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  1. Eagle1993
    My Pack has grown a lot over the last few years. A few summers ago we were down to 26 after a crossing over. At time of recharter this January we hit 71. I now have 11 girls joining with 5 additional girls possible pending a parent meeting next week. At he same time, 5 more boys are joining. So, if all some thru we will be at 92 Scouts with 16 of them girls. Looking at the trend I think our Pack will settle out at 100 Scouts with 25 girls. Given those numbers my DE is starting discussions of possible different Pack configurations. One idea is separate Boy/Girl Packs. The other,
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    Agreed. To me this should be the policy going forward for Cub Scouts. I understand there may Be impacts to some dens, but we should encourage dads to volunteer. I honestly have no problem with requiring an adult female present with girls... but the requirement of having an adult male present with boys should also apply.
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    We are the only Pack in our district running the early adopter program. There are others in the council, not sure how many.
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    I’ll ask my DE tomorrow. I think the number is pretty low.
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    We already have a thread debating this (I agree with you and at the same time do admire her work). The question was if she understands that her ranks are not official. It appears she understands that. I probably shouldn’t have mentioned the podcast as it took this thread sideways. We should probably just start a thread titled Gary Ireland’s Twitter feed...
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    I think she consistently states that her ranks are unofficial. However, she is looking for official recognition.
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    What is the Venturing YPT rules for Boy, coed and Girl only units? I would think the den leader rules should be consistent with those.
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    Found this video... Webelos uniforms are changing. New patches. More info on girls. https://vimeo.com/249824630 F@mily4UnitLeaders
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    True... but I’m thinking more about the widespread rollout from Packs. There will definitely be some need late this year.
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    Correct, I didn’t mean to put this on Ireland or start another Ireland debate. It was a lead in prior to even talking with Ireland.
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    Let me know what you hear.
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    Just listened to the “pantsuit nation” podcast with Sydney Ireland as the guest. The striking inconsistency of the argument presented that BSA must tear down this patriarchal program while maintaining Girl Scout are great for girls is blatant. I warn you not to go searching for the podcast.... That said, it is the reality for COs and Packs that choose to include girls. After starting the process of adding girls I believe it is clear the BSA MUST release and start the pilot program of the girl Boy Scout program this summer. The startup issues of just adding dens and girls to the
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    Plain bold italic underline entered on iPhone. What iOS version are you using? I’m on 11.2.1 with a 7.
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    We will see. All of our professionals have been in meetings all week and my COR is also my DE. He has emailed me updates at 12:30 am so I know they are busy at work. Hopefully when they are out of their planning meeting the council will have a bit more time to figure it out.
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    Week 2 Update Pinewood Derby is tomorrow so most of our focus has been on that this week. We have 10 girls that are joining our Pack, 4 Lions, 1 Tiger and 5 Bears. There are a few more that are considering. We also added one boy who was an older brother of one of the girls that joined... the parents thought it would be great to have both involved. IT issues... we have still not been able to accept applications online which is required. While we are officially chartered the online application only allows males to apply. Talking with council we think it is due to a new field in t
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    I think we need to be careful of sticks or canes in the senate. There is some nefarious history. http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp
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    Not siding with nationals on this as I’m advocating a case by case decision. Each lodge reviewing their own with local tribes. That said, if the WB group painted their faces black, dressed up like an “African”, danced around, used voices and fake stories reminiscent of 1930’s Hollywood view of African tribes, I believe you might see some protests and changes from national. I haven’t been through WB, but I certainly hope they don’t do the above.
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    I’m not sure I understand why the BSA would want this. To me, many girls may want to do both. How does maintaining their GSUSA membership harm BSA? The girls joining our Pack would drop GSUSA membership if they had to choose, but I would never ask that of them.
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    Hmmm.. what is your source from the BSA that we are supposed to put them down? I have only heard BSA talk up their program and never rip the GSUSA. Even on the local level I have not seen any DE or council employee rip the GSUSA. Yes, individual scouters will explain their experience but I’m wondering where this comment came from? Was this in the same CNN interview where someone said who cares what the boys want?
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    I certainly hope that occurs; however, it will probably have to happen at the local level. The problem I see coordinating with GSUSA is their structure. We have 1 Pack to their 6 Troops at our school. Those Troops rarely coordinate within our school let alone them coordinating with us. In addition, several of the troops have their own internal drama with different factions of girls wanting different things. That said, as a committee we have discussed coordinating more and may attempt this in the future. I do wish the GSUSA attempted to partner with BSA instead of fighting as they hav
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    Why? I don’t think BSA would have any loyalty test or requirement (you can join both 4H and BSA). For elementary school age girls, I don’t see it as an issue. GSUSA Troops in my area typically meet right after school and our Pack and Dens meet later (so no overlap). I doubt many will maintain both as they go into middle school and high school (too many activities). About half the girls that joined are members of both organizations (or will be once we figure out how to switch on our family Pack setting). All of this is still VERY early. My primary point is that I wish the p
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    Oops.
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    My daughters Troop picked the summer camp “Diamonds and Pearls” where they get to put on a fashion show and pick out clothing for their councilor. Troops in my area have divisions as some girls want the outdoor activities and others prefer more “traditional” girl interests... many trend to the cookies, STEAM and going to the mall as an outing. A few do get outdoors a lot, but it really depends on the Troop leaders and what the majority of the girls want to do in the Troop. There is no camping requirement in GSUSA unlike BSA. In my Pack, we are up to 10 girls with almost no advertising.
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    Are movie and TV writers trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind... If we want to tell madeup stories of Scouts I don’t see an issue. If a lodge works with or gets permission from a tribe on their stories, regalia, etc. no issues with me. I think we run into violating the scout law when making up stories involving another culture that then offend the individuals in that culture regardless of our intent. There are plenty of options on how to avoid this situation.
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    I think BSA is simply using the term Family Scouting in place of coed as they are attempting to keep some single gender aspects of the program intact. For example, in my.scouting.org if you go to Organization Manager and are the CC for a Pack, you can click on setting you will see a new section called “Family Scouting”. That appears to be able to be set to is or is not available. I believe they use this term instead of coed. Again, as they want to say the family (both boy and girls) are invited to join. I don’t see this as a strategic change to also include mom and dad earning ranks
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