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I totally agree, great job. I honestly mean it. BSA is strict with alcohol and kids and I agree. But I second the motion to declare committee meetings as non-scout events for the purpose of teaching the adult beverage drinking merit badge 8-)

well then you have to take the group to an off-coucil camp ground for that kind of fun ;-) And you ever seen the eyes of a 6 year old cub or a 10 year scout who just caught an eel? makes 'em 10 feet taller :-)

Let me give this thread a lil spin: BSA has a very basic rule like Free Masons - it doesnt matter what religion, as long as you tick one. In other countries scouts are totally split into different organisations that DONT interact much based on the kids being catholic/protestant whatever. I strongly dislike that. There is nothing better than having christians, jews and muslims and hindus and buddhists and and go out and play together, and go thrue the scouting program TOGETHER. "A scouts own" can be different for every single scout. It should never be about converting your pe

Cub camp is fun & games. And food. Cubs need lots of food. Books at camp? Now there is 2 types: - first Cup Camp, 1-2 nights in a small group hikes and outdoor games, we did "river crossings" (big streams) because the lil ones enjoy getting their feet wet for some reason. Never go hiking without duct tape! Learn how to set up a tent (for the advanced with blindfold), make a fire, knots, basic toten chit, basic cooking by cubs (or they need to help lots), camped next to a farm once so they got a tour, lots of nature and more bush walks and games and ... food ;-) In th

I like the online/conference call idea. Committee meetings are a bit more flexible than the boys: we had our CMs at a different leaders house every month. If they dont want to come to you/the scout hut, take the meeting to them ;-) With a longer drive meet somewhere halfway?

Hi NJCubScouter :-) many many moons ago I stumbled into a european scout chat - it didnt have threads, just a "box" ... like the dark ages of the internet LOL Now imagine waaaay back in the good ol' days when the Scouts where runners/messengers ... from TAC in Europe to NJ would be more than a swimming merit badge ;-)

Discussing it among the leaders is important, asking the parents is important ... but a Life Scout is not too young - how about asking the boy himself as well?

I got BSALT, IOLS and NCS/NDCS (National Day Camp School) Range-, Program- and Camp Director. Looking for BASIC skills at NCS is wrong. How to set up a pack/troop camp site you should learn at IOLS (if you didnt learn it as a youth in scouts ...) NCS is for DIRECTORS, so advanced and not basic. I learned a lot for camps and programms for more than 100 or 200 scouts. It is not the job of the Program Director to actually teach anything but to organize the teachers and curriculum. Of course you should know the backpacking and cooking 101 that you expected others t

The organisation is a tad bit different and may vary from unit to unit: The NZ Scouts have "XY Town Scout Group" that include a pack and a troop and sometimes a crew; the SM is Group Leader and he has 2-3 Section Leaders who in turn have Cub/Scout Leaders (like ASM). Packs dont have Den (Sixer) meetings but meet on a different day than the scouts and once a term (3 months) the group will get together (cub/scouts/venturers) for "end of term group night" with awards, foods and games. 1 or 2 scouts or venturers tend to show up at the pack meetings. Sixers/Patrols dont have indiv

In 2009/2010 I was ASM with BSA then 2011/2012 with Scouts New Zealand. Its nearly the same language aye. Tiger Cubs are called Keas (Keas are an alpine parrot, interesting creature and like lil kids :-) ) The co-ed factor takes out a lot of testosterone overload you would see in a BSA Pack/Troop. The Kiwi scouts are a lot more outdoors than most BSA, but NZ has so much to offer: within an hour of our scout hut we could go sailing, into the jungle, basic mountaineering, or visit a farm. The entire Kiwi lifestyle even from non scouts is more outdoors. One has to remember th

Found someone on here that I know but I cant PM. Tried it twice. While logged in. And I cant "undo" that red message icon if I receive an answer in a thread. But happy to have found this place - we'll just improvise and duct tape it together ;-)

The current TAC patches you can order from the scout store on the TAC page. They order all our BSA stuff from the states, plus have the local patches etc. Check online what you want, order via fax and pay with creditcard and TAC will send the package anywhere in europe, probably beyond if you ask. http://www.tac-bsa.org http://www.tac-bsa.org/Shop https://www.facebook.com/TACScoutShop Cheers from West Berlin, Edelweiss District

2 words qwazse: peach cobbler ^o^

thanks again RememberSchiff, the 2nd link worked :-) But the scouts just visited the army, in this case not the Chartering Organisation ;-) The good things of being in an army/air force pack or troop: -MREs -MPs come by Day Camp with K9s -Huey helicopter at Day Camp -Medics at Camp bring the army ambulance and sit around, just in case -visiting the General in the HQ -MREs (scouts love them and want 2nds ...) -infinite supply of Kim lights aka glow sticks -the discipline - if just one father/leader is an NCO ...! -loads of fun with "army stuff" that kids love

Thanks RememberSchiff. see, the Transatlantic Council has its own ways: We had Merit Badge University for the boys and the Scouters Conference, which is what you guys are talking about I guess. Same thing different name ...

University of Scouting sounds interesting. College? More info/links on that please. And yeah I have my first experiences with special needs and all as well.

The article doesnt load for me, cant read it. My cub den went to the Generals Office ... but then again I grew up in one of "those" troops 8-)

Hi there, Transatlantic Council Edelweiss District reporting LOL German scouting is different, and the history of it is just part of it. They are all split up among religions, so catholics & protestants dont scout together. Most are co-ed. There is like 100 different organisations so there is no one german scout book, there is several. I will look if I can find some, I sent one to OZ just 2 years ago or so. I collect old scout books and actually have a 1970s one from Switzerland in storage somewhere (its in german...)

Hi @ll, so I have found this small digital encampent. Let me introduce myself a little: I started scouting in the late 80s in the Trans Atlantic Council, right at the end of the cold war. The cub scout pack was run by an elite US Army & Air Force unit so lets say scouting was a tad bit different. My Den Leader came to the meetings in woodland BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform), our day camp was on a military training area and looked like - yup - a military camp. The military police K9 dog handlers came by day camp to demonstrate to over 100 cub scouts how the dogs could find