mashmaster

This is good news IMHO.

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He is new, so I am hopeful it is a one time thing......

Thanks, donated and shared. Such a tragedy and makes me tear up everytime I think of it.

I am going to let this slide and be super clear in the future. Hopefully, this was a one time thing that popped up and I don't want the boy to feel bad and not want to scout because of anything I would say.

I wonder how many Sea Scouts we have here. I happened to have a long conversation with the upcoming National Commodore this weekend. He was trapped in my car 🙂 And I was surprised at the numbers of Sea Scouts and think it is a hidden jewel.

So sad and it makes me so angry. Does anyone know if there is a fund setup for the families?

What do you think about adding a Sea Scouting forum? Anyone else Sea Scout here?

I didn't mean liberal, I meant progressive. Basically some areas are faster to adopt changes than others. The area I live in is pretty conservative and we have a lot of girls joining. I also think the area I live in is very much an outdoors activities focused area which would encourage girls to join over Girl Scouts, since many don't camp.

Those numbers are probably old and reference early adopters. I know since September there have been a lot of girls in our area signing up. I thing our area is a bit progressive on many things so it doesn't surprise me, I would imagine that more progressive areas will take up girls in scouting faster, and it will take a bit of time to trickle out to more traditional areas. Zero facts behind my statement, just a finger in the wind.

Thanks everyone, yes I had another adult with me on drop off. I will have a discussion with them about pickups. They have been scouting for years in another unit so I was shocked. I thought I was clear in the written communication before and during dropoff but somehow I guess I wasn't to them.

Friday we meet for an overnight activity, kids all pile into my vehicle along with the other adult. Just before I load up, dad of one of the boys asks me when do I think we will be back on Saturday. I tell him we aren't sure but probably around 9 or 10 and that his son will call him when we get close. He says, oh that might be a problem as I am planning on being downtown celebrating. I tell him that he is expected to be there to get his son. He says ok. I proceed to drive the 4 hours to the event. The next day I get a text late in the day, "Hey, our concert doesn't get out until 10:30, can you hold on to him for a while until I can get him or take him home." Now, we are geting back at 9 and downtown is at least 30 minutes away. I talked with the boy and and I end up dropping him off at home. 30 minutes out of the way. I totally feel played by the parents, they clearly didn't plan on getting him and wanted to party instead. Did I do the right thing in your opinion? Would you say anything to the parents? My gut says to tell the parents that I expect them to be there at drop off.

Maybe our areas are different but there are a lot of great troops in our area and it is highly encouraged to visit multiple trips. My den split into three seperate troops and 80% of them are doing great.

In our area, the den leader typically finds the location and meeting dates to the den and they decide on which ones they want to visit and then camp with. I always recommended camping with at least two troops to get an idea of how they operate. And for the meetings we always encouraged the dens to just drop in on the meeting, no phone call necessary, they should welcome the scouts and include them.

In your case, I would shout from the roof tops what the problem is......

Good Job! I hate Burpees.. those are the worst.I probably would have replaced the 400m run with doing 300m on the rower.

Possibly, but some of the tickets are just attending a course, or teaching a 1 hour portion in IOLS......

I am hearing of peoples tickets from the current wood badge course and I just shake my head at how easy they are.

over their limit? I have never heard of a troop doing that.

UGH, I feel for you. This is really hard. Visit troops and try to take your time. Good luck, there is hopefully a good match for him...and you.

How old is your son and what rank? If he is old enough to do Venturing or Sea Scouts and First Class, he can work on his Eagle while being a member of those units. My son was done with scouts and then found Sea Scouts and now loves it. Just another option for you. I am not surprised the SM had that response and kudos to your son for being brave enough talk to him.

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I love this! Thanks

My son is on the swim team and when I saw the Swimming merit badge run at 2 seperate summer camps, I was appalled at what passed in their eyes for proficiency. It provides a false sense of ability that may endanger them in a panic situation. My wife is a certified US Swimming instructor (many classroom and pool hours) and she conducts our swim tests. She is very critical and parents complain about when their son gets marked as beginner vs, swimmer. Swim in a strong manner and continuously means something different in their eyes. If they fall out of a boat at camp and have to swim to the boat or shore they need to be able to do that. People rely on the fact that they are wearing a pfd, but pfd's can be put on wrong or not be sized correctly.