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  1. Let me add. Anything I have implemented, they voted on. Nothing I have done without the boys telling me, Yes or no. I take what they tell me and I run with it. Doing the behind the scenes leg work to get it setup for them to do. And by doing by delegating parents to do it for me. The ones that want to help.
  2. Are we allowed to use Pizza Huts's fundraiser night? We sign up with Pizza Hut, we pick a night M-Th. We get 20% of any and all sales that night. They will send us flyers to hand out, and try to get people to eat Pizza Hut that night. Boys have to do nothing other than hand out flyers. Monies will go to the general Troop fund account.
  3. Ok I see your point with the "First Class" scout. Totally agree. MY GOAL is do my best help a kid reach Eagle.I will not/do not impersonate that goal to them. That is their personal choice if they want to reach that achievement. But my personal goal is provide ample choices for every kid to earn that and reach that, I will start including to help them be a "First Class" scout first. I will say during the meeting I told the boys there were going to have to earn their badges. I also said that we will start wearing Field Uniforms (Class A) to meetings and other places etc... to produce ex
  4. The goal is Eagle, with learning a few usable like skills along the way. If we reach Eagle great if not then do not hang your head. Smile that you experienced something great, and you learned some useful life skills along the way. I will not churn out Eagle scouts just because that is what the main goal is. We will earn our ranking and our positions. Nothing is handed out, it is earned through hard work. I did find out, the troop quit going to district camp outs because they were being competitive in any of the events. They were getting discouraged and figured why bother trying, the t
  5. Agreed. Hard to do when girls, sports, cars, and college gets thrown into the mix. Still not an excuse, its choosing your priorities wisely.
  6. I seen this type of fallout on an Eagle project once. Friend had everything lined up. Finished the project and the beneficiary went :poof:. No one could sign off on it expect him. Never knew why or any more details. Friend was 30 days from turning 18, and all he needed was one signature. Friend couldnt get second project going. Beneficiary showed back up about 3 months later. I havent spoke to friend in a while, I dont think he ever got his Eagle. Last time I did talk to him he had nothing but a bad taste from scouting. I pushed the envelope on my Eagle. I was finished with my projec
  7. Had my first meeting last night. Things went great. Scouts were eager and ready to go. Parents were very receptive. (especially since a few were from soccer). They were the first to volunteer any and everything I need. We have a few fundraisers already planned out ready to go. Just have to get final approval. We started preparing for the district camp out next month. I have a final meeting on the camp out, Thursday with the district. I did sit down with each scout as I get to know you meeting. We went over their accomplishments, and set some not easy but not unreachable goals in rank
  8. Oh I dont know it all. I know a few things but not everything. Ill seen a lot of crap a lot of people my age should never have to see. As for managing an unreasonable leader you are right, when they become of maturity, it will be the kids job to handle it. But doing it publicly and in front of others is not the way. Criticizing the leader and badmouthing them all the time is not the way. Sitting down behind closed doors and hashing out the issues are the proper way. Go at the source not around it.
  9. Doubt it as I do not live through my children. I live to help them understand life. It is the coach/leaders job to lead. I am there to supportive/helpful, not criticize every move they make.
  10. Agreed 100%, on the delegation. I ran the team the same way. Some parents did different parts. I just had to coordinate and coach. I think I had to once go and setup a soccer game. Parent dropped the ball and someone was put into her place the next day. Sadly the Scoutmaster is put on the forefront to come up with fundrasing ideas. I will work on transitioning that out of my hands to the proper hands. I am good friends with 90% of my old troopmates. 25% are my best friends. We have talked about scouting and what to do and how we would run it over the years. Luckily there is not much
  11. Thanks Stosh and blw2. I'm not going anywhere. The heat I can handle. If the kids can't be coached by a tough coach, then the real world will be interesting. For those who don't like my attitude that's fine. I've been hated by worse. I'm just a no bull shoot you straight kinda guy. I walked on eggshells for years and I'll never do that again. I'm a heck of a moviator. A prior manager told me I could sell ice to Eskimos. I've been known to get change where change was needed. So I'm not worried about getting the job done. So let's move along to the reason why I started this thread. An
  12. I have been wanting to get back into the woods for a few years now. Wife is not a big camper. I used to do the highland games but those are only me involved. Scouts will allow me to interact more with the kids. Much less travel and more time at home in general. As for the condescending approach. You don't understand why I have that speech. Its there for a reason and it works. I have more respect from parents with that approach than being shy and quiet about it. I'm upfront honest from the start. It puts their expectations in check, that they are the parent and are welcome to help but they a
  13. Nope I meant every word. Its harsh but it gets the point across really quick. I started using that phrase in my second coaching year. As soon as I say that, parents quickly straighten up, feel disrespected, some get red mad. Those are those ones you dont want around. The others take a second and realize, yeah you are right. Parents do suck. Why?? Because when I get a kid in soccer, the parent becomes a spectator. (after that time period they become parents again) The same will apply to Scouts. This is a boy lead group. I came out of this troop. We have always been boy led. SPL gets what we as
  14. Ok so after getting my Eagle(2005)I went off to college, got my degree, found my wife, had a couple of kiddos. Had my daughter in 2013(light of my life) My boy was born in August (2015). So the Boy is way too young to be thinking about scouts just yet but that doesn't mean Dad cant. Yes I know he may not like it but hopefully with my good influence he will follow Dad. Its his choice in the end and all that. I don't see him not doing it. I am the first Eagle in my family so hopefully he will follow suit. I dont think I will get my daughter involved in the local GS, to be quite honest they ar
  15. Thanks. Im a IT Director so reporting is the only way I know something is wrong. Without a report I cant really fix it. Yes I will continue to use this name.
  16. Ok so I had forum sign up problems. I created an account htusa. It said it would send validation email. I waited for over 3 days for the email that never came. I checked all spam and junk folders. Nothing. I switched to several new emails and nothing.. So I tried to create an account by linking my Facebook account and it popped up with a 505 Error. It allowed me to create an account with Twitter. New username is htusa31. I tried sending out a few PMs to admins and it restricted my PMs but it only allows for 2 messages to be sent. One of the two I sent to was last active in Septe
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