ScoutTN

I have a my.scouting .org acct and am a BSA member. I'm trying to create my Scoutbook acct and link it to my son's. It asks for his member number. Where do I find that?

We live in TN and the troop camps all 4 seasons.

Summer is super hot and humid, fall and spring a wildly variable. Winter temps avg 40-50 daytime, and 20 degrees colder at night.  

Wondering if y'all have general recommendations? I know he needs something that will work for backpacking. He has a summer weight one now.

I'm headed to REI to ask a bunch of questions next week, but thought I'd ask the experienced scout peeps here first. 

On 4/12/2018 at 5:48 AM, RememberSchiff said:

 

I Your suspicion appears warranted, but we moderators would need proof that she/he was the same person to take action regarding your concern of dishonesty or other violations of Scout Oath and Law.  FYI,  members usually issue a report on questionable or unscoutlike posts.

 

@NJCubScouter @LeCastor

Sorry to have not followed board ettiquette or scout protocol here!   

The other boards I read work somewhat differently. 

I only intended to alert posters to a likely fraud so they wouldn't waste time and energy on thoughtful replies.   

On 4/14/2018 at 1:11 PM, David CO said:

That may be true. But is it any less odd that you would have spotted it on so many obscure, diverse, and unrelated web sites?

I can't help but wonder if the two of you are actually acting together to tag-team us in some sort of inside joke.

 

I only noticed it here because it had drawn attention on a homeschooling board I read sometimes. Her other posts were pointed out there, so I knew of them second-hand. I have never been on the other two, except to follow the link and make sure her posts were, in fact, there. 

I am only here occasionally, so when that post was at the top of the page when I logged on, it jumped out at me. 

On 3/29/2018 at 5:16 PM, David CO said:

...as opposed to all of the rest of us well-mannered, polite, and respectful scouter.com members?

 

As opposed to a legitimate question.

She posted the same thing on at least four other sites recently. An odd topic for someone pot-stirring (Jacket-wearing for 8 yr olds is hardly controversial.), so perhaps she is for real.

But the denial of other posts is clearly dishonest. So... 

On 3/26/2018 at 3:00 PM, ScottishNaomi said:

Eh, I have not been on any other site, think you have the wrong person! 

Here is one one link. Here is another. Here is a third.

Troll.

I've seen her post the same thread on other boards. Most recently on a homeschooling forum.

Thanks for the additional replies. As I mentioned upthread, I am familiar with what the official BSA guidelines say.

I also know the pros and cons of Badge Magic vs. sewing. I have an older child in another scouting organization, so btdt. Not soliciting advice on that issue. 

We left his blue shirt intact. Never had any intention of taking his Bear and Bobcat badges off that. 

I got the khaki shirt from a friend, and it fits him with enough room for both Webelos years, but not likely beyond. It too will remain as a keepsake, after he crosses over to the troop.

For now he will go with an empty left pocket and we'll wait to see what his Cubmaster says. I like the oval webelos patch.  

There are three different ways to have the left pocket, according to the guide. We chose the Large Webelos badge for my boys. Looks better, at least to our den. The boys decided.

Yes, I've read the official info, both on the website and from the handout the Scout store people gave me. The official info didn't answer my original question. That's why I asked here. 

Thanks for all the replies! Nice to see such an active board. 

He needs a uniform shirt for camp Monday. First Pack meeting for this coming year is not til late August and Den meeting a week after that. 

I have emailed the Cubmaster. 

Thinking I will send him to camp without any rank insignia on his shirt and we'll figure it out in August. All the rest is on the shirt and he has a hat, slide and neckerchief. Good enough! 

P.S. This board uses the same format as a couple others I know. Y'all need more fun emojis! Surely someone has made some funny scouting emojis?! 

If a Webelos Scout wears the khaki uniform, he does NOT wear his past rank patches as he would on the blue uniform. That practice does not carry over to the khaki-and-olive; rather, that pocket is left alone until he earns his Webelos rank,  at which point he wears the OVAL, khaki Webelos rank patch, not the blue diamond-shaped one. Then, when he earns his Arrow of Light, that patch is placed under his left pocket, and remains there throughout the rest of his youth Scouting career. That Webelos rank patch is later replaced with his Scout rank patch soon after crossing over (very soon if his Webelos leaders did their jobs right). 

 

The uniform he wears determines the patches that are worn with it; since he has the khaki uniform, he automatically wears the oval patch and forgoes the wearing of his past patches (which I have found ends up saving parents a lot of trouble as they switch over uniforms!)  As a Webelos Den Leader myself, I usually recommend the switch, along with the counsel to get the uniform a bit large so that the boy has room to grown into it. 

 

Hope this helps! And welcome to the forums!

Thanks. Your answer makes sense, but conflicts with the official info page and the info that came from the scout store with his uniform. 

http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/CubScout_Insignia.pdf

 

Here is the official insignia page. I would have the bear overlap the pocket, and I would sew right through the pocket and give up any pretense that he's ever going to actually put anything in that pocket.

Thanks for the idea! That would work fine.

I have the official info page. It didn't answer my question because it doesn't address the shirts with the deeper pockets. 

New here. Only our second year in scouting. Please redirect me if this belongs on another sub-forum. 

Ds is a Web1 and headed to resident camp next week. Our pack Webs wear the khaki shirt.

Got his uniform this week and the pockets are pleated and fasten with velcro, not a button. So the plastic bagde holder won't work. (I don't like those much anyway.) He has a Bobcat and a Bear rank patches to go on the left pocket, but the Bear one won't fit without overlapping the edge of the pocket, which is not flush with the rest of the shirt. Poplin shirt, not microfiber. 

How do I put the rank badges on? Underlap the pocket flap a bit to make them both fit? Allow the Bear patch to hang off the edge of the pocket? 

He will get his Webelos rank in February and I think we will go to the oval patch to simplify. Because of the change, I will likely sew rather than use badge magic. 

Thanks for the help!