponsoring units because of the overall focus on Christianity as the basis for National decisions. That is much less now. IMHO, Scouting is supposed to be interfaith. The believe and faith in God is what is asked of scouts from the beginning. Once a particular faith has too much influence the interfaith nature will go away. The scout program

Update on the camp as of yesterday: https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/former-boy-scout-camp-could-become-next-hill-country-swimming-hole-with-tuesday-vote/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KXAN_News&fbclid=IwAR0VtMs5WGIeNYcZLWwuIg9pIjSbhokU5M1tk3PpxTq2Ik6_HU5ilPrIrTw Pretty decent outcome compared to what could have happened.

Here is a bit more info about it: https://seascout.org/news/auxscout-is-here/?fbclid=IwAR0nQRuc6iqFINcCwpSl1SBQh9JbfzUpTkab0EIBett_OQR2HFLPlYl5dkQ

Yep, this has been in the works for a while now. It is a very good thing. The CG Auxillary has a lot of excellent training and resources to help the youth and scouters in the program. There are now a lot of older experienced mariners that will be able and willing to teach the youth excellent skills. It really isn't about Coast Guard itself. USCG Auxillary is a seperate entity than the CG.

I don't see anything wrong with it other than the wrong terms. They mention his activities like scouting, cross country, and schooling. They paint him as a normal person rather than out of the ordinary.

So today in Texas it is freezing, basically we shut the state down. It is 28 degrees. I got a note from a mom of a scout that brightened my day and I thought I would share it. Mom: I was telling my son to drive slowly and if he hit ice to not slam on the brakes, he said "Mom, I got this, Mr. XXX taught me when we went to Philmont." Thank you! Me: Glad I was helpful 🙂 Moral of the the story, You never know when they are actually listening to what you say. We were driving through ice and snow last winter to Philmont and apparently one of my scouts was listening to the old

The scouts were pretty vocal about it, not weak.

He is a good kid and well intentioned. I am hopeful that he will change his behavior.

I had to deal with a situation with a scout at our meeting this week. My conversation with the scout went fine as far as I knew. The scout was using inappropriate sexual preference remarks to other scouts repeatedly, the other scouts spoke to him about this at prior activities and told him he needed to stop and that it made them feel uncomfortable. When it happened again, the other scouts came to me asking me to help. I was proud of the other scouts taking the initiative to solve the problem themselves. But knew I needed to have a discussion with him. I talked to another leader who had o

We have shown movies on campouts to our ship. They were binding events that brought the kids together. I suggest the movie "Morning Light" it is a documentary about college age youth training and racing a sailboat in the Trans-pac race. They used it to build up as a team.

ummmm, no. Sea Scouts started in 1912.

Sea Scouts are free?

Understood, best to keep the log from the beginning. But it can be down by reviewing calendars.

He could look into a Venturing Crew or Sea Scout Ship and attempt to earn their highest awards. Too me the National Outdoor Activity awards are an awesome thing to strive for.

If you read your initial email you are disapproving of him wearing the pin on his uniform. You say it isn't your place but then you go on to say that he shouldn't especially as an ASM. He should follow the uniform code to the letter...."simply being a well-uniformed leader will represent your daughter far better than any extra pins ever will" That may not seem like a disapproval by you but it is. If wearing the pin has anyway of encouraging a scout to continue on then go for it. We are here for the youth first.

Also, the key to survival that I have seen for Crews is to never stop recruiting and try different methods to recruit. each wave of scouts will want to do something different. If you only recruit once a year or when the crew starts dwindeling it is hard to recover. there isn't a natural crossover point like from packs to troops. Also, we have a very specific rul of no "purpleing" , mixing of blue and pink. Not dating allowed between crew or ship members.

Awesome! My son is in a Crew and also a Ship. I am the Skipper of the ship. You'll notice with the older scouts that they really can do just about everything other than drive other scouts to events. You really get to see them excel greatly and fail badly. Sometimes at the same event 🙂 For fundraising, we sell, deliver, and spread mulch. That is a great return on investment and the scouts being older can do the work. We also hold an annual garage sale with the profits going to the crew. Everyone brings stuff from their garage or gets stuff donated from neighbors to sell. Our chu