Eagle94-A1

If the training cost $35, yes I would. However, it is more like MJ Scouter said. Last time I did IOLS training, all council did was A) collect Money and Applications and B) post the flyer on the website. Even then they did not turn over the applications like I requested until the day of the event. Also they posted the flyer AFTER the sign up deadline. I got more advertising posting it on Facebook than the council. Everything I used on the course, I had to get donated or provide, and then get reinbursed: copies for hand outs, supplies, etc. Council didn't provide any real benefits.

I hear you about old gear and weight. I broke down and got a new pack because it was lighter and more comfortable. But I love my A.L.I.C.E. and still keep her. My A.L.I.C.E. as a lot of miles on her, and a lot of memories. As for times, definitely takes longer than my Whisperlight, and the pocket rockets other use. But you done have the "Jet Engine" noise of those stoves. I'm still playing with with the system and tweaking it. Going from memory, I can boil 1L of water faster than the 22 oz BCR pot in my Batchstovez. It's something like 8- 9 minutes with the Imusa pot versus 9-11 minutes with the BCR. I've been using 2 onces of fuel, but am going to try 1.5 onces as I have fuel left over. And with the Batchstovez, you got to burn the fuel all the way. What I found really helps is a reflective coozie. I made it out of scrap window shade, but I am told the REFECTIX is awesome for it. Normally heat escapes pretty fast, and the water cools down before it is finished rehydrating the food fully. Last trip I was on I put my cook bag in the coozie, and then had to help someone out. Came back 20-30 minutes later, and the food was still piping hot.

Don't know about the Solo Stove or Evernew. I have a Trangia Alcohol Stove, which is very similar to the Solo and Evernew stoves. I've had no issues with it except 1: weight. But I am slowly turning into a "Gram Weenie" .Trangia's are solidly constructed, but they are heavier than other stoves out there. Once nice feature is the simmer ring and screw top lid. You can put out the fire with the simmer ring, let it cool down so it, then use the screw top lid to keep the fuel not used stored for next use. I don't believe the Solo has the screw top lid. As for the Evernew, it definitely doesn't. And the price tag is out of my league. But it is titanium. Currently I am using a Batchstovez 2.0 with Cold Weather Wrap in the Ultralite kit. I replaced the bottle in the kit with a 8 once Nalgene bottle ( don't use imitators they will leak) and I carry a 1 once Nalgene for measuring and putting in my sleeping bag for priming. I use the BCR pot in the kit as my coffee cup with the Snow Peak Hot lips. You can boil water in it, but I found that using an Imusa mug heats up faster on the stove. I am only an apprentice when it comes to alcohol stoves. Look up Shug on Youtube and you will find dozens of videos on alcohol stove and other gear. Here is his STOVE WORLD video.

When I was training chair, the SE wanted the course as cheap as possible. For Specific training and the like, charge for snacks and paperwork only, nothing else. For those training courses that required a budget, i.e. BALOO, IOLS, etc, then he asked us to budget 10% over what we anticipated, just in case. If we went into the 10% fine, if we didn't, then the council kept it, and usually it helped offset a training that went over budget. He also waived the camp usage fees for those trainings so that it would be as cheap as possible for volunteers to get trained. I've been on both ends of the spectrum. One course was not well attended and I ended up over budget. Another course I ran ended up significantly under budget. We had more people take the class than anticipated, and ended up with a nice surplus. Now the pro I mentioned in another thread, not only wants 10% miscellaneous but another 15% added to all training courses. Doesn't matter if it is a Specific Leader Training course, or WB, all courses must have a surplus. Very hard to justify paying $15 for a course you can take online for free.

Yes some DEs will. As for toxic professional culture, THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! (emphasis) As for forcing girls into packs, yep it is happening.Currently we have 5 packs in my district. 1 is LDS, so they are automatically all boy and cannot be pressured. out of the 4 remaining, only 1 has stated they will accept girls. The pack my son is with is still trying to meet with the CO about whether to accept girls or not. CO has questions, and the pack cannot honestly answer. The pack's leaders know what BSA is stating what will happening, but know it is not practical at this time and it seems as if the majority of packs are going full blown coed with mexed gender dens, which is somehting the CO is against. But the DE said that pack will be accepting girls. Only thing saving us is that the schools will nto let us in at night to do the actual signing ups unless we pay money per nigh, per school As for causing volunteers to hate you, we have one pro who tend to treat volunteers like human waste. One of the reason i stepped away from council stuff was him and the way he treated volunteers when under pressure. Tried to threaten me with legal action over some application I turned in and the office lost. sadly the attitude rolls downhill. The DE started that attitude. Between the both of them several long time volunteers have quit, or resigned their position.

One thing that concerns me is the level of "expereinced" Scouters, especially at the Cub level. I am helping with Webelos 1s at the moment because their 'expereinced" den leader doesn't like to camp, and would not do Webelos since they need to camp to advance. On thing that blew my mind was that they "earned " Whittling Chip last year, but neither one of them is allowed to haev a pocket knife. Assigned Whittling Chip to my Den Chief to teach in 2 weeks. Another thing that concerns me, they have not gone on a single camping trip in the 3 years they have been in the packs.

1) Is the troop meeting and doing activities? If no, WHY NOT? Summer is when Scouting is best because of no School activities interfeering. 2) https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2016/09/21/yes-summer-months-count-toward-advancement/ as @Chisos posted ( you beat me to it ) states whether or not they meet, it counts.

Biggest challenge we is the district is essentially dead. We have not had a DE in several years, having to share one with other districts. Between the various membership changes, we have lost the bulk of our district committee, as well as several units. The few remaining district committee members we had have not appreciated how the professionals have treated us, so either immediately resigned, or gave notices. Right now, I only see a District Commissioner. DE and District Chair have been MIA since June and April respectively. I stepped down in May, but no one has seen hide not hair of my replacement, so I am trying to keep thigs going. Since I have taught YPT, Venturing YPT, Camp Staff, and have dealt with YP issues personally, I got voluntold I am one of the 2 trainers for it in my district.

