Eagle1993

Is John and Roger any relation? Why are they not giving names?

Update. BSA now saying as long as the scout completes all requirements prior to July 1, 2022 they do not need this merit badge even if the application wasn’t submitted yet and the BOR completed.

I'm not sure. Mixing sex orientation and gender fluidity makes this very confusing.

The story states the BSA insurance company would pay $3M of the settlement. If it is really an insurance coverage for National BSA (not the LC) then it should be going through the bankruptcy court. Other settlements that included insurance payouts had to be approved the Judge Silverstein.

Maine just opened an SOL lookback window. https://www.wabi.tv/2021/10/18/maines-statute-limitations-cases-childhood-sexual-abuse-lifted-monday/ Revival Law: In 2021, Maine opened a permanent revival window for all previously expired child sex abuse claims against perpetrators, other individuals, private organizations and the government. The window opened on October 18, 2021 and never closes. All previously expired claims in Maine are permanently revived without limitation. For a guide to help survivors understand their rights during the legal process of filing a civil lawsuit under M

I have a gay non binary scout in my Troop. I was just thinking they are going to be busy talking with a lot of other scouts if I'm not careful. I'll need to talk with them to see how they would want to handle this. (I'm still getting comfortable with using the proper pronouns).

Looking through the changes, I think BSA avoided controversy which is fine. I really question why we couldn't just add or change a few requirements in Citizenship in the Community and call it a day.

John Humphrey (member of the TCC) tweeted out late last night the following…”A no vote is a slight delay. We are making progress behind the scenes.” This is the only Tweet I’ve seen from him about the BSA case. I don’t expect this first plan to pass with enough votes; however, perhaps a glimmer of hope that parties realize what might happen and are prepared for an alternate path.

The article is great. Is clearly stated the minimum and the highly recommended. It seems very clear to me, I don’t understand this back and forth. Our Troop is looking at the recommendations to try and meet those when possible. The one area where our troop doesn’t agree with the recommendations is allowing one adult to take a single scout to the med center. We discussed this and do not allow this even if in view of others as we believe it is too much risk. The the risk we see is either potential grooming or a scout claiming grooming.

What is the deal with AVA? They aren’t talking to the media, I haven’t seen them in court speaking, they have nothing on their website about scouts that is recent (but it looks like they are still recruiting clients) and it sounds like their current clients haven’t heard from them. I believe they are 1/3 of AIS so a bit surprised.

It will be interesting on how they show this as the video update said this will be the first merit badge with no pamphlet.

Dates are now official. November 2021 launch Eagle Required if board of review after July 1, 2022.

FYI ... I had to google it as well ... this is not an internal acronym YGBSM = You've gotta be s$&**ing me

When we had girls in our Pack, we combined boys & girls in Scoutbook. You are correct, recording attendance, advancement and calendars are much easier if you have all of the kids of 1 grade in 1 den. The bulk updates work well.

Just for a comparison, if the documents originated about 10-points, now at 4 per page, they are 2 point font. The SEC requires all printed prospectuses to go out at 10-point with some allowances to go as low as 8 point. I question how this was allowed. Again, if you are going to print and mail a document, make it readable. Printing 2 point font and sending it out is nearly worthless. I expect most will probably either ignore and just vote or go to the webpage. However, there are many that do want to read paper. The judge swung and missed. I wonder if the US Trustee is fuming... ht

Many claimants are reporting to have received the packet. I have seen some complaints that the print out is 4 pages per page. Some are stating that it is nearly impossible to actually read the documents that went out. Edit: Note that the reports I have seen are from Twitter so those individuals are probably tech savy enough to find the documents online. I think the concern is that those who are not tech savy may to be able to actually read the documents. I wonder who approved printing 4 pages on a single page. At some point, why even send out paper?

I think that is why we have only, so far, limited our adult buddy rule to in camp. It is difficult to manage throughout camp and it seems like it is definitely lower risk out of the campsite. Depending on the year, we typically have at least 6 adults and sometimes as many as 8-10 at camp. I prefer 6 as I feel 8-10 are too many and I spend too much time dealing with the adults. I think with 6 it could work, less it would be difficult to have adult buddies.

Correct. However, at summer camp, if you are an adult alone, no one on one happens randomly ... many times it is unavoidable. Why? Because of summer camp programing, it is difficult to ensure every kid has a buddy with them 100% of the time. That can then be used by pedos as an excuse (hey, I was just by myself sleeping at camp and a scout came into camp). The point is the only way to ensure no one on one at summer camp is to have adult buddies. I know our Troop (and it sounds like others) already do this at the campsite (no adult at the campsite by themselves). It sounds like yknot

We actually already don't allow single adults at our campsite. If you are at our campsite, you need a 2nd adult present. We identified that years ago as a potential risk (many years before I became SM). We also tell scouts that they need to find a buddy when coming back to camp.

How do you determine this? Kids don't report issues for possibly decades. Do you wait until 20 years from now, see that a large number of girls were sexually abused in our program and realize we let a someone in due to the 72 hour rule? I think we need to look at outside experts and they are indicating this is an issue/concern. I would rather not wait to find out this was an issue and we did nothing. To me, we need different rules for Cub Scouts & Scouts BSA. Most CSA reports are coming from Boy Scouts (now Scouts BSA). I agree with @Eagle94-A1 that requiring every adult

One issue is that the 72 hour rule is not limited to parents (and to be fair, parents can and have abused; however, there is a bit of a balance). I had a kid's uncle want to go to summer camp with us for 2-3 nights. He didn't want to register. I asked him for a medical form and he refused to fill it out and said he would refuse to attend if asked for that info .. very odd and glad he didn't attend. Looking at recent reports of CSA, many, many seem to occur at summer camps. The potential 1:1 is high there. There is a large collection of non parent adults present. What I found, is

I spun off the 72 hour rule discussion here:

True. For example, at summer camp, we have many adults that come for portions of the week who are not registered adult leaders. To be honest, I think summer camps need to tighten up a lot. I have many concerns how they operate today.

You only need to be a registered adult if you spend 72 hours with youth. Exact policy below; All adults accompanying a Scouting unit who are present at the activity for 72 total hours or more must be registered as leaders. The 72 hours need not be consecutive.