In my council, we got the syllabus and supporting documents to conduct live YPT2 training last month. it is on a thumb drive, and is not to be duplicated. That is causing issues As @jjlash stated, there is no additional training for trainers to conduct this. Sadly, I need to use my own personal experiences on this topic.

I'd like to know who's idea it was to A) make the deadline smack dab in the middle of Round Up season when all the new volunteers will need it in addition to all existing volunteers, and B) why do they not want a live version of the class if possible? There have already been issues with the servers not working, crashing, and being overloaded due to technical issues, summer camp requirements, day camp requirements, etc. Now you those who waited AND new scouters. As for live classes, the hoops you have to jump through to conduct one are driving some folks nuts. And in areas like mine where folks are still on dial up, connectivity is an issue. One person too over 4 hours to do the training. Another spent 40 minutes just to download M Surbaugh's 2 minute introductory speach.

A few questions. Did the SM at the time of election approve his name to be on the ballot? Apparently Yes. Was he elected by his peers to be a candidate? Apparently Yes. He needs to go through his Ordeal, and teh SM has no say at this point. He was approved and elected. I had to deal with a similar situation once. SM approved a Scout, thinking he would not get elected. Scout got elected, and when the election team told the SM, he want berserk demanding that the name be removed. I had to intervene and I had to leave because he went beserk and was cursing me out. He followed me and the team to my car and was yelling at use while I was driving away.

Way too many. 2 troop khaki level shirts, one LS and one SS. The LS one is the only "new" one I own, being purchased in 2009 The go with one of the 3 ODL gen 3 pants, 1 ODL gen 1 pants, 5 ODL gen 3 shorts, or 2 gen 1 Switchbacks. Also got a 1970s green uniform, but that is about to be retired as I cannot keep up with the repairs to keep it serviceable. Also got a khaki CSRT commissioner shirt, but will be replacint with District committee patch shortly 2 Venturing uniforms, both with district level PORs on them. 2 Sea Scout khaki uniforms and 2 dress white uniforms. This is what happens when you staff summer camp, work for the BSA, and take care of your gear. ;) Hi I', Eagle94-a1, and I am a Scouting Addict.

Even then, once uniform ALWAYS UNIFORM. Just like Webelos can wear "vintage" blue uniforms still instead of tan and green.

Sadly I've met some, and they are in my troop. They see no problem with bringing everyone to a Scout camp out.

🤣😆Funniest thing I heard all day.

But what about "Family Scouting?"

I feel for you. We have several parents like that. One is ticked off at the district advancement chairman because of a similar situation. DAC told him he would only communicate with the Scout regarding Eagle project and BORs. Dad kept at it. DAC told him 2 more times that he communicated directly with the Scout, not parents. Eventually the DAC stopped responding.

That is the big difference. Other programs are not "Family Friendly" as BSA is now becoming. There is one way to currently get around the registration fee, but be registered with the BSA: Merit Badge Counselor. They need to submit an adult application, a merit badge counselor app (piece of paper listing what MB to teach and their level of expertise: Hobby, Training, Job), and do YPT2.

Forgot one, BECAUSE IT'S FUN! (yeah I'm screaming that at ya :)- ) Seriously though, that is a major mistake. Remembers doing a pirates' orienteering course with the goal of finding the treasure, ICE COLD CAPRI SUNS!

I'm not working with Webelos so bear with me. DID THEY REPLACE THE GEOCACHING REQUIREMENT WITH ORIENTEERING, AKA MAP AND COMPASS? (caps for emphasis, not shouting) I admit I though it was a mistake to require geocaching, but not basic orienteering. So I am happy that geocaching is gone. But did map and compass replace it? If not that is another mistake by national.

Webelos covers both the Webelos and Arrow of Light Badges. I think it was a mistake to call the 5th Grade Webelos "Arrow of Light Scouts" since they are using the Webelos book still, the electives can be used for either choices, etc. This has caused some confusion, especially with newer volunteers. I had a discussion with someone on this topic. They were adamant about 4th graders not working on AOL requirements until summer. When I asked, What about LDS Webelos workingon both atthe same time, they were dumbfounded.

We had a situation where we had to combine the Webelos 1 and Webelos 2 dens. It was interesting. The Webelos 1 got all the AOL required pins earned first, and used them the Electives for Webelos Badge. Once the Webelos 2s left, then they did the required Webelos Badge pins. Then as new Webelos 2s they did nothing but electives to get the required 14 pins total that are needed for both Webelos and Arrow of Light. They started before the December 2016 advancement changes, and just continued on using those requirements.

Originally it was the principles in the robes. I'm friends with the guy who did the research on the topic, and used the robes for OA trail crew ceremony he and a few others created. If memory serves, at one time all Arrowmen were encouraged to be in robes, and later regalia. I need to look in my OA history book, once Florence leaves. But I distinctly reading in one lodge's bylaws that all Arrowmen were encouraged to be in regalia.

The standard I was taught and used was while at the level they are at. So Something done as a Wolf, would not count. But something done as a first year Webelos, aka 4th grade Webelos aka Webelos 1 can count towards it since Webelos is 18-24 months normally. LDS units compress that into 12 months

I have enough dealings with helicopter parents outside on BORs, don't need to deal with them in a BOR. I do not think BORs are ruined by adults, but rather by the inability to retest and make sure the Scouts know what they are supposed to know. "The badge represents what the Scout can do, not what he has done," as an oldder version of the Guide to Awards and Advancement stated